Hi Booza
Warham's got it right - Clear! really started becoming successful after Moogle disbanded. Without starting a whole debate, let me just say that I don't feel that Moogle was ever "defeated" by Clear!. Our k47 core of Iben, myself, Khare, kcinkc, cotton, benleeds, dragoon draken, and many other players were hardly pressed at all. I alone must have took about 30 villas in a week from Clear in north k47/south k37.
When I said that khare is as much responsible for Clear's early success as any other is because, after Moogle disbanded, everyone (by everyone I mean our k47 players) joined up with Donkey as a temporary holding tribe while we debated if we would join [H] and continue fighting against Clear!, or join forces with the tribe we were just fighting against??
I had a few lovely exchanges with Billy and Fruit during the battles, and I really really liked Clear. I disliked H. Clear! reminded me of Moogle a year earlier, when we were still unknown and, to the surprise of everyone, kicking ass.
Khare wanted to join H. Some of our southern players wanted to join H. I said no - I want to go to Clear. I want us to join Clear. And instead of fighting with me about that and splitting k47 apart, he chose friendship over a desire for blood. He remained loyal to me and marker, and if he had to choose between joining H or staying allies with me, well, you know what he did. Had he not done that, who is to say we would not have gone to H after all?
Clear was a very good tribe. Once the best of Moogle joined forces with them, we became a great tribe. I don't think anyone can argue that point.
In my mind, Khare is responsible for ensuring that it happened.