CIR and 77th could merge tomorrow into one corp and absolutely nothing would change in our structure and organization. I've said it many times that we've crossed all boundaries of "alliances" and are one entity in every sense barring the corp tag. Like CIR and PHM are one corp for all intents and purposes.
We're 80% of the server because since the game went F2P;
1) We successfully and completely eliminated STC
2) We successfully eliminated TOG
3) We successfully eliminated JOKE
4) We successfully eliminated F-NAVY
5) We successfully eliminated REMEDY
While this was ongoing, a number of newbie corporations were roped by our enemies into their alliances and were unfortunate casualties in our war against our enemies.
NSE and Cons, as newbie corporations, have thrived and grown significantly. Both corporations sometimes fought against us, sometimes against us - they're still thriving and growing.
Cons was even welcomed into the Partnership of Equals, a clear proof that POE is an active community embracing and training new players, rather then a bittervet clique that doesn't play the game like JOKE.
We won, you lost. Move along citizen.