I re-created an alliance filled with people with varying backgrounds of experience and expectations from the game. We in fact did play competitively and we had people join us because we were training people up for the purpose of actively playing the game not just stat building. There also wasn't much of a choice if you wanted to be a part of an active alliance with a thriving active forum that were in touch as it used to be, You had The Collective or Method Man's alliance basically as everyone else either was floating with no direction or had no decent leadership skills.You remade an alliance for a bunch of people who i'm guessing didn't want to/couldn't play competitively (which is pretty much 99% of the available alliances as I am lead to believe and so they were not at least without a broad choice ) and then spent your time either borderline desperately begging not to be embroiled in the usual malaise inducing prolonged fighting and the other half of the time ephemeral noob training or organising play dates? Oh, and you hunted down some cheaters. You spent two years babysitting? (Disclaimer: I'm writing based off almost no knowledge of the games last two years. You could have had many competitive players for all I know)
When I say The Collective was a diplomatic alliance I mean that it is an active group of players coming together with the same goal in mind and work together to better each other in every way possible whilst not being bullies or forcing themselves into a never ending war. We had people that went out and had vendetta's, we had one of the biggest cash spenders in recent years as a member as well and we had several wars however we made sure that war was the last measure not because we were "sissys" but because war is a a final action as we see it.And, wait. A diplomatic alliance? You mean an alliance of sissys? Or an alliance of people who like to chat? An alliance of people who are fair and measured in their approach? A group of players who don't have the $$ or massive amounts of time to play competitively so have to talk their way out of every situation? What exactly is a diplomatic alliance? What makes it something special? It's current rarity? Why is that something of note exactly?
Indeed organising wars, it is rather common these days and has been for some time now. Instead of going out and destroying relations two alliance might come together for some fun and banter without the negativity that has come from so many past wars. We had organised several training wars however we also were a part of several actual wars where it had been declared, or as you would see it old school wars. Some we lost and some we owned and destroyed others in.And organising wars? WTH? Who organises them? Villains orchastrate them, heroes finish them or fall in them. You may have arranged a training skirmish if that's what you mean? Again, this was once quite a standard, every day practise.
Its not just all these actions I have mentioned but much more that the entire alliance of The Collective had done throughout those two years. To some it may appear as usual run of the mill 2007-2008 actions however there was more that went on then that. As time goes on as does the game and its community change, I am in no way saying I am a Robe, REK or ETL. I am merely just saying that we did not sit around on our hands or putter around doing nothing, we gave the game a little more life with active members and building a little on what was already around. Sometimes its those small changes that make a difference.