Well, lets try to look at the whole story here. We were 12 players and ranked 20th, we took in elite pro and had 18 players, jumped to ten. Conquered a few cities and put ourselves in 8th, brought in some great players from deadpool and jumped to fifth, then brought in eight guys from legio in o46 and jumped to 2nd.
It could be fairly said we dominate a couple of oceans. some still contested. Not very fair to say we did it by recruiting everyone. lol. We recruited the best players from each alliance, sure. No point in having twelve guys and rimming everything in your path. I mean, it fun but we all know players leave over time. Always gotta have fresh bodies. My point is, we don't have academies, we aren't a 50 man alliance. We haven't recruited for the sake of recruiting. And we've never backed down from a fight. We've just recruited where we see potential.
As for BP, yes we are lower than most of the top ten. But until nine days ago, we were 16 players. And most of the core alliances have a two week head start on us. Not to mention three months of triple the amount of players... my measuring stick until a week ago was to compare us to modern warfare and Simmerville (hurr durr boys!), alliances I both like and respect for keeping it tight knit! But now we are on a different playing field. Stats wise though, I'm pleased. We had 3x the amount of conks last week than the runner up, we were leading the top twenty in ABP gains last week and nearly doubled the runner up. We even inched out 1st place in DBP somehow. Some of these stats are a symptom of us mopping up uncontested oceans, for sure. I don't expect to be taking ninety cities a week against tougher opponents in the future. But I think Over time our stats will even out.
So, we've done recruited our share and it's time to play against the big boys and see how we hold up. It'll be bumpy at first trying to position players along the fronts as we're so spread out. OV will be a great challenge. They seem to be a great alliance! I don't come on here much as it always turns to name calling and excuse making, but in a few months, we'll see. I don't think I'll be the one making excuses but hey, ya never know!