I think I was trying to just reiterate that what I'm doing was just my play style & what I'd do to win. Others are a lot more co-operative & willing to let an ally win. We hadn't REALLY done anything in the game together... hadn't attacked the same player, hadn't gifted things.. you were obviously doing things with Radliay that I was not aware of. And there was no personal ill intent at that point.
If you remember, when Radliay quit in the middle of the game for no reason they gifted you two kings (you had gifted them a hypno earlier), a tinkerer, infiltrator, a bunch of drillers and dropped shields to a bunch of nearby outposts. TopKilla also gifted you an admiral for a while.
I had received no specialist gifts at this point... I got a smuggler, admiral, nav & king later on in the game from pink & red... and a few random useless specs right at the end after one of them suicided for no reason.
So in the end I'd say we received about equal.
I converted about 4 specs from Olive after I eliminated them early, including a hypno, and 3 from TopKilla including a smuggler after their failed attack.
And just in case you've forgotten.. there really wasn't any gloaty messages..