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What do you mean? They clearly saw an advantage in losing, per the structure of the tournament.
by tghw 14y ago
What do you mean? They clearly saw an advantage in losing, per the structure of the tournament.
- 3JPLW 14y agoThe structure of the tournament also precludes throwing matches. Thus, they were not being true to the (mathematically) ideal rational player - they were violating a constraint of the tournament in their attempt to maximize another advantage.
- irollboozers 14y agoI think this means the tournament was poorly designed.
- 3JPLW 14y agoAnd I certainly don't disagree. I was simply clarifying how the players weren't being completely rational game theorists. If the tournament is viewed as immutable (as it should be by the players) then the players misjudged, misunderstood, or completely ignored the possibility of disqualification.
- irollboozers 14y agoThat's why there's conflict. The 'moral' rules of fair play were not consistently enforced (information withheld), or you could just say not even consistently prioritized (likelihood of getting caught varied).
- dinkumthinkum 14y agoWell clearly it didn't work out. What do you mean? I mean, this outcome was obvious so why would a perfect game theorist make such a bumbled performance?