Well TF have me (if "Golden" counts towards the Gold term)
I spend Gold that I get in the Market on Olympics but not on Troops
Of course any team spending Gold on troops (while the other Team doesn't) will quickly Dominate - it's easy to demonstrate with a Sigma Square Test or similar statistical analysis that shows a nice relationship of Cities gained using gold spend v Cities lost without Gold spend against probability.
I rest my case on that one.
Grepolis Admin are very happy as it means bigger bonuses for them at the expense of a captive pool of pocket money spenders - now there's Capitalism at work for you
Now I could always do with some more Gold to spend on more Olympics - so please buy my discounted Resources (Wood Stone Silver) on the Market Place
Ouch! - who threw that Potato?