User blog comment:123545/Whitebeard commanders and allies v. Admirals and Shichibukai/@comment-94.168.119.106-20100906204126

They tried to go against each other and results can be seen in the whitebeard war arc. Marco for instance did pretty well and so did Ace, however Ace let himself be caught on the hot as it were and we know the result of magma Vs fire. Marco also began to loose ground overall and jozu was useless against Aokiji, but had fared better against Akainu.