Nolio I think it was just a couple people wasn't it? Then over time some others moved over - people frustrated with Elfs or other of us lesser races getting beaten up. I think that's different given all the various circumstances, at least one of which I couldn't divulge because the story is sad. But that's what I mean case by case situation.
And the Undead is a hard race to play too, nothing is documented, nobody has experience with it, complaints about it is neverending - so the comparison isn't nearly the same as bulk moving a while province of 8 to an established race everyone knows. That's definitely wide open strategic move, compared to R8 that was half the players and multiple different issues/sordid situations with individual players.
I think if we switch the techs to a point system it will be a lot fairer. Plus, it's just the first round where everyone is playing the game again, learning how to use everything strategically is a learning curve, it will probably be a few rounds before Gnomes get easier for players that stick it out and learn how to shift things around for more balanced builds, or to fight against a specific race. I never played Gnome before and I've changed my strategy multiple times this round, even now changing again to figure a way of beating shieldbearers strat.