Subj : Re: Recession to Depressi
To : Dr. What
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jul 25 2022 11:45 am
Re: Re: Recession to Depressi
By: Dr. What to Arelor on Mon Jul 25 2022 08:32 am
> The problem with board games is that they are games. Is a person who stands
> lose their imaginary sword going to play the game the same way if they were
> going to lose their car? No.
>
Many competitive boardgamers take playing Brass more seriously than they take
managing the domestic accounting. They don't make mistakes because it is a game
and they don't care. They make mistakes because of a number of reasons:
Many of these reasons are psychological. The last turn of my first Catan game I
played was something like:
ALFRED: Hey, Tom, if you give me a Wood card, I will give you a Stone card.
RICHARD: Alfred, if Tom gets a single Stone he will do a Development action and
win this turn.
FRED: Don't nobody listen to Richard! I think he does not want Alfred to get
Wood for some reason.
ALFRED: Fuck you, Richard, I am not going to stop a deal just because you don't
like it. Tom, do you accept the deal?
TOM: I do. (Cards change hands). With the Stone I got and this Wheat I Develop.
I win.
ie: Public information such as that Tom had been collecting the resources
needed to win for a good while weighted less for Alfred and Fred than the
perceived idea that they were screwing me over by going on with a deal that got
a gameover for the three of us.
These guys were genuinely surprised when they lost. They genuinely thought they
were screwing me over and thought I was trying to prevent Alfred from building
whatever with Wood.
I know it is a freaking game, but many economic simulators reflect patterns
often seen in reality, and one common pattern is going out of one's way to
screw somebody you think to be a threat and exposing oneself to bad
consequences as a result.
The other most common pattern is exchanging resources with another player,
which then uses the resources you just gave him to destroy you (ie: you set a
trade agