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Date: 03/10/2023 Dear Warriors of the World, Today, we rise not just as warriors but as the spirited descendants of ancient Sparta. We come before you to announce the dawn of a new force on the global stage - Ghosts of Sparta. Born from a shared vision of honor, strength, and unity, our alliance emerges to carve an indomitable legacy into the annals of history. Our Mission: Ghosts of Sparta is more than an alliance; it is a fraternity and sorority bound by principles as timeless as our Spartan heritage - honor, valor, and unity. Together, we will build a community where mere warriors transform into legends and legends shape the future. Our Sacred Values: Honor: Our actions are a testament to our integrity, and we carry ourselves with the utmost respect, whether within our alliance or across the global stage. Valor: We thrive amidst adversity, meeting challenges head-on, and never flinching in the face of conflict or obstacles. Unity: We are an unbreakable wall of comrades, standing shoulder to shoulder, ensuring that together, we reach the pinnacles of our shared ambitions. Discipline: We hold ourselves to the highest standards, adhering to a code of conduct that reflects our dedication to excellence. Courage: We face adversity head-on, unflinching in the presence of danger, and unwavering in the pursuit of justice Loyalty: We are a brotherhood and sisterhood bound by unbreakable bonds of trust and allegiance, committed to each other's success. Never Surrender: Surrender is a word absent from our vocabulary. In the face of all odds, we stand resolute, embracing the inevitable with open arms—a beautiful death, a warrior's end Our Trusted Protectorate: Black Skies We take great pride in announcing Black Skies as our protectorate. Together, we pledge to forge a path fortified with strength and unwavering solidarity, securing the prosperity and safety of our members. Open Gates for New Blood: We extend an open invitation to leaders who resonate with our vision and values. If you are a devoted leader in search of a vibrant community and the chance to inscribe your legacy on the world stage, Ghosts of Sparta throws wide its gates to welcome you. Join us, and together, we shall carve an indomitable saga into the annals of Politics and War. For inquiries and applications, kindly visit our alliance page or connect with us on Discord. 🏰 Ghosts Of Sparta hereby declares her existence 🏰 Government Eternal Chieftain: AnonymousLEX Pyromancer (FA): Nishir General Of The Legions (MA): Randy Master Of The Coffers (Econ): Julis the 5th Treaties Protectorate: Black Skies Links Discord: Ghosts Of Sparta Alliance: Ghosts Of Sparta (GOS) Charter: Ghosts Of Sparta Charter

Typically enough to ROI on the rebuild from the last war. Wars are more fun when everyone wants to participate too, though at least you've picked the right people to antagonize! We will fight despite being caught on the back foot, which is more than some will do. Tbh this whole scenario is akin to my 6yo daughter waking me up to play at 5am on a Saturday morning. There is no ability to reason with her or go back to a well-earned sleep, which the easiest thing to do is join in and wear her out ... maybe we'll score a daytime nap to recharge later hahaha.

