I started this game and had to seek out an alliance. I was untagged while not in protection for a while. I was also hit on one of my countries before i had time to get a response from the clan I contacted about joining. I retaliated for that, and then was joined the clan. The policy prohibitted me from doing so, which seems to me like you're all saying "fluff untagged people who just joined they game they don't mean anything"