hum. Whilst desperately wanting to believe you as yesterday you were telling everyone that sitting is the same as co playing I shall reserve judgment.
L19 is not great but maybe we are still missing the point in that he knew he was going for the internal and because he is in a decent tribe he can afford to rush without maxing out his nuke.
The Gerbinator acc is close but will they risk nobling him? I doubt it. Being in a good tribe is key to this. So gnash teeth about the "quality' of UK12's first noble. Roll your eyes at his L19 farm and cast disdain upon his noble rush.
End of the day he did it first. He also did it for his tribe not for his own benefit which is something a lot of the flicky hair players should learn maybe?
I think folks should say well done and if really bothered try and noble him? I still say none will even try.
The thing is there is a correct way to noble rush, and an incorrect way to noble rush. If he had rushed better he could have nobled maybe 1-2 days later but those extra 48 hours would have put him in a better place to noble or even be of use to his tribe.
You are also assuming that he did this for his tribe not his own benefit. The village of the tribe member who was quiting was not actually under threat. You yourself talk about how his tribe is "good", sniping that village would have done more for the tribe, and let them who is willing to attack ect.
Also you say at the end of the day he did it first. It is not an achievement to noble rush, heck most people who have done many startups probably know the bare minimum they would need to noble rush very quickly, they simply see no purpose in doing so. Being first to noble is not an achievement, being first to noble well is.
Although make no mistake, if the situation was right i am not against nobling a tribe member for my first noble.