I'll do 7 like the 7 wonders of the world........
1. The formation of BLACK SEA this is without a doubt the event which has the biggest affect on this world and played a major part in the shape the world took
2. Me hitting VM in the early days (not to sound selfish but.....) if this had not happened I doubt BS and TU would have ever sorted out their differences which would have had a major effect on how the world ended up.
3. The underhanded and disrespectful tactics of Alphas leadership this too had a major roll to play in who was allied to whom and who each alliance considered enemies. Personally I think if this had not happened we most likely would have been strong allies (possibly even merged with them) and probably would not have depended on BS as much as we did.
4. The merger between TU and Maelstrom, without the injection of players like JTS and mesh into TU I'm not sure we would have remained as strong, also without this merger I doubt Mael would have held out until the end.
5. The fall of D3TH and the rise of GS, this created an elite alliance in the west which up until that point was something the west was lacking. Without this alliances such as DF/Alpha would have never been able to survive for as long as they did.
6. LB breaking away from GE, this totally reshaped the north of the world and made things a lot more interesting for the players up there and the alliances further south.
7. TU/BS merger, This little merger turned 2 great alliances in to a powerhouse in the core of the world which was capable of with standing attacks from all sides and would in time go on to become the winners of the world and perhaps one of the greatest alliances Grepo has ever seen. Even our enemies have admitted without this merger this world would have become less interesting and probably crashed and burned after the downgrade.