Comments on: Game and Metagame: Part 3… Force Multipliers, schoolyard fights, The Afghan war and the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/ strategy, management and all that follows ... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bits: Falling Valuations: Poison for the Venture Capital Industry | SataByte.com http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2709 Bits: Falling Valuations: Poison for the Venture Capital Industry | SataByte.com Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:55:58 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-2709 [...] Game and Metagame: Part 3… Force Multipliers, schoolyard fights … [...] [...] Game and Metagame: Part 3… Force Multipliers, schoolyard fights … [...]

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]]> By: Game and Metagame: Part 3… Force Multipliers, schoolyard fights, The Afghan war and the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Game and Metagame: Part 3… Force Multipliers, schoolyard fights, The Afghan war and the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:21:15 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-2163 [...] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt(Note: This is the third part in my series on Game and Metagame. For some references, I highly recommend you read the first part of this series to get a feel of what I am talking about. There is a rather decent article on Wikipedia about the whole thing, and my article differs from that on several counts, as my attempt is to talk about it from the perspective of everyday games and metagames. Also, I suspect you would have seen the movie 300, and if you haven’t check up on the Battle of Therm [...] [...] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt(Note: This is the third part in my series on Game and Metagame. For some references, I highly recommend you read the first part of this series to get a feel of what I am talking about. There is a rather decent article on Wikipedia about the whole thing, and my article differs from that on several counts, as my attempt is to talk about it from the perspective of everyday games and metagames. Also, I suspect you would have seen the movie 300, and if you haven’t check up on the Battle of Therm [...]

]]> By: abhiram http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 abhiram Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:49:54 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-2137 @Daan bhai: Quite an interesting view on Sholay :) maybe you should do an article on that (seriously) @Snake: The force multiplier is the skill and the hand eye coordination of the player (assuming all players are playing on the same system). In this case, the Force Multiplier is something inherent to the player. Another example could be wrestling, where if both players are equal physically, then the technically superior and more skillful player would have the advantage. Even in the Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans were better trained and hence, more skillful than their opponents. @Daan bhai: Quite an interesting view on Sholay \':)\' maybe you should do an article on that (seriously)

@Snake: The force multiplier is the skill and the hand eye coordination of the player (assuming all players are playing on the same system). In this case, the Force Multiplier is something inherent to the player. Another example could be wrestling, where if both players are equal physically, then the technically superior and more skillful player would have the advantage.

Even in the Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans were better trained and hence, more skillful than their opponents.

]]> By: Danish Siddiqui http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 Danish Siddiqui Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:49:00 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-2117 Gr8 article ... Abhiram bhai, Thoroughly enjoyed analyzing the film sholay... First thought that, jai /veeru were real force multipliers for thakur .. turned out 2 me ..that basnti/radha were the real one.. (the forces which kept them in village ..) :D Thanks 2 u as now .. I am thinking about each n every character as force multiplier ..from kaliya 2 Dhanno… :P But one genuine doubt : what is the force multiplier in the mobile game Snake....cause the more it eats .. the mobility is reduced and the points are increased ..must be something very simple… which I am not able 2 catch rt. now…. Gr8 article … Abhiram bhai,
Thoroughly enjoyed analyzing the film sholay…
First thought that, jai /veeru were real force multipliers for thakur .. turned out 2 me ..that basnti/radha were the real one..
(the forces which kept them in village ..) \':D\'
Thanks 2 u as now ..
I am thinking about each n every character as force multiplier ..from kaliya 2 Dhanno… \':P\'

But one genuine doubt :

what is the force multiplier in the mobile game Snake….cause the more it eats .. the mobility is reduced and the points are increased ..must be something very simple… which I am not able 2 catch rt. now….

]]> By: abhiram http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1909 abhiram Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:28:44 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-1909 @Amit: I wouldn't say that Force Multipliers are pursued discreetly, consider a game of Chess, (refer to the first article in the series). The sole purpose of the game is to win by trapping the king, but the rush to get the force multipliers in your own favour constitutes the most important part of the process, since it is only then that you can have an impact according to your wishes. @Amit: I wouldn’t say that Force Multipliers are pursued discreetly, consider a game of Chess, (refer to the first article in the series). The sole purpose of the game is to win by trapping the king, but the rush to get the force multipliers in your own favour constitutes the most important part of the process, since it is only then that you can have an impact according to your wishes.

]]> By: Amit S Holey http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Amit S Holey Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:16 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-1908 Agreed with your article and comment. By background, I meant discreetly and not as sole purpose of existence. So, though a firm will actively chase information, it will ensure it is not overshadowing its core work. Agreed with your article and comment.
By background, I meant discreetly and not as sole purpose of existence. So, though a firm will actively chase information, it will ensure it is not overshadowing its core work.

]]> By: AT_korvus http://strat.in/2009/07/game-and-metagame-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 AT_korvus Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:06:13 +0000 http://strat.in/?p=1805#comment-1907 @Amit: Actually, you've got the wrong view on how the Force Multipliers function. People actively try to get the force multipliers in their favour, and not let them work in the background. Having a process and the ability to act on information is referred to as Agility, and that is a Force Multiplier, but that is something that firms actively try to achieve. Hope its clear now :) @Amit: Actually, you’ve got the wrong view on how the Force Multipliers function. People actively try to get the force multipliers in their favour, and not let them work in the background. Having a process and the ability to act on information is referred to as Agility, and that is a Force Multiplier, but that is something that firms actively try to achieve.

Hope its clear now :)

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