1) Lords of the Rim/13th Warrior of the Rim- Not doing bad. Not doing as well as last week. But hey its a long game and they're no where near where they were in their last world. Doing pretty well vs House of Pain with holding a 7-1 lead. They're beating Nightblood 2-1. But they're now losing to Pandas/Phoenix 5-4 and losing to FOODFIGHT 10-7. Some might jump to criticize but they're winning the fights that they're supposed to at this time and are only losing narrowly in the ones that should be competitive. Outlook looks positive as there's room for strong growth. SWIM.
2) Destructive Influence/The Goat Farmers- With the collapse of The Chosen/2 Be Chosen, this group has had an influx of their best players and broken out of that boxed in positioning that they were in before. Right now, this would be my favorite team to win the world. SWIM. They're having a competitive fight vs Pandagoatium at 3-5. But then you factor in Ghosts and PHOENIX and that goes flying out the window at 49-5. They're also leading House of Pain at 5-2 and Cry Havoc at 4-1. Overall, they're doing well. SWIM.
3) Pandagoatium/PHOENIX- Seems that Ghost has dropped along the way. But not much else has really changed for this group. For those that missed last time, Pandas will be the main fighters and are actually incredibly competitive, on their own they're in the running for best team on the world. But PHOENIX's strategy revolves largely around boomeranging via eating the BP from 25 walls on lost cities, the occasional siege break, and then mass founding a safe zone for world wonders. This combination will probably keep them in the top 3 for WWs all world but due to PHOENIX, this group will likely not be seen as the victors of a major war. FLOAT.
4) Nightblood- Actually has a shot at supremacy in O44 for the moment. They're sitting at 2-4 vs House of Pain and 1-2 vs Lords of the Rim. They appear to be feeding for now. So their success will be determined when the food officially runs out and HoP and LOTR become their main enemies. FLOAT.
5) House of Pain- Now getting hit by LOTR and DI. LOTR is getting away from them a bit for this stage at 7-1. DI is beating them 6-2. They're beating Nightblood at 4-2 and Pandagoatium at 4-1. This team is good in term of talent. The interesting story here seems to be Chaos Returns who seem to have woken up offensively a bit. The score is 20-5 in favor of HoP still. But they're sort of in a bad position where everyone can attack them. Given how the other wars have shaped up for DI and FOODFIGHT. I think its safe to say that HoP has the worst positioning in the world right now. They'll need to break through on a front to fix this but that's a tall task. FLOAT then SINK.
6) Cry Havoc- Rapidly growing in O55. I believe that they will become a top 5 team soon enough. They got in on the feeding on Ghosts with a 16-0 lead before the disband. They also fed off of We Don't Like Goats at 11-0. Their major front right now seems to be Black Widows/Black Widows II who CH is beating 9-0. However it should be noted that Pandagoatium on its own has punched CH squarely in the mouth. CH is 0-8 vs them currently. DI is also beating them 4-1. SWIM.
7) Chaos Returns- Credit to them for hanging around. They're 0-7 vs LOTR. 5-20 vs HoP. 0-5 to Nightblood. 0-4 to Fire and Blood. I do like that they've woken up a bit vs HoP but when HoP is also fighting everyone, you're bound to be able to take advantage. There's really only two ways to go with this. Either they collapse and join another alliance. Or they out last HoP and get fed on next. SINK.
8) Black Widows/Black Widows II- I like to think of this as an alliance with active players but poor knowledge of conquest and bad leadership. They saw fit to MRA in O65. Even taking in some the players that we kicked for violating our rules. They're 0-9 to Cry Havoc and 0-3 to The Booty Warrior Cult at the time of writing this. They saw fit to try an 18 hour CS on me and that should tell you all you need to know. That said, the growth of O65 and opening of O66 and their ability to recruit in it will lead to them lasting for a long time. FLOAT.
9) Fire and Blood- Looks somewhat promising. Currently only losing to Nightblood at 1-3. SWIM.
10) Assassin's Order- Losing their major fights. SINK.
11) Addicts- LOTR feeding grounds. SINK.
12) Plague Brigade- Doing its own thing in its corner of O64, O54, and O65. Losing to LOTR at 0-2. But hardly a focus for LOTR at this time. SWIM.