Comments on: Grown Ups With Jobs Love MichaelJ Too! http://fivewithflores.com/2009/01/grown-ups-with-jobs-love-michaelj-too/ Where you learn to love what Mike Flores loves Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: KZipple http://fivewithflores.com/2009/01/grown-ups-with-jobs-love-michaelj-too/#comment-428 KZipple Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:02:16 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=403#comment-428 Must be nice. I get praise so rarely that I almost printed out Mike's post proclaiming me a poet to frame for my wall. I actually think that that comment points out an underappreciated aspect of theory writing: that it quantifies the obvious. Even if people understood what a "scissors" deck was before, it would take a lot of time to explain. Now we can do it in one word. Things like card advantage, temperature, inevitability, phases, etc. are not ultimately difficult concepts, nor is it hard to grasp their strategic implications, but (at least my) thinking is greatly streamlined by such discussion. Must be nice. I get praise so rarely that I almost printed out Mike’s post proclaiming me a poet to frame for my wall.

I actually think that that comment points out an underappreciated aspect of theory writing: that it quantifies the obvious. Even if people understood what a “scissors” deck was before, it would take a lot of time to explain. Now we can do it in one word. Things like card advantage, temperature, inevitability, phases, etc. are not ultimately difficult concepts, nor is it hard to grasp their strategic implications, but (at least my) thinking is greatly streamlined by such discussion.

]]> By: admin http://fivewithflores.com/2009/01/grown-ups-with-jobs-love-michaelj-too/#comment-427 admin Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:48:10 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=403#comment-427 Pretty much how I roll Oscar the grouch :) Pretty much how I roll Oscar the grouch :)

]]> By: oscar_leibowitz http://fivewithflores.com/2009/01/grown-ups-with-jobs-love-michaelj-too/#comment-425 oscar_leibowitz Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:59:36 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=403#comment-425 Did you just post other posts of people praising you? Awesome! Did you just post other posts of people praising you?

Awesome!

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