Hmm, I'll look into that.. :s
I do not have an excuse/reason for that. I did send a circular round asking who needed support. The only thing I could think of is that our forums were deleted, hence his request was not seen. That's not an excuse though, and I apologise to him for that.
Seriously it did sadden me after he unleashed all his villages troops on me, these are the players that deserve the chance to stay, and I offered the man that much, I've told him I will not noble more than 1 village of his a day to make sure he's honored and can kill off my troops and still coordinate and fight. And I'm only attacking with what I've rebuilt in his villages that I've taken, it's not the honor or integrity he deserves, but I'm doing the best I can without ravaging him to the point of it looking terrible on my part. He has already left the game to my knowledge as he doesn't respond to me anymore.
Look through the history of the worlds - especcially the more recent ones. Many tribes full of active players have been created. Their ego's become to big and they make too many enemies and crumble. People see their potential and team up against them. For example, levathian on world 15. Had 25/40 member limit and was rank 1. They kept a low profile on the forums, most accounts were online 24 hours a day whilst under attack but even with that, they are slipping down, simply because so many tribes saw their potential (how good they were/are). It's happened numerous times. SCIOVA are the most active tribe on the world, but that means they aren't getting so much attention, hence they can stay rank 1.
SCIOVA are the #1 tribe because they recruited all around them, warred with smaller insignificant tribes, and then had 2-3 other family tribes concentrating in other areas, not to mention the Alliance with V V V doesn't hurt their shot at simply inviting everything around and internally nobling out the @$$ when players go inactive. Where is SCIOVA located again...not near any real fronts? You cannot have respect for the #1 tribe when they have done nothing in this world and their family tribes outshine them even though they have achieved such a rank. Just my opinion, but I would fear a SCIR0S player attacking me over a SCIOVA player anyday.
Many tribe members do not need to see the need to prepare for a battle. For example, my frontline players saw the purple NAP of TSE. They didn't feel the need to be particularly prepared. They trust the diplomacy of the tribe/leaders, why should they be dismissed all because that messes up?