I disagree maximouse. I think it is harmful to the game when the top kingdoms whine that the rest of the server needs to grow some balls and grow to try to compete. Then when some on the server do grow and try, all they get is ****. Forget for a second all the diplomatic mistakes that these newer kingdoms make. They are going to make them. That is to be expected. Did their mistakes ACTUALLY hurt any of you? CR, when legacy screwed up diplomacy with you last age? Did it cost you a crown? No! But your behavior after that set the groundwork for legacy to certainly disband. (note, it probably would have anyway, but the CR pressure did not help). AMA/BB perhaps feel happy to get "revenge" for whatever (and no I have no idea what their problems are) but if the end result is, no one wants to bother with them anymore or trying to compete or worse disband, did that really make the game better?

wtf are you all trying to accomplish? As near as I can tell, it is only to try to hasten the demise of the game.