Post by Dreadlife on Jul 19, 2005 18:42:56 GMT -5
Saying from Sun Tzu's Art of War:
Chapter 3: Planning the Attack.
"It is best to thwart people by intelligent planning."
Pretty self explanatory. Think before you act. Have a plan before you go into battle. While spontaneity is an important trait, you don't want to go hell's bells into a game against a prepared opponent. You will die. The challenge we have as a new clan is to find tactics to beat the guys who have been playing together since Nov. 9. They know each other to the point where talking is an unnecessary distraction. We don't so we have to have a playbook and know what the hell we're doing when we go into a fight.
Chapter 6: Emptiness and Fullness
"To advance irresistibly, push through their gaps. To retreat elusively, out speed them."
This is an offense/defense statement. When attacking, one must analyze the defenders position, find weaknesses and exploit them. Of course, the converse is true. When defending, make sure you tighten the gaps so they have a hard time finding a weakness to exploit. Cover your partner, stay in range of the team, don't engage outside our perimeter, maintain a strong fighting line.
The statement on retreat is especially interesting. It implies that rather than skill, timing is the most important aspect to a good retreat. If the position is overrun, don't wait until the attack to bail, especially when holding a power weapon that can turn the tide of the game. At the risk of sounding cheesy, you gotta know when to hold em, fold em and walk away.
Chapter 6: On emptiness and fullness.
"So a military force has no constant formation. Water has no constant shape: The ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius."
No matter how much we plan and script and practice, the unexpected does happen. A team will use a strat we haven't seen before, deploy weapons in mysterious ways. We must be a flexible and adaptable team to use our strengths at a moment notice and turn the tide in the middle of the game by thinking on the fly. No one person can do this, it will take all of us stepping up at various times to take control of the squad and send them in the right direction. Please don't be afraid to assume control if you think you have an idea that will eliminate the other teams strategies or deny them their goals. It will only help us succeed.
Hope you enjoyed that novella, more to come soon
Chapter 3: Planning the Attack.
"It is best to thwart people by intelligent planning."
Pretty self explanatory. Think before you act. Have a plan before you go into battle. While spontaneity is an important trait, you don't want to go hell's bells into a game against a prepared opponent. You will die. The challenge we have as a new clan is to find tactics to beat the guys who have been playing together since Nov. 9. They know each other to the point where talking is an unnecessary distraction. We don't so we have to have a playbook and know what the hell we're doing when we go into a fight.
Chapter 6: Emptiness and Fullness
"To advance irresistibly, push through their gaps. To retreat elusively, out speed them."
This is an offense/defense statement. When attacking, one must analyze the defenders position, find weaknesses and exploit them. Of course, the converse is true. When defending, make sure you tighten the gaps so they have a hard time finding a weakness to exploit. Cover your partner, stay in range of the team, don't engage outside our perimeter, maintain a strong fighting line.
The statement on retreat is especially interesting. It implies that rather than skill, timing is the most important aspect to a good retreat. If the position is overrun, don't wait until the attack to bail, especially when holding a power weapon that can turn the tide of the game. At the risk of sounding cheesy, you gotta know when to hold em, fold em and walk away.
Chapter 6: On emptiness and fullness.
"So a military force has no constant formation. Water has no constant shape: The ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius."
No matter how much we plan and script and practice, the unexpected does happen. A team will use a strat we haven't seen before, deploy weapons in mysterious ways. We must be a flexible and adaptable team to use our strengths at a moment notice and turn the tide in the middle of the game by thinking on the fly. No one person can do this, it will take all of us stepping up at various times to take control of the squad and send them in the right direction. Please don't be afraid to assume control if you think you have an idea that will eliminate the other teams strategies or deny them their goals. It will only help us succeed.
Hope you enjoyed that novella, more to come soon
