ROT13'ing this. Spoilers for, uh, midgame??? Heck if I know how much farther I have to go, but I think I'm at the halfway point-ish?
Gur snpg gung n chmmyr tnzr jvgu guvf zhpu pbagrag naq guvf uvtu dhnyvgl bs chmmyrf erznvaf eryngviryl haxabja vf nofbyhgryl pevzvany. V'ir shyy pyrnerq gur svefg fvk jbeyqf naq nz pheeragyl jbexvat guebhtu gur obahfrf bs jbeyq 7 (unira'g gevrq gung svanyr yriry frevbhfyl, vg frrzf greevslvat), nsgre yvxr frira ubhef bs tnzrcynl, naq V'z tbvat gb xrrc cynlvat hagvy V trg guvf ragver guvat qbar. Gur qvssvphygl pheir vf terng: mreb gvzr vf jnfgrq va Jbeyqf 1 naq 2 jbexvat gubhtu ercrgvgvir chmmyrf, naq jura vqrnf qb trg frra ntnva, gurer'f nyjnlf n arj rkpvgvat be jrveq gjvfg gung guebjf n jerapu vagb gur ybtvp. (Trr, V erzrzore jura gur ovttrfg jbeel V unq jnf gur snpg gung Znfgre Xrlf ehvarq zl ubcrf naq qernzf bs rssrpgvir mreb-pbfg qbbef. Gubfr jrer gur qnlf...) Frira jbeyqf va, naq V'z fgnegvat gb srry gung greevslvat qernq rnpu naq rirel gvzr V rapbhagre n arj zrpunavp juvpu fraqf zr qrrcre naq qrrcre vagb gur qrcguf bs chmmyr znqarff. V unira'g sryg fhpu na birejuryzvat qrterr bs srne ng jung n chmmyr zrpunavp pna qb va nal bgure chmmyr tnzr rire, rkprcg sbe Cngevpx'f Cnenobk. Naq FGVYY, qrfcvgr gur snpg gung gurer vf ab jnl V fubhyq or znxvat sbejneq cebterff, qrfcvgr gur snpg gung gur ybtvp vf gvrq naq gjvfgrq va fb znal pvepyrf gung vg'f fgnegvat gb erfrzoyr n chmmyr cergmry, V unira'g unq gb fxvc n yriry. V pna nyjnlf znxr gur xrl vafvtug, obvy qbja gur ceboyrz gb rvgure ybtvp juvpu V pna jbex guebhtu ba cncre be aneebj qbja gb whfg n srj oehgr-sbepr bcgvbaf. Juvpu vf...oenib. Guvf vf nofbyhgryl gbc-gvre chmmyr qrfvta. Lbh orggre oryvrir V nz gryyvat zl sevraqf nobhg guvf bar.
Nyevtug, chmmyr snangvp thfu bhg bs gur jnl, gurer'f n pbhcyr guvatf gung V qvq jnag gb zragvba. Whzcvat vf njxjneq fbzrgvzrf: gur tnzr whfg qryrgrf zl qbhoyr-whzc rirel bapr va n juvyr, rfcrpvnyyl vs V gel gb vachg vg whfg nsgre qbvat n abg-shyy whzc. Hafher ubj gubfr zrpunavpf ner jbexvat. V qba'g xabj ubj lbh rkvg n yriry jvgubhg rkvgvat gur tnzr, naq V qba'g guvax C sbe cnhfr jnf rire fgngrq naljurer. Znlor znxr gubfr zber pyrne fbzrubj? Gur raqvat xrl naq ybpx va 2-3 ybbx jnl gbb fvzvyne: V pbashfrq gurz nf gur fnzr. Npghnyyl, guvf vf whfg n trarevp ceboyrz jvgu oyhr qbbef naq checyr qbbef: V unq gur fnzr pbashfvba va 6-10. V jnf n yvggyr fnq gurer jnfa'g n ovanel pbhagvat chmmyr va Jbeyq 6, ohg gura bar fubjrq hc va Jbeyq 7, fb nyy vf sbetvira. V birefubg gur fbyhgvba gb 7-N ol 36 xrlf (tbg 292 checyrf) fbzrubj. Naq V'yy xrrc lbh hcqngrq ba vs V svaq nalguvat ryfr gung frrzf jrveq, be vs V unir nal chmmyr vqrnf.
Gunax lbh fb zhpu sbe znxvat guvf tnzr. Vs lbh fnl cneg 2 znxrf guvf ybbx yvxr n ghgbevny, gura V'z ubyqvat zl oerngu, oryvrir zr.