Oh, well. Maybe not super gentle move, but surely fitting other players' attitude here
I was able to easily [well, ok, easily is overstatement] repel Fomorian forces, but why should I bother, when most of players are not much interested in this game? I had extreme bad luck [18 indie attacks within 27 turns + pretended routed to nowhere]. I was doing lots of diplo, at least I tried. But there was either total ignorance of diplomacy [Hinnom running away situation, Arco's approach too] or well... people doing weird stuff.
I could stay here and try to help someone win [as fighting Fomoria would eliminate both me and him from race for victory], but there was no one really trying to win here [except Hinnom and well, Fomoria]. Just messing around, playing semi-duels etc. With Pythium AI, maybe things will change a bit and revive the game, so balance is changed. Maybe someone will be forced to stop Fomoria. Or maybe someone will grab some of my lands and get stronger and think about playing for real?
Maybe majority of players that play without any apparent goal will open their eyes and learn something? Treat it as my way of supporting the pledge and trying to make the game continue, not die.
If someone is against this approach - you can roll back and put a sub for Pyth. I tried to get someone interested for over 5 turns, no luck.
P.S.
Baalz is right - Hinnom and Arco are clear leaders.
P.P.S.
And it's also partly thanks to you - instead of paying attention to people running away, you decide to attack someone that was willing to fight one of them. Looks more like your support for Hinnom, so maybe people are right to be pointing you as a target for dogpiling?