Regarding DN Vs The World.
Not exactly the world when DN has pacted with alliances that are fighting against the same enemies as themselves. It used to be DN Vs the world but it hasn't been that way for awhile and continuing along this line is misleading and very erroneous. DN is not alone, they are pacted with DieHards 1, Diehards 2, Diehards 3, Border Mauraders, Border Academy, Twenty and maybe one or two others. So DN Vs The World? Maybe not so much......More like Coalition Vs Coalition or simply alliances Vs alliances.
About WoE and DN being "pretty much the same alliance anyway" - Nice thought but not strictly true. I've seen messages between leaders of DN and WoE and the messages certainly don't pertain to the same view you expressed Racer. DN did not seem to view WoE as equals.
I think DePablo was inferring that DN will, like all other the alliances before it, go through the same rise and fall as others. Arguing it's brilliance is like trying to catch a snowflake - you will end up ruining what you are trying to catch.
If a player thinks that their alliance is brilliant and amazing than that's a good thing. But telling others that your alliance is brilliant is futile. This is simply because all alliances fail and those smarter grepolis players know this and therefore find it odd and ever so slightly humorous that others don't.
The Mad Tea Party was an alliance was founder by the late Thorlen (RIP) and the undeniably unique Warchimedes. Once they left - the alliance changed. If Derek left WoE - It would have vanished. The Twenty - Is Clive Straddle's alliance. Diehards (and their little add-ons) are the Wolf Leader family. DN is basically Jomango, Helly and Laz and maybe one or two others That's not alot of players and if any of those players quit - DN will change and it wont be the same animal it is now. So having strong members is great.....however no alliance in the history of Grep has kept it's strong members and stayed the same....in the end - all alliances fade.