1 The Borg Collective - They look strong based on their stats, but with what I've heard of the leadership (already trying to form a coalition on day one for example...) I honestly have doubts about the leadership. For now I'll say
Float, leadership needs to man up if it has any hope of swimming.
2 FRIENDS - Hold a couple of strong core islands so the potential is there, however given their blind invites I seriously doubt the loyalty of the membership (or participation for that matter). This has to be a
Sink
3 FireBreathing Ducks - Not heard a great deal on these but given their position they certainly look to last for a while. Provided they use smart diplomacy (or should I say don't annoy all of the other 3 big alliances nearby) they will certainly survive. Some dead weight but I'll say
Float with slight chance of a Swim
4 Lockdown - The only other alliance I've heard a fair deal on other than borg. Promising stats, half decent positioning and (from what I can tell) better leadership convince me that they will last for some time.
Swim!
5 Kings of Olympus - Poor stats and Olympus in it's name.... Just no...
6 Ancient Warriors - Similar to the alliance above, just replaced one terrible name with another...
7 Natus Vincere - Call me crazy but despite having an average lower than 1k they could possibly last due to how tight they are... For the most part anyway. Just wondering why they have odd members crop up here and there (and why a member in O53 when you're based in 55?!)
Float
8 Radioactive - Again fairly tight group but a few randomly dotted members, provided they decide carefully between who they back (Borg or LD) they should
Swim, choose badly and floating is more likely.
9 Lords of Chaos - Another poor name, indicating that they are likely led by a 13 year old. Seriously just disband this thing now.
10 L.O.L, 11 The killers and 12 Fun House - All have poor stats, all will
sink
13 Honour and Power - My alliance so cant comment
14 BurnInHell - This name hurt my feelings
. Tightly based in Northern O54 their sightly low average can be excused, certainly have potential and as I haven't awarded many yet in this ocean
Swim!
15 Wrath of Fire - Based right in the core with a poor average, most likely be eaten for bp.
Sink.
16 Delian League - Based in the south of O53 and have acceptable stats for their location,
Float
17 Knights Order - A very average group in an area surrounded by the more impressive looking alliances. Dark horse? Unlikely... Sorry but
sink
18 Rebellion - Too spread out to be effective, take a guess...
19 The Dark Phoenix - As soon as I saw phoenix I was tempted to just say sink... But no I decided to look at their area on the map anyway.... Yeah too spread out so it's still a
sink.
20 The Thracians - As a General rule of thumb any alliance named after a well known greek faction is likely to be a disappointment, it's nice to see this tradition continue
Sink
Yes I know at points I may have been a little lazy/harsh etc. Thats it... Just pointing out that I am aware