It's true. I don't get why people play them. To me, I always get so paranoid even though I almost always build a strong F4 alliance. It's just not worth the trouble to do them anymore.
I kinda see what you mean. Even though it seems like only "bad" people play them, each game you play sometimes winds up with a lot of twists happening and a lot of blindsides. So, it's easy to be scared by it.