As a veteran play of TW myself, I am super stoked to see this world. It reminds me of W3, where a MRT went to the limit and had like 8+ full tribes and it was a free for all, between them and two elite core based tribes. I feel this world has two ways it can go; AOD will systematically eat everyone and everything. In which case we all have the obligation to poop in their mouth as the jaws close down on us. Or some of the rim tribes (would be funny if they all) will ally together to fight back. Which if done correctly could at least halt AODs feast and really make this interesting for us all.
I must say though, as a member of a rim tribe leadership, from what I have seen I believe it's a 60/40 for the odds. I see excellent leadership and communication in the rim, but the lack of direction due to being intimidated by the core tribes. Also I see a lot of weird tribe mechanics, and a huge lack seeing the bigger picture from multiple rim tribes. Which is scary is a game where planning long stretches of time are necessary.
Also, Ian, stop laughing at trolling, self proclaimed noob and write some commentary for your eager readers of the top ten thread.