"I don’t remember everything, I just know the right places to look" that shit sounds like something the old master says to the student and it turns out to be the most important thing

Because it is.  Here’s some examples from today:

Someone asked for the online game John and Jade played on the ship. I knew there was a pesterlog between the two and that it was in one of the earlier Act 6 intermission so I went to the wiki all up on John’s page and took a peak at his pesterlogs in Act 6 he’s had with Jade and boom, found it.

Or when someone asked when Karkat has said fuckass, I jump on over to MSPA’s search feature, click all up in Act 5, Ctrl+F fuckass until I find it.

What flash game did Meenah was LE was hot in? I clickity clack my way to the great resource of readmspa, go to their search feature of Act 6, Ctrl+F “hot” until I find the convo and get the link.

It’s all a matter of how you manage your resources and prior knowledge.