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The first thing you need to do is stop thinking of it as a way of pleading for help, and maybe open the idea of opening up the range to a local tribe. This benefits both tribes in the situation. I should not have used the word "win," it implies to much. Winning something and having won something are quite the different cup of tea.
If said 500k tribe has even only 5 decent players (experienced and growing) why in the world would it be ridicule worthy to ask a potential striking force to help with nobling for Time's and -34-'s benefit?
Why should it be necessary?
I agree, it's good diplomacy. In fact, I'd venture to say it's an OK idea to attempt to distract FiG and gain some support. But is it supposed to be necessary? Not at all.
A 4.7mil tribe requesting the help of a 500k tribe against a 1.7mil tribe should never have to happen. Put simply, Time has 668 villages as of the last Updating Map update. FiG has 257. That means that even if FiG had all of its villages as offensive, and Time had a 1:1 ratio of offensive to defensive villages, Time would
still have more nukes that FiG. Adding a 500k tribe is laughable and should be unnecessary.
Yes, good diplomacy. No, not good material for a public arena.
It's akin to me having $100 dollars to spend on a brand new chair, and someone outbidding me with $30. Should I have to ask someone to add another $10 to my $100 just so I can buy the chair?
It's should not be that way, and while it is good to have more money, that doesn't necessarily mean I should be proud of needing it just to outbid someone who has less than half of what I do to spend.
Or are you trying to tell me that adding 5 active players (hypothetical for situation) to a war couldn't turn the tides?
Ps. FiG is beating Time, a tribe more than twice the size of FiG. -34- is 1/3 the size of FiG.
Sure, adding 5 active players could turn the tides. In fact, it may be needed in a logical sense for Time, who is falling behind. But does that make it any less laughable that they need
more active players? Nope. It only proves that Time is getting slightly desperate, and is quickly becoming the laughingstock of the world, unable to take out a tribe like FiG without the help of even
more active players.
Your logic is strictly discussing if it would be good for their war. While I acknowledge that it may help them, I'm also including within mine and Rukoh's logic that it is hilarious that they should
need that to do well in the war. Therein lies what you aren't discussing. I'm
agreeing that they could use all the help they can get, I'm just laughing that they
should need that help.