TTS's Book of Maxims


  1. Maxim:  Control the incentives, and you control your opponents.
  2. Maxim:  Confusion is the ally of the one creating it.
  3. Maxim:  The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy as long as his aims are different than mine.
  4. Maxim:  Elements unaccounted for are enemies, elements considered are allies.
  5. Maxim:  You're only as strong as your meat shield.
  6. Maxim:  Threats have no effect without a force to back them up.
  7. Maxim:  A meat shield without supportive allies is cannon fodder.
  8. Maxm:  Red doesn't mean dead, till it's lost its head.

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