To All: Please note, despite my signature, I am not currently playing an account in Phoenx. I do, however, align myself with Phoenx - they are the only tribe I would accept an account in. I have helped Phoenx out a couple of times over the years, but I certainly don't speak for them. I left cold-turkey when the RAM war was assuredly over, and have barely spoken to anyone on TW in several months. Just to clarify things.
To Amr: Your point regarding BH sending nukes while Phoenx was "a shell" manages to both overestimate the BH involvement while diminishing Phoenx's accomplishments. Phoenx was fighting the combined might of something over four times their size for months and months - was it a year? I forget now - almost on their complete own. BH players might have sent nukes out during this time but those nukes were less operational than strategic. For example, while BH Player X might have sent 10 nukes at RAM Player Y, it wasn't to assist in capping a villa or to do anything other than to keep RAM Player Y honest on the Phoenx backlines. Therefore, BH Player X will have ODA against RAM/HG, but it was more of a throwaway. This obviously changed with the full operational involvement of BH in the RAM war, but for a long period of time it was Phoenx v. RAM alone, with BH sending basically fakes with teeth. Again, from what I recall.
To Tommy: I'm not cocky. I say Phoenx would win eventually because of the players I've met in Phoenx over the course of the last three years, almost NONE have lost their will to fight, given up, burned out, etc. The core is there, and would go down kicking and screaming to the last troop. You forget I also played in a RAM account for five months or so. As well as being "involved" with TWC since their founding. Trust me, there was a difference in the commitment level. That is why Phoenx would have won - RAM just wasn't in it for the long haul. Say what you will about why it occurred, but the turnover at the leadership level alone at TWC/RAM/HG was destabilizing and crippling. Phoenx has had the same leadership since founding - RAM had who: Ship, Karma, Noob, Aubree, MW, MBerns, NBD ... (I am sure I am forgetting another ten or more names ...)