I'd like someone from Evony to confirm or not whether Eric/Austin is in fact an employee of the company.

It is against any rule of fair competition to allow employees to participate in sweepstakes, contests or the like.

Since it's an unconfirmed rumour as of now Evony should come forth with :

1.confirmation or denial and
2. a policy statement regarding employees playing the game.

I'd rather not be writing complaints to Evony customer service knowing that my personal information/concerns are being handled by the guy who is running the server on coin and unfair advantage of battle mechanic codes and updates.