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Isn't the easy solution to get rid of the leaderboard? Ungamify it.
by criddell 3y ago
Isn't the easy solution to get rid of the leaderboard? Ungamify it.
- dymk 3y agoBut games are fun when people play by the rules
- tshaddox 3y agoIf the rules are inherently difficult to enforce, that's a fundamental problem with the design of the game. If the rules are reasonably enforceable, but a particular administering body doesn't competently enforce them, that's a problem with that administering body.
- dymk 3y agoRules being difficult to enforce is a function of society being low or high trust. Low trust societies effectively incur excess overhead, having to audit players and set up draconian rules. Some games just might not be possible. It's more pleasant and efficient for everybody to live in a high-trust society.
- tshaddox 3y agoThere may be some independent “level of trust” in a given group of people that could be quantified, but I don’t think it’s a very powerful explainer of which games do or don’t work. Very minor rule changes can cause a huge change in the difficulty of enforcing other rules.
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- jimbokun 3y agoBut enough people will not play by the rules to make it pointless. Maybe they could have leaderboards for smaller groups that you arrange with your friends and colleagues that you trust.
- paxys 3y agoA large chunk of people are only doing it because of the gamification.
- criddell 3y agoWhen you say "doing it" you could be referring to the Advent of Code or cheating with AI. Both are true.
- neptudemon 3y agoWe don't need to cater to them, though
- JohnFen 3y agoThis seems like the obvious answer to me, but I am one who thinks the gamification of everything has been a bad thing.