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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5650676" data-attributes="member: 54707"><p><strong>Other Lessons Learned</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A good observation is what everyone else has so far overlooked</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Being reckless doesn't make ya heroic, but timidity sure don't either</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Courage is not a word, it's a mind-set</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Adventure is the Enterprise of Hazard</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Enterprises are dangerous - that's just the way things are</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You can't save everybody, but try it anyways</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Never leave a friend or comrade behind (<em>unless they insist on it</em>)</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sacrifice yourself first, after all that's your job</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Cover your weaker comrades so that they'll have time to do what they do</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Everyone should be far more than their Stats</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Games of chance are a fine idea and all but real fights don't work that way</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A good offense kills from a distance - a good defense does too</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Initiative is far more than a roll of the dice, it's a choice</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Play it out and you can control events, wait around and luck does</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Luck is a fickle mistress</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A statistic is not a certainty</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Hope is not a plan, and luck is not an achievement</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You can change your fortune by acting differently</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Rules are meant to be rewritten when a better idea comes along</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Never let the sun go down on your ignorance</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Action trumps indecision</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Battles go to those determined to win</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You don't win every battle</span> no matter how determined you are</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Outsmart an enemy and you've beaten him twice</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Outsmart yourself and you've beaten your past limits</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A beaten enemy is better than a wounded one</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes it's best to just go around</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The lone wolf is dangerous, the pack often lethal</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Kill a dozen enemies one at a time and they're still just as dead</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">War is a helluvah lot easier on paper than in execution</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Theory bleeds a lot longer than the Truth</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">When you're in a real hurry make sure you're traveling in the right direction</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Fools rush in because that's what fools do</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">If you don't know what you're doing then sooner or later it'll become obvious</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A good retreat is a thing of beauty - a rout not so much</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><strong>If you're flexible in combat then you're solid in a fight</strong></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 5650676, member: 54707"] [b]Other Lessons Learned[/b] [FONT=Verdana]A good observation is what everyone else has so far overlooked[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Being reckless doesn't make ya heroic, but timidity sure don't either[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Courage is not a word, it's a mind-set[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Adventure is the Enterprise of Hazard[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Enterprises are dangerous - that's just the way things are[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]You can't save everybody, but try it anyways[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Never leave a friend or comrade behind ([I]unless they insist on it[/I])[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Sacrifice yourself first, after all that's your job[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Cover your weaker comrades so that they'll have time to do what they do[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Everyone should be far more than their Stats[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Games of chance are a fine idea and all but real fights don't work that way[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]A good offense kills from a distance - a good defense does too[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Initiative is far more than a roll of the dice, it's a choice[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Play it out and you can control events, wait around and luck does[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Luck is a fickle mistress[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]A statistic is not a certainty[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Hope is not a plan, and luck is not an achievement[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]You can change your fortune by acting differently[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Rules are meant to be rewritten when a better idea comes along[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Never let the sun go down on your ignorance[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Action trumps indecision[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Battles go to those determined to win[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]You don't win every battle[/FONT] no matter how determined you are [FONT=Verdana]Outsmart an enemy and you've beaten him twice[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Outsmart yourself and you've beaten your past limits[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]A beaten enemy is better than a wounded one[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes it's best to just go around[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The lone wolf is dangerous, the pack often lethal[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Kill a dozen enemies one at a time and they're still just as dead[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]War is a helluvah lot easier on paper than in execution[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Theory bleeds a lot longer than the Truth[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]When you're in a real hurry make sure you're traveling in the right direction[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Fools rush in because that's what fools do[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]If you don't know what you're doing then sooner or later it'll become obvious[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]A good retreat is a thing of beauty - a rout not so much[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][I][B]If you're flexible in combat then you're solid in a fight[/B][/I][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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