Esquilax
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Well shit, we can't drop out now that Qi Liuwu has all that money riding on us! The guy just taught us another step of the Xianglong Eighteen Palms, so C is definitely out.
My theory here is that Guo Fu's low INT actually helped him create techniques because he is more focused on doing rather than getting too bogged down in theory. The problem with being too smart for your own good is paralysis-by-analysis, and since Guo Fu just does things so naturally, he's able to develop techniques that are actually aided by his lack of contemplation on what he does.
As for the choices, we must keep in mind that all of our future opponents are watching us, and Bai Jiutian is also still watching us right now, no doubt about it. While pushing ourselves to our limits improves our skills, it necessitates using all of the tricks that we possess to defeat the physical freak of nature that is Guo Fu. The question that you need to ask yourselves is whether the improvement in our overall skills justifies revealing all of our techniques to the world. I'd say that an inferior fighter who has lots of knowledge on his opponent is at an advantage against a superior fighter who knows nothing about his opponent; our bout with Rong Zhiyu demonstrated this pretty well.
Baltika9, if we pick B, the Masters would still vouch for us that we're Zhang's apprentice even if we win this fight the pussy way with B. I'm not sure how convincing it'll look to the public, but they'll definitely do it for us. The downside is that such a weak-ass victory wouldn't count as a win in Zhang's book, so we'd have to fight the big guy again once he becomes a student of one of the Eight Sects - which will definitely happen. Also, I'm worried that we'll gain the reputation of a fighter who abuses the rules to suit himself considering our previous trick against Nie Mudan.
Another point in favour of A is that an entertaining fight against the big guy would draw us closer. It's like how Rocky and Apollo became best buds after kicking the shit out of each other (twice). BROdom is forged through tough battles and shared adversity, even if it's against each other. But is that worth giving away our tricks? I don't think so.
B
His fist techniques don’t seem to be self-taught or anything basic, but you cannot identify the school that it is from. The punches are straight and powerful, yet his footwork travels in a circular, sliding motion.
My theory here is that Guo Fu's low INT actually helped him create techniques because he is more focused on doing rather than getting too bogged down in theory. The problem with being too smart for your own good is paralysis-by-analysis, and since Guo Fu just does things so naturally, he's able to develop techniques that are actually aided by his lack of contemplation on what he does.
As for the choices, we must keep in mind that all of our future opponents are watching us, and Bai Jiutian is also still watching us right now, no doubt about it. While pushing ourselves to our limits improves our skills, it necessitates using all of the tricks that we possess to defeat the physical freak of nature that is Guo Fu. The question that you need to ask yourselves is whether the improvement in our overall skills justifies revealing all of our techniques to the world. I'd say that an inferior fighter who has lots of knowledge on his opponent is at an advantage against a superior fighter who knows nothing about his opponent; our bout with Rong Zhiyu demonstrated this pretty well.
Baltika9, if we pick B, the Masters would still vouch for us that we're Zhang's apprentice even if we win this fight the pussy way with B. I'm not sure how convincing it'll look to the public, but they'll definitely do it for us. The downside is that such a weak-ass victory wouldn't count as a win in Zhang's book, so we'd have to fight the big guy again once he becomes a student of one of the Eight Sects - which will definitely happen. Also, I'm worried that we'll gain the reputation of a fighter who abuses the rules to suit himself considering our previous trick against Nie Mudan.
Another point in favour of A is that an entertaining fight against the big guy would draw us closer. It's like how Rocky and Apollo became best buds after kicking the shit out of each other (twice). BROdom is forged through tough battles and shared adversity, even if it's against each other. But is that worth giving away our tricks? I don't think so.
B
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