Sun Tzu is literally smarter than you.

  • Lester_Peterson [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Please, Hearts of Iron 4?

    I exclusively play wargames with 500 page manuals, fully simulated lug nut supply chains and the most hideously unintuitive UIs known to humankind.

    I'd like to see Mr. Sun beat me at Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2

  • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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    2 years ago

    Sun Tzu was probably smart for his time but if you compared his knowledge to what people have available to them today he probably would have written things a lot differently.

    Turns out time progresses and knowledge is not eternal or universal, and that material conditions dictate what is useful and practical.

  • Barabas [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I could just read art of war and learn all his tricks. Sun Tzu can't read mine as I wasn't dumb enough to publish them.

    Who is the genious now huh?

  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Isn't that game about strategic planning? Tactical planning is more zoomed in, like XCom.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Sun Tzu may not have even been a real historical figure.

    But even a non-existent person is smarter than a HoI player.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If Sun Tzu is so smart, why is he dead? I'm not that smart and I'm still alive. Maybe you should listen to me instead.

  • Kanna [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    My only tactical planning is coercing guests in roller coaster tycoon to ride an unfinished rollercoaster

  • AlyxMS [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Okay but I got my tactical experience from Red Alert. Bet Sun Tzu don't even know what a construction yard is.