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{{a|design|}}Call this the {{author|James P. Carse}} fan fiction, or the expanded universe. | {{a|design|}}Call this the {{author|James P. Carse}} [[fan fiction]], or the expanded universe. | ||
Carse introduced the world to his conception of “[[Finite game|finite games]]” — fixed rules, boundaries, duration and an agreed zero-sum objective of victory — and “[[Infinite game|infinite games]]” — no fixed rules, boundaries, duration, or objective other than keeping going. Boxing on one hand, community building on the other. | Carse introduced the world to his conception of “[[Finite game|finite games]]” — fixed rules, boundaries, duration and an agreed zero-sum objective of victory — and “[[Infinite game|infinite games]]” — no fixed rules, boundaries, duration, or objective other than keeping going. Boxing on one hand, community building on the other. | ||
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Does God exist? Is Socialism good? Is Capitalism bad? Are permissionless [[blockchain]]s the future? Will string theory explain life, the universe and everything? Whither [[critical theory|social justice]]? Is [[Brexit]] a success? These are interminable games. | Does God exist? Is Socialism good? Is Capitalism bad? Are permissionless [[blockchain]]s the future? Will string theory explain life, the universe and everything? Whither [[critical theory|social justice]]? Is [[Brexit]] a success? These are interminable games. | ||
Like ''finite'' games, they appear to be contests “to the death”. Yet, like ''infinite'' games, they ''must not be finally resolved''. The goal is, always, to ''avoid'' final victory and carry on the fight because ,if you win, you must pack up your banners, disband your army and go home. And who, having assembled a power structure, does that? | Like ''finite'' games, they appear to be contests “to the death”. Yet, like ''infinite'' games, they ''must not be finally resolved''. The goal is, always, to ''avoid'' final victory and carry on the fight because, if you win, you must pack up your banners, disband your army and go home. And who, having assembled a power structure, does that? | ||
Thus, should outright victory impend, putative victors will scramble to change their own terms of reference to ensure they still have something else to fight about. | Thus, should outright victory impend, putative victors will scramble to change their own terms of reference to ensure they still have something else to fight about. | ||
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|+ What happens when people miss the point. | |+ What happens when people miss the point. | ||
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! Game Type !! Player | ! Game Type !! Player Tactics !! Outcome | ||
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| | | '''Finite''' || {{bg|green}}Both finite || {{bg|green}}Magnificent gladiatorial contest. Someone wins, someone loses, but honour is kept, lessons learned, stories are told, legends forged etc. | ||
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| | | '''Infinite''' || {{bg|green}}Both infinite || {{bg|green}} Imaginative world-building. Collaboration. Hacky-sack, man! | ||
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| | | '''Finite''' || {{bg|pink}}One finite, one infinite || {{bg|pink}}Infinite player picks up ball and runs with it (therefore gets sent off) or sits in a corner playing with daisies (therefore gets walloped). Finite player wins, but unsatisfyingly, by default, because the other player refused to play “properly”. | ||
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| | | '''Infinite''' || {{bg|pink}}One finite, one infinite ||{{bg|pink}} Finite player gets bogged down and gives up. Infinite player finds someone else to play with (hopefully an infinite player). | ||
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| | | '''Finite''' || {{bg|yellow}}Both infinite || {{bg|Yellow}}Players abandon game, which was rubbish anyway, and do something else (like playing an [[infinite game]]) | ||
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| | | '''Infinite''' || {{bg|pink}}Both finite || {{bg|pink}}[[Interminable game]] <== This is what happens most of the time. Players argue past each other, playing to their own respective galleries, achieving nothing. | ||
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{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*{{br|Finite and Infinite Games}} | *{{br|Finite and Infinite Games}} | ||
*[[Game theory]] | *[[Game theory]] | ||
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