Okay guys, Here I'm going to try something different, it's going to be current Map + future expectations, some of you might disagree, others might not see it true, but it's my opinion basically. Check Mate, don't rim me so early, or you will be responsible for killing the external thread, you can see how much it changed and how more active it is by me joining in
Okay so, I did try to include the biggest picture here, and as for the current picture I'm going to make my expectations based on oceans/Alliances
As you can see, this is not really a circle (excuse my paint skills, had a very hard time to do this whatever shape it is
), but I expect the circle to stretch towards Nemesis, and this is for many reasons, they really kept high player numbers so that they grab the circle to their area, the most number of active players currently exist there and they are concentrated in a specific area which will help stretch the circle towards them.
I wasn't expecting the Map to look like this, but by clearing Animal farm from the area close to the borders, they are going to stretch back eventually and build safe areas, which might keep this area empty.
Check Mate strategy : Check Mate are trying to hold their grip on the middle of the map, this way they don't have to even think, or take the risk of the circle stretching somewhere else. So, I don't expect the circle to stretch into ocean 54, as Check Mate don't seem to be interested in doing it, and maybe they know they don't have Nemesis and Kleos numbers, so they are just keeping the middle secure, but still, I doubt the middle will be enough for them to dominate 40% of the cities?
Nemesis Strategy: I did mention their strategy above, they are keeping a very high number of cities and players to try to make the circle stretch their way, this way they don't have to be offensive when it comes to domination, instead they will be defending and trying to hold their ground, as I believe their area will include more than 40% of the cities
Stooges: I doubt they are thinking of this currently, they seem to be a tight group looking to have fun and fight, but I still expect them to merge into Check Mate on a later stage after some players quit as what happens in most of the worlds. If this happens, then I think Nemesis wouldn't stand a chance, and they will have more activity and cities than Nemesis.
Animal Farm Strategy: they really had a good chance here, but their ocean was pretty dead, mainly them there, and too many empty areas for the circle to not stretch there, if they build in safe areas for 1 month and try again to stretch towards the center they might be able to fill the gaps, and they could help the circle not stretch towards Nemesis.
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@mod, I hope to have your input here, on whether this looks like a rational picture after the changes done on the domination world.
At the end, this all might be just nothing and you guys have only visions of cartoon network, and I'm only assuming you are that smart