Time for the weekly update (guess this is kinda turning into a bit of a blog)
1 Ego! 8.560.726, Ego! despite the name change is still holding strong at #1. More selective recruitment has solidified Ego! placement at the top spot. At just under 100 village conquers this week, this team remains the fastest eaters of villages in the world.
2 Batali 5.371.381, Holding @ number #2, but for how long as they continue to lose the war against Decept. They have a nearly 180 village lead over Decept but in just the last week they were down 10-2 against their opponent. At that rate, they will fall to number 3 sometime in January. However, I predict that unless Batali turns around their war effort they might not be around as we know them past the Holidays.
3 Decept 4.142.366, a rock solid core in the center of the map, currently smart diplomacy has kept them out of a gang bang and allowed them to feast on the weakened and clueless NO IDEA and win (at least currently) the war against Batali. If they can fight to the rim before the gangbang comes they have a shot of winning against what would likely be an Ego! opponent.
4 TIP 4.086.488, This tribe has really failed to impress me. Nobles in the past week (like weeks before this) has been largely confined to small barbarians and internals. They might not have any real enemies out their, but they seem to be stuck in a holding pattern. Neither being fought or looking for a fight.
5 CM 3.630.940, These guys must have been bored this week, because they got busy nobeling the barbarians. 145 Caps, of which the VAST majority were 1.5k barbarians. Perhaps they were tired of farming?
6 Vital 2.823.664, The active remains of NO IDEA, hopefully their leadership will be more active than before.
7 END 2.037.848 meh
8 TAP 1.972.319 meh
9 TRBL 1.391.740 meh
10 Syn 942.478 meh