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sb007ck
I and most like the thought of "no family" but to say family = noob and lots of allys = noob is "in fact" a very noob quote.
I've gamed this game longer then most (since W4 on .net) and have seen only 2 truely elite tribes.. (Gkan and Axes)
Both times, those tribes were in 30 member worlds and each of the original members were the games top farming and fighting players.
Both times, those tribes made "end game" diplomacy "early"
Both times, those tribes limited their diplomacy but were smart enough to make diplomacy with their biggest threat.. actually, with their 3 largest threats.
Winning is more then fighting.
Winning is diplomacy, winning is intelligent play, winning is staying focused and most importantly, winning is recruiting smartly. In the end, every winning tribe recruits. Every winning tribe eventually eats the idle player to make room for the better player of a tribe they recently warred.
So... before spouting off the elite tribes don't do mass diplomacy.. consider the whole and as a minimum, please be part of an "end game" tribe.