App has been winning for quite some time. It's not that the universe needs to team up on app early on every round, however app teams with 2-3 alliances at any given time to nerf the fiercest of their own competitors keeping themself ahead all the way. You can counter it by teaming 2 or 3 allies, but app will manage to keep the numbers on their side by working politics well. It's the same every round. They will only fight 1 vs 1 AFTER all but 1 competitor is gone and they have a big valuelead on said competitor. App is strong politicly, but sadly pussies on a military basis
It is fail on everyone elses part when they actually have a go solo against app not knowing they'll have someone on their side.