Nice analysis pal, and its nice to see other people rating and posting
1. WG 9/10
With the decline of Shac these guys would have taken rank 1, then when you add the new recruits from Shac they look like a tribe to do well and do well for a while. K all to themselves should have a good growth spurt and imagine they can pull away
Leadership
In my opinion the head of WG have done almost everything perfectly, they have avoided any pre multiple noble conflicts, they have took the best of Shac under their banner yet still maintained quite a solid base remaining pretty compact in their k. These key decisions in not trying to rush to rank 1 or go for some risky recruits have payed off and they now reap the rewards of having brilliant k domination, a solid base at the northeast of the k, allowing plenty of expansion, and are also pretty out of reach of a war with a major competitor.
Sill don't agree with the family tribe but aside from that, WG's rise and probable rank 1 contention for the foreseeable future have been well orchestrated by WG's leadership.
Diplo and public view
They have actually been more quiet of late, seem to be letting their game play do the talking, and well, its working.
Unawares to their current diplo, but with their position they can easily operate a 0 diplo policy, perhaps small fringes of the south are closer to other large tribes, but almost everyone of their members doesn't have that sort of threat. Id like to see 0 diplo and just munch anything that moves.
Future?
As we've all seen nothing is clear cut, but imo If any of the top 20 tribes will be here for the long haul its WG.
The evident commitment of its original members(as seen on w11)
The class the ex Shac will bring to the table(not that WG werent classy before)
And the evident leadership thats been shown.
All key features that make a top tribe and a tribe to stay.
2. XpRd 6/10
Formed days ago but already rank 2, od for the tribes life is very impressive, also signified their members discontent with family tribes to form this lil beast, king of k46, and a rabble of broken family tribes left in their stead, imo TBR could have had a feast with the other families, but now we have XpRd. Who look just as good, despite the lack of the epicly named duke
Leadership
Can't seem to find the duke/council identity so can only go off the actions.
The fact somebody instigated this in a show of "I want 20 top player in my tribe and don't need the other 100 to make us look big" speaks volumes, be interesting if they can be ruthless against there old tribes, I do hope so.
The 2nd most competitive k, but i think if the quality wasn't lacking in the competition in that area before, it certainly is now, again maybe 0 diplo policy, or nap's and eat the k 1 by 1 is the way forward.
I think to form this tribe in the first place puts the leadership in a good light, if they can negotiate through the mass of families in that area and come out strong enough to go k invading then they will really have proved their worth.
Diplo and public view
Some good posters from here, I think they do a lot to have a great public opinion, leaving the family tribe format a lot of people support, also the fact they have done so well in their od in such a short space of time shows aggression, and who doesn't like aggression
Future
Although they are rank 2 one has to consider the factors involved in their future.
Firstly a few day old tribe despite showing apparent solidarity needs to see if they do work together well, tribes can die as easily as they are born.
Also they have much more competition in their k, I think they will come out on top but will they cut through like a razor and and go to bigger and better things, or will they get bogged down and not grow like they should.
Ill be honest and say i rank them behind rank 3 and 4 tribes though. Mostly due to their youth.
3. WC 8/10
Guess even the great analyst d1mension couldnt be more wrong
, these guys have stayed put.
I'm liking their abandonment of the family tribe, definitely plus points. Also recruits from Shac are always useful, though WG did take a bigger helping. Probably in the most competitive k being the only one to house 2 top 5 tribes
Leadership
Think mycool has shown him self in a very good light ever since the spat with Shac, to avoid the impending rimming I foresaw they have done well, and to be heading up k55 with a gap, and having a lil bit of influence in 45 to boot. Evidently there is a good set of thinkers at the helm, as with XpRd, the real show of leadership will be navigating there way through the most competitive k as it stands. Do that and who can fault them.
Diplo and public opinion
I think a nice bit of diplo with cruz whilst they grow would be useful, then eventually take it to cruz to take complete control of the k.
I think the opinion of WC
has definitely rose, I myself do have a better opinion of these guys, who even remembers the Shac spat or what even happened? "what acadamy" its long gone.(YEY!)
Future?
I think there may well be w13's largest war in the south, still a while from now though, between the 2 south k's. WG seem to be much more north in their k as apposed to spread through out, and i don't think TMN would cut through the southern k before said war kicks off.
So if WC
does show its strength to dominate its k further, and a nice move west could be on the cards. As it stands I think they have the best set of players in the southern hemisphere, so all being well they should do well.
As long as (mycool can keep his cool, lol, and make the decisions required to not get gang-banged.
4. TMN 8/10
Wanted to rate these last time but they was rank 6
, obviously so they have climbed 2 ranks through growth(please note they haven't done this with new blood so its just pure player progress) They have a dense cluster in the center of the k, but have players dotted around all over.
Leadership
I think skater-chief has assembled a group of killers here, plenty of players recognisable, and i imagine there are others under alias, just to my knowledge, which is far from all seeing, we have world winners, previous rank 1's, and some very able players.
Despite the northwest previously having a few tribes like wolves and lrag who also have some credible players(though not so many) They have outgrown them both and given wolves a kicking, no major war is looking like even on the cards so to present not really a foot wrong
Diplo and public view
Again no insight to their current diplomacy, but they strike me as a low diplo policy tribe, they may take diplo with a top tribe to go k expanding elsewhere but there super oda shows they are far from huggers.
Few notable posters actually, arguably the most active on these quite forums, skater chief in particular has a lot of intelligence behind what he says, and also has my respect for being honest about what he says, as apposed to just gunning for popularity.
Their top od for a smaller tribe buys them a lot of respect, as does their player base.
Future?
Very bright, I personally would rate these as the 2nd best tribe at this moment in time, they have shown good leadership, have a great player base. Despite all this don't come across as over ego'd nor "hey hey look at us" also having a bit of breathing room compared to the family flooded south.
Could really effect this world in coming months.
5.Cruz 7/10
2nd to WC
in k 55, and have dropped a rank since the top tribes shake up, have their family tribe also doing ok at 100k points, would actually be rank 2 in points in total, but the day where I consider family tribes in that way is far from on its way.
Leadership
Nicely informed cruz and its leadership are mostly a world 5 reunion here, evidently they are making use of the diplomacy page lowish odd in comparison to their oda, with this k being the most competitive they will need to make use of diplo somewhat, too much slows growth as does too little, so its a fine line for the leadership duo to get right, but if they do there's no reason why cruz cant do well.
Diplo and public view
When they first popped up on this world i heard a lot of good things about cruz, now less so. Now its definitely not a bad thing to escape the lime light, but are we seeing better tribes coming through that will eventually take cruz out of the top 5, or are cruz just knuckling down and getting on with it, speculate as you will but i don't think cruz where ever rated highly for their early game.
y personal opinion has remained very similar, their are better tribes out their, but these guys are not bad, we haven't seen a lot from these guys yet, so one imagines they still have something to say on w13, and perhaps 6 months down the line we will be more familiar with what cruz is all about.
Future
As mentioned they never turned up to dominate start-up, one imagines their players are more adept at going to middle game and further, which does bode well for them, mind you the same can be said of WC
their main competitor, I would hazard a guess these 2 are already allies/nap or will be near future, which will make it interesting to see where either of them expand, or whether its just for the short term