Quote Originally Posted by far cry View Post
Exactly what if someone is grounded or away somewhere?

They might not be able to log on. Say they've been playing for a few months and then something in real life happens. That would just suck playing this game for 3-4 months then something happens in real life and you come back and your city got wiped.
I had something like this happen month and a half ago. Internet went down for a week. Luckily I had some good members in my alliance move my cities and log into my account and help me out. Things in real life do hapen though, and it affects the game. I got over the internet being down and now things are going better.