Originally by: Scavok

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Edited by: Scavok on 02/05/2008 13:00:33

Originally by: KIAEddZ

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The basis of what went wrong is very simple. BoB.

BoB used the epic betrayal, and the leadership made it something it wasn't. They needed it, they needed the spark, and through clever management of people and PR, BoB now are stronger than they ever were.

Gratz to them, I mentioned a quiet admiration for them, and it is mainly because they achieved what no one gave them hope of doing, they stood on the threshold of death, and brought it all the way back.

All the credit cannot go to only them of course, their enemies through inner fighting let them slip through the net when it should of been closed, the coalition wasn't very "co-", much more ego, and MC let it all get on top of them.

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BoB was strong before they left Catch to go to PB. They had an initial surge in numbers when they were convinced they were going to get an epic capital fight out of you, but then their numbers dwindled back down to nothing more than what GS and IAC were fighting in Catch. BoB really didn't get noticeably much stronger until during and after NOL.

There also really wasn't any coalition infighting. There were certainly some moments that were fun, but overall the fighting in Delve was just a lagfest that usually didn't go our way. It's hard to upset with other alliances for not showing up for that crap when they live on the other side of the universe with absolutely nothing of their own at stake. Pretty much all standings resets in the coalition were on good terms.

The only two entities that I think people were upset about were BRUCE and Tortuga. Both of them took their space without significant resistance (sans y-2, but even that I think was mostly done by northern guys) thanks to GS and Razor going straight to Delve after a month of 2-3x daily POS ops in Catch in Querious. They both had the most at stake being neighbors with BoB; everyone that was fighting in Delve had nothing immediately at stake and were keeping two large freeloading alliances alive. They both also had a HUGE amount of potential, but instead they just carebeared or even took "contracts" while things were getting ugly in Delve. Neither of these groups would be where they are now if they had put some serious effort into helping the coalition when they had the chance.

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