Muddog's Blog

Well, as far as having different focuses, I'll point you towards a few places/people I know of. First off, The Order of the Black Rose is an alliance dedicated to RP; granted, there is definitely still an aspect of nation-building through an alliance, but it's a very different culture than your average CN alliance. Dame Hime Themis would be one to talk to if you're interested in what they do.

A former alliance you could take a look at would be Vox Populi - the second incarnation, I believe, if you happen to run into anything from the first. Nobody who joined Vox Populi after the first week or two expected to maintain their nation; it was built more around an ideal, and the players who joined it were either already well-recognized or became so. Many of the former members are scattered about CN, so they'd be able to give better input than I.

Finally, look up Rebel Virginia. He made a blog post the other day about fighting for the underdog; as far as I recall, he's been doing so since Vox Populi and perhaps from before then as well. That said, he'll probably make his presence known here on your blog at some point.

If you're interested in the idea of the game revolving around spheres, take a look at current and past color unity documents. Some, such as NOIR (black unity), are currently thriving. Others, like OUT (orange unity), had their time, but were eventually ripped apart due to other political pressures.

As far as how many nations are playing... there's a screen ingame that tells you exactly how many there are. Take a look at World Demographics, under the World Statistics link at the bottom of the sidebar. As of my post, there are 24,954 current active nations. Of those, approximately 20,000 have an alliance affiliation other than "None". Now, a number of those are ghosts, and a number of those are in soon to be defunct micro-alliances that haven't found the OWF yet. But I know that there are approxiately 7,000-8,000 nations in the top 35ish alliances.

Thank you Derantol, I'll look into what you've said, it is most interesting to hear of how others play the game. I am currently with the Realm of the Rose another part of the Rosular Kingdom of which OBR also belongs. I have studied Vox and I think their revolution within CN was very Interesting and I'd like to speak with Vox members and others in the community about the Sociological impact the alliance had. I have not yet, gotten to meet Rebel Virginia, but I know the blog. It was a good read, it reminded me of V for Vendetta's quote "Worlds will always hold their power" and I think Rebel Virginia understands that very well. You answered a lot for me, thank you. I'd be interested to know what you and others think about the evolution of the game had alliances not taken form.

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I spent some months in Vox Populi as a senator and member. I can try to answer any questions you might have.