Seems to me like both sides are putting their spin on things.
Just for fun, I'll add my own!
Sparta is much much larger than TOOL, so large, in fact that I know that many members of TOOL were having to fight four Sparta members, with those kinds of odds, is it really hard to believe that TOOL was taking more damage to Sparta?
You all act like "OMG PWNZORS," but you neglect to realize that TOOL had alot of fight left, so which is smarter for Sparta, get TOOL off of their back so they can focus on NPO, or contribute to some stupid bloodbath? As a member of TOOL, I assure you, we were all ready to go down fighting. The numbers may look grim, but we had fight left in us.
As I've said before, all sides are now better off today than they were yesterday, for various reasons.
This "did you win or did you lose" bull is childish. Adults know that there isn't always a clear cut winner or a clear cut loser. The fact is, TOOL did the best with the resources available, what more do you expect? Did you expect a thoroughly outnumbered alliance to suddenly explode in glorious victory? Would Sparta rather wipe TOOL off the face of CN, while tying up a bunch of their resources and exposing themselves further in their confrontation with NPO?
Edit- You've always got an open aid slot in my nation, and in my heart Zoom.