As a Flame on Primal, I can also confirm that we have no running alliance with Mael against the Adders. We'd just as much want to see them drown in the sea as we want you to burn in your forest.

What I HAVE been noticing, however, is that lately people, when given the opportunity, will tunnel vision the Adders so hard that it makes winning impossible. Many of the last few games I've played have resulted in people simply rushing the Twin Adders when the Maelstrom has three nodes and tap-dances its way to victory. For some reason, there is this underlying, bitter hatred running in the minds of a lot of Flames whenever I run now and all they want to do is make the Adders suffer, regardless of whether they're in first, second, or third. It doesn't seem to matter; people just want to make you guys writhe in pain rather than actually focus the Maelstrom to win.

I might attribute it to the fact that the Adders seem to do the same a lot of the time; and when we have one node and Mael has two, you'll come running after us anyway, for god knows what reason. Alongside that, you guys seem to like pincering us when it won't even achieve you first place, but rather simply knock us further back into second or third.

I would also attribute it to the fact that the Adders have always generally been more of a pain to us over the past year than the Maelstrom has been; I've been playing since 72 man secure and I remember the WEEKS during slaughter on primal where the Adders would simply wipe the floor with whoever got in their way, regardless of whether it was the Flames or the Maelstrom. Perhaps a lot of old PvPers are still bitter over that?
Maybe the same hatred is running through the Adders' minds? Who knows.

Oh, and I can confirm that the Immortal Flames are not the weakest GC on Primal, and after running ~1200 matches, my win, 2nd, and loss rates are now all about even. All three GCs, as others have previously stated, are about equal. The main difference is that the Flames will go through long periods of just plain out sucking, and then get good for a few weeks before sucking all over again. I wouldn't necessarily make the claim that any one GC is above the other, they just all go through their periods of being good and then being bad.