I'm pretty free now and feel like telling some stories, so here goes the rough history of ISIS Conquerors.
Firstly, ISIS Conquerors weren't noticed until much later in the game because it's a merger between 2 small alliances, ISIS Madness and The Conquerors.
I was originally in ISIS and so I'm not good with the history of TC. ISIS was formed by a group of 6/7 friends from Byzantium, a world which they eventually won. They joined the rim at o66 and through a series of war, mergers and pacts, took over o66, and was looking to move into o56, which was dominated by NR at that time.
We had a pact with The Conquerors since early in Troy, but communication between the 2 have been almost non-existence as there was not much common interest. The pact was made simply because we both want to remove a war front.
Our first move in o56 was to form a pact with Hyper, and launched our attacks on the #2 alliance in o56, FATE. It was pretty easy and we gained some grounds to help position ourselves to fight NR eventually, as they were pretty much cut off from NR's core. Then one day, NR hit one of our cities for BP hunt and our biggest player, rudolfis, took 2 inactive NR's player's, AshieaS2, cities, and it prompted NR and FATE to work together. I know that there wasn't any official pact made, but their cooperation there are extensive, and it includes joint Ops, city trading, and defensive support, with Wadell eventually joining NR.
After a few successful Op against FATE, NR-FATE counter attacked, and as it was the first time we were attacked, many of our members, who were new to the game, weren't sure of how to defend efficiently and effectively, with over supporting the first reported revolted city as the main problem, and we lost a few cities back to NR to even things up. This will go on for weeks, with no side gaining advantage.
Next, let's talk about Victores. Victores(VV) have always been a sister alliance to TC. Early in Troy, TC was constantly attacked by IWW, EG, DM and NR. In order to survive, they split themselves into 2 alliance, with those in o65 forming VV, so that the group will be able to grow quietly. As weird as it sounds, it proved to be effective and VV slowly gained control of o65, poised for an eventual war with TNE.
Back to ISIS. After weeks of stalemate in o56, ISIS was already affected by inactivity and so i contacted liteshadoe to discuss a potential merge between the 2 to increase our active count, and thus ISIS Conquerors was formed. VV was left out due to alliance cap, and the fact that the majority of Troy still didn't know the r/s between VV and TC, which proved to be helpful.
Fast forward, the coalition was formed, with NR's top player in o56 ghosting, the rest of their players in o56 didn't put up much resistance and we took over o56. Just when we are about to Op FATE, TR, still a pretty good alliance, took them in, giving Wadell the opportunity to move north into NR's core. Taking over o56 and having the NAP with TR eventually proved to be the biggest mistake IC made as almost all of our major players in o56 went inactive due to pure boredom.
Spetsnaz merged into VV, and we had our first joint Op with MI, TE, RO, Gauga against NR. After a series of Op, VV slowly took over most of o65, TE and MI pushed into o64 and o54. Things are looking good for the coalition. Then Spetsnaz' leader went VM and never came back, resulting in Spetsnaz player slowly keep to themselves. Their only private forum not shared with IC, also didn't help as they feel that VV is hiding something from IC, a forum which a few of us insisted on taking down, but was never done.
NR started to focus their attacks on AO, AO fell, and their members joined NR, HB, and IC.
As KA have been a pest to RO and Gauga, there were plans of MI, RO and Gauga to focus their attacks on KA to take them out, but other then MI providing Gauga perm support, nothing else was done.
Then came the HB-TR conflict. TR have been neutral and have informed all parties involved that they will remain neutral until someone pushes them to their enemy. This carried on for weeks, and eventually, RO, Gauga and TR decides to merge, a move which, at that point of time, looked like it was done against HB.
Then came a few more Ops, with TE, MI, and VV gaining ground in o65, and stalemate everywhere else. Dirt Napper ghosted (for those who still didn't know, the original Gauga members have been turtles and never helped in offensive Ops or defensive support. The only ones fighting are mainly those from RO, and some from Gauga.), SFHITMAN joined NR, and Gauga disbanded. TR was formed once again, and nord left the game, the start of TR's downfall.
A few from TE left and formed RR, and thus the civil war started, with RR joining TNE, and TE joining MI eventually.
Spetsnaz members left VV and joined TNE.
More inactivity throughout Troy. IC took advantage of NR's inactive in o55, taking cities after cities to position themselves. (I admit, we took many inactive cities from NR) VV merged into IC, and IC continued their dominance in o65. (TNE's cities that we took are mainly active players)
Inactivity start to get worst for IC, and we started losing cities in o65.
MI collapsed, with many of their members joining TNE, some joining NR, and the rest forming a new alliance.
More and more inactivity in IC, and we started losing cities in o55 as well.
At this point of time, it's really only NR/TNE vs IC/HB. As we were vastly outnumbered, and we no longer find it fun, we decide to quit Troy. The inactivity was so serious that out of almost 150 IC and HB players, less than 20 are active.
We told the other alliance, and of course, with the intention of killing this world, asking them to leave as well.
We ghosted, end of story.