Give me a break with all this "holier than thou" crap. Not just from you, but from a lot of people in this thread.
http://www.twstats.com/en100/index.php?page=player&mode=conquers&type=lose&id=11376685
You mean to tell me that this player, who was in your tribe, nuked and nobled another player and then merged with you, and that wasn't at all planned? You're sitting on rank 2 at 225 ODA because you did exactly this. That is just a fact.
How about the #1 account in your tribe?
http://www.twstats.com/en100/index.php?page=player&id=11378409
27 ODA.
To pretend that you're just good/better at the game than anyone else because of your rank right now is just absurd. Everyone who knows what they are doing, understands how the settings effect gameplay, and is playing competitively is using some form of this "build separate accounts and merge" strategy. To not do this is purposely playing with a handicap.
Is it unfortunate that this is how the game works? Maybe. Should it be this way? Probably not. But, the fact is this is the best play with the current rule set, and yes,
many people do this. Own it.