I also thought that, but some of us apparently turned out to be less willing to fight than others. Not saying any names though.. but I'm sure everyone knows who they are...
I've just hit delete last night thanks to that..
I think ASCEND were a good tribe with inexperienced leaders. Leaders who'd been asking me for an alliance btw, well before the RL war, which I interpreted as a sign of weakness.
pRo had a very questionable past, in my opinion - ie allying NERD and then declaring on them with two other tribes. (PSP) - amongst other things. You caved into the peer pressure; jumped on the NERD bandwagon (pilled on the gangbang instead of defending them); it was a mistake you never rebounded from, really.
I'd say early to mid game and even here recently, pRo were the biggest huggers of this world. You fought a lot of tribes, but many of those wars were lopsided in your favor; you were a tribe not used to adversity, and when you finally got into a bad situation, well, you see the outcome.
I think Patches said it best:
My view of your tribe, well your tribe in my eyes is a flip flop tribe who allies with one tribe one day and then attack them the next (RBL & NERD). Look at how many tribes your have been allied with through this world RBL, SCUM, Powers and more.
You treat an alliance as a stepping stone to try an win this world but always in wait to stab them in the back once they have done the job you need. An sorry you might not like this view but this is how most of the world see you, if my tribe had to choice between having an alliance with Pro or going without, I would vote go without and would prefer to leave R.L. if the vote went against my view.
So what I am really saying I see "Pro" as a tribe hugger who at the drop of a hat would stab you with the same hand they just hugged you with.
As to early on? Who knows what would have happened.... But it would have likely taken a massive gangbang for us to be defeated early on; that is just my opinion. Early on, 1ns4n3 was made up of core players from w8 CLOROX. They were a group that had been in a real adverse situation for close to 6-8 months; basically, had fought till the bitter end and gone down with a sinking ship.
In looking at your history, had you started next to 1ns4n3, you would have tried to 1.) befriend us or 2.) gangbang us. Both of which would have blown up in your face.
Now lick your wounds and move on.