There are bad players in top as well, you are right but what you are not right about is the ability of a top player to perform in a non-top kd. Don't forget top wars as well and it does it at a different level than the warring kds. What makes top kds win against warring kds most of the times are their players and how they understand the game. All warring kds know 1 thing only: try to keep 10-15 t/m safe while get their few attackers hit to hell. Reason why they almost never manage to get in top is because these t/ms can;t whore sh!t so as a kd they can't succeed. Top kds on the other hand know how to adapt and war in different ways not just by starting with 10 t/m and trying to keep them safe. These t/ms usually become food for the whoring kds first half of the age and the warring kds start to call the big guys bottom feeders and try to FSU. What they do not understand is that where there are gains there is no bottom feed. Same goes with the solo provinces trying to grow and that use shady methods like hit in active hostiles when top has armies out and is busy with other things. Happened to me a lot to get hit by noobs and then have them coming to the forums and complaining when they get hit down after the conflict was done.