Diplomacy done in this alliance has been amazing.
I'm not sure that "amazing" is perhaps the best word. Thermopylae leaders haven't always been great at diplomacy, in this current alliance or when they were in previous alliances.
Previous Examples:
- Jim, in The Exiles. You've heard me say this a lot of times, so you know what I am referring to.
- Whichever Mayhem/IA leaders that decided it would be good to backstab Im Telling Mummy, by recruiting the remains of The Exiles when they had agreed to help wipe them out.
- Arguably the start of the ITM-Mayhem war: while both sides agreed to the war, there was some information flying around that Mayhem leaders (no doubt many of whom are now Thermopylae leaders) kept changing the agreed start date for the war.
Thermopylae Examples:
- Thermopylae was apparently attempting to push around both HEROES and REPO, in terms of dictating how they should behave. That doesn't sound like great diplomacy from the supposed forces of liberty.
- The handling of the Thermo-REPO split. Whether or not both sides mutually agreed to the start of the war (I do not know the exact details), it wasn't handled well by Thermopylae. They promised REPO a 2-week grace period before starting the war, but Thermopylae players attacked REPO players only a few days into the grace period. That means that either Thermo leaders did not properly convey the message to their members, or some of their members do not respect the diplomacy of their leaders, which therefore reflects upon the entire alliance. Furthermore, the split and its handling was a major cause in the split between HEROES and Thermopylae. Had Thermopylae handled this better, they may have kept their pact with HEROES.
- Heavenly Myrmidons. For an alliance that was dominating and supposedly needed no help, it is highly odd that they would rush into agreements with Myrmidons (an alliance regularly insulted by their unofficial propaganda officer). Myrmidons were removed from the coalition due to numerous actions against other coalition alliances (recruiting refugees, attacking other coalition players). So the fact that Thermopylae sought an instant agreement with a diplomatically unstable alliance desperate for someone to piggyback isn't really amazing diplomacy.
They have done some good diplomatic work, I will not deny that. But they are not the amazing diplomats that some claim they are.