Comments on: Teach your orphan to be a mighty warrior in 10 easy steps http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/ MMOs and game design Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vakz http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-5273 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:41:07 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-5273 “6. “Come home with your shield, or on it.” – what Spartan mothers said to their sons, via Plutarch

Whatever you do, don’t lose your shield. You never know when it might be useful.”

I believe you have misunderstood this quote.. What’s meant with “losing your shield”, is that it means the soldier dropped the shield to be able to run faster while retreating, and retreating meant being a coward, something which was simply not allowed in the spartan society,

]]> By: A holiday, a holiday, the first one of the year! Best of 2009. « Welcome to Spinksville! http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-5199 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:06:44 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-5199 [...] Teach your orphan to be a mighty warrior and also How to be Horde [...]

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]]> By: Sean http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-883 Tue, 05 May 2009 09:01:06 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-883 “No plan survives the first fifteen seconds of combat.” — Smart warriors are flexible. When things go wrong, don’t panic. React, judge, and take control of the situation. The rest of the party counts on you.

]]> By: Children’s Week, an unexpected source of Chilled Meat, and planning for the future … « Fel Fire http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-881 Tue, 05 May 2009 03:24:11 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-881 [...] 4, 2009 Spinks is teaching her orphan to be a mighty warrior in a very clever post that — on second glance — actually seems to be evolving.  (I just [...]

]]> By: Ardua http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-850 Fri, 01 May 2009 20:23:52 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-850 If it’s a stupid plan and it works, it’s not a stupid plan.

Failing that
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Be Badass

]]> By: Tarsus http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-846 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:43:00 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-846 “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.” – the Tao Te Ching

(that last part is a reminder to do your daily quests so you can afford your repair bills. >.>)

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-844 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:33:55 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-844 I didn’t think I had sniped at druids! But, when an orcish orphan says he wants to be a mighty warrior of the horde, it’s pretty clear what he means ;)

]]> By: Bo http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-842 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:26:10 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-842 I’ll try to ignore the snipe at Druids :-P

“Fortune favours the bold” – SAS motto. If you’re not sure how things are going to pan out, grit your teeth and charge in anyways.

]]> By: Melmoth http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/teach-your-orphan-to-be-a-mighty-warrior-in-10-easy-steps/#comment-840 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:07:29 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=1255#comment-840 “To win is to overcome your own side. To win, your own side must overcome itself.” – Tsunetomo Yamamoto.

“What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage. He wins his battles by making no mistakes. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.” – Sun Tzu

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