Heh forgot about this thread...
Anyway, I was R'yleh. My clam hoarding was very inefficent as I do not have the patience for it, and it was something I had learned on my own vs. the AI which is kinda forgiving in those matters. Regardless, I was getting right around 400 astral pearls a turn (that includes the Arcane Nexus.) I really did not know which side to join in the battle. Pangaea and I had signed a NA pact right in the begining, then Abysia invited me to attack C'tis so I liked them. But Mictlan and I had done some trades, and then Man pressed the "which side will you take" issue which I gave a non-answer to. So, I was either going to do nothing but cast the fun spells I had never cast before, or attack Ulm, who I had not heard a word from.