Am not really arsed to dig the thread where the hoang ennoblement was discussed, but i remember people congratulating him and others saying that he knows what he needs better than others.
Which i believe many inhere,believe the oppositte in the discussed guys case.
It's a double-standard that gets applied against people who have reputations of being 'good'. If they're considered 'good' universally, someone will always rush to justify it.
As irish pointed out, it's mathematically impossible for him to have had a high farm at this stage, that's what I think would be something to be more critical about, rather than the size of the village nobled (and ironically everyone that has nobled since has nobled an even lower pointed village).
I retract my earlier statement though, having spoken to him a bit he's not as egotistical as his forum posts came off to me at first.