OK.
@Khare : Please don't assert what Sheep or ex-Donkey members do or don't think. By your own admission you do not have an account on this world anymore. If you do take over an account, I'd personally welcome your in-game skill in Sheep, but I'd also ask that you leave the PnP to others.
You do netter nukes than me (I've now got 3 full spear/scout nukes but they still have trouble with level 17 walls.) I think its fair to say that I do better at PnP. Let's both play to our strengths)
Status of the Sheep Merger:
New leadership defined - check
Some early dismissals - check (sour grapes expected, PnP warfare will follow if needed)
Some members want to leave - check (I wish them well, some I'd like to have back. I understand some just want to execute private 'missions'. Distressed people treated with much more courtesy than any sour dismissals)
New plans taking into account scale and geographic reach of tribe - check
Rebuilding spear nuke (with a few swords this time) - check, but adding the swords makes it slower to build. :-(
Adding redundant RAID drives so hopefully I never have a 'downtime' when all this is happening again - priceless.