I’m not going to cover what happened, as I wasn’t there. But we were monitoring it on Razor comms as
we made our way over to sneak onto whatever killmails we could. In the end, we ended up trading five dreads
for two and a carrier. If we hadn’t
committed dreads, we would have had to suffice with getting only one
dread. But, hey, what’s the point of
having them if we don’t use them? We
make plenty of isk to replace them, but one never likes losing ships.
But, at the bottom of the link above, go ahead and listen to
some of the attached soundcloud. The person
speaking is Elo Knight, the chief FC of BL.
Now listen to the tracks on the soundboard here. That’s Makalu Zayra (former -A-, now PL). Makalu is the guy who used his titan as bait
to take out that BL fleet. Let the
comparisons marinate.
In Razor, we have a pilot named Xenermorph who sounds the
same way as Elo Knight. Flying for an FC
like him, who keeps his cool, is what I imagine fighting for a Scipio Africanus
or a Julius Caesar was like. A cool,
calm FC can extract the maximum value from a fleet by keeping his members calm
and following orders. Focus on the task,
not the situation.
Consider me impressed by Elo Knight. He acted with class and poise.
BL was beaten, but so long as he continues to FC like this, they’ll
never be defeated.
I'll grant that the FC remained calm and in control, thus doing a lot to keep his fleet calm and functioning as best as possible. however for me at least, he was speaking entirely too fast, not enunciating clearly, his words frequently blurring together. I personally found it extremely difficult to comprehend more than one word out of five that he spoke. and English is my only language so it's not a language barrier thing.
ReplyDeleteAs good as he may be, I think he would have been much better if he had slowed his speech down a bit, enough to enunciate each word clearly. Then perhaps it would not have been necessary for him to repeat everything three to six times.
In a combat situation, clarity of speech is essential, you MUST be clearly understood.