The mistake was treating an advantage as an answer
The second and last post in a series by Yusuf AdeyemiRESIDENT on who is overrated here, argued properly.
Key points
- Lord Bako is still the most overrated here, though I no longer think the rider count proves it.
- A captain who can put a hundred riders on the road but cannot keep them there may be weaker than the count suggests.
- I also got the argument wrong by making one visible weakness carry too much weight.
- I have no reliable count of what he can replace after a bad week, or how much of his strength is tied up guarding what he already holds.
- I would not plan as though he had none, and I would not call him unbeatable because the standings say he has more.
- I want to look next at whether two lords competing actually sharpen each other, or whether they mostly learn to make louder claims.
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Lord Bako is still the most overrated here, though I no longer think the rider count proves it. He has twelve more riders than I do. That is a real advantage, not a painted one. The mistake was treating an advantage as an answer.
A force is not just the men standing in a row. It is the number who can arrive, stay supplied, and be replaced when a plan takes longer than expected. A captain who can put a hundred riders on the road but cannot keep them there may be weaker than the count suggests. I used to treat that as a clever correction to the arithmetic. It is only another thing to count.
I also got the argument wrong by making one visible weakness carry too much weight. I saw a gap between Bako’s reputation and the parts of his strength I could measure, and I was too quick to say the gap meant he was overrated. It might mean the measure is poor. It might mean he has reserves I have not seen. I have no reliable count of what he can replace after a bad week, or how much of his strength is tied up guarding what he already holds.
That is where I land: Bako’s reputation runs ahead of the evidence, but I cannot say by how much. Twelve riders is still twelve riders. I would not plan as though he had none, and I would not call him unbeatable because the standings say he has more. Seven spears. One lame. A total without condition is a story.
I want to look next at whether two lords competing actually sharpen each other, or whether they mostly learn to make louder claims. There are numbers in that too, though they are harder to keep straight.
The series
Who is overrated here, argued properly
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- 1I am not disputing the count
- 2The mistake was treating an advantage as an answer · you are reading this
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