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The LegendZ Take - Issue 5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Welcome to the 5th and Special Edition of the LegendZ Take. In this satirical newspaper, I will take you on a sarcastic and insulting journey through the world of Epidamnos. Hopefully, I will reveal some interesting facts along the way, but mostly we shall see who has the thickest skin and the best sense of humour.
This edition focuses on some of the smaller guys, alliances that have not been covered. It is important we do not forget those fighting in the outer oceans. So today, we will pretend that the top alliances don’t exist and see what the world would look like, should Talos the destroyer (I wonder if anyone is still dreading him coming) choose to wipe out the centre oceans.
DISCLAIMER: I mean no offence to any alliances or players and am writing this only for a good read once in a while. If you hate it, tell me and I won’t come back!
SECOND DISCLAIMER: I do not consider myself a legend.
THIRD DISCLAIMER: Data for this paper was collected 16/04 (15:00)
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The Paper consists of the following sections:
1. The World Rankings
2. The World Wars
3. The Interviews
For the special edition, there is very little gossip as these alliances are seldom seen in the external forums. I hope I can bring them here. The educational section will also be removed for this week and brought back for the 6th edition.
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1. The World Rankings
Highlighted are the alliances that I interviewed. The world rankings is a hard one to do with me having paid little attention to this section of the leaderboards (naughty Slivas), so I am going off what I can see using Grepolife (a great website for those who like to know more about their world and enemies).
1. Epidemic Spreads – They have made a move up the rankings and shown very strong growth since the 6th of April. This looks to be largely due to the acquisition of a few players from ROTTEN, which has boosted their points. They are primarily based in O43 and we will discuss their wars in the next section. After showing stagnating growth, maybe these new members can overcome the vaccine and spread like the Spanish Influenza.
2. Raid and Ravage Go Steady – Out in O34, Raid and Ravage are growing steadily, showing no real dips or spikes. I think this suggests a stable time for the alliance. They have also taken on some players recently, albeit quite small, suggesting their wars are going well. They, of course, have the luxury of not having to fight P&P and are out of range of the Priory. Maybe an alliance to watch in the outer oceans as they have the luxury of picking their frontlines to a degree.
3. Legion Ex Machina ex-growth – They have slightly fewer points than they did two weeks ago. Now my maths ain’t that great but that can’t be good. But shout out for being ranked 17th in points but 8th in the fighter rankings. You guys are killing it! Or being killed… But we will find that out in the next section.
4. WE BE PIRATES STEADY AS SHE GOES – I actually had to screenshot this because it was so uniform. I can only assume that they are somehow interlinked with a y=x function.
Look at that steady growth… Are you opposite over hypotenuse because that steady growth makes me want to sin… Continuing the temporary maths theme.
5. Nocturne Centurion Fall – A mass exodus to The Apocalypse - fittingly describing the event – has left these guys wallowing in 23rd position. But hey, it now matches the 22nd in the fighter tables so maybe they can now sustain this size.
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2. The World Wars
1. Epidemic vs Plunder & Pillage + Raid & Ravage – Not going well for the rapidly spreading virus. Appears their spread has been quelled by some angry resource robbers. They are currently losing the war with P&P 7-45 and winning the war with R&R 11-5. Considering these alliances are likely working together based on my interviews, this is to be expected. But their continued growth suggests they are soaking up the pressure and losses well. That’s what I like to see.
2. Legion Ex Machina vs The Apocalypse – Oh dear…… In your defence LEM you have taken 1 city, but you have lost 63 of them. Let’s hope they can recover from this. It explains their lack of growth over recent weeks and with a war against R&R 9-27 against as well it looks like the Legion are turning into the 300 against the Persians. But hey, if that’s the case you have great abs so who’s the real winner?
3. The Deadpool vs The Shady Bunch – Not sure the Shadies would term this a war… One sec…
Apparently not. Despite this, The Deadpool have lost 31 cities and taken none. Deadpool has the ability to heal though so they will be a tough one to kill! They also are still showing steady growth.
4. WE BE PIRATES vs Vikings Power – Ahah! We have found an alliance taking on a bite-size alliance that aids their growth, what a nice change. WBP are currently 18-1 to the good on this one. The first alliance we have seen to actually be winning their main war. Maybe a tactical leadership is picking fights it can win.
5. Nocturne Centurion vs Itself – I cannot pretend to know what happened with the mass exodus and whether it was agreed by the leadership. If it was, great, good job on the merger. If it wasn’t… Not such a good job. I know a great leadership TEDTalk from Simon Sinek if you’d like the link?
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