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La Gran Manzana club is the main club of a series of club branches where members move amongst themselves to participate in Club Wars in the Simcity BuildIt game.
The first branch to be founded was called Gran Manzana Sub, and was long in operation with the intention of recruiting new members to teach them all the tricks of War, to help in the big battles of La Gran Manzana Club. From this first branch came great members such as Cielos y Estrellas, Avi or New San Fernando.
Unfortunately it had to be abandoned due to a temporary cession of the presidency by Antis (founder of the club) to Arendelle, which, for unknown reasons, stopped playing, thus leaving the club destitute.
Among the current branch clubs is branch 1 (Isla Atlas -Elite-), which was founded to recover from the hard battles in La Gran Manzana, but given the level of its members, it soon reached too high a level for such a task and it was decided to found branch 2 (Isla Atlas), which currently fulfils the function of recovery!
All of them were founded by one of the most relevant members of the club, Atlantis. It currently has 5 cities (the aforementioned main city Atlantis, and its secondary cities, Antis, Sit, Tis and Atlantis), two of which preside over each of the two branches.
Veteran Members
The oldest member to date of La Gran Manzana is the president, Santa Fe, a very experienced and high-level gamer.
Later came Braavos, Tierras del Silencio and Zion, respectively. But many members before them were part of this club, expanding it in its early days!
The club was founded by La Gran Manzana giving his name to the club, a gamer of good standing but who ceased to be active, thus handing over the presidency to the aforementioned and current president Santa Fe.
The vice-presidents were Tierra de Leones and Almeraya, two of the most charismatic members in the club's history who, unfortunately, had to leave due to different circumstances and, together with other members such as Gades and Nerad, took the club to the 4th scenary in the Club Wars.
Later on, back in 2019, Braavos, currently the second oldest gamer in the club, joined the club. He joined without any experience and without knowing anything about War, but thanks to Santa Fe and Tierra de Leones he learned what he needed to be an important and top-level gamer today!
Later, the current vice presidents of La Gran Manzana, Tierras del Silencio and Zion joined the team. They also started out inexperienced, but with everyone's help they have become key players for the club.
Rising through the scenaries in Club Wars
Silencio, as he is also known, is an expert gamer in Club Wars and Club Challenge and together with Zion (pioneer in having second cities with low experience level) and his second city Zioncita, along with Santa Fe, Tierra de Leones and Braavos, took the club to a higher level in the battles making better scores but not managing to move up to scenary 5 in Club Wars.
Many new gamers joined but contributed very little and, for a while, the club stagnated in scenary 4. Despite being a very combative club, it was unable to climb to the desired scenary 5, frustrating some of its members, so it was decided to increase the club's membership with a higher war scenary.
Thanks to this, new members of a higher level joined the club, such as Entrepiernas, who, although his stay was short, contributed that little bit needed, added to the contribution of the veterans, to finally achieve the desired promotion to the scenary 5 of club wars!
Although the first experiences were negative, being defeated, the members of the club grew stronger every day and, although at the beginning it was an up and down, in a short time they finally managed to get a foothold in scenary 5!!!!
New moments
But the club's big shift towards excellence came with the entry of one of the most high-profile gamers in the club's history: Atlantis!
He joined in March 2020 and his entrance was a sensational one.
Although he did not have a very high War rank, he did have a lot of city experience, coming from a club he had been with for several years.
His calling card in the first War was to make a lot of commodities (nails, boards, vegetables, glue, paint, etc.), and leave them in his trade depot for everyone to repair more easily.
It was all a great help to everyone and was an absolute success!
It also encouraged each member to dedicate himself to a specific commercial building, and to put it at the service of the others, so that, in case you needed something specific from a commercial building, you only had to visit that member's trade depot to get it without the need to ask for it.
All of these and many other tricks were implemented and, to this day, remain hallmarks of the club's success.
Atlantis also incorporated its second city (Antis), a city of medium level but that provided the necessary plus to continue increasing the level of the club.
With all of this and the addition of many new top gamers such as Terminus, Bencity, Otter Beach, and Nuevo Toledo, the club reached scenary 6 of War, the highest level possible, a place it would never leave again!
Ups and downs of the club
The club was consolidated with a very stable and competitive team, but in a bad losing streak of the club, several important members decided to leave like New Toledo or Terminus without much justification and, Bencity and Otter, mostly because of the difficulty of communication as they are English speaking.
These were very important losses that the club undoubtedly suffered! But, far from giving up or giving in, the club tried to pull itself together as quickly as possible.
That was where Braavos and Atlantis took matters into their own hands and established a very special bond, where they agreed on all the ideas of one or the other with great humility and respect, with the ambition to continue growing to higher heights, always respecting the rank of each one and always consulting with the president Santa Fe, who never put problems to the proposals presented.
Improving and strengthening the club
In this way, thanks to the new membership proposals and requirements, a new batch of members joined the club and, although many of them were inexperienced, they made up for it with the enthusiasm and dedication they showed.
Cities like Life, Checoville or Bosque de Alamos soon made a slot for themselves and became very important parts of the club!
The team was always very hard fighting and competitive, and became a winning club, but the growth made the opponents harder and harder to win. So the wear and tear in each war was at its maximum and it was decided to only fight on Fridays to be able to recover during the week and thus be more competitive.
At that time, another of the most active members joined the club, Bahia Negra, supportive and supercompetitive, which added to the growth of Checoville and Life, the club became very powerful. The great strength of the club was that there was always someone on guard.
Más competitividad y nivel
The super promotion to elite level came with a visit from Nubba, who came into the club to buy cards and returned to her club. But quickly Essos (second city of Braavos), followed her to battle in his club, meet her and offer her to participate in a war in La Gran Manzana, which she accepted.
Nubba's level was stellar, but not only that! She was a great partner and collaborator, and she didn't come alone, she brought with her two other cities, Dana and Nuca, also of a very high level, and Playa Chip, another member of her club, also of a very high level!
The whole club was enchanted with them for their good work and for expanding the team exponentially and, in turn, they were enchanted with the club for the continuous activity and competitiveness.
This is how La Gran Manzana club has become a spectacular club, with a solid base of members, in addition to Cielos y Estrellas, Avi or New San Fernando, members coming from Gran Manzana Sub (subsidiary club founded by Antis), who, despite starting from scratch, and thanks to the teachings of Antis and the great commitment of all of them, have reached a spectacular level, expanding the level of the club even more if possible.
Excellence!
But the most important thing, and what makes the club very special and makes everyone who joins want to stay, are the people who make it up: good people, companions and supportive; the greatest virtue of the club!!!.
* Editor: Braavos.