A TFP Statement I'd like to start out by saying that although I'm a newer political figure, I've always been a fan of the lengthy, well-written cb's backed by facts and evidence. For those that share a similar mindset, this one is for you. During the anti-fortuna war, members of the coalition (Florida, Bourbon Street, Mayhem, Cataclysm) decided to hit Aurora for their actions including but not limited to plotting against Florida, hitting allies within 72 hours of cutting them, and other acts. I should note that we supported their overarching goal to punish Aurora for their unprecedented actions. At the time, Aurora was involved in a conflict against Midgard (TI, UPN, SW). CTO, our ally, was fighting alongside Aurora, but was not targeted by any coalition members. One day after coalition members attacked Aurora, TFP declared war on Midgard to aid CTO given that the rest of the anti-fortuna coalition had taken out CTO's coalition partner. Florida members supported our efforts to help our ally, however, ODOO members, particularly Mayhem, had a different opinion. Their main gripes were a) that they had intended to save Midgard to spite Aurora, and we had taken that opportunity away, b) we jeopardized the success of taking down Aurora by hitting Midgard, and c) they were given no notice ahead of time for matters that indirectly affect them. Firstly, I must say that I agree with point c. It would have been wise to relay conflicting ideals with the coalition to avoid any mishaps. However, I must also say that it would have been nice to receive the same respect. We were not asked about coalition members hitting Aurora, but rather told that they would be. Why should we be forced to live with a choice others make that puts our ally at a disadvantage, and simultaneously not be allowed to make moves that benefit our them. These attempts to control our FA were feeble. While many in ODOO were angered with our decision, it is worth noting that TKR leadership, although possessing a different opinion, was understanding of our circumstance, to which I am thankful for. It is unfortunate that others in your sphere did not share your wisdom. Secondly, in regards to point b), it was a barefaced lie. We declared our wars an entire day after wars on Aurora were declared in which time all relevant tiers had been slotted. Additionally, with the combined forces of Florida, Bourbon Street, Mayhem, and Cataclysm, it was evident that the outcome of the war had been decided before it had been declared. It is also untrue that our entry into the Midgard conflict would jeopardize the Fortuna war. Figure 1: Effective Military Strength by Score Range courtesy of Locutus. The blue line represents the anti Fortuna coalition minus TFP (Florida, ODOO, HS, KT) while the red line represents Fortuna + Aurora and extensions. Metrics were recorded at 1:59 EST May 3rd, 2023, 42 hours after TFP entry into the CTO-Midgard conflict. As can be seen by the graph, the coalition had a pretty sizeable 🤏 advantage against fortuna and aurora without our help, so it is disingenuous to say that we may have hindered the success of the overall coalition. While it is true the graph is not exactly the time we entered the conflict, I believe it provides enough substance to say that our endeavor was not detrimental to the fortuna or aurora war efforts. They also tried to argue that we had hit nations engaged in wars with Aurora and their members, which was another lie. Upon review, our blitz targeted a total of 7 Midgard (TI + UPN + SW) nations as most were in beige. Of those 7, only one nation had some military and was engaged in a war with Aurora, and it was this lonely c21 formerly of Serene Wei. I wouldn't classify myself as a military expert, so I'll wait for Luci to confer, but I wouldn't rest the entire fate of the war on a single c21. All in all, our war into Midgard did not significantly impact the war on Aurora. The last of their grievances was that they would not be able to spite Aurora and save Midgard in the same manner, but that counter is pretty simple. At the end of the day, the safety and goals of my allies are more important to me than yours and I wouldn't be doing my job correctly if I didn't look out for my people, and I'm sure if you were in the same position as I was, you would feel the same way. So, now that you've taken the time to sit through the backstory why exactly does it all matter? I mean all of this in and of itself is certainly annoying but it isn't enough to warrant a reason to go to war. ODOO conjuring false narratives while picking and choosing what rules to follow when it suits them is a nuisance, but why is it important? Well, I'll tell you why. During our war with Midgard, the party that seemed the most interested in our conflict was Mayhem. Not because they were intrigued by our move, but rather because they tried to take control of it. Throughout the war, Mayhem attempted to limit our entry, limit our targets, control the timeframe, and set the peace terms. All of this for a war they weren't directly involved in. Not only is it extremely rude, but it's frankly laughable. How can they expect to control our FA when they don't even control their own? As comical as it sounds, the end of the story is anything but. After the conflict concluded, I was curious as to why a seemingly uninvolved alliance would be so interested in our war. It was then I was told by numerous sources that Mayhem had attempted to enter the conflict against us. Not only did they attempt to hit us as an alliance, but also attempted to do so while we were direct coalition partners! Not only did they plot against us, but they failed to see the hypocrisy of their actions. How can they get upset when we barely indirectly affect their conflict but turn around and plan to hit us while we are active partners. Their hypocrisy is amusing and their scheming is fruitless. Their actions have gone unpunished for too long. We weren't in a position to do anything about it then, but we certainly are now. Lastly, it should be mentioned that it is likely the rest of ODOO did not know about this horrendous plot. I'm sure some in ODOO will complain and retort that the entire bloc does not deserve to be punished for their actions. To them, I would say that if Mayhem thinks they have the power to plot against us, control our FA, and exercise blatant hypocrisy, then they, alongside their allies, deserve to pay the punishment for their shortcomings and failures. TFP declares war on ODOO for Mayhem's appalling actions, and to aid our allies in WELP Signed Shark - Shwin Facilitator - Erik Facilitator - Aligned Defender of Unity - Kieran Defender of Capital - Jamie

Not the best at carving so I made it in minecraft.

