Right, comparison to an alliance that was in a very similar position
Story time!
Our story begins in 2018
en107, Heliopolis
Neighbourhood Delinquents, coincidentally also with Hi Droggen in the alliance
Also pacted with BWN, also "destroying several alliances, getting back from betrayals"
Ranked #4 in the world in points and like top 5 in BP I believe at the point I'm about to tell you about
I can't remember exactly why the pact ended, I think they stopped helping much though the fact that they took in someone who betrayed BWN probably didn't help. I was also pushing for it to end but tbf I just despise pacts
So pact ends, one player decides to go fight the #4 alliance in the world. Mostly alone, some support on sieges but that player had a huge amount of defense built so could hold solo sieges without low morale.
Guess what? Turns out ND was actually complete trash and got basically dismantled by a single player.
Bonus points for the comparison!
Their top player, todott, was also high in rank and bp. And ran to vm after losing cities and fliers to said player.
And there you have it!
So yes, I don't know how yall keep pulling it off, but the parallels are undeniable there