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trans_92010-09-13 01:39 pm
badassfreakingoverlord) wrote in trans_92010-09-13 01:39 pm
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In Which Zetta Talks A Lot [[Open]]
He'd called for them. (It was a pathetic turnout. Huh.)
His minions had come. (Well, three of them.)
Now, the Sacred Tome - slash - Badass Overlord looked down on them all from his throne, and spoke.
"Now, you guys are used to working in groups. That's good. So maybe what I'm saying will just be stuff you already know. That's fine too.
"I'm not saying this for you, then. I'm saying this for the people that didn't show up. I'm saying this so maybe you guys can go out, find your friends and your groups and whatnot, and say, 'hey, stop moping over what happened and go learn from the Overlord'. Maybe then we can round up enough people to go play a game of Prinny Baseball with the Ohm as the bases."
The book paused to let the incredible wisdom and insight of that metaphor sink in.
"What's the point of a group? Why do you work in a group? That's a rhetorical question," he said quickly, "not that I've ever needed a group. But still. What's the point? The answer is a little concept called 'force multiplier'. A team is stronger than an equal number of guys about the same power who all just showed up to the fight. Why? It's not 'practice' or 'teamwork' or any of that crap. Those are just parts of the whole. The whole is information.
"Why do you practice? What makes teamwork work? Simple: the information you have about the people you're with.
"Now a lot of people will say it's more important to know what your opponent can do than what your friends can do. I'm here to tell you that's crap. You'll find out what your opponent does when he does it. If he doesn't do it, it doesn't matter. The key is in reacting to it.
"So what was the point of all this? Working together with other random people on the ship. It's great to form teams and whatnot, but that bomb thing shows just how people can get mixed together. I ended up with a dragon and a blue... thing. I'm sure you all had weird experiences too.
"So. The first thing to do if you're with some other random people? Find out what they can do. As fast as possible, before you need to do anything. Because that fact will inform every single other thing you do after that."
[[Aimed at Starfire, Konoka, and Nanashi. Open to anyone who wandered in.]]
His minions had come. (Well, three of them.)
Now, the Sacred Tome - slash - Badass Overlord looked down on them all from his throne, and spoke.
"Now, you guys are used to working in groups. That's good. So maybe what I'm saying will just be stuff you already know. That's fine too.
"I'm not saying this for you, then. I'm saying this for the people that didn't show up. I'm saying this so maybe you guys can go out, find your friends and your groups and whatnot, and say, 'hey, stop moping over what happened and go learn from the Overlord'. Maybe then we can round up enough people to go play a game of Prinny Baseball with the Ohm as the bases."
The book paused to let the incredible wisdom and insight of that metaphor sink in.
"What's the point of a group? Why do you work in a group? That's a rhetorical question," he said quickly, "not that I've ever needed a group. But still. What's the point? The answer is a little concept called 'force multiplier'. A team is stronger than an equal number of guys about the same power who all just showed up to the fight. Why? It's not 'practice' or 'teamwork' or any of that crap. Those are just parts of the whole. The whole is information.
"Why do you practice? What makes teamwork work? Simple: the information you have about the people you're with.
"Now a lot of people will say it's more important to know what your opponent can do than what your friends can do. I'm here to tell you that's crap. You'll find out what your opponent does when he does it. If he doesn't do it, it doesn't matter. The key is in reacting to it.
"So what was the point of all this? Working together with other random people on the ship. It's great to form teams and whatnot, but that bomb thing shows just how people can get mixed together. I ended up with a dragon and a blue... thing. I'm sure you all had weird experiences too.
"So. The first thing to do if you're with some other random people? Find out what they can do. As fast as possible, before you need to do anything. Because that fact will inform every single other thing you do after that."
[[Aimed at Starfire, Konoka, and Nanashi. Open to anyone who wandered in.]]