As a general observation....
BH Tribe members 60
parmenionJoined30th August 2010 - 16:238,623,360
rand4747Joined30th August 2010 - 10:173,978,111
RAM Tribe Members 55
PlayerActionDate/TimePoints
neil158Joined06th November 2010 - 04:033,532,790
lauradoomLeft06th November 2010 - 02:088,114,570
LmawiiJoined20th October 2010 - 10:132,530,555
LmawiiLeft18th October 2010 - 07:132,904,920
The Red Hot Chili PepperJoined16th October 2010 - 04:126,174,287
The Red Hot Chili PepperLeft11th October 2010 - 07:116,135,872
zacrasmussen16Joined10th October 2010 - 22:154,489,303
zacrasmussen16Left10th October 2010 - 19:144,489,291
mtxrcr62Joined10th October 2010 - 07:113,338,913
denottemJoined09th October 2010 - 04:112,486,033
noobaxesLeft09th October 2010 - 04:118,387,348
mbernsJoined04th October 2010 - 22:145,508,549
mbernsLeft03rd October 2010 - 04:115,510,898
toupieLeft19th September 2010 - 07:100
h.u.l.kJoined15th September 2010 - 22:234,423,850
cshipleyJoined04th September 2010 - 10:166,816,718
So it would seem ( to me at least ) that any growth for BH since 30th August has been purely by effort, whereas RAM has been fairly static and even that has involved some creative recruiting/moving between various tribes. Indeed if RAM hadn't lost Noobaxes and Lauradoom they would still be top, so, until Lauradoom gives the reasons for leaving, the demotion of RAM from #1 to #2 would seem to be caused by a lack of effort and a tribe management problem of holding onto 2 big players
JMO