Tbh I've finally pieced together how I've ended up where I've ended up and since I may be leaving, let's just get this out. Very early in the game, I approached a couple of people to take a shot at someone who was calling all the shots. They joined me and we successfully did it.
Little did I know, these 2 new allies of mine were originally in an alliance with this person we took out. And i had absolutely no clue that I unintentionally caused them to flip on this person.
Well then, the former allies of these 2 people came and approached me to join a different group, and I had no clue that this was the remainder of a previous alliance that had been shot at.
I then found myself in the middle, an interesting place to be. Not my intention, and not the way I was looking to play, but that's the way my game went down and I did the best with what I had!