Communication Is The Language of Leadership
Azazel Romanov
It's been too long since I last wrote to you all, but I find it unfortunate that I must speak under these circumstances. I had hoped to write to you saying that all my official obligations were over for this month and that I was a free citizen. I am no longer in congress, no longer MoFA, but unfortunately still CoT MC. You see, my term was supposed to end on the 24th, but as the 27th rolls around I am still expected to update CoT orders and determine daily priorities. You and I both might be wondering why this is the case.
When I first became CoT MC, we had bright days. Our HQ was organized and I assembled the largest MC team CoT has ever seen with the active cooperation and participation of the current SCs, Demon War and LitoII. MinPRO of Russia, the Russian CP, and Potato134, aMC from Paraguay and Rogue Squadron head, were selected to be my vMCs, so that we would be covering all major time zones of CoT’s damage. One of my first actions was to approve the US's NE of Serbia and basically start the current war we all see ourselves in. This action was the real ignition after the first spark in the Swiss-Slovenian conflict. I knew the possible consequences of this, but decided that waiting was not going to improve our situation.
At first, CoT coordinated and managed to pull off several impressive wins, such as defeating Romania's airstrike, securing Aquitaine for US and pushing Serbia to near breaking point, wiping Colombia and holding back Argentina and while not winning, near successfully holding off three to four NEs in Russia and keeping the front there a near stalemate. CoT could not take full credit for all of these things as we had impressive coordination with Asgard, Brazil, and a lot of help from non-CoT allies on a few fronts. We were fighting against more damage and a larger alliance, and we were actually proving ourselves capable of fighting back.
Something like this.
After CP elections and the transition to a new SC term, things started getting a bit worse for us. Bulgaria nominated Graverobber, and Chile nominated Femto666. I was unfamiliar with both, but held out optimism. Femto666 had to drop early on due to problems, so Indonesia was offered a chance to nominate and picked Kandon. So now that we had officially sorted out this problem, we could hopefully move on and continue improving CoT. Discussion continued on how to improve internal communication and coordination, and it appeared we would be moving in the right direction.
Unfortunately the tide of the war was turning. Several ex-EDEN nations began working in tandem with TWO. While there is not full cooperation between these two groups, they both saw their mutual enemy as CoT, given prior conflicts with Argentina, Turkey, and Greece that CoT has had. Russia was wiped once Ukraine got involved, and joint TWO-EDEN stacks pushed Colombia and Argentina up against ROLA in Latin America. Immediately following this was a full TWO invasion against the US was beginning, including the nations of Serbia, Poland, Hungary, UK, RoC, Thailand, and Montenegro, the latter two launching successful airstrikes into the center of the US. The US took the brunt of the invasion at first and focused on assisting allies, but the number of battles continued to grow. Meanwhile in the Middle East, Turkey and Greece pushed harder against Macedonia and Bulgaria, and pushed back a Indonesian airstrike in Iran.
Multiple factors are to blame for this. First, I shall be self damning and say that I could have been giving 110% when I am probably around 70-80%. This month has been incredibly interesting but also incredibly exhausting, and I admit that fatigue set in during the latter half of my term. Another factor is damage, which CoT currently lacks against both TWO and ex-EDEN. While the gap is not huge, it is significant enough to prevent CoT from winning battles simultaneously against both fronts. Lastly, is the overall defensive nature of the alliance versus offense. Aside from early in the war, CoT has been defending regions rather than launching attacks. The saying goes that the best defense is a good offense, and we've only been guarding bonuses while losing elsewhere.
CoT is in a rough spot. Many members sit wiped or partially to fully occupied. Our coordination is less than impressive, which I must admit I am to blame for. I believe that I and my MC team have grown weary from the constant attention required for planning a World War. Which makes refreshment more important and key to pursue. As stated earlier, my term was supposed to end three days ago, but I still remain CoT MC. It is still unclear who will be replacing me, or if I will even be replaced in the next few days. I will perform my duty as MC until relieved, but we must be more on top of this. The gap between CoT’s leadership and the national governments has grown distant, and honestly could coordinate more efficiently with CoT governments. CoT nations need to demand more from their alliance and actively work to improve its functions and leadership. I've seen apathy, discouragement, and separation start to thrive in the alliance. I've grown to care about the alliance’s maintenance and future, and I have met many people I wouldn't have sitting in congress or national government.
Always darkest before dawn.
I know that being on the losing side makes one grow apathetic and less optimistic, as I myself have experienced this. My own country has almost been completely taken by TWO, and currently strong nations in CoT like Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Russia stand wiped or on the brink. We also have several members like Switzerland, South Korea, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru who lost regions or sit homeless but continue to follow priorities and fight where needed. Sacrifices have also been made by Asgard, Brazil, Italy, and Ireland to fight in a war that they didn't start. I've seen the good in us, and our commitment shine through, and I don’t want to lose that. Earlier in the term I wrote about us realizing what needed to be done, and I do not want us to forget that we are still in alliance and we are still fighting for one another.
I do not come here to damn CoT, I came here to save it. Ask yourselves and your leadership to step it up. No, demand it. I’m not afraid to admit that I am one person and have my limitations. I need your help, and so does your alliance. CoT is an alliance meant to be run by the countries involved, not always directly with top-down decisions. We grow when our members actively involve themselves in the alliance’s decision making and growth. We are a community of nations, and though sometimes disparaged, we are often odd couples and strange partners. Despite our differences, our problems, or our outside relations, we all ended up here and working together. While sometimes the source of problems, that sort of relationship is also how CoT has thrived. We need to ensure we do not lose our diversity and our commitment to one another. Most importantly, we should not forsake ourselves.
