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Well, other skill based "games" include the majority (or all?) of professional sports. If there were chance introduced at key points in the game (like drawing
by brent 18y ago
Well, other skill based "games" include the majority (or all?) of professional sports. If there were chance introduced at key points in the game (like drawing cards or flipping coins) I don't think anyone would watch baseball, football, or soccer.
Also, board games involving skill (e.g. chess and go) have stood the test of time over many chance games.
- eru 18y agoFrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shootout_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shootout_(football)#History "Where a replay or playoff was not possible, ties were previously decided by drawing of lots. Examples include Italy's win over the USSR in the semi-final of the 1968 European Championship."
- mattmaroon 18y agoChance is a huge element in sports. Otherwise nobody would watch them. You're separating luck and skill as if games can't have both, and in the process entirely missing my point.
- brent 18y agoClearly there is a spectrum, I'm not missing your point. In this spectrum though, chess/go/sport are at one end and gambling is at the other. Poker is in the middle.
- mattmaroon 18y agoSport is probably closer to the middle than you think, especially where a team is involved. If you don't think an athlete can get unlucky, ask anyone on the Falcons. One teammate does something stupid and your team is out of contention for years. Teams are generally businesses too, and just like most other businesses have a huge random element.