Cost of Alliance

I have heard that people sometimes question why I boot people out for disappearing for days or not supporting the family or donating resources etc... The facts are this:

An alliance is extremely expensive. Right now 2 member spots cost 100,000 rubies and each time I add two that price goes up even more! Every time I upgrade our support travel speed or other alliance bonuses it's very expensive in rubies and gets more so with each upgrade. My next support speed upgrade cost will be 100,000 rubies. Between my 2 alliances I have spent around $2,000. In addition we are a top 10 ranked alliance.

For both these reasons, our alliance cannot afford to keep spots filled with people that don't play daily, that don't support their fellow members, that don't donate resources yada yada. I make clear upon joining what we expect from you and if you aren't going to do these things or be there for us, we don't want to waste our expensive spaces on you, when they could be better filled by a team player that is here for us.

Those that move up in the alliance and gain honor learn fast why we need team players and most understand that we only have 45 spots and every one of those has to be a strength and not a drain on the alliance if we want to remain a strong alliance.