Is this not the OOC board?
I tried to read this entire thread just now. I admit I didn't read all of it because a lot of it doesn't really matter. Here's what *I* know as a line member of Coalition B:
I'm having fun.
It's fun to have the support of my other goons all the time. It's fun to have 4 or 5 wars running at a time and keep my enemies blockaded and beige all the time. Yeah sometimes not perfectly but whatever. It's fun to know that if I ever actually *do* get attacked, 3 goons will be on whoever attacked me, stomping on their faces and giving me a chance to win my war. I've been here 60 days and my nation only prospers. It's fun. I go BRRRRRRRRRRT on folks who have been in the game for...like, years or whatever I guess. That's fun. It's fun to me when some members of Coalition A are so dug in and stubborn that they will attempt to justify their losing the game (really badly) by saying "well you aren't making any money off me, so I win" while I pass them in strength in a matter of days and weeks. Strength that it took them years to build, I imagine. Not just fun, but funny. Really. Damn. Funny.
I'm having fun.
To Coalition A line members: Are you having fun? If not, maybe you're in the wrong coalition.