| Oneness
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One of the main keys to having a winning team is oneness. Oneness
brings many individual players, whether great or small, into one team,
acting as one individual. As a former captain of an INL team, and being
through many INL games I can tell you that the biggest problem is not
lack of a proper strategy, it's lack of oneness. I recall a game where
the team that lost was full of great netrekers playing against a team
of mediocre players. Both of them had pretty much the usually strategy.
But the team full of great netrekers where full of hotdogs. During the
execution of part of their strategy the hotdog would break off from the
execution to do something that seemed more important to him at the
time. Or he would refuse to take part in the execution claiming that he
was doing something more important. Nothing frustrates a captain more
than having his players, whom he takes into account in his strategy, to
go off and do their own thing. This results in lots of failures and
results in the hotdog believing he was right all along, but in fact the
participation of the hotdog would have been just enough to carry the
plan through, and thus continue on in the deeper stages of the captains
strategy.
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| Don't break it
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A team in oneness dominates the game, they control the field. The other
team plays their opponent's game. Usually, the flow of the game is
controlled by the team with more oneness. Wherever there is a team
member in the oneness team, you'll find the team. The captain usually
has the most experience and knows how things should carry out or go
along, and when a teammate goes against the captain, thinking on his
own, the oneness is lost. The advantage of oneness is very great. I see
this in Christianity, God even revealed this to the universe.
In the Lord's prayer, John 17:21 "That they all may be one; even as
You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us; that
the world may believe that You have sent Me". This verse illustrates
true oneness, coinhering with God. Today, all the Christians don't
stand on the foundamental ground of oneness. If they did the whole
world would believe that Jesus is Lord. Oneness is a terrible
phenomenom. It is both fearful and wonderful when you really take part
in that experience. When you fly off to do your own thing, not
following the captain's strategy (God's eternal purpose for example)
you become a division to your team, even a type of denomination. Jesus
knows the result of division. Matthew 12:25 "But knowing their
thoughts, He said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself
becomes desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will
not stand."
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| Remember
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Basically, next time you are taking part of your teams strategy, and
you find yourself thinking to do something which seems good in your
eyes, even if you're are a seasoned veteran, consider that your opinion
is costing the oneness of the team. It doesn't matter whether your idea
was great or bad, (to say break off from escorting to ogg a carrier or
go back to pick up from the front line), you should ask yourself it you
are in oneness with the team, with the strategy, if unsure, ask the
captain. But certainly, during the execution of something don't break
off and do your own thing. Certainly, dying to your own opinion during
a game to carry out the strategy is the key to participating in this
oneness.
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![[starbase ogg]](oneness.gif)
