7 Habits of Effective Gamers

[frozenwastes]

See, i have multiple armies for what i want to achieve. All themed. My Mono-khorne daemons are my win army. My Skink army is for fun. My world eaters are for giggles. So, either i fall into a catagory im missing, or i am a unique case?

thoughts?

thesheriff

The categories are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of Steven Covey's work in 7 Habits of Highly Effective people. So don't feel bad if they don't map to reality for you.

In fact, that's one of the earliest points Covey makes in his book. The map is not the terrain. So when the map doesn't reflect reality, you may want to operate based on reality and chuck the map for one that actually does represent the terrain to some reliable degree.

[stonehorse]

Hope you don't mind Malorian, but I've quoted the first post on this you made on my club's forum.

Cheers!

[Malorian]

Hope you don't mind Malorian, but I've quoted the first post on this you made on my club's forum.

Cheers!

That's no problem at all

[Easy E]

Good read.

I'm at 6, but I skipped Habit 1 and 3.

Also, for those who say this makes it seem like not wanting to win is better, you missed a habit. The one called Win/Win.

You can want to win all you want, but it is only a pyrrhic victory if your opponent feels like they LOST (You see LOSING is different than not simply not winning). Contary to the design of the rules, this game is not a zero-sum game.

[Kallstrom]

The stages of a Dwarf player

1. Beardling : Your eyes light up at the concept of a dwarf army, you can't wait to buy one up and get it killing things!

2. Denial: After several games you still think Dwarves are the bees knees. You havent won a lot of games, mostly losses and draws, but you blame your inexperience not your army.

3. Frustration: Your yanking your beard out or starting to think that the army is static and boring because you cant move like other faster shinier armies.

4. Acceptance: You accept that perhaps Dwarves were not the bees knees, your going to try another army.

5. Grey Beard: You come back and play the dwarves again but your more experienced and you don't really care if you win or loose as long as you can blacken some eyes and knock some teeth loose. Your a Dwarf damn it and your going to guzzle ale that would kill a manling after a single sip, tell bawdy stories and make anyone regret ever stepping up to you! GAAAAAR!!!

Wow, this is me in a nutshell. I'm on stage 2 but I can already see stage 3 and 4 on the horizon!

[Warrior of Chaos]

Here are my thoughts as a Warriors of Chaos player,

The Stages of a Chaos Player:

1) Lure of the Ruinous Powers / Marauder: You've committed to following the Dark Gods and seek victory in their name (not to mention some personal glory for yourself)! You strap on your marauder loin cloth, horned helmet and complain incessantly about said loin cloth riding up to give you a power wedgie because you have to trudge all the way across the battlefield for a fight.

2) Affiliate: You give yourself over to one of the big four and feel empowered by the bonuses they grant. The loin cloth still chafes, but you have your eyes on that new shiny suit of chaos armor! It has a 1 millennium or 1 edition warranty (which ever comes first), and somehow you're sure it's air conditioned with built in foot massage inserts...those long walks are getting painful (not to mention incoming missile fire).

3. Chaos Warrior: Woo hoo! Chaos armor! Life has never been so good. The missile fire doesn't sting as much anymore and the evil black-knight-with-skulls theme does wonders for your reputation. You begin to wonder why you're still walking and what the hell is that strange tentacle growing out of your backside? Oh well, it must be good because it pulls the chair up for you when you sit down....

4. Chosen: "Bwa ha ha ha! Fear me mortals! With my warshrine and magic items I am nigh unstoppable! I am the next Everchosen! I will crush yo.....wait a minute.....what is that strange purple glowing ball?" It is a tragic outcome as you run back to the chaos wastes, that new armor rattling the whole way. You scratch your head and run through every move you made (mostly walking across the battlefield drunk with power), but have a nagging feeling you had it coming...

5: Chaos Lord: Ahem....after the unpleasant incident with the purple glowing ball, you've grown wiser and more powerful. You pick your battles and crush your enemies under iron-shod boots. You debate on getting a mighty mount (perhaps a dragon or a manticore), but the sight of cannons, bolt throwers, and their ilk across the battlefield make your eye twitch. Perhaps walking isn't so bad after all?

LOL. Anyways, great post Mal!