This thread has seemed to go off topic a bit. Thought I would give an analysis of my K. Will try to be unbiased
Top Tribes of K43
1. Chaos
2. Sweet
3. EDW (CML Alliance)
4. Gru
Chaos has gone through a major overhaul over the past few days. Used to have an academy tribe, but have combined into 1 tribe. Also has recently gone through a leadership change as well, with the previous leader leaving the game. Seems to be a bit of infighting between the tribe. Will they be able to stabilize from the downward spiral it seems they are on? Checking twstats, this tribe has lost 8 villages to Sweet/???? over the past few days and haven't seem to form any sort of response as of yet. They seem to be positioned best out of the tribes in the K, primarily clustered in the center/midsouth eastern edge of the K. The new leader, crez seems to have made an unfavorable impression for himself on these forums and has much to prove. The former leader has even questioned his ability to lead a tribe due to his selfish interests.
Sweet has recently undergone a merger of Sweet with ?????, and since, seems to be dominating in what appears to be a war with Chaos, taking 8 villages and seems to be holding them and suffering no losses of villages to Chaos as of yet. If they are able to continue with stats like this, they will surely be on top of the K within the coming week or so. Seem to have the worst position out of the top tribes in the K as they stretch all along the eastern border of the K, with their major cluster being in the North. This could make supporting their southern players more difficult. In addition, it does not leave much room for expansion for their players in the northern cluster, without having to travel a bit to noble.
EDW....here is where my bias is impossible to remain.....should rename themselves...UnElite (and soon to be dead) Ultimate Hugglewolves & bears (i know way too long). Between their academy/brother/sister tribes, and the so called CML alliance.....This hugglefest will undoubtedly crack under pressure. Not to mention, most of their nobling has been internal or on barb villages. The tribe is split between k43/53 and undoubtedly be slapped by Slap! in k53 and food for Chaos/Sweet in k43. I don't expect much out of this hugglefest.
Gru (and academy tribe minion) seem to be split into two clusters, 1 being in the southern part of the k closer to the rim and the other in the north closer to the rim, with a few villages in between. I would not be too optimistic of their survival in the North, however with Sweet being engaged in war with Chaos, they will certainly have time to build up troops and expand. Their position in the southern part of the k is more optimistic. As they are mostly located on the outskirts of K, only a few have academies up, so a lot could change in the coming weeks.
Although this next tribe is not a top tripe in the K, and barely even has a presence, I felt it was worth mentioning due to their positioning next door in K44. There was an early war (more or less a skirmish) between Chaos and HRE when nobles first popped up between these tribes and Chaos took a lead 3-1 over HRE, but neither have nobled one another in the past week or so. Perhaps they have reached a ceasefire. HRE is in an unfortunate position of being in K44...but luckily clustered together in the western part of the K. With Arrow in K44, it is only a matter of time before HRE is absorbed into Arrow, however in the meantime, it will be interesting to see where they focus their expansion. Do they cluster up within k44 or push outward into K43? This could be trouble for Chaos as they have several bordering players.
This should be an interesting K to keep an eye on in the coming weeks, as one tribe will surely emerge as the dominant tribe in the K.