DMG, don't be so modest.
I am not sure why exactly, i would probably have to be in TLA or NN to fully understand, but when DMG came back, i noticed a real difference in attitude (externals) and then performance from my enemy. I am sure being declared on helped, lol. Players wanted to play for a tribe created by you DMG, not a tribe created by Slayer. There is some substance to that.
TLA is #1 in this world and for good reason. They deserve to be there. Hopefully WST can slow their growth down a little, but only time will tell.
Slayer, your post was clearly one sided, and the opinions were based on information that was said and shown in the externals. The fact is that a lot of the players on the eastern side of world don't talk on the externals, its always been that way, especially pre-NSA war. So to say that the 4 powerhouses of that era were all western and northern area is a little selfish of you. Seems you made that list of tribes because they were the only ones that would talk to you on the externals. The externals is not a place of fact, the game is.