You guys spent ~1500? That's a lot more than just one person, I think you're being a bit optimistic there.-
Our interaction may have only been brief, but even from our 2 PMs each, I knew that you were a real player, someone who was thinking deeply about the game! From what I heard, you managed to have both people who felt threatened by you, and people who were intensely loyal to you. When that's the case, only a small difference of the numbers can make the difference between being a pre-merge boot and winning the game. And certainly, in other circumstanes, you may well have been sitting here writing a torchwalk for me!