The Art of Esports
The Art of Esports
(based on the writings of Sun Tzu)
Players, the aim of this instruction is not just to prepare you for gaming, but to make you long for it.
Bulletproof Esports™ has read The Art of War by the famous Chinese general, Sun Tzu, and we believe that if he was alive today, he would look at esports gaming and recognize that it is nothing more than a 'safer' form of actual fighting.
Sun Tzu likely believed that the relationship between war and human nature centers around how fighting must serve the goal of the warrior...and that goal is winning.
As we begin our own interpretation of Sun Tzu's military treatise, we want you to focus on what you can do with what you have as a gamer to win every single esports game you participate in.
Remember that after all is said and done, spectators and your adversaries will only admire you for your do-or-die mentality.
The time is now to practice the tactics needed to overwhelmingly beat your gaming opponents.
Tactical Esports Instructions:
1. The good gamers of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the opponent.
2. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the opponent is provided by the opponent himself.
3. Thus, the good gamer is able to secure themselves against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the opponent.
4. Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
5. Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the opponent means taking the offensive.
6. Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.
7. The best gamer who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses of the game; he who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven. Thus on the one hand we have ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete.
8. To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
9. Neither is it the acme of excellence if you game and conquer and the whole audience says, "Well done!"
10. To lift an Autumn hair is no sign of great strength; to see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.
11. What the ancients called a clever gamer is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
12. Hence, his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom, nor credit for courage.
13. He wins his battles by making no mistakes. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an opponent that is already defeated.
14. Hence the skillful gamer puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.
15. Thus, it is that in esports the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first games and afterwards looks for victory.
16. The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
17. In respect of gaming method, we have, firstly, Measurement; secondly, Estimation of quantity; thirdly, Calculation; fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly, Victory.
18. Measurement owes its existence to Earth; Estimation of quantity to Measurement; Calculation to Estimation of quantity; Balancing of chances to Calculation; and Victory to Balancing of chances.
19. A victorious esports team opposed to a routed one, is as a pound's weight placed in the scale against a single grain.
20. The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.
English translation via the Internet Classics Archive.
Last updated on September 25, 2018
Tactical Esports Instructions:
1. The good gamers of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the opponent.
2. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the opponent is provided by the opponent himself.
3. Thus, the good gamer is able to secure themselves against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the opponent.
4. Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
5. Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the opponent means taking the offensive.
6. Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.
7. The best gamer who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses of the game; he who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven. Thus on the one hand we have ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete.
8. To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
9. Neither is it the acme of excellence if you game and conquer and the whole audience says, "Well done!"
10. To lift an Autumn hair is no sign of great strength; to see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.
11. What the ancients called a clever gamer is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
12. Hence, his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom, nor credit for courage.
13. He wins his battles by making no mistakes. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an opponent that is already defeated.
14. Hence the skillful gamer puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.
15. Thus, it is that in esports the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first games and afterwards looks for victory.
16. The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
17. In respect of gaming method, we have, firstly, Measurement; secondly, Estimation of quantity; thirdly, Calculation; fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly, Victory.
18. Measurement owes its existence to Earth; Estimation of quantity to Measurement; Calculation to Estimation of quantity; Balancing of chances to Calculation; and Victory to Balancing of chances.
19. A victorious esports team opposed to a routed one, is as a pound's weight placed in the scale against a single grain.
20. The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.
English translation via the Internet Classics Archive.
Last updated on September 25, 2018