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A new edition comes in what is probably the most eventful week of the world yet. There's been coalitions, accusations of spamming, finger pointing, war, a major alliance shake up. All of this to win.... Princess @kingpg28 's hand in marriage. No but for real a lot of stuff is going on to win that crown. So I'll be including a breakdown of which faction each alliance falls under, if any. I'll also be adding my initial predictions for who will win the world and the war. Lastly I'll be including who accepted and ignored/rejected my mediation offer that I posted on the forums for the spam. So lets get to it.
1) Bad With Names/Bad With Numbers- I included their end of the conquest record in the other thread last night. They're beating the other coalition members by an almost 3:1 ratio at this time. There's been a lot of accusations of spam flying and I've seen both sides present their cases to an extent both publicly and privately and I've shared my speculation to players on both teams. My speculation remains the same and we'll get into that later. Why they're here is because they have the best conquest record in the world right now in terms of winning wars, they'd also have the third fewest city losses I believe (behind The Booty Warrior Cult and Beasties). Their current war record include a 25-13 lead Against OCEANS VETERANS, Flaming Dragon, THE RISING PHOENIX, and Black Sails XXX. They also have a 39-9 lead on Spirtum Sancti, Silly Rabbits, and Unnatural Selection (I've omitted ***The Greeks*** as they last indicated that they rejected the SS-US merge and will fight them). So long as they can keep winning, they'll be contending for the world.
Coalition Affiliation: Bad With Names - Balkans
Spam Mediation Status: Ignored or Rejected
World Status: Contender
2) Balkans Boyz/Balkan Boyz**/Ice Boyz- You can say they're good, you can say they're bad. But they're certainly entertaining. They took down ThePlague at the start of the world with their allies Souvlaki and Bad With Names. They've recently played a key role in putting a dagger in the Bunnies. While the war is still ongoing with the Bunnies new group, Warlords, they've continued to take towns off of them. Time will tell if this reformed enemy proves to be too much for them. I can't pull any new stats due to Warlords just being Bazooka Bunnies renamed and retaining Ice Girlz. So I'll keep with the records from Ice Girlz and both bunny teams. Balkans lead 56-39 at this time. Though it is important to bear in mind that Warlords have cut Nightmare Bunnies. The reason why I'll hold this against Warlords is that you could still count this as ground lost in their turf on top of it being their former cities. The Balkan Boyz also are at war with Beasties who they trail 4-13. The Balkans also face Unnatural Selection, Spirtum Sancti, and Silly Rabbits who they lead 12-11. In addition to this, they have merged with Ice and Fire, giving them a third branch back and solidifying control of ocean 55.
Coalition Affiliation: Bad With Names - Balkans
World Status: Contender
3) OCEANS VETERANS/Flaming Dragon I gotta hand it to them. I still think the overall starting strategy was a bad call as are some of their choices in allies. But this is probably where I would have put an OV that started in the core on its own in the first edition. They're in a do or die situation. They either beat Bad With Names or they go home. OCEANS VETERANS certainly holds up its end of the bargain in beating Bad With Names by a score of 12-10. Unfortunately its allies do not. Dropping the score to 13-25. Which effectively keeps them from stealing that #1 spot. Most of the city losses come from Flaming Dragon and Phoenix. While Black Sails has lost one town. Overall though, this group could be way worse off with this combination and is finding some success. They've also allied with Spirtum Sancti's group. Which gives them a good shot to win the world.
Coalition Affiliation: Spirtum Sancti
Spam Mediation Status: Ignored or Rejected
World Status: Contender
4) Spirtum Sancti/Silly Rabbits/Unnatural Selection- I like a lot of the people on this team as people. But fighting some of them I'll give brutal honesty. I debated moving them down another spot, but I don't think The Booty Warrior Cult has done enough to justify jumping the raw power that SS can project. I've been told by the ***The Greeks*** that they will continue fighting Unnatural Selection, which if still true is a serious backfire. I was also told that a ton of Unnatural Selection were getting cut, which to be fair a lot were, but there's still more that I'd personally leave behind than take. Meanwhile there's a guy on an island with us hiding behind about 3k ships, a 25 wall, and 500ish transports of DLU. They don't have a lack of skilled players Topweasel, Zeuskiller, and Viking come to mind. But they also don't have a lack of bad ones who I won't name to avoid anybody being insulted. If they're LTSing on other fronts then this is a ticking time bomb. They currently trail 11-12 to the Balkans and trail 9-40 to Bad With Names. This team does have the sheer numbers and unit counts to play to win and can project a lot of power. But it needs to use that power correctly in order to actually win the world.
