100 book quotes #10

[katikat]

"What? Haven't any of you ever studied game theory? If you can't win, you do the next best thing: you make sure your enemy can't win, either. It works more often than you'd think, because it changes the parameters of the game without your opponent's permission. Often even without their knowledge. You're not playing to win any longer. You just want to keep them from winning, and that's a lot harder to stop."

~ "Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon" by Matt Forbeck & Jeff Grubb

I don't even know why but this quote resonated deeply with me. I've always loved books and movies that are about tactics, about outsmarting your enemy - and if it's not possible, taking them with you when you go down. There's just something about this determination to make your enemy pay...