Community Forums => I'M BACK => Topic started by: Khushrenada on June 01, 2007, 08:34:53 PM
Title: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Khushrenada on June 01, 2007, 08:34:53 PM
Some might say it's a little rash to be proclaiming victory so early and others may say it's inconsiderate to the other candidates but as Sun Tze said:
Quote Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
And I made sure to claim victory first and then campaign. That Khushrenada, he's a sly little devil. Let's look back at the victorious campaign. After all, Sun Tze also said:
Quote All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
So, now you have a chance to see from how victory came about. First of all, we must remember that Sun Tze said:
Quote Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
Seeing that an opportunity to join the staff may be opening, I siezed on that right away. This allowed me to kickstart a campaign before anyone and prepare for any rivals to come. But more was needed.
Quote All war is deception.
Quote Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
As different rival parties began to pop up, I used some more subversive tactics. Hello Lady Une. Thanks to this subterfuge, I was then able to accomplish the following:
Quote The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.
Quote Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sadly, Sir_Stabbalot had to be the victim of that. But, with his resignation, it seemed to be a demoralizing effect on the other candidates. That was good. Further, I then created the thread about people not liking me. As mentioned, the purpose of that thread was to accomplish the following:
Quote To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy...Keep your Friends close and your Enemies closer.
But more was needed. PartyBear was the answer. You see, I did try to bribe PartyBear. I can admit that now because I don't really care. It was just part of the strategy.
Quote It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
One method of accomplishing that was by the many offers and acceptions to take a position in my party. And although PartyBear failed to live up to expectations and join me, he did help me accomplish one other goal:
Quote A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
Quote Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
It may have seemed odd that I seemed to be hurting my chances and make myself look weak every time an accusation came up. Others may have thought they had a chance at toppling my campaign. But, in truth, I was just setting them up further for defeat. Thanks for the help PartyBear and TVMan. You too Thatguy. You helped prove another point:
Quote Know thy enemy and know thyself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Know thyself but not thy enemy, find level of loss and victory. Know thy enemy but not thyself, wallow in defeat everytime.
Unfortunately, Windyman then decided to increase the submission time. He appearently forgot this lesson:
Quote There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
So, I took this extra time to implement the final peice of strategy.
Quote Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
Yes, after all the bad press, I seemed to just disappear. There was nothing else to feed the fire. I made it seem as though my campaign had been derailed. But no. Aside from showing up here and there to promote Atlus, I was continuing on with my plans and watching my rivals. I built up a case for myself and I waited for the campaign to end to now pronounce my victory. So, let this be a lesson to you:
Quote The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.
Now, let's get to the business at hand and Parrrrrrrrrty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who wants champagne?
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Khushrenada on June 01, 2007, 08:49:43 PM
Hmmm. My stunning display of victorious strategy seems to have stunned the crowd and they don't know how to respond. That's ok. More booze for me.
Title: RE: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: that Baby guy on June 01, 2007, 08:52:25 PM
Remind me again of what you are rambling about, please.
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Shift Key on June 01, 2007, 09:14:51 PM
Oh zombie jesus that's a lot of garbage in there. What are you on about Khush?
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: ShyGuy on June 01, 2007, 09:59:05 PM
"what are you on about?"
That's a very British sounding term.
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Dasmos on June 02, 2007, 01:45:40 AM
tl;dr
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on June 02, 2007, 01:56:25 AM
Quoting Sun Tzu's Art of War? You sir have my stamp of approval.
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on June 02, 2007, 02:39:21 AM
i bought a sun tzu paperback book at the mall, that makes me a strategy genius
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Shecky on June 02, 2007, 03:47:05 AM
Quote Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R i bought a sun tzu paperback book at the mall, that makes me a strategy genius
I challenge SUPER and his broken profile in Advance Wars so that I can discredit that claim... oh wait I can't do that, there's no online Advance Wars
Title: RE: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: vudu on June 02, 2007, 03:59:35 AM
This is why I don't read Khush's posts unless they're mafia related. Even then, I tend to skim.
Title: RE: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: nickmitch on June 02, 2007, 04:13:35 AM
Um. . .you're welcome? I guess?
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Khushrenada on June 02, 2007, 08:39:17 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Shift Key Oh zombie jesus that's a lot of garbage in there. What are you on about Khush?
You know me, I'm high on life. Though if you replace life with caffine, booze, drugs and nicotine, you'd probably be more specific.
All I was going to do was post that first quote about claiming victory first but I looked it up to make sure I got the quote right. Then I found a whole bunch and saw all these quotes that could apply. Then I realized that I think like Sun Tze. Then I realized that if I could think like him without knowing it and I'm this young, I'll probably end up being a better strategist then he was. Then I realized that I should take another swig of champange and call it a night. Now I don't know what I did last night.
Quote Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R i bought a sun tzu paperback book at the mall, that makes me a strategy genius
Yes. Yes, it does.
Unless that was a sun tze manga comic about when he was young and next to an all female school and he was training to be a world class fighter and battled giant robots. Then no. That makes you a Bill.
And to TVMan:
Thanks. Your welcome too. Here, have this sack of money.
Title: RE: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: ShyGuy on June 02, 2007, 12:05:07 PM
TIME TO CASH IN MY FAVORS.
...I would like some frookies
Title: RE: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: nickmitch on June 02, 2007, 06:46:59 PM
Thank you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the bank.
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: Athrun Zala on June 03, 2007, 05:34:08 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Dasmos tl;dr
QFT
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on June 04, 2007, 03:54:36 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Khushrenada Yes, after all the bad press, I seemed to just disappear. There was nothing else to feed the fire. I made it seem as though my campaign had been derailed. But no. Aside from showing up here and there to promote Atlus, I was continuing on with my plans and watching my rivals. I built up a case for myself and I waited for the campaign to end to now pronounce my victory. So, let this be a lesson to you:
I figured you were just using the age-old strategy of boring your enemies so they move on to something else. It certainly worked out that way.
I only even read this mess to see if I was mentioned. Cheers.
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: wandering on June 06, 2007, 06:11:47 PM
Quote Originally posted by: ShyGuy TIME TO CASH IN MY FAVORS.
...I would like some frookies
You haven't won yet, my friend.
Title: RE: VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: ShyGuy on June 06, 2007, 07:38:12 PM
Hey now! the thread was locked. Hasn't it been a year yet?
Title: RE:VICTORY PARTY!!!
Post by: vudu on June 07, 2007, 07:30:51 AM
Quote Originally posted by: ShyGuy Hey now! the thread was locked. Hasn't it been a year yet?
