Yes, having those 16 countries join up affected the outcome of the war, but that was not the whole story. Those 16 put CC back in the war again, but hardly decided it.
http://www.earthgraphs.com/...7773fc27dc8b18b64ec87c5e2
After the new countries joined up and hit n the afternoon of Friday the 27th, NBK and CC were level on NW and close in country count, but CC had just spent their turns for the day. Fight is back on, except NBK total hit count declined signifcantly starting that weekend (371 total hits on Satruday). Second, when NBK did hit, they were killing restarts 75% of the imte. While CC stuck to killing orginals for the most part and used better missile selection. Then those Monday/Tues/Wed chats (28-30th) really set the tone for the rest of the war.
As for the FA, I can't speak for everyone, but I didn't recieve FA nor was their talk to such in the chat room that I saw.