[Hermiod]

Well, I was rather pissed off last round when I started out in a decent gal with ok ppl that was active, BUT I got exiled with no good reason at all. I played ok, but apparantly not good enough. That exile sent me to a shit gal with no chance of getting into it properly again, since lack of def from first gal left me with nothing.

It pisses me off that unless you know half the people here youre smurfed from the start, either it's because people can't be a**** to get to know new players or whatever their pathetic reason might be.

So yes, new player needs an alliance. The gal won't help you unless your lucky enough to end up in one with decent players that's not completely obsessed with winning and that's willing to give people a chance. So expect a couple of lousy rounds in the not so good ally that wanna take you in and work your way up. There's really no other way to do it the way things are now.