Favorite Sun Tzu sayings

[Cap Mandrake]

"To impede the moves of an enemy one must understand that which brings him to your doorstep. To understand his state of mind is to understand the vigor with which he pursues his cause.

A tactical nuke or two doesn't hurt either."

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"To impede the moves of an enemy one must understand that which brings him to your doorstep. To understand his state of mind is to understand the vigor with which he pursues his cause.

A tactical nuke or two doesn't hurt either."

Wow, I didn't know they had tactical nukes back then. [X(]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

ORIGINAL: sventhebold

Who said "Never interrupt your enemy in the middle of making a mistake" ...

Napoleon, possibly during his Russian campaign?

warspite1

According to the film "Waterloo" Napoleon said it on the morning of that battle. It was on TV in colour so that must be right.

[Ddog]

The one I apply a lot in the game is:
 
He who defends everywhere. defends nowhere.
 
I'm sure this isn't the exact phrase, but you probably get the idea.  I'll ask Aw Chu......

[PaxMondo]

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Sun Tzu

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Ddog

The one I apply a lot in the game is:

He who defends everywhere. defends nowhere.

I'm sure this isn't the exact phrase, but you probably get the idea.  I'll ask Aw Chu......

Well, gesundheit.

But I'd guess he who defends nowhere is using Apple maps.

By the way, what was it you were going to ask?

[geofflambert]

Once again, I've seen the fruition of my evil plans. You lesser beings bow down before me![&o]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Once again, I've seen the fruition of my evil plans. You lesser beings bow down before me![&o]

You mean those little round purple guys? I've got two of them bowing down before me! [&o][&o]

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Once again, I've seen the fruition of my evil plans. You lesser beings bow down before me![&o]

You mean those little round purple guys? I've got two of them bowing down before me! [&o][&o]

Oh, yes, the one I show is a mole pretending to serve you. He's the one I showed bowing down to me. The other is a mere street hooker waiting for an opportunity to pick your pocket. Beware. Aside from that, you should explain to those West Lancashirians that you are from InfrawestLancashire so that they quit looking for you in Cornwall (in Japanese pronounced koorwarrrarr).

[Nemo121]

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

So, so true. If you can prevent yourself from losing through a mistake the enemy usually does you the courtesy of losing through their own mistakes.

You could easily be unbeaten in most games of skill if you can just avoid making a stupid mistake until after your opponent makes one.

[HexHead]

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

So, so true. If you can prevent yourself from losing through a mistake the enemy usually does you the courtesy of losing through their own mistakes.

You could easily be unbeaten in most games of skill if you can just avoid making a stupid mistake until after your opponent makes one.

Then it's OK to make stupid mistakes? Just askin'.

[Grollub]

"We have retreated in space but advanced in time"

Actually, the quote is attributed to Mao Tse Tung, but I thought it fit well into this thread.

Not entirely sure, but if I remember right he said it after retreating from a position that couldn't be held, thus saving forces that could be speed up the execution of a later counteroffensive.

I think it highlights the ever present correlation between time, space and force.

[HexHead]

And pawn structure.

[tigercub]

As our Sunlight covers the whole sky like a river flows over the land and into the sea unstoppable Tigercub

Sun Tzu
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

You learn every day of your life and when you leave your body you learn the thing you wanted to know the most.

Tigercub

[Nemo121]

Then it's OK to make stupid mistakes? Just askin'.

Not stupid ones, no. It is however inevitable and needs to be accounted for in-game.

[tigercub]

Then it's OK to make stupid mistakes? Just askin'

make mistakes its important but learn from them the allies during the war were so much better at learning from there mistakes than the Axis.

Tigercub

[HexHead]

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Then it's OK to make stupid mistakes? Just askin'.

Not stupid ones, no. It is however inevitable and needs to be accounted for in-game.

Oh, OK, so, after the oppo makes its First Stupid Mistake, then its OK to make mistakes, just not stupid ones.

OK, got it now.

[geofflambert]

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[Nemo121]

Hexhead,

I'm going to just have to assume you are being willfully dull as a form of trolling since, rather obviously, you're twisting what I said into absurdity. I'm not interested in engaging with trolls on this forum anymore so I'd ask you to cease.

[geofflambert]

How much is Hexhead divided by the square root of Octomom?