Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26427455-20150807023637/@comment-26871289-20160107035816

Looks like we lost a couple of dead weight members for this week, which I assume wasn't an accident. So I guess we're going to need to replace our Potbelly and Reedling now. Surely there's some folks out there who'd like to join us since we flirt with the Top Tribes list most weeks.

In addition to the two members already booted, it looks like our Maw is shaping up to be a problem too. I'm pretty sure the Maw didn't level last week and no levels so far this week either. Frankly, I'd be in favor of a quick boot if we had an applicant who preferred Maw to either Potbelly or Reedling.

While I'm at it, I'd like to bellyache about still having members who cannot consistently make level 50 on a consistent basis. The cost to make level 50 is 45,300 shards. My full, but hardly optimized, Ethereal Island can generate more than 45k shards in just three collections - less than one day's worth. Considering we've been at this for 5 months now, I no longer consider having an underdeveloped Ethereal island to be a valid excuse. If you're not making enough shards to pull your weight, invest some attention and food into your Ethereal Island already!

Despite a couple empty slots and a few underperforming members, we've already exceeded level 2000 for this week. We tend to wind up just outside the top tribes list most weeks. As a result, we always get our full 20 diamonds and are one of the wealthier starpower tribes. Seems like we could easily attract a few new members who want to contribute to these kind of results and reap the rewards for doing so. We can likely solidify a weekly spot among the Top Tribes if we're able to shore up the bottom 10 spots on our roster.