UNREAL. I have played Grepolis for years, and have never posted. I used to read these forums at least, but now I can barely stomach to. It is the same in EVERY world, the forums start out active, then fizzle and die, and the reason is because of people like CUCCI. Sure he has his 2 cents, but being that he doesn't play this world, and his "source" isn't basing his opinion on fact, or even intelligence for that matter, that 2 cents is more like 2 pesos, and really isn't worth the time it takes to read it. I love how the strongest fights in here, come from the people who like to go to ALL the forums and just pose, and comment on people and things they aren't part of. My message to your "source" is that if he and his alliance were willing to fight even half as hard as CUCCI has fought here, then they wouldn't be in the hopeless position they are in now. IN ALL FAIRNESS TO CUCCI, i think that Grepo-intel must be suffering from a major glitch, because i just pulled him up on it, and i KNOW there is no WAY that a guy playing one world (with one city IN that world), would come in here, with info that he got from a guy who's sister heard from someone who's ex-boyfriend overheard in a mens room, and try to pass it off as fact. I know that can't be the case. It just can't. And before you ask, Ms. Cucci, YES, I have been fighting in AD's alliance, for quite a few months now, but am NOT a cheerleader by ANY means. In fact, I think its fair to say that I have been a bigger pain in the ass to him, then your little "source" ever has. I recently found myself with some unexpected time on my hands, *wink*, and decided to see if ANY of the people that are allegedly still fighting in this world were maybe hiding in here, because they SURE aint in Tau anymore. Not only can i confirm that almost EVERYTHING that Ms. CUCCI said was absolute garbage, but a few of the things listed....I DID, like being one of the 3 or 4 players holding the line (with ORDERS to NOT take cities for a couple weeks, i might add), because the bulk of us were busy in the north and west, STOMPING all comers. Origins, TBX, and whatever WITCHQUEEN called his thing that week, SKS, whatever, and while that occurred, EMPIRE (that is all 4 incarnations of them), and the black plague didn't grant a time out till the others were done fighting and could join in. Now maybe my math is wrong, but ALL the alliances listed were ALL the top alliances at the time. Once Whtchiepoo got thrashed, and left his people out to dry, we were told we were free to mop the floor with the rest, and we did. The 3 cities on 5/23 or whatever were NOT a payoff, i know, I TOOK 2 OF THEM! I moved quickly, as they were in our area, and that was that. MANY of our guys gifted to SVB, not the other way. WHY, you ask? Ill let you in on a secret......If you have cities spread over 7 oceans, regardless of how many, you aren't huge......YOURE TOAST! We kicked some of the more distant cities in favor of staying in 55, GIVING THE WHOLE WORLD THE FINGER, then beating them like rented mules!!! And that is EXACTLY what happened. You are correct, there WAS a price paid by SVB, and the price was to be targeted by the whole world right along with us. Now if you can tell me how when we had 4 guys holding off 3 alliances, while AD was slapping witchqueen around and all the rest for that matter, how we helped SVB. I never saw a thing from any of them (no matter how much i may have wanted to), and we gave them NOTHING. Thats right, no spells, no intel, and certainly no defense. I have 5 defensive cities TOTAL out of 65. How could i give them ANYTHING??? I know what you are thinking.....these guys aren't THAT good to take on the whole world, AND WIN! You are right. What we are is active, smart, and unlike your little buddies in SKS, oops, i mean class holes, we know where the "attack" button is. There it is, in a nutshell, and unlike whatever point of view you may have, mine has stats and facts behind it, not the irritation and fear that your "source" has clearly showed in Tau. You would know the shameful truth if you werentsuffering from the absence of brain, or is the problem a couple feet lower?