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Or RJ just loves stacking ridiculously unfavourable odds against the male Forsaken generals... Shannow Send a noteboard - 01/10/2009 08:40:47 PM
Rahvin was killed in the most improbable way imaginable:

Rand attacks him with an angreal (which probably doubles his strength), and Rahvin reacts by still managing to draw Rand into a territory that provides Rahvin with a strategic advantage. One of Sun Tzu's famous truths is that you must try to choose the territory that suits your strengths rather than your adversary's. Full marks to Rahvin. Unfortunately, even Sun Tzu himself could not have predicted that Nynaeve - totally untrained in TAR - would somehow capture Moghedien - the most skilled user of TAR EVER - and entrap her in an adam.

Nor could he have predicted that while this happened on the other side of the continent, that these two would happen to find themselves in the TAR version of Caemlyn, of all places.

And now for the most unbelievable coincidence of all.

Not even Nostradamus himself could have predicted that all of these totally random events would happen to take place at EXATLY THE SAME MOMENT that he happened to draw Rand into TAR.

Faced with a massively improbable sequence of events of this magnitude, Sun Tzu, Karl Von Clausowich, or even Alexander the Great himself might as well have thrown in the towel before they even started planning the battle.

Same goes for Sammael, who did everything by the book, drawing his foe into a terrirory he had prepared beforehand, only for Moridin to interfere and save Rand.

Compared to these two male Forsaken generals, Semirhage's plan was absolutely idiotic, and certainly not properly thought through.

Based on these three examples, the males are already demonstrated as having greater aptitude for strategy than the female generals.
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Are women really bad generals? - 01/10/2009 07:05:03 PM 1658 Views
I think that all we can conclude from this... - 01/10/2009 07:39:49 PM 945 Views
No. - 01/10/2009 07:41:35 PM 1112 Views
Or RJ just loves stacking ridiculously unfavourable odds against the male Forsaken generals... - 01/10/2009 08:40:47 PM 1182 Views
Lol... too true - 01/10/2009 09:32:29 PM 1110 Views
And you guys whine about the lameness of RJ's villains? - 01/10/2009 09:41:54 PM 1187 Views
I still haven't seen proof of Demandred or Ishamael's "brilliance". - 01/10/2009 09:56:41 PM 916 Views
Ishamael's destroyed Civilization twice - 02/10/2009 04:25:37 AM 896 Views
Re: Ishamael's destroyed Civilization twice - 02/10/2009 03:48:13 PM 809 Views
but you are difficult to please - 02/10/2009 05:10:13 AM 880 Views
Re: but you are difficult to please - 02/10/2009 03:46:56 PM 834 Views
Re: but you are difficult to please - 03/10/2009 06:17:21 AM 814 Views
But they are lame... they've done minimal damage to the Light - 02/10/2009 05:06:05 AM 820 Views
You can't have it both ways.... - 02/10/2009 06:47:21 AM 910 Views
Why not? - 02/10/2009 08:45:35 AM 880 Views
Re: Why not? - 02/10/2009 04:27:00 PM 799 Views
Re: Why not? - 03/10/2009 06:34:16 AM 881 Views
Re: Why not? - 03/10/2009 07:40:16 AM 851 Views
Re: Why not? - 03/10/2009 05:07:51 PM 828 Views
Yeah - 01/10/2009 09:57:01 PM 903 Views
Re: Yeah - 01/10/2009 10:40:28 PM 885 Views
I thought the same in the past... - 02/10/2009 07:01:18 AM 860 Views
Gah! Hate! - 02/10/2009 04:11:49 PM 873 Views
Ah, come on... - 02/10/2009 04:41:37 PM 859 Views
No no, I was just being pouty that I haven't read the new stuff yet. - 02/10/2009 05:01:15 PM 859 Views
Yeah, I can understand that! - 03/10/2009 12:23:25 PM 699 Views
Unless... - 01/10/2009 10:49:55 PM 919 Views
Re: Unless... - 02/10/2009 05:07:14 AM 956 Views
Well, it's entirely hypothetical, - 02/10/2009 06:31:32 AM 824 Views
Re: Or RJ just loves stacking ridiculously unfavourable odds against the male Forsaken generals... - 01/10/2009 09:51:30 PM 951 Views
What about Mat and Ituralde? - 02/10/2009 04:28:49 AM 906 Views
Re: What about Mat and Ituralde? - 02/10/2009 03:52:24 PM 823 Views
Good points! Also, these "generals" haven't actually fielded any troops - 01/10/2009 11:23:40 PM 823 Views
Further... - 02/10/2009 12:14:44 AM 869 Views
But as individuals they are meant to be deadly too - 02/10/2009 05:09:21 AM 813 Views
Just one point ^_^ - 03/10/2009 12:51:50 AM 839 Views
nope - 01/10/2009 08:06:57 PM 977 Views
Re: nope - 01/10/2009 09:32:38 PM 1052 Views
Tylee Kirgan, Birgitte, and one other, Egeanin - 01/10/2009 09:47:00 PM 1257 Views
Birgitte's not a soldier though. - 01/10/2009 10:10:50 PM 841 Views
She says she's not, but so does Mat. - 01/10/2009 10:34:04 PM 755 Views
Mat's not a soldier, either - he's a general - 01/10/2009 10:51:29 PM 895 Views
Right, which was what we were discussing at first. - 02/10/2009 04:13:43 PM 827 Views
Yeah, I'm supporting your point about them both being generals - 02/10/2009 06:10:31 PM 864 Views
true, but she does pretty good - 02/10/2009 01:06:03 AM 904 Views
Oooh I forgot she's in charge of Elayne's lady guards. - 02/10/2009 03:22:57 AM 781 Views
Egeanin or Leilwin - 01/10/2009 10:35:53 PM 980 Views
A ship captain is like a calvary general - 02/10/2009 01:24:37 AM 840 Views
Right. - 02/10/2009 01:36:59 AM 836 Views
Well said. (And its short and to the point.) - 02/10/2009 03:54:23 AM 965 Views
Birgitte is too cautious to be better than an adequate tactician. - 02/10/2009 04:22:45 AM 885 Views
Isn't this more of an outgrowth or her respective specialty? - 07/10/2009 08:40:46 PM 802 Views
My opinion - 02/10/2009 01:30:12 AM 1280 Views
That's a poor excuse - 02/10/2009 11:59:42 AM 786 Views
That's a poor argument - 02/10/2009 04:02:53 PM 1048 Views
Re: That's a poor argument - 03/10/2009 04:26:55 AM 860 Views
I disagree - 02/10/2009 04:26:28 PM 864 Views
Re: I disagree - 02/10/2009 08:31:29 PM 1109 Views
Oh, puh-lease. - 02/10/2009 09:09:30 PM 1025 Views
Re: Oh, puh-lease. - 03/10/2009 04:52:37 PM 853 Views
Re: Oh, puh-lease. - 03/10/2009 08:26:27 PM 752 Views
Re: Oh, puh-lease. - 05/10/2009 05:08:27 PM 3328 Views
I always know I've out-argued an idiot when they fall back on the tired old "RJ wanted it that way" - 06/10/2009 04:42:11 AM 918 Views
um - 08/10/2009 07:36:52 PM 1150 Views
Monday morning quarterbacking at its worst - 04/10/2009 07:28:36 AM 964 Views
Men and football. - 05/10/2009 04:49:35 PM 887 Views
It's the only thing men are allowed to do in Randland - 02/10/2009 03:09:19 AM 890 Views
My thoughts - 02/10/2009 03:12:46 PM 789 Views
.... - 04/10/2009 03:38:44 AM 801 Views

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