Coalition Affiliation: Spirtum Sancti
Spam Mediation Status: Ignored or Rejected
World Status: Contender
5) The Booty Warrior Cult- Well if you looked at the forums prior to this you'd think that some people believe in the hype I put into TBWC more than actual TBWC players do. That said we've made our moves in O54 so far and I don't think you'd find anyone disputing that we'd play well to this point. What started as an unfavorable position being wedged between the Bunnies and Unnatural Selection is starting to turn into prime real estate. We do have alliances with The Pariahs and The Balkans. We do have a 36-2 lead on the Bunnies (now Warlords) but have spent the post collapse taking cities left behind from the Bunny fallout.
Coalition Affiliation: No coalition but allies with Balkan Boyz and The Pariahs
6) Beasties- That is a terrible hand that they just got dealt and I gotta hand it to them fully for not also folding. They have a 13-4 lead on the Balkans. But momentum appears to have swung back to the Balkans for now. Time will tell if they can play with a bad hand and continue to win the war. But I still like this group's chances at continuing to find success. I'm under the impression that they are still allied with Warlords.
Coalition Affiliation: No coalition but allies with Warlords
World Status: High Power
7) Warlords/Ice Girlz- I don't have enough to say how strong or how good they actually are since its been only a couple days. So this will be more of something you might see for a new coming alliance or at the start of the world. This is similar to the SS-US merge to me. I think Tomas is on the right track but hasn't executed it properly. From the islands I share with them, everyone who made the jump to Warlords is still LTSed up and more or less just exists. This has slowed some of the bleeding undoubtedly, but will produce the same results. Simple fact is that you cannot win meaningful wars through wide spread LTS. I think the mistake made here is that bigger player = better player. Which isn't true. There also seemed to be a lot of interest in leaving the SS coalition but it seems they've ended up back in it. So far it looks like they've continued to lose more cities than they've gained off of Balkans. TBWC has taken a city since the break down. Their alliance with Beasties can help secure them.
Coalition Affiliation: Spirtum Sancti
World Status: In a flux
8) ***The Greeks***- Denying the merge with Unnatural Selection is 100% a natural reaction. US was their only opponent. They are in a bit a weird position though now surrounded by red. It seems that no cities have been taken or lost against their old and new foes since this declaration. They have managed to take a city off of the Warlords since then though.
Coalition Affiliation: By themselves
World Status: High Power
9) The Pariahs- I might be biased here but they have to have the best comeback story of the server. Starting out as Free Hugs and being left by a lot of their team for Bazooka Bunnies. The Bunnies then proceeded to drive them from their core and force them to relocate north. Since then, they've pushed back into the Bunny turf. Nobody is probably more satisfied by the implosion than these guys.
Coalition Affiliation: No coalition but allied to The Booty Warrior Cult and Balkan Boyz
World Status: Rising Power
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1) Bad With Names/Bad With Numbers- I included their end of the conquest record in the other thread last night. They're beating the other coalition members by an almost 3:1 ratio at this time. There's been a lot of accusations of spam flying and I've seen both sides present their cases to an extent both publicly and privately and I've shared my speculation to players on both teams. My speculation remains the same and we'll get into that later. Why they're here is because they have the best conquest record in the world right now in terms of winning wars, they'd also have the third fewest city losses I believe (behind The Booty Warrior Cult and Beasties). Their current war record include a 25-13 lead Against OCEANS VETERANS, Flaming Dragon, THE RISING PHOENIX, and Black Sails XXX. They also have a 39-9 lead on Spirtum Sancti, Silly Rabbits, and Unnatural Selection (I've omitted ***The Greeks*** as they last indicated that they rejected the SS-US merge and will fight them). So long as they can keep winning, they'll be contending for the world.
Coalition Affiliation: Bad With Names - Balkans
Spam Mediation Status: Ignored or Rejected
World Status: Contender
2) Balkans Boyz/Balkan Boyz**/Ice Boyz- You can say they're good, you can say they're bad. But they're certainly entertaining. They took down ThePlague at the start of the world with their allies Souvlaki and Bad With Names. They've recently played a key role in putting a dagger in the Bunnies. While the war is still ongoing with the Bunnies new group, Warlords, they've continued to take towns off of them. Time will tell if this reformed enemy proves to be too much for them. I can't pull any new stats due to Warlords just being Bazooka Bunnies renamed and retaining Ice Girlz. So I'll keep with the records from Ice Girlz and both bunny teams. Balkans lead 56-39 at this time. Though it is important to bear in mind that Warlords have cut Nightmare Bunnies. The reason why I'll hold this against Warlords is that you could still count this as ground lost in their turf on top of it being their former cities. The Balkan Boyz also are at war with Beasties who they trail 4-13. The Balkans also face Unnatural Selection, Spirtum Sancti, and Silly Rabbits who they lead 12-11. In addition to this, they have merged with Ice and Fire, giving them a third branch back and solidifying control of ocean 55.
