Absalom

==Ages in existence==
Abs took a break sometime around 12-18 and came back after a few ages offhttp://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?597517-Alliances-and-figure-heads/page4
==Bio==
Absalom are one of if not the most successful Alliances in the history of utopia
Aquaseafoam, longtime leader of Absalom thought Absalom had a major impact on the overall gamehttp://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?620415-An-interview-with-AquaSeaFoam on 06/04/24, through promoting and enforcing one versus one play and other similar player enforced ethics. ASF admitted Absalom did trade, but took a stand against other forms of cheating. He thought the alliance had a stabilising influence, minimizing non 1v1 conflicts,open cheating, and backstabbing, This view was partly self-interested, ASF believed that in fair 1v1 ABS kingdoms would beat most others so promoted this agenda gave ABS the best chance to succeed. On reflection ASF wondered if Absalom contributed to stagnation by limiting networking and cooperation between kingdoms not in formal alliances. 
Absalom and Sonata /Dreams 
In age 46, Rage of Absalom was leading the charts ahead of Sonata #2. According to ASF, Sonata convinced their allies to gangbang Rage and started an alliance war and initially took over 40% of Rage's land. Absalom and their allies responded, including Rage declaring on Playboys and Sonata then mass deleting as other kingdom's withdrew from the alliance war. 
In age 49, there were rumours and even an announcement by Sonata's founder that Sonata was returning for Age 50. ASF said he was approached by Cheese ( a former Sonata ally, burned in Age 46) about plans to gangbang Sonata if they returned. As the returned kingdom (called Dreams) had both players from Sonata and new players (e.g. Elit, Amaz, and Cello), the plans were put on hold and many saw dreams as a new kingdom. When Rage gave Dreams notice, two Rage provinces were hacked by Versace (a Dreams leader, also a former Sonata leader), which Absalom responded to with a gangbang initially focused on bouncing and hitting Dream's cow. Dreams got a fake war for protection and after several days of fighting a cf deal was agreed.End of the Alliance
Over time Absalom shrank to a smaller number of kingdoms, mainly due to lack of willing "competent leaders who can commit the time required to run a top kingdom".
Absalom did not always push to maximise the ranks of all their kingdoms and dominate the charts, but aimed to have enough kingdoms to ensure member kingdoms are treated fairly so as utopia declined in players, the required alliance size to do this also reduced. 
Absalom eventually allied with HaLL. 
==Achievements==
==Kingdoms==
* Rage of Absalom
* Angels of Absalom
* Beauty of Absalom
* Dragons of Absalom
* Edge of Absalom
* Mercy of Absalom
* Sanctuary of Absalom
* Wrath of Absalom
* Serenity of Absalom
==Players==
* AquaSeaFoam
* Chai
* Skraz
* Halla
* Korp
* Dorje
* Carsten
* RTP
* Warkrazz
* Return to Power
* Dark Sky
* Macen
* B1acksun
* Kanga
* Raine13
==Controversies==
=== Cheating ===
Absalom have been accused of using various methods of cheating against game rules or the spirit of the game to gain advantages, including:
* scripting, 
* Multis 
* Xlogging
* Use of proxies and login sites
* Auto-hit scripts
* Mirc province bots
* Lies while reporting, 
* Gangbangs, 
* Abusing Bugs, 
* Planting spies, 
* Making intel provinces.http://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?637138-Who-are-we/page2 on 03/04/24
Skraz admitted that Abs did script when Halla borrowed ZZ's scripthttps://discord.com/channels/398211456174260224/401802780483911691/1101348152965070960 on 06/04/24 and that they engaged in lots of trading.
Absalom were accused of hypocrisy over using MAP to launch banks and then in later ages complaining when their competitors used the same approachhttp://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?599798-HaLL-Press-Release!-HaLL-farms-and-they-love-it!/page6.
=== Gangbangs ===
Absalom kingdoms were gangbanged several times, ASF characterised this as mainly being targetted by large "supergroups". ABS saw each of these as a sign to strengthen and typically improved the following ages. 
Absalom did engage in a gangbang on Dreams and Sonata in Age 50, though ASF later apologised for involving 
Category:Alliance