[Discuss] Encouraging addiction (yet another rant from me)

[Josiah Allen]

Someone mentioned a good general assumes 1/4 of his army won't show up.  I
agree with this sentiment, planning this way means worst case you only get
what you planned for, best case your victories are even greater.

You can also apply it to enemy armies.  This is why the defender usually
wins, because they didn't require action to get to the battle, and this
knowledge should be used for better tactics, not griped about.  Sometimes
people can't make it to a computer, especially if there hasn't been orders
for awhile, meaning they might rather sleep in, stay late at bar, etc. if
they assume nothing bad will happen.  That's why a good general makes sure
he keeps his armies alert and active by ordering misdirections, scoutings
etc.

regarding another point, in a small army perhaps the general can take care
of wayward leaders but in a large one you have to trust your marshals to
bring any small orders problems to the judge, unless you don't have a RL job
perhaps.  Generalship can be pretty lightweight if you have a good
supporting cast.

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"Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness"
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