Some of the high ranked players are suckers. They have game topics like "newbies only" or insist on Harvester treaty looking for some cheap points. They refused to play me. But winning versus low ranked newbies gives only few points. Bad for them. :-)
Remember this: War has no rules! You can call it "survival of the fittest" if You like. I really would like to eat those suckers alive for dinner.
MacMark