I am not one to be bias so before you read this and say ah, he's saying that because of hes in this alliance or that alliance or they are enemies to me blah blah; this is an objective sink or swim, based on stats and what has happened in the game and not just the trash on externals.
Sorry it took so long, busy day.
I genuinely didnt know what else to put and got rather bored trying to find pictures for every alliance.
Rank 1 - Quality Over Quantity - SWIM
As many have said previously and many have saw, they are pulling away from Eviction Notice in 2nd place and there is now a 4 million point gap? They are growing at an exponential rate, not just their points, they are showing the world and the externals that they like to kill enemy troops, HINT. They are beginning to dominate this server, proving that the ever popular MRA strategy just doesn't cut it. They are running pretty much flawless right now, not faulting at anything from my point of view. Will this small skilled alliance be able to compete with the revolving EN tactic? In this week; they are currently 20 - 0 vs EN; showing that theres a new top dog on grepo.
Rank 2 / 3 / 7 - Eviction Coalition - SWIM
EN are past world winners, considered one of, if not the greatest alliance in the history of Grepolis. But can their run of form be cut short? Not going to sugar coat it but EN are having a little bit of a rough patch, not saying that they cant recover but they definitely need to sort out and address the issues of their 'not good enough' members like Kurbads who are not team players. I have the greatest respect for the leaders there yet just leaders cannot make an alliance great, although there are good players in EN, bit like bloods where some are overshadowed by their own egos, and just average players per say. This week it was shown that EN are not invincible, and there since has been no retaliation OP from EN? Can see one coming very soon! In the past few days, even bloods have took a few cities off them, with the number i think about 6-7? QoQ took 20 this week and well, Independant, are up to over 30 cities took since the weekend. Alot of things going wrong but i have no doubt that the leadership can sort out and iron the crinkles out. They have a huge shot at winning WW and if they don't start acting like the EN i've heard about and the EN that is feared and the winner of worlds, i dont know if it will be possible. Only time will tell with EN but i don't expect this to get in the way of them winning a world, will be one of the last two standing regardless of what happens.
Rank 4 / 8 - Blood Family - Leaning towards SWIM
Are they still here? What? You serious?
Yeah i know jesus christ, still here? Who would have thought that? I have slated and prodded Bloods countless times on externals and in my top 12's, they should of sunk a while ago from the mighty EN and either EN are not acting like EN should/EN aren't all they're cracked up to be or Bloods are a stubborn group and i think its a little bit of both. Bloods have saw their alliance number shrink by the day, a good thing? I think that MartinusV was speaking a little bit of foresight after all, the slimmer bloods looks much more appealing than the shaky 200 member fiasco it was before, can see them actually doing something. Props to the leadership over there, especially Ruthie2 for hanging in there and getting the majority of your alliance through the shrinks and keeping them motivated to fight. Im leaninig towards a swim but they are still losing cities, but with the pressure alleviated of their shoulders, is it going to give them some breathing space to get back on track? Don't know what they are doing for WW so don't even expect me to make up some novel about it, probably going to try get them in central 55 maybe? Doesn't look good surrounded on all sides.
Rank 5 - Change My Name Like The Weather - SWIM
Having a whale of a time down in 56/57 with 70 conquers from 13th place Bulletproof Monks; this bunch of guys and gals and dory the machine seem to be enjoying themselves growing and catching up to bloods, they are clearly an alliance that cannot be underestimated, unfortunately they are not planning to play for WW which is a shame as it would get very heated in 65/66 between QoQ and PP. Apart from that they are a very nice bunch of people and i wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of them, great players.
Rank 6 - HammerTime - SWIM
They are going to swim, they are king of the rim, if this was a morale server it would be quite different, they are happy to pick on those a lot smaller than them, taking cities from the TUATHA MRA, Rising Pheonix and a few other small alliances that probably can't defend themselves very much. Would like them fight someone else but that will probably be alongside EN. Haven't played/fought them so i cannot say if they are good fighters or not so i will leave that down for everyone else to decide.
Rank 9 / 12 - Independent Black Woman Who Don't Need No Man - SWIM
Well Well Well, what do we have here then? Independent have grown in the harshest of conditions, been back and forth against EN and well, they saw kurbads and one of EN's biggest players and they took advantage of his offline time and were efficient enough to take 15+ of his cities pretty much flawlessly. Its really put indie on the map so to speak, they aren't interested in an end-game, they are interested in having fun, and having fun they are. They cannot be underestimated any more after the weekend and i plead EN to take these guys seriously like the rest of the server has. Between them and their sister alliance they have took 30 cities off EN this week, i think that deserves at least some recognition, regardless of the circumstances of Kurbads who felt karma at its best. Can see that they are feeling good and feeling confident, maybe these guys can make a change.
Rank 10 - TUATHA - Not Sure
Don't know much but from having a poke around on oracle and grepointel they are pretty much eating their own via internals and with the huge mass of alliances, this MRA spans a few oceans, seem to be getting cities taken from them whenever others please. Not going to put them as a sink until i know for certain that they have it in for them, dont know what the agreement is with other alliances regarding them but they dont look as if they are anything special. Done this last time and all people said was the biggest MRA ever so? Seems to me that alliances like Black Anarchy are around them and they dont seem to be getting too much bigger but not exactly decreasing in size.
Rank 11 - Black Anarchy - Not Sure
They are in the rim and are eating a lot of TUATHA and the huge amount of sister alliances they have, seem to be having it rather easy, no one really attacking them so they should be able to grow. However if they come against a good alliance it might all change? Their alliance hasnt really been in the spotlight so i just have to assume they are doing well. Once again, i know little of the political standpoint other alliances hold with this alliance.
