Because of the vote on Beyond News, I have asked some tops of all different kinds about their opinion.
According to the Omerta crew, the family who is #1 in the family list has won the version. No matter what. But a lot of people disagree. Mostly because it is not one family but a massive alliance with one family on top that makes them #1. This is also an opinion shared by most tops.
To be correct towards all readers, this epitome is based on the survey made, without the opinion of the author. Maybe it isn’t 100% objective, but it’s not the opinion of just one person.

Therefore I did a little research on most of the family tops. They have been asked two simple questions (although some tops didn’t want to comment):

- 1. Who has won this version?
- 2. Which family had the most impact this version?

1. The mainly given answer on the first question was Pentagram. All the asked people considered them as winner although not everyone named Pentagram as THE winner. All agreed on the fact that Pentagram was the leading family at the end of the version and therefore most of them called Pentagram winner, ‘although they didn’t deserve it’ quoted by a few.
Other tops called Oblivions+ as winner, but with the note that Oblivions+ was pretty divided and therefore was not a strong pact. There were talks that Anafarta and Oblivions disagreed often about what to do in wars, step in or duck behind a wall. Besides that, Montella liked to be in the picture, while the rest tried to stay in the background avoiding problems.

2. On the second question the tops were very divided. For most of them it was pretty hard to admit that Pentagram was not the family who had most impact. ‘Their strategy of shooting only weakened, empty or almost dead family with zero risk on a counter’ was a quote repeatedly written by the respondents.
And if you look clearly to their wars, we cannot disagree on that so hardly.

Therefore I shall appoint other families for this trophy, based on the opinions of the respondents. Credits for making this version for what it was goes out mostly towards Oblivions+. They have been named almost each time in my talks with the tops. Besides that, almost 25% named Messina as the family with the most impact, cause of their strong return, instead of naming an alliance like Oblivions+, making Messina a good choice for the award.

Other tops also named families instead of alliances. In these conversations Krays and Monte Carlo were noted. Krays for their great first week of war. Monte Carlo was named for their awesome starts with objects and spots which gained quite some power for them. Levi/Desti were of course feared for their time in 3.5, and that’s why they have been slaughtered, although must tops think they had impact on the game even when they were not up.

Due to these facts, appointing a family with most impact is quite hard. Oblivions+ or Messina make good candidates to claim this position. I say, pick your own. A family that hasn’t been noted is Nazdrovia+.

This will leave me with some last words, said by almost each top!
Nowadays families merge together in massive alliance with an ever bigger list of bloods. There are almost no fair wars fought and families keep pact-ing instead of showing who is ruling the game. Although each family does it this way nowadays, maybe we should appoint the next versions winner as the family who doesn’t play the game that way.