sambr09
Hipparchus
Top 5 - I saw no benefit in including any further down alliances, will include in honourable mentions
1 - Cuddlers -ATT #1 DEF #4 - Clear favourites to win the world, winners of 137, missing a couple of the key names on the roster, Puppy, Merc but have also strengthened adding early frontrunners for top players + top fighters. Lead by @KarmaError404 who is a strong leader as well as a strong trash talker. It will be interesting to see how they deal with being clear favourites from the start. Strong war scores seeing them destroy The Resistance (Formerly BRB), TBE and Persian Inquisition in their path to control O44 and N45
This is for me an obvious decision and makes them a Clear Swim.
2- The Resistance - ATT #2 DEF #1 - Showed a bit of something when they were fighting against the Killer Bunnies and they still have a few recognisable names on their roster, however their strategy of "recruit everyone" has backfired miserably and has shown a very weak backbone when exposed to a single OP, if they can regroup they might still have a part to play in this world if unclefart1 and @ZionWarrior can get their players pulling in the right direction. They have a very split core as a result of their recruitment strategy which will leave them open to losing a lot more cities; Their war scores are as follows.
Another easy decision here, A Sure Sink
3- Killer Bunnies - ATT#3 DEF #3 - I believe this is the most interesting alliance here as while they have been losing their wars to the Cuddlers and The Resistance, they appear to have stabilised and even gone on the offensive against The Resistance, this could be as a result of the Cuddles attention on The Resistance and time will tell if they can turn it into good momentum or if Cuddles will turn around and steamroll them.
I have been very impressed with the way they trimmed their squad and resisted the urge to fill the empty slots with dead wood, we will see if this will turn out to be a blessing or a curse with only 30 players out of the 40 alliance cap
Their war scores are as follows:
Diplomatic relations could be very important for the Bunnies as they could still yet have a part to play in the wonders process.
Float
4 - True Fear - ATT#4 DEF #9 -This is my alliance so expect bias in this section (referred to as they so it reads as the rest of the top 5)
Still a strong squad despite a fair amount of the big hitters taking a break from this world, TF have added to the roster and are playing this one slightly different, They dropped a couple weeks later than the start in order to group themselves in what they believed to be an advantageous position. As it happens, they dropped in O45 which will be the major battlegrounds for the majority of this server with strong competition from Cuddlers to the north. They still have the same strong leadership team as before which will be a massive benefit for the coming months.
It seems inevitable that they will fight northwards as cuddles fight southwards and the rivalry will be reignited as only skirmishes have occurred between the two teams so far.
Their war scores are as follows:
These are strong war scores against 2 of the top alliances and time will tell how this develops.
Swim
5-Summer Camp - ATT#6 DEF#7 - Another strong roster with a very strong coring in NW 55, their issue will be if they want to expand north or west they will have to fight the Cuddlers. Who knows if Cuddlers will want to go down into 55 with 0 conquests between the two sides as of now. SC will have to choose between fighting cuddles or aligning with them in order to play a part in this world. I believe they are cored up well enough to make cuddles have to fight for their cities.
Their war scores are as follows:
They are comfortably winning in their wars however are yet to fight one of the big 4 (I will get onto TBE later)
Float
(Dis) Honourable Mentions and Addendum
7 -The Butterfly Effect (TBE) - ATT#5 DEF#2 - They have shown very little this world and have lost in every meaningful war and are therefore a Sink
14 - Persian Inquisition - ATT#14 DEF #8 - They quick became food for the cuddlers and showed absolutely no resistance at all Sink
15 - La Cucaracha - ATT#10 DEF#6 -They have posted comically bad war scores however to their credit have managed to stay together and have added the Puppy to their roster, what the significance of this is remains to be seen however for now they remain a Sink
Thank you for reading, this is my first time compiling something like this so constructive criticism / additions that could be made are greatly appreciated -- Ignore the terrible formatting throughout
Cheers,
Sam
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