[The real (current) Terminus Est.]

Again, you're still misattributing things to seabass. He WAS leadership in Sparta at that time. the only other two people that could be considered leadership was Vos (Who was away at that time,) or Jim. Seabass himself created the drill to test war readiness of Sparta. Convenient? I've had a relationship with pre since beta, and most of us are in the same boat. Hell, Half of the current guardian have relationships to pre, and pretty much every single member of TEst has some sort of tie to guardian.

 

But i don't see you blaming guardian. It seems like there's a salt overload in your salivation plant. TEst left a bad taste in your mouth, so now you're "exposing" them for the world to see. 

 

Except "exposing" is misrepresenting what is actually there to fit a narrative hideo kojima himself may think contrived, but i digress. 

 

Oh? Did you run a fake drill in Guardian too? The difference between Guardian and Sparta was that Seabass had a conflict of interest within the leadership that, regardless of whether or not it was intentional, gave TEst a CB (that Pre has mentioned "TEst membership" wanted for a while) to roll one of Sparta's allies, and could be argued that the event set the stage for to the downfall of the Rose bloc. 

 

Come back and lecture me on not blaming Guardian when you pull off something like that. 

[The real (current) Terminus Est.]

I assume you've been rolled by TEst at some point

 

It's funny hearing that from you because you're in Roz Wei

[The real (current) Terminus Est.]

Wasn't the whole "Sparta drill" debacle something you created? It's quite convenient that Seabass never told anyone about the drill (not allies, not even his own leadership group in Sparta), convenient that he had a relationship with you before the drill happened, and more convenient that he's in your alliance right now. 

 

For an alliance that is a "band of merry idiots," you have either gotten this far from careful, serious planning or luck so dumb that nails look smart. 

[The Final Nail in the Coffin/Future of TEst?]

Most FA stuff is done by Prefontaine, so I don't have the entire scope of the issue, but this is in no way how TEst planned or sees things right now. Of course TEst's rise was intentional, and Pre has been a fantastic leader, but we still accepted a large degree of risk that either TKR or tS would declare on us after our declaration on Pantheon. Discussion certainly took place, but no intimidation ever happened. Furthermore, while it remains that we are a powerful upper tier alliance, it is not at all the case that we expect unilateral dominance - any alliance in Syndisphere or Paracovenant can, with the help of a few friends and proper planning, methodically roll us. Finally, regarding your final claim, we plan to do neither at the moment - as peacetime will probably come in the next few weeks, we've been shifting focus more to domestic affairs. At the moment we support neither sphere, and don't plan on doing so in the near future.

 

But your statement validates most of what I have said. By your own admission, there was a "discussion" (tbh, I only put in 'intimidation' because it would have sounded presumptuous of me to say that TEst was coordinating with tS, and how scandalous it would be if tS willingly let Pantheon burn). My statement regarding TEst's strength is further capitalized by your admission that it is within TEst's interests to "focus more to domestic affairs" and not present TEst as another sphere. Your last sentence is a validation of what TEst plans for now, which is maintaining the myth that Rose and the Paracovenant is still a second sphere capable of challenging the Syndisphere. 

[The Final Nail in the Coffin/Future of TEst?]

IMO you give us too much credit. we don't go for easy wars. we go for ones that we think could fight and are always disappointed. You also neglect to say that Jim Beam was leader of sparta, as well as that seabassation mention is ham-handed, why do you mention it? TEst is in a good position but you're making our loyalty to the blood-god look like that to the emperor. 

 

https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/blog/203/entry-796-events-leading-up-to-steves-war/

 

 

You sure like writing about me and TEst. Keep it up. It's interesting to see the assumptions you make. I do find it funny that you think we bullied tS into attacking you. 

 

Just TEst. Your name is never mentioned. 

 

This blog seems to be a ass-kissing of Terminus Est and does nothing to improve the opinion of your alliance which I already have a high opinion of as warriors and tactical fighters - if anything, it lowers it. That must be all the 1-star votes.

 

This blog is a reflection on how TEst went from a small 20 nation alliance in February to #1 today. Such a rapid rise in stats over the short time frame is worth studying. My alliance is not the main story here. Of course, I am operating under the assumption that TEst's meteoric rise is intentional and planned. 

[The Final Nail in the Coffin/Future of TEst?]

Dude you need to smoke less... One, of the Pantheon members not running to V-Mode, there was a major city advantage their way in the top 10 fights. they all had full millitary, and little to non opostition from their VE targets.

Two, they still have more infra than us and they still have more whales than us. We only closed the gap alittle, we dint crush Pantheon at all.

 

Seriously you need to stop writing about things you dont know about, you might have you'r ideas about TEst, but they are far off the mark. Now go back to making up shit about your own alliance.

 

lol, why do you sound so salty? You have no reason to be salty. You can think my ideas are wrong without having your panties in a twist. 

[NPO's First Time and Consequences]

Apologies, I corrected the mistake. 

[Consequences of the Silent War]

Being dominant in the upper tier is a silly thing.  War is the interesting part of the game.  If nobody is in range then you are king of, nothing.  TEST likes war too much for that.

 

The clear losers in the war include Alpha...again due to poor diplomacy.

 

But that is under the assumption that TEst somehow absorbs all other upper tier nations. And I would agree, TEst likes war too much for that. 

 

Still, you can't deny that TEst has the majority of active upper tier nations. While there are other upper tier nations out there, they are scattered, and a quick blitz from TEst would decide the outcome. 

 

The Spartan "drill" that led up to Steve's War is what crippled Alpha, poor diplomacy was not the issue at hand. Seabasstion should be proud, he should be credited with the destruction of the Rose bloc, intentional or not. 

[What's For Dinner?]

PERRRRRKKKKKSSSSSS!

[A Solomonic Primer: PW Edition]

A lover of classical Latin, logic, history and debate. My my, looks like we have a lot in common

[Lessons from the Delian League]

In regards to the Delian League, it should be noted that you have left the rather pessimistic view of the military alliance. First, any participant in the Delian League was indeed protected by the sort of "collective herd" mentality, but suffered a severe loss of autonomy. Case in point, the smaller nations of the Delian League often "deferred leadership" to Athens, which meant that in a lot of foreign affairs, smaller nations had less autonomy than without the League. 

 

In an extreme case, the Delian League reached a new height of Athenian dominance: the secession of the island of Naxos, which was brutally sacked and destroyed by an Athenian army. For those who vouch for this League, beware. The collapse of the Delian League was due to the increasing power of Athens in the League, which later could be characterized as an Athenian Empire. Small alliances will almost certainly be swept away in foreign affairs and will likely have little control over their own contributions to the treasury. 

 

Likewise, however, we should not discount the success of the Delian League. The Delian League did indeed centralize monetary funding against the Persian Empire, and despite lacking in almost every way militarily to the Persian Empire, the focus and concentration of the Greek funds, combined with other factors, ultimately led to a Hellenistic persistence and dominance. I think that HM Solomon I quite precisely points out the advantages to the League system.