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Originally Posted by Tietäjä
People need to stop perceiving non-aggression pacts as political decisions with the intent of gaining something in the ranking ladder. Most of the pacts people form are either because jolly good friends nice and fun, or because they simply want to avoid conflict and continue raiding galaxies for the hell of it.
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Well, that's not quite true. Some alliances have a mutual long-lasting past, in which case they usually enter the round and go through it more or less working together.
However, any political decision made during the round is made with a expectancy that it will be beneficial to the alliance in some way. Usually, this implies furthering their hopes of accomplishing their round goals.
Based on the statements of DLR members, it seems quite obvious that at least the members do not feel they've accomplished their round goals, which frankly is quite understandable, since before the NAP they had a very real shot at a top2 finish, and now they're having to settle for rank6. In fact, I've heard plenty of opinions to the effect that people are not willing to play with DLR again after this round, which might indicate a quite deep discontent with the way the alliance has been run.