tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post7733092980048267230..comments2023-03-30T00:52:50.594-07:00Comments on Sword and Circle: Square Root of Minus OneMaijahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264657619197571965noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-43155985562584511842014-04-16T15:49:09.273-07:002014-04-16T15:49:09.273-07:00Nearly finished the book... As always reading seve...Nearly finished the book... As always reading several things at once. A great book summing up many poi.re that were in play. And bringing in others that have been focussed here or by Marc or Rory et al as well as others. A mighty tome.in a slim volume. Well worth the read to anyone that hasnt read it already.<br />Best<br />The European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-24530096737631208782014-04-05T13:10:10.443-07:002014-04-05T13:10:10.443-07:00Book arrived and started reading... very good....Book arrived and started reading... very good....The European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-63819807700733096482014-04-01T12:25:11.626-07:002014-04-01T12:25:11.626-07:00Sounds like an excellent book. Sounds like an excellent book. Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379685641338041168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-32543603761598889862014-03-30T08:54:42.856-07:002014-03-30T08:54:42.856-07:00A cogent argument for ending multiple choice tests...A cogent argument for ending multiple choice tests that, at best, condition students to guess, taking away the need to KNOW, and, at the worst, that avoidance of failure is the way to knowledge.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517107275615739075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-72794171340592170842014-03-29T09:51:24.087-07:002014-03-29T09:51:24.087-07:00Yes Sirlin.net has been an interesting source of i...Yes Sirlin.net has been an interesting source of information fro me too over the years, the article on Yomi, Japanese for knowing the others mind was interesting one amounts others...<br />http://www.sirlin.net/articles/yomi-layer-3-knowing-the-mind-of-the-opponent.html<br /> The European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-46049030277164636982014-03-28T09:47:34.066-07:002014-03-28T09:47:34.066-07:00Cannot recommend enough David Sirlin's series/...Cannot recommend enough David Sirlin's series/book Playing to Win. http://www.sirlin.net/ptw/<br /><br />His expertise is in nominally in competitive video games, but really it expands easily to any competitive endeavor. <br /><br />anyway, he's generally a proponent of sticking with the best strategy you know, but... <br /><br />"I think of a game as a topological landscape with lots of hills and peaks that represent different tactics/strategies/characters. The higher the peak, the more effective that strategy is. Over time, players explore this landscape, discover more and more of the hills and peaks, and climb to higher locations on the known hills and peaks. Players can’t really add height to these peaks; they are only exploring what’s there, though that is a rather philosophical distinction. The problem is that when you reach the base of a new peak (say, the rock ball trap peak), it can be very hard to know that the pinnacle isn’t very high. It might be really difficult to climb (lots of nuances to learn to do the trap), but in the end, the effectiveness of the tactic is low compared to the monstrous mountains that are out there. You have reached a local maximum, and would do better to go exploring for new mountains. " <br />considerphlebashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181761769189564293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-28423060604225591872014-03-27T11:10:52.275-07:002014-03-27T11:10:52.275-07:00Cool :)Cool :)Mike Panianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02922131761923238972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827293309574913027.post-61251209014254369932014-03-27T01:10:50.650-07:002014-03-27T01:10:50.650-07:00Thanks for sharing... another book to order and re...Thanks for sharing... another book to order and readThe European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.com