Jason Corley it was (probably) making moves motivated by my desire to deliver a brutal hit, rather than my desire for the faction to act in a principled way.

Like, did or would “they” “want” the resource I went after? Or did I go after the resource because it was a really strong competitive move?

I rationalized it in the moment but even now I don’t know if it’s real.

The fuckup isn’t necessarily that the player didn’t like getting gut-punched, although it was one of many punches and I know it was a lot to absorb. It’s not knowing the motivations for my own play. And it was not taking the temperature of the table, not noticing that everyone was struggling with the moves, not seeing all their noses down in their paperwork.