I agree very much. The problem is that very often success or failure depend heavily on the different activity (and I intend also potential activity on irc or other means) of the two sides, and this in turn pushes nobles who are very active in and out the game up the hierarchy way more easily than they should deserve. But well, I guess there is no solution to this.
I believe that Sacha was referring to the fact that in certain realms,
even if you are active, in game and out you cannot advance because you're not part of the "OOC clique" that you cannot join unless you're already part of it.