Coalition Affiliation: Bad With Names - Balkans
World Status: Contender
3) OCEANS VETERANS/Flaming Dragon I gotta hand it to them. I still think the overall starting strategy was a bad call as are some of their choices in allies. But this is probably where I would have put an OV that started in the core on its own in the first edition. They're in a do or die situation. They either beat Bad With Names or they go home. OCEANS VETERANS certainly holds up its end of the bargain in beating Bad With Names by a score of 12-10. Unfortunately its allies do not. Dropping the score to 13-25. Which effectively keeps them from stealing that #1 spot. Most of the city losses come from Flaming Dragon and Phoenix. While Black Sails has lost one town. Overall though, this group could be way worse off with this combination and is finding some success. They've also allied with Spirtum Sancti's group. Which gives them a good shot to win the world.
Coalition Affiliation: Spirtum Sancti
Spam Mediation Status: Ignored or Rejected
World Status: Contender
4) Spirtum Sancti/Silly Rabbits/Unnatural Selection- I like a lot of the people on this team as people. But fighting some of them I'll give brutal honesty. I debated moving them down another spot, but I don't think The Booty Warrior Cult has done enough to justify jumping the raw power that SS can project. I've been told by the ***The Greeks*** that they will continue fighting Unnatural Selection, which if still true is a serious backfire. I was also told that a ton of Unnatural Selection were getting cut, which to be fair a lot were, but there's still more that I'd personally leave behind than take. Meanwhile there's a guy on an island with us hiding behind about 3k ships, a 25 wall, and 500ish transports of DLU. They don't have a lack of skilled players Topweasel, Zeuskiller, and Viking come to mind. But they also don't have a lack of bad ones who I won't name to avoid anybody being insulted. If they're LTSing on other fronts then this is a ticking time bomb. They currently trail 11-12 to the Balkans and trail 9-40 to Bad With Names. This team does have the sheer numbers and unit counts to play to win and can project a lot of power. But it needs to use that power correctly in order to actually win the world.
Coalition Affiliation: Spirtum Sancti
Spam Mediation Status: Ignored or Rejected
World Status: Contender
5) The Booty Warrior Cult- Well if you looked at the forums prior to this you'd think that some people believe in the hype I put into TBWC more than actual TBWC players do. That said we've made our moves in O54 so far and I don't think you'd find anyone disputing that we'd play well to this point. What started as an unfavorable position being wedged between the Bunnies and Unnatural Selection is starting to turn into prime real estate. We do have alliances with The Pariahs and The Balkans. We do have a 36-2 lead on the Bunnies (now Warlords) but have spent the post collapse taking cities left behind from the Bunny fallout.
Coalition Affiliation: No coalition but allies with Balkan Boyz and The Pariahs
6) Beasties- That is a terrible hand that they just got dealt and I gotta hand it to them fully for not also folding. They have a 13-4 lead on the Balkans. But momentum appears to have swung back to the Balkans for now. Time will tell if they can play with a bad hand and continue to win the war. But I still like this group's chances at continuing to find success. I'm under the impression that they are still allied with Warlords.
Coalition Affiliation: No coalition but allies with Warlords
World Status: High Power
7) Warlords/Ice Girlz- I don't have enough to say how strong or how good they actually are since its been only a couple days. So this will be more of something you might see for a new coming alliance or at the start of the world. This is similar to the SS-US merge to me. I think Tomas is on the right track but hasn't executed it properly. From the islands I share with them, everyone who made the jump to Warlords is still LTSed up and more or less just exists. This has slowed some of the bleeding undoubtedly, but will produce the same results. Simple fact is that you cannot win meaningful wars through wide spread LTS. I think the mistake made here is that bigger player = better player. Which isn't true. There also seemed to be a lot of interest in leaving the SS coalition but it seems they've ended up back in it. So far it looks like they've continued to lose more cities than they've gained off of Balkans. TBWC has taken a city since the break down. Their alliance with Beasties can help secure them.
Coalition Affiliation: Spirtum Sancti
World Status: In a flux
8) ***The Greeks***- Denying the merge with Unnatural Selection is 100% a natural reaction. US was their only opponent. They are in a bit a weird position though now surrounded by red. It seems that no cities have been taken or lost against their old and new foes since this declaration. They have managed to take a city off of the Warlords since then though.
Coalition Affiliation: By themselves
World Status: High Power
9) The Pariahs- I might be biased here but they have to have the best comeback story of the server. Starting out as Free Hugs and being left by a lot of their team for Bazooka Bunnies. The Bunnies then proceeded to drive them from their core and force them to relocate north. Since then, they've pushed back into the Bunny turf. Nobody is probably more satisfied by the implosion than these guys.
Coalition Affiliation: No coalition but allied to The Booty Warrior Cult and Balkan Boyz
World Status: Rising Power
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