Ok fine, lets see how much hate mail i get for this
WW chances, top 12 alliances
1. Knights who say Ni - largest alliance in terms of number of cities, clear gameplan from before the beginning and have a dense and secure looking core. Not as good an alliance as number 2 but full of highly active players. Look favorites to win it currently.
2. hata an fhir - Second favorites by a big margin, seems like they have been bogged down with internals recently which may have resulted in them taking the foot off the pedal in the past few weeks. Bags of experience and some top players have put them in a strong position for WW but still alot to do.
3. NDO - Largest alliance in terms of individual numbers, WW islands spread between 2 oceans with some not fully colonized yet and other cities still sub 3K. Some have reds closeby and they have lost control of an island already. Incomparable activity levels to NI or Hata.
Too little too late
4. HARPOON - Been strong and steady throughout but the sums just dont add when compared to the favorites
5. Morning Glory - Never really heard of these doing anything of note throughout the server so not expecting that to change anytime soon. Would be an undeserved win if they did imo but i just cant see it happening anyway
6. The League of Legions - Have done well to be in this position when they have been up against 2 big alliances for quite some time. However they seem to have lost key cities to hata and you have to think that their pacting with NI has scuppered any chance they had and just turned them into a punching bag.
7. THE BARBARIANS - Not a chance, even if we tried
8. Clocks - Sister alliance, see number 1
9. Vehmence - Hopefully these guys are just here for some fun
10. Black Dawn - See number 9
11. NDO - Sister alliance, see number 3
12. hata.an.fhir - Sister alliance, see number 2
PREDICTION - Jturck to build a wonder on his one-o and wreck the party