"The Tide is Turning"
Chapter #5
Week 7, 09-11-2018
Top alliances:
1. The Blame Game - 9.554.066 points (--)
2. 110 Golden Infidels - 8.798.098 (--)
3. Avengers - 8.554.832 (+1)
4. 110 Golden Maniacs - 7.255.342 points (-1)
5. FAIL - 6.012.634 points (+1)
6. True Fear - 5.816.038 points (+1)
7. Order and Chaos - 3.670.049 points (+1)
8. Goliath - 3.377.949 points (?)
9. Black Dawn - 3.029.216 points (+1)
10. Grepo Addicts - 3.015.655 (-1)
Major Wars:
Sides: True Fear, Reapers Daughter | Avengers, Academy of Avengers
Players: 74 | 93
Points: 6,659,434 | 10,042,504
Cities: 816 | 1082
Conquest: 14 | 45
ABP: 2,903,967 | 4,668,671
DBP: 2,168,955 | 2,553,296
With Sons of Odin and Sons of Thor now completely absorbed by both alliances, we now start to see how both sides will do against each other. With the scoreboard being 14-45 overall and 9-33 in Avengers' favour since the last chapter, things start to look good for them against the western side of O45/O44. Furthermore, a lot of diplomatic changes have occured since the last chapter, which will have a big effect on the war between True Fear and Avengers.
In the last chapter, True Fear was pretty much neutral to all neighbours besides Avengers, which now has changed, as it seems like they have started to fight the LOTR VENDETTAs. Overnight the fight against the Vendettas stands at a 0-26 in True Fear's favour, and it looks like the Vendettas have already given up. Furthermore, Black Dawn has agreed with Avengers on a NAP, making O45 a weird love triangle where Black Dawn finds themselves in the middle of an epic battle, where they soon have to pick sides unless they want to become the winner's food in the future. Furthermore, Avengers have been recruiting players in O35 which both means they are cornering True Fear and putting up strategical cities if a war between them and Black Dawn breaks out in the future.
Another mentionable thing which isnt directly influencing the battle between True Fear and Avengers right now, but will have a big impact sooner or later is the fight between FAIL and the 110s, where the tides have turned as the 110s have taken around 40 cities since the last chapter and only lost a few cities, and as a result of this (i suppose), a lot of their members have quit the game. With Avengers having a NAP with 110s and True Fear only being somewhat neutral towards the 110s, it won't be hard to predict who the 110s next target will be if they win the war against FAIL. Furthermore, 110s have already sent support to Avengers to defend against True Fear, so it won't be hard to predict which side they will pick.
Last but not least The Blame Game is lurking in the east - fighting no one at the moment, they need to chose a fight soon or they will simply stall; or even worse, their members might quit of boredom. Looking at their location, Avengers would be the logical choice to hit, but it doesnt always work like that. Starting a fight with Avengers will possibly affect their friendship with the 110s if they chose to fight True Fear. That would cause The Blame Game a lot of problems, as they share a lot of islands with both Avengers and the 110s, making them extremely vulnerable. Therefore by looking at their previous diplomatics, they might end up picking True Fear as their enemy to prevent a massive hostile western front. But that would only postpone their problems, because if they manage to beat up True Fear, they will find themselves with cities deep in Avengers and 110 area, making them even more vulnerable in the future.
The battle between True Fear and Avengers is far from over. Though it doesnt seem even, there are so many events, situations and diplomatic decisions which will decide how this battle will turn out in the future, so it is simply impossible to predict anything in the moment, but the odds is in Avenger's favour. One thing is sure though, the result of this fight will dictate how the future of the server will be.
Sides: 110 Golden Maniacs, 110 Golden Infidels | FAIL
Players: 99 | 44
Points: 16,495,614 | 6,070,906
Cities: 1544 | 624
Conquest: 41 | 36
ABP: 6,832,924 | 2,352,382
DBP: 2,183,223 | 1,915,196
Last week we saw that FAIL was stalling a bit in this fight, and now it looks even worse. Having lost 40 cities and only taken 4 since the last chapter, the odds are strongly turning in 110s favour. Furthermore, FAIL has lost 14 players since the last chapter, which is suppose is a result of the bloodshed, which is even harder to deal with when you started the battle off by slaughtering your enemy. I'm not sure if FAIL will collapse, but at the moment they are looking at almost no progression the past 12 days, and their morale seems to be dropping fast. As i said before, the 110s even started to support Avengers to get some DBP which really shows how superior they are to FAIL right now. This might be a cocky move as FAIL definitely isnt done yet.
Eventhough FAIL are seeing a lot of their players quitting, they will be left with the real fighters, as having a tighter playerbase with real fighters is often better than having loads of players who will quit after only few weeks of getting attacked. A lot of diplomatic agreements and conflicts will change the situation soon, as 110s problem about having too many players still isnt solved, so if FAIL manage to hold their ground, things will change with the domination era only starting in 60 days. Afterall, 110s still have 99 players and only 60 of those can be in the winning alliance, which leads to 110s next major problem. In case 110s win the war against FAIL, they still have to deal with The Blame Game who have been their friend for the whole server. As i said before, The Blame Game need to find an enemy soon if they don't want to stall, and with 110s winning over FAIL and Avengers expanding rapidly in O45, they soon need to react. As i said before, i suspect The Blame Game will pick Avengers as their friends which means they will remain as friendly/neutral to 110s, but another option might be joining FAIL's side, which means WWIII would start as the sides would be The Blame Game, True Fear and FAIL VS 110 Golden Infidels, 110 Golden Maniacs and Avengers. From a strategical point of view, that would mean that 110s and Avengers would get attacked from all their fronts, which would be very hard to defend against.
Though i'm not sure about how 110 Golden Maniacs and 110 Golden Infidels relationship is exactly, another possible situation could be splitting up with one of them backstabbing their ally - history has seen it before, and it would be a logical solution of their too many players problem which they will suffer from. The future will tell, but if FAIL stands strong and await for better times, the tides may turn.
Alliances to watch:
#1 The Blame Game:
I've decided to put The Blame Game on the Alliances to watch list as they currently have no enemies while they are number 1 pointwise in the server. They did break their NAP with Order and Chaos this week, now standing at a whooping 26-0 score in The Blame Game's favour, but it seems like they have NAPPED again. As ive mentioned before, they have a lot of options on who their new enemy might be, and the alliances definitely have to look out for that as their choice undeniably will have a big impact on how the future wars and diplomatic situations will be.
#8 Goliath:
This is the first time i write about these guys, and i honestly don't know a lot about them. At the moment it doesnt seem like they have any real wars going on, but they are 2-2 against the 110s. Furthermore they seem to have a lot of great fighters, and they have grown rapidly in the area where VG once were located, and if they continue to do so, they can become a big threat to 110s and The Blame Game.
#9 Black Dawn:
Since the last chapter, Black Dawn has continued their rapid growth even more now that they have a NAP with Avengers. As VENDETTAs now are collapsing, they will soon need to find a new enemy, and with their recent new NAP against Avengers and being somewhat neutral to True Fear, it seems like they are planning to hit True Fear who have a lot of cities in their core. While that may seem clever, they have to be careful as that move could turn out to be like pissing in your own pants if you're cold. It's only warm short-term, but if they manage to take out True Fear with Avengers, they will surely be Avengers next buffet. Another option for them is to keep their attacks on Grepo Addicts, with the scoreboard currently being 10-9 in Black Dawn's favour.
Coming in chapter 6
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