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The more interesting question in that case, is why play it at all, if you're going to take all the life out of it only you demonstrate a hollow win.
by ratacat 8y ago
The more interesting question in that case, is why play it at all, if you're going to take all the life out of it only you demonstrate a hollow win.
- quickthrower2 8y agoWhy is it a hollow win? Does castling or forking in chess make it a hollow win?
- arrrg 8y agoWhat’s hollow or not is about context. Chess is very serious, The Minds is not very serious. If things are less serious and also more squishy when it comes to the rules (despite the very absolute “no communication” rule I do think that some talking in The Mind doesn’t immediately destroy the experience and if you find a happy medium and approach with the group you are playing with it can even enhance the experience) then I would generalize that it’s in general easier for wins to be hollow, because there is more room to “cheat” in ways that ruin the experience.
- Kiro 8y agoIt's not taking any life out of it since that's how you are supposed to beat it. It's not a hollow win, it's the real win.
- arrrg 8y agoThe rules explicitly state that you shouldn’t count seconds … this presumably also includes using a clock as reference. It’s given as a guideline (in the optional to read spoilery upside down box on the rules that explains that it’s a game all about timing), not an actual rule, but that still completely contradicts your statement that “that's how you are supposed to beat it”.