Without change, I do not predict a bright path for our alliance, unfortunately. We will continue a downward slope and eventually continual losses will likely drive our members apart rather than together in solidarity. We shall face another realignment in the world and it is unclear whether or not any of us seek to benefit from such. I want what is best for my country and my alliance, and I do not want to end up deciding between the two in the near future. There is a lot of anger growing throughout the world and it will eventually not be containable or amendable.
Wars come and go. Battles are won and lost daily. But in the end, what matters most is whether or not you can say you survived it. I don’t know about you, but I intend to survive. What is your intention?
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Too much words, mate...
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Hail CoT!!!
Switzerland is rising...
Voted.
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It takes a certain kind of maturity to admit one's shortcomings, aside from communication, that is also key to leadership.
Good, informative, honest article.
I see one important thing in battles of CoT : a battle begins (the priority or CoT) and when an other one arrives, it's finish. Dammages are divided and sadly we don't win the first one.
So a lot of dammages are divided. It is better to win one or two battles like to lose all.
we need one official orders of CoT and follow it.
Yes, we need two if the first one we are winning!
ONE BATTLE ALL COT THERE, regardless of their country battles!
If you make this happen my friend, everything would be much simpler, and our friendship would grow even more...
Excellent job btw,o7
ALL FOR ONE,WE ALL FOR COT!
VToed, good article.
The problem is in the inactivity of the SCs, not you Azazel.. You did more than fine 🙂
You did a good job NewAzazel!
voted and subscribed, thanks for the truth and the time and effort you put into this
survival
"Our coordination is less than impressive, which I must admit I am to blame for."
Maybe you need more obligations...Mr. former Speaker. Run for PP, Run for PotUS, become a MU commander...ya know...coz ur so ossom!
That's what I do in Russia, lol 🙂
No, you don't 😉
Brighter days will come, but the most important thing is to endure to the end TOGETHER!!!
hail CoT
Brighter days will come, but the most important thing is to endure to the end TOGETHER!!!
hail CoT
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Respect......
at least you do something...
but the rest of the HQ...... we ara fighting without cordination and that is killing us
Good article, but the difference between CoT and TwO is hard enough to overcome, when you don't have to deal with ex-EDEN also. When you have ex-EDEN also in the scene, its almost impossible to win irrespective of the level of coordination.
Its difficult to close the Greece/Turkey/Romania vs Bulgaria/MKD front but I believe there were chances to close the ROLA vs CUA front. Without that pressure, CoT would have better chances of success.
We can not win every single battle in every single front...
Good job !!!
We will rise again !!!
SO SAY WE ALL !!
Respect o/
Hail TWO
Good reflection of events, actions and ideas
o7
I think we lose just cuz some countries lost their honor and began to be puppets. I prefer to fight for friends, not for friends with masks, which will forsake you at the first opportunity.
Well you are right, we must have better coordination if we want to be more successful, and in this circumstances it's important to secure S.America & Oceania...
I am optimist that from September we'll rise again !
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Awakening article.
Governments should put more efforts if we want COT to regain its lost power.
We should be looking for example in EDEN's HQ how organized were they, even when whole damagehood was against them. Its the same situation now, TWO against COT, but COT remains passive and hoping that things will sort out by themselves...
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Omg:
'One of my first actions was to approve the US's NE of Serbia and basically start the current war we all see ourselves in. This action was the real ignition after the first spark in the Swiss-Slovenian conflict. I knew the possible consequences of this, but decided that waiting was not going to improve our situation.'
Grats mate. Guys, who accepted eUSA as member started fall of CoT, According to above quote, you personally burried it. And you state that you have done it intentionaly.
Well, CoT, nice commanders you have there.
At least we do not have secret channels hidden from the hq ; ) and we do not work behind hq's back .... hail bunker \o/
ooooohhh my smile hidded in the bunker too : D
No surrender, bro. 🙂
Now you know how the ex-EDEN's felt, while fighting COTWO.
Only we resisted far longer, of course.
You should have offered a better deal to the ex-EDEN countries.
COT: Hey, edenites! We about to fight TWO, want to stop fight between us?
ex-EDEN: Ok, sure.
COT: Well, we want some regions, some gold, and to fill some our member's aistrike funds. Oh, and some of you will get deleted every 25th, so you have no congress, and some others permanently as bonus resources for your COT neighbors...
ex-EDEN: ...
COT: Are we no generous?
Are you all truly surprised most ex-EDEN's followed TWO? 😃
Thus... Burn. Slowly. 😉 😛
NIP-
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Get lost!
Mate, you are ruining their favorite story... CoT are true angels, and all others are bunch of selfish devils caring just about resources.
🙂
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It's not always darkest before dawn. The darkest part of night is in its middle, and before dawn it's only slightly darker than during the actual sunrise, which is very much brighter than around midnight. Yes, it's a saying, but it's a stupid saying.
Your conclusion is also stupid. We will all be able to say we survived it since it's not a real war. It' a browser game. Nobody really dies (it's shocking, I know).
v, o7
HAIL IRELAND
HAIL USA
FAIL TWO
it took me a day to realize what a big mistake we made when we accepted eUSA in CoT, events that followed that mistake forced us to leave alliance. The premise of alliance was in it's name ( Circle of Trust ) and all members was suppose to be equal but it was clear that there is a few countries that are more equal than others. eUSA acted as a spoiled child in supermarket they did what they want and there was no one to stop them it was just the opposite some members encourage that behavior and this is the result of that. I have tried to bring them to court because of their constantly breaching of charter but others laughed at me... We lave the alliance because someone abused ti's main ingredient TRUST.
looks at true patriot history sees serbia.
Strong article, NewAz.
o7 Good Article
A Really good read NAZ!
o7 from Moldova!
Interesting article, voted
HAIL USA, HAIL KOT- 07 from Bulgaria