Raiders of Phi - may not be an elite type alliance but they seem decent enough especially for this server to remain the top 3 til the colonizations begin at least.
WOLFPACK - How lame is the name anyways I see about two names I recognize the rest are meh... already trying to work around the cap. I think if Raiders of Phi prove to be an aggressive alliance this one is in trouble they will just lose the best players to RoP and get owned.
Cute Furry Kittens - They have certainly inserted a dumb name, how do people not realise having silly names like these makes you look weak like you are not taking this server seriously and leads people to attacking you, it's a war game looking like the big bad scary alliance attracts the big bad scary players and keeps noobs away. Anyway this alliance is pretty much doomed they are in a ocean with alliances better than them, their top three players seem like hoes, their leader is on a island with myself, icyber and 3 tiny teds that are bigger than him, his gonna get farmed.
ShRoom - another silly name, another -Achilles- alliance. I think it's pretty sh*tty what achilles does really, dude recruits players into his allaince by BS-ing them into thinking he is gonna create the next Phenomen which we all know isn't the case. He leaves a bad smell in every world he enters and wastes the time of the people who are dumb enough to join one of his alliances. You can say whatever you like about fire but at least he tries to do right by his alliance.
The Liquidators - I think you need real weak leadership or a really inactive alliance for it to fall apart fast at these small alliance caps, if this alliance was in one of the other core oceans they would have fallen fast but in 45 they might just survive a month.
Die Hard - Not loooking good for the MRA corp. falling appart before the attacks even began but hopefully the good players will break away and a few good alliance will rise from it.
Dark Soldiers - I don't know why but I think there would have been bare racist jokes made about this in the asylum
Tiny Teddies - another silly name and this one is worse coz I get creeped out when a group of adults call themselves teddies or bears sorry. Anyways seems like the best alliance on the server atm but like jay said to lead alliances like these the leader needs some in-game rep and lead from the front OKC style don't think cheeze is active enough to do that. Maybe Osl will cover for him like statler did for metalcore in Xi but I doubt it, he didn't even last in an alliance led by spartan-fury. If they know what's good for them they will utilize more of the cap.
Assassins of Phi - Will be forgotten soon enough no point wasting thoughts on these type of alliances.
MRA 55 + Branches - You shouldn't start alliances if you aren't planning to take it to the top, curly's whole concept was flawed and he just wasted the time of the people who joined him. weak dude weak.
Maniac - Another HiHi alliance, another silly name coz it sounds like a player name not an alliance name. HiHi isn't active enough to lead a top tier alliance, if you are not a top tier alliance you won't survive in the core(FULLSTOP)
Sorrows - Could do well, I imagine sapph is a lot better leader than the cheesy and curly ones, there are certainly a lot worse people leading alliances on this server but I think she just won't recruit enough players active players around her and that will be their downfall.