The playstyle triangle
The "passive" player is a towers spammer. He/she will focus on the defence of his/her town, while trying to get a strong economy and then a very huge army before finally attacking, and often finds him/herself sieged by other players.
Food is a major concern for this type of player, as he/she needs his/her troops to stay alive while that huge army is being built up.
The key sentence for this player is "safety first!"
The "aggressive" player is a troops spammer. He/she will focus on strong and recurring fast attacks, and often finds him/herself sieging other towns.
Weapons are a major concern for this type of player, as he/she needs a lot of them in order to spam troops fast and attack again.
The key sentence for this player is "attack again!"
The "bait" player is a tricky explorer. He/she will focus on knowledge and exploration of the map. Then, he will beat other players with that, for example by forcing a battle while sneaking a few soldiers in the enemy town, in order to severely damage the most of it... he/she builds over time and through favourable exchanges the military and economic advantage needed to achieve victory.
He/she will not really focus on food or weapons until he/she has enough information.
The key sentence for this player is "hey, look over here!"
The "passive" player is countered by "aggressive" players, as he/she lets them expand freely and finally, after a long (and probably boring for the aggressive player) siege he/she finally gets overrun.
The "aggressive" player is countered by the "bait" players, as the "aggressive" player will often fall for the bait and get tricked into unfavourable exchanges.
The "bait" player is countered by "passive" players, as the passive player will rarely try to "make things happen", and will rarely fall for a bait.
And now, what about you... what kind of player are you? Do you recognize yourself in any of these categories, or do you think they do not apply at all to KaM players?