You should do better research, Alarich. I haven't attacked a noob without provocation since I was a noob myself. Some inexperienced players along the way? Yeah, okay, but the word noob is thrown around far too liberally.
Also, Chuck Steak of Awesomeruins had been around quite some time and I believe was only semi-active around the time of the Little Uppocalypse. Btw, it was EO who attacked that one on his own, and since chuck wasn't very active anyways I doubt EO is culpable for his leaving. On the flip side, I nuked Houston and it wasn't long before we (me + LDI + EO) were on MSN together talking about the finer points of the game and war. So in the end, Houston was prodded into becoming a better player (which is the point of what we do).
I think any actual noobs reading this ought to be informed that Alarich up there had 2-3 QUINTILLION military assets and just about the largest empire on all of LU when he was attacked, not to mention twice the military of myself. I only re-started the game three and a half months ago from a completely new account so i have none of my old assets.
So please, feel disinclined to believe his pissing and moaning. Instead, read my guide in the general forum or feel free to message me with questions about the game. It will be a much better use of your time than listening to Alarich who... well, I don't actually know what his problem is. Did I mention 3Q military assets and a massive empire with good war rankings? Jesus, talk about a meltdown... and he's pulling the noob card out?