Saladjoe

Attention seekers unite.

Im guessing the attire, thus the summer rush. ;)

And here I was about to approve our joint bloc endeavor. :(

Yet another excellent contribution to a thread, please keep doing what you do. Congrats to our allies in Polaris.

Second this. Congrats guys.

Glad to get this up, time to stock up on protein shakes.

Holton does have a penchant for the dramatic. ;)

dots or die

Too many deletions. :(

WCs are for the weak, WRCs for the inept.

Those aren't micros, nor did they start as such. Sengoku, MI6, and atlas don't constitute the classical definition of a micro alliance so the comparison isn't valid. Those alliances are also involved in the bigger scheme of foreign affairs and not the classic "protectorate turning into a treaty when you hit ~20 members" formula that most micros go through. I don't think it's adequate to just divide the world into "micro" and "non-micro" either, there's a lot greater diversity out there. There's recruitment based AAs, large scale autocracies, large scale democracies, elite democracies, RP alliances, neutrals, micros, inactive shells AAs, you name it. The state of coalition warfare is a result of years of treaty redundancy and the complete mess that is the treaty web, not the presence or lack thereof of micros. As Auctor said, most micros' survival is contingent on one or two ex-gov of a larger AA being constantly present and involved and if RL takes them or they get burned out, the whole thing caves in. I ran my own micro back in 06 with some friends and it failed catastrophically, despite my constant presence and involvement in every aspect because it provided no incentive to new recruits to join over that of a larger alliance. So really unless you're going to start as a merger of several groups, or a splinter AA with a "critical mass" (I like that Auctor, nice phrase :P) you're going to be completely reliant on snatching up random recruits. And really, why would some random recruit join a 10 man alliance when they can join an alliance that's politically and economically established? It comes down to incentive present and the return of investment based on the pool of active players you have.

Probably because you didn't provide any incentive for people to put time into it, aka tech/cash. Backwards elevator has nothing else to do so you got lucky I suppose. :P

Micros only detract from the game if they pull away otherwise active people from larger alliances. Should the micro fail and those individuals become discouraged and quit, we've lost active and contributing people for the sake of a failed project. Micro drama is entertaining in its own right, just not at the expense of pulling away from other groups that could use the active folks.

Congrats on 8 years guys.

Congrats on 8 years, no small feat to be sure.

Glad to see WS finally getting some respect for his hard work. ;)

Large scale poaching, much more efficient.

Your throne of lies is the only scam here.

Glory to the Empire, may our glorious Kaiser and High Priest of the Tuna Fish God lead us to greatness.

Nowhere close to this list. ;)

To protect and serve.

That was pretty scary but thank Johan we survived.. Actually he did a solid job and represented the alliance well, I was pleasantly surprised. No Chimmy, sure, but who is? :P

Get on IRC and talk this out if you really care about reaching a resolution. Otherwise you just look desperate for attention.

Johan does not approve.

Godspeed to the teapot-laden CMs.