Kind of.
Basically I mean that center people have no ‘space wall’ to lean on.
Posting on the game resulted in markedly changed behaviors from several players, several of which are now in the lead. It is an interesting thing to see how an assessment of the game positions changed play. Given the total experience it was thought best to discontinue it, lest it change play all the more.
Yellow trade alliance has gone idle.
That probably didn’t help you either.
The temptation to use military force against Bermuda was such that the position was abandoned.
If you think that posting here on the forum about what players are up to changes behavior, you should try doing so via a PM thread in the actual game! 
There’s quite a bit of information that can be derived from the Intel Charts… but boy, some players can really try to play dumb (and/or get annoyed) when you point out the obvious to everyone.