1) Ronin - O44 based alliance with their offensive front looking like it will be against Order and Chaos (MRA) and BZC. Overall I don't think either are massive competition early on, and Ronnin itself seems to be a bad group of players in another MRA. A few decent players within the group but a whole lot of food in the rest, they will swim for a month then sink as soon as any group (outside of order and chaos, who I think is worse than them) gets rolling. Float into Sink
2) Order and Chaos - A group extremely similar to Ronin, they are O44 based. Located more towards the core than Ronin, meaning they will be the alliance that gets eaten from whatever side the rest of the world really wants. They are another MRA, and one look at their alliance profile screams that they will be falling apart soon enough. My guess is this hard sink, and a small group will form out of them with whatever capable players they may have inside. A few names but nobody I see as anything special. Sink.
3) Alien Sheep - O55 Based alliance, they have what seems to be easily the easiest core ocean to work with. Combine that free ocean with a few good players inside and it should be a cake walk for this group unless internal issues stop them. One other thing is the fact that they have no solid core and look like they are spread through 55, but with a high speed world that could be quickly fixed. I don't see issues in the near future, or until a better group drops in around them, so for now it seems like a swim. Swim.
4) Le Weebs - O45 Based alliance, the second easiest ocean. I don't see much competition around, but they don't need much competition to sink them. They have the foolproof sink took inside their alliance with KingMolly. This alliance will be gone due to internal disaster within a month, maybe 2 at max. My guess will be a group will end up dropping behind them and take a couple cities, the rest will be history. Due to the extremely easy location, they will float for a bit then sink when the cancer that is PG starts to spread, and his wannabe NFL/NBA career takes over and he suddenly has no time to play and loses cities. At that point the alliance will be stuck dealing with his moaning, and then a sink will occur. Float into Sink.
5) Crazy Bears - People who play like these girls should not be allowed to play. O64 based (Yes, O64), I see several botters from en109 inside their alliance. They are the Russians from Ying and yang, got banned for their bots then seemingly joined up here with some players from Helipolis im guessing. They went into the world saying they would only sim I guess, which is a sad sight to see. Afraid of fighting and already running for the rim, these girls will swim because they are too afraid to fight anyone I guess. Once someone drops in near them they will sink, my personal least favorite group after seeing that they went out of their way to hide on the rim before even fighting, meaning they have 0 confidence as an alliance and 0 trust in their members to fight. Weak minded leadership, but an entire rim to swim away on for the foreseeable future. Swim with no chances of winning the world.
6) -RF- - O44/54 based group, I like the feel of them personally. I don't think I know a single one of their players, but the clean profile and simple name makes me cheer for them. Their location is their biggest problem currently. Splitting between oceans, they will need to decide which way to expand before they start fighting on all fronts. I would have called this group a possible swim if they didn't already have a second alliance. That, combined with the poor location currently, means it will likely be a float into a sink. Float into Sink
7) Lord of War/Mayhem/Conquest - Three alliances? MRA's dominating the early top 12's so this may get a bit dry and repetitive from me, but this is going to be another Sink. Located in O54/55, they are 3 alliances who look like they merged together. Any time you have that amount of alliances this early,99% of the time they sink. This group has decent players but they are horrible placed, and I am surprised some of the names inside agreed to join this MRA. Probably the quickest sink of this top 12 imo. Sink
8) VIRUS - I swear you see a VIRUS alliance in every world early on. Notice you never see them after a month or two, and theres a reason for that. O55 based, this group has 0 players I recognize. My guess is they are eaten up by Alien Sheep and some join them and the rest go inactive and quit. No idea who their leader is since none is given, but again from the new names inside I doubt he is worth mentioning. Sink
9) Rebels - Hate the name, like the players inside. A lot of talent inside if they are all playing with their full effort. O45/55 border alliance, I REALLY hope they decide to move north and clear out our number 4 alliance on the list. My guess is they take the easy way and run into the mess that is O55. A bit spread out but not as bas as some others on the list, my guess is this will be here for a good amount of time so long as they want to be here. Hopefully they decide to pick the right fights to make this lackluster world interesting to spectate. Swim.
10) Envenom - O54 based alliance, and probably the biggest question mark of the top 12. I see a few good players, but a whole lot of deadweight. And they are in an ocean completely up in the air, with multiple top 12 teams and not much talent overall. I assume they will float, but then I look at their god awful location (Terribly spread out) and want to say sink. However that would require another alliance in 54 near them to sink them, and not much is there to do so, which makes it a question mark. Overall not a good group nor anyone to worry about, Float at best, sink if pushed.
11) Avengers - O54 based as well. They are in the gap of Envenom. So really it will be a war of who is worse between these two alliances. ANOTHER MRA, they have two branches se up but at least have a decent core going. Likely to beat Envenom, but after that I have no idea what their plans would be. A lack of talented players, already a swarm of inactive players, my guess is it will be a noodle fight into southern O54 and in the end they all join together because that's what MRA's and todays grepo players do. Float, later Sink.
12) Neighborhood Delinquents - O54 based alliance. At first glance, you may think they were the decent group from Helipolis that came here to dominate. Taking a closer look, they have a lot of good players but I can tell a few of those players are not here to play hard. Along with that, they made the fatal mistake of attacking me for no reason already in this world. Arguably the best core group of players when they want to be, they will likely win early fights. However they are going to get dragged down by the deadweight and people who came here with half a heart to play, and the top guys will be left in a terrible position. Personally, I hope these guys split from the deadweight early so they can build a proper core with the elite active members, but I doubt that will happen. Sadly people are afraid of stepping up and voicing their opinions, so they will likely stay on their current road and fall apart down the road. Regardless, I like several people in this alliance and, like I said, they have a good core group. I hope they split with that deadweight though. Swim, possible sink down the road due to the deadweight.
I encourage arguments, keeps these terribly moderated forums from dying for a few weeks so we can all get our entertainment value out of it.
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