Quote Originally Posted by gamegeek2 View Post
When explaining something to a human, always assume he's an idiot. When competing against one, expect him to be an expert.
But the former makes you sound like a complete ass and the latter screws up the metagame if you are wrong. Its better to only assume what is necessary and sufficient such as noobs make fail boxes and used 'balanced' armies and experts rape you by running their cav everywhere and never attacking until you are sufficiently out of position.