BlackDeath
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Round 2: The Struggle for Power
The history of BlackDeath reaches back to the end of Round 1 and the very beginning of Round 2, when BlackDeath was founded and became a wing of Concordium mainly consisting of members formed from a tentative merger of LOST and PoP by Acidik and Titonis, who was Leader of PoP (Pawns of Prophecy) in Round 1.
Round 3: The New Dawn
In Round 3 Acidik had to leave for some strange thing called private life and 'education' and Rhine took over. After Rhine took control, Black Death merged in CvS (Corvus), a new founded alliance born by the merge of SGF (Small Gang of Fighters) and DTA. Many big names have been High Council of Black Death in Round 3, e.g. Rumad as Battle Commander, Slinkee and Eagle.
Round 4: The Tides of War
BlackDeath struggled somewhat in Round 4, mainly because of parallels and BlackDeath members due to BlackDeath neutral status and therefore presence in almost every Cluster Alliance throughout the universe. This leaded to some difficulties defending own members while respecting all allies/naps the own galaxy was in. As a result, many BlackDeath members quit entire Planetarion that round. Despite of this, Top10 galaxies contained a few Black Death members. End of Round 4, Rhine quit Planetarion and gave place to Eagle to lead BlackDeath through Round 5. (Well, Rhine came back to Planetarion after only two weeks as a 'normal' BlackDeath member, not to claim back his former position.)
Round 5: The Price for Freedom
For Round 5, almost a full new HC got established. however, Pay2Play demanded its tribute and BlackDeath lost more members, Eagle quit BlackDeath to join Legion and Suedey and Hot took over this time. Due to Suedey being very good at negotiations, BlackDeath allied with HR and UV to form the triad by the name of DUH to withstand the new game of super alliances, obviously starting to form in Round 4.
Despite the obvious lack of members (from >350 in Round 3 to <100 end of Round 5, public channel #bd from 50+ people all the time to 5-10 people), we covered our members against attacks and went on regular raids, gaining nice roids while loosing only few ships.
Unfortunately, Hot quit Planetarion for Round 5 while Suedeys health decreased, forcing her to stay away from irc and even computer. Finally she had to hand over leadership to _are_, Wizz and T_Bhoy, the triad that actually ran the business while she was not able to, asking her advice and informing her about affairs via phone, boards and email.
Round 6: First Encounters
Round 6, VGN (Vengeance), a small alliance formed in Round 3 with very loyal members merged into BlackDeath. UV had to leave DUH due to internal problems, but BlackDeath and HR continued. Old BlackDeath members of Round 3 and 4 came back in dozens, BlackDeath on the rise again, attacks on our members are fully covered, we controlled several cluster alliances and galaxy attacks happen regularly, resulting in nice roids.
Round 7: Critical Diplomacy
Round 7, BD merged in OI and in the end allied to FAnG. This gave certain trouble as FAnG had more allies within a bigger powerblock BD had no relations with. Nonetheless we stayed loyal to each other and in the end left the power block together. Again we finished the round with some high ranked members and galaxies.
Round 8: The Final Legacy
Round 8, we allied to UV and MDK and, with almost no one knowing it, to Titans and LDK. Later in the round we saw more and more of our member activity in shared UV/BD channels and less activity in private single ally channels. And then came the day all PA players remember with dread - the death of PA. Suddenly the servers went down, and no information was available for a while. Many members of both UV and BD quit, leaving both alliances with very reduced memberbases. Realising that neither could continue on their own, a merge was decided, and after a quick poll, the name Vengeance was chosen.
So what now?
These days, a few people idle in #bd on NetGamers, and once in a rare while some or other old member drops by. Several of the old members, such as zack, Bully, COBRA16, DukePaul, _are_, YoureDoomed, Galaghad, Gjwreio, GRENDAL, Goaty, juulomb, waz, Saoi, tcp and Jay-Em still plays in VGN.
