Re:Beyond Chance? The Persistence of Performance in Online P...
by Terr_ on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @02:25PM
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A nice approach, but it still depends on some value-judgments about what constitutes "intentionally losing".
For example, imagine any game of pure chance, with zero decision-making needed from the player. Then add just one kind of decision: The ability to concede or forfeit a round.
On a practical level, we can see it's still a game of pure chance, but at the same time a player can play to lose... it's not a very interesting kind of loss.
For example, imagine any game of pure chance, with zero decision-making needed from the player. Then add just one kind of decision: The ability to concede or forfeit a round.
On a practical level, we can see it's still a game of pure chance, but at the same time a player can play to lose... it's not a very interesting kind of loss.