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But games are fun when people play by the rules

• tshaddox 3y ago
  If 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 ago
    Rules 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 ago
      There 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 ago
  But 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.
  • dymk 3y ago
    Setting up the game so it's only played in a high-trust environment is probably the only fix
  • mcphage 3y ago
    > Maybe they could have leaderboards for smaller groups that you arrange with your friends and colleagues that you trust. Which Advent of Code has.