Having read some of the comments over the last few pages, I can't help but want the throw in my own, and show you where some of you are mistaken.
So here goes at my logical arguement. Lets strip this back to the basics.
Can anyone really disagree with this comment? In the majority of people's eyes, Apathy's players were very good, I don't think many people could argue that they couldn't hold their own in a fight.
So, even one of the enemy said that they have done well in their war with AAA, I believe the caps were reasonably even last time I checked, and this was after an op from either side, with things settling down in the last few days.
So if you look at the quality of players Wobble have recruited, I think most people would say, they are good enough for any tribe in the world, as players.
Now, lets look at Apathy.
There are several issues with having a smaller tribe, and one of them is activity and sittings, even in some larger tribe, it is difficult to find a sitter sometimes, so for a small tribe, it can be a nightmare.
Having to sit accounts during a war, when all of your players are involved in the front-line, must have put a large strain on the Apathy players, and having to check which accounts should be attacking/recapping/supporting which players, to avoid 'sitter locking' would have made it harder to defend/attack, which makes the even caps at the end of the war even more respectable for Apathy.
This, and the sheer size difference between Apathy and AAA, and the likely-hood that 322 won't last for a lengthy period of time meant that Apathy would have been near impossible to hold out against AAA for too long after 322 disappears.
Thus, any of the players who desire to continue with the world, till late engame, and perhaps even win it, I am sure you agree, would have to have left Apathy to do that.
So personally statements like this:
I find disappointing, sure people can point out that players of Apathy did previously say they were there till they were rimmed. But given the circumstances, and the lack of a bright future, I am sure many people would have had their heads turned at the prospect of joining a top tribe.
So, lets look at Wobble's side of the recruitment now. I have already stated, that the majority of people rate Apathy players as top quality, and thus if you ignore everything else, Wobble's recruitment is good.
But of-course we can't ignore everything else can we. We have to look at the bigger picture.
Wobble are currently at war with Yarr, and after a storming start, the caps have turned more even, although still decently positive for the last week.
Many people on here have called for AAA to now declare on Wobble.
Thus is could be said that recruiting these set of players was a risk from Wobble, because they could find themselves at war with the #2 and #3 tribes in this world. Which together far outsize Wobble.
Thus for people to say statements like this:
I feel is due to a lack of looking at the bigger picture.
Firstly, the recruits are good players.
Secondly, it was risky for Wobble to recruit them, because they could find themselves on the wrong side of a gang-bang. They could have happily continued their war with Yarr, while AAA are busy with 322, and then Apathy, and then perhaps AAA and Wobble would be the only two tribes left to fight it out, whereas right now, there are three 'superpowers'.