This is the greatest blitz of all time

Good luck with the new alliance.

Welcome to Orbis, And best of luck, you'll need it.

Here is mine. It is of a dragon, which is my nations national animal.

THIS IS A DNN EXCLUSIVE AND SHOULD BE CREDITED AS SUCH; JOIN DUCC NEWS NETWORK TODAY Global War 28 thread: Updated 9/29/23 ~6:30 AM GMT: Military Strength: Military Strength Comparison Graph (Based on Totals): Military Strength Comparison Graph (Based on Averages): Summary: *wipes tear from eye* Seeing another global where someone blitzes from 0350 after GW25, beautiful. Not so beautiful was a somewhat lackluster blitz on WELP's part, but more on that later. Looking at the numbers, WELP dominates in pretty much every single tier until the mid-high tier, where things start to get much more even, and this also shows quite clearly in the military totals graph. Though the higher tiers seem more difficult on paper for WELP, ODOO also shot themselves in the foot a bit because of Grumpy's typical peacetime MMRs, which aren't very organized, leading to lots of members with terribly substandard builds (including much fewer planes) that were very quickly wiped out, as is evident by the C46+ plane average comparison. Because this was a sudden blitz, WELP struggled to fill slots during the initial wave, but has covered reasonable ground, dealing nearly 600 wars to ODOO's roughly 100. This, combined with the fact that ODOO was likely caught somewhat off guard, and all chart averages showing a military edge for WELP, strongly indicate a timely victory for WELP. On the spy side of things, the war has been quite slow, and I still see hordes of maxed folks on both sides, though WELP has picked up a small 8 spy average on that front as well. (But hey, when was the last time spy ops won a war anyway)

I wonder what the root cause of this is...

Is this the first Manditory Defence Pack in Orbis history?

You have figured us out. It took a year for someone to do it, but someone finally did it.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE UNABLE TO JOIN AS GRUMPY SHOULD NOT ALLOWED TO COOK (AS INDICATED BY THE OFFICIAL POLLS)

I agree, I think? I'm a little confused at what you're getting at. To avoid clogging up this thread, please DM me on discord. My username is .alexioskomnenos

My submisson.

It'd be more even if your allies immediately responded to be fair. Not really our fault that Bernadette Street and TFR decided to yolo in a day late without a proper counterblitz, and you certainly can't blame us for Name Withheld declaring all of 1 offensive war in the first 24 hours of the war. Also not to mention you seemingly have another ally you could call upon who seems to prefer fence sitting over taking action. What's up with that? @AlexiosKomnenos@Velyni Vas@Ducc Zucc@penpiko@HariMoment

This is the tiering report and I was responding to someone who was convienently not noticing your abhorent hangar count pre-war. I suggested before framing it a dogpile exclusively to maybe take it up with your lot to get some answers on what was going through the heads of GoB there. Thought it might bring them some peace and clarity. GLHF

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Before resorting to the obligatory dogpile comments as other pointed out maybe you should take up some of your disdain with your allies in GoB who a statistically relevant amount couldnt be bothered to even maintain 2k planes. If they had been somewhat aware of their surroundings, the upper tier might have been much less of the slaughter it ended up being for you guys.

that NAP is 20 times the length of your war.

Are the wars going to start getting declared at turn change? I'm a little confused.

Our advantage mostly comes from element of surprise plus Grumpy's terrible peacetime mmr as hidude pointed out. Wars are usually decided in the upper tier and it's pretty even on paper at least.

The only dogpiling going on in this war is grumpy dogpiling themselves with their ineptitude

A $5-billion misunderstanding… 😬

Noobs..Shouldn't had escalated the war in the first place if you didn't had the willpower to fight it. 😂😂

BroFam should probably focus and work on itself internally for the next few weeks, maybe months.