What to give away in profile!!

The importance of profile content.

Many do not realize how important what is contained in a profile or for that matter what is not contained in a profile is.

The Dove
Tells me when you started. In knowing when you started I can size up your skill and based on sizing up your skill I can pin you as a likely raid target if I feel you should be much further ahead than you are. (Determining skill level)

Taunts threats or displays that are beyond your skill to back up.
Many players in Travian look for challenges. If your profile for example says If you attack me my alliance mates will, If you attack me I will, I'm all crannied up, If my pop isn't growing my army is. There are really a million examples of this. The point being............

If I am from a larger alliance the first two will at best amuse and at worse make me send Catas to call your bluff. The last two make me think hero exp and or Catas if you are all crannied up.

Location in profile
I'm from Kansas, England, Detroit, California are all wonderful tools you have provided for a enemy to size up when the best time to attack you might be.

Activity
I run on the school track team, I am in band, I work as a computer programmer for IT inc.

Lets take the first two, we all know that activities like these take place after school and on weekends. You have just gave me a little more insight on when might be the best time to attack.

Empty profiles
This to me says you don't care that much about your village or that you are strained for time enough that you just didn't bother with the profile because you only log in a few times a day to check on your village.

Misspelling/Age/Gender in profiles
Misspelling just reflects poorly on you but still may annoy someone into attacking you. Age is vital to keep out of your profile. If you put that you are 42 and female for example I would assume husband, kids, early mornings, early bed time. 13 I would assume you have a bed time and if school is in I know where you are between 8am and 3 pm and it's not in Travian. 45 year old male, you are getting older and need more sleep, most likely work day shift and spend mid day into the midnight hours on Travian but are not on during the early hours to mid day as much.

A good enemy will use every detail to defeat you and look from every angle to find weakness.