AD says I can speak.
First of all, I think TEE is running into the same thing we are. There are a LOT of new Grepo players who have NO CLUE what they are doing. I feel like a knife cutting butter watching the way we are ripping through the alliances we have fought so far. The players may have "heart" but they do not know what to do. We simply eliminate them methodically.
Second of all, I know for a fact that neither AD or Rampage are new players. I have played with AD and watched him take an alliance of 8 members to take over a "core" ocean. Then I watched him take 20 players to take over THREE oceans and become #1 on the server. I know Rampage is most likely just as skilled and experienced. I think Rampage may need the larger numbers to accomplish this, but I have met VERY few over the past three years who can work the miracles that AD can, so that is not meant as an insult, and I could, of course, POSSIBLY be wrong...heaven forbid.
Third of all, a LOT depends on your members. We have come over as a group of experienced friends who know how to work together very methodically. We do not recruit on this server, and we will not recruit. It is not needed. We know how to play together and how to play together well. With a strong leader and a strong team that makes the game fun without any of the headaches or hassles of dealing with players who do not know how and want to question our style of play. I am sure Rampage has his own "team" of friends and experienced members who do the same.
I do not see our two alliances butting heads soon. It is too easy to wipe all the smaller, noob alliances. Heck, it is too easy to wipe out all the BIGGER noob alliances! I think once all those alliances are eliminated, we will find ourselves looking around and then going..."what the heck" then we will decide what to do from there.
I am not going to argue statistics because to become a statistic means you don't know what you are doing. I know that is not the case with 2nd COMING, and I am sure Rampage has his members who also fall into the same category. I could be wrong, but I truly doubt that all 122 of them are that experienced, though.
Of course, we never back down from a challenge. We just laugh as we add names to our R.I.P. list on our alliance profile. AD has a great sense of humor. If you don't believe me, just check out our new "picnic basket" banner...lol.