These ways of communication should supplement in-game reporting. As far as I'm up-to-date the devs are working to fix it and people should stick to reporting the people within the following web form or send an email. The multiplayer part of the engine lacks input validation, so people are able to send their own commands in the name of another player. There is no reason to believe in these tinfoil hat theories other than a lack of understanding what's the problem. If you honestly believe in these conspiracy theories you are neglecting the fact that cheating was always possible in the past two years with a variety of exploits. It looks like they are getting paid to harm the game so people leave AOE 2 and go on AOE 4, sad.
