hello all. I am new to the forums but have made an account to join this debate. Look in the end as far as I see it, epi are taking inactives from SS. It happens, you can only have so many slots as an alliance and you can't afford to support cities of an inactive when you need support elsewhere.
SS from the beginning has been to my mind the alliance to beat. Yes Naji has risen up out of the depths and now tops them on points but since when did points win a world? Of course there is always a correlation, but there is no causal link. SS has broken strong alliances from the outset and had to defend a fair bit as well!
Currently you may be taking cities but bare in mind the dogs are hitting constantly as well from another front. SS is severely outnumbered but still they stand. Whilst the other alliance changed its name more times than I have had hot dinners SS remained stable and fought. As I see it, the leadership there has been top quality. There hasn't been any hiccups as far as I am concerned.
There is a lot of talk here but as I see it we have a very nice war developing, one I wish I was close to, so i could have joined in. No need to evaluate the SS leadership, it is solid to say the least. Same with Epi now those problems have been sorted from PI. I look forward to seeing how it progresses