[Cain]

When all other alliances are not playing to win (except CT) it is VERY easy to play politics. You can cry about being weak needing help and other weak alliance will gladly join in to combine into an awesome weakass block.

This is not just cause of Apprime's politics, Asc has faced the same problem before App was even created. You say ROCK did brilliant while infact they recieved offer after offer and just went with it. Nothing special about it, the circumstances just allowed it.