Sun Tzu Art Of War: Vii. Maneuvering
Niteowl
Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
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uh.. thanks?
not even a compliment?
and if not.. the reason for you posting is ?
yeah skater, some of these posts have kharaa specific things as well, that's why it's here.
i think the last post will just be thre rest of the chapters together, don't wanna spam up the forums any more than i need to <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
When posting in a forum, do not spam like a moron
Edit: Doh...just saw the rest of the forum... he should have made it all in one thread but still, flame == bad.
and drums, and in fighting by day, of flags and banners,
as a means of influencing the ears and eyes of your army.
<span style='color:white'>ping early and often if they have sense up.</span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, that's not what this means at all, though you'd think it at first glance. This is saying it's vital to have communication between you and the rest of your army. In Sun Tzu's time, having no radios, they had to use signals, thus, flags and fires. Runners take too long.
However, in our time, we have both text and voice communication. Use them. Use them often. Use them wisely. Keep the team in line with your voice. Provide status updates. As commander, let your team know the plan whenever possible. Call them by name... this not only raises moral, it improves discipline.
On the khaara side, scout and let your team know where the enemy is. Let your team know where you are, and what you are doing (gorging at thus and such place to put up a WoL)
When the hive mind tells you that a tower is under attack, or a structure is under attack, remember that it doesn't tell everyone WHICH tower or structure is under attack, and looking around for it takes a moment. If when you hear the warning, you look and see where the attack is, and vocally or textually communicate this to the rest of the team, they can get there significantly faster than if they had to get this information themselves. In fact, they usually WON'T get this information themselves (esp. on pubs) and will likely assume it's something minor unless you tell them otherwise.
Keep it up.
This way we dont have 6 threads by the same person and we make it easier for those who actually want to read this.
However, your copy was translated 1910.
From what I understand, most of the old translations are considered flawed or inconsistant compared to
more recent translations. This is due to differences in anceint Chinese and modern chinese. Apparantly, most early translators used modern Chinese, when anceint Chinses is obviosly more appropriate. In some cases, ancient Chinese can have the opposite or completely different meaning as modern Chinese written in the same charaters (according to the author of my best Sun Tzu Translation). Also, Anceint chinese itself is no a fully understood language, even today. Even further, there is no known COMPLETE original copy of Sun~Tzu, and, beleieve it or not, some translators have been known to "adlib" the missing sections of the text, itstead of searching other copies for the missing charaters.
Anyhoo, kinda off-topic, but Sun Tzu is a very good read. I highly recommend it. Infact, It may be the best thing you read in a while considering what you can get from it if you have the patience.
However:
1) Make sure you read it more than once. You need to read it a few times for it to come together.
2) Read more than one translation. I, for example, read a "word-for-word" translation and 2 "interpretive" translations. No two translations are the same.
3) Make sure that it is a recent and accurate translation. The older ones are crappy!
Sorry about the off-topic and all, but Sun~Tzu really does kick ****.