Yes, it is unfortunate,but they probably lost most of their troops in the spike. Building back up is no problem though. being I always toss up the variables in startup and prepare for them. Soooo...them 1, me 0 as of current.
lots of spiking going on in this world from what i can see in our tribe skype - more than i've ever seen before.
its been a while though so perhaps this is the 'new' way to go.