[ExI] 2/3 game, round 1

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 15:51:52 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM, spike<spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> It is puzzling that the notion of exploiting or cheating is applicable in
> any way to the game as proposed.  There is no money at stake here, so we are
> in it to learn.  Do exploit away, if it is educational.  {8-]  I find it
> interesting how it led to a cascade of ideas.

I was referring to the idea of exploiting or cheating at games in
general.  Even when the stake is eternal respect (or half of eternal
respect) there's still some motivation to "win."  I think that is an
interesting phenomenon.

> I am making up a spreadsheet to do the scoring for you, so you can decide on
> a strategy in future rounds without needing to do the mechanics.  More
> later.

I'll continue to watch until I have a better strategy.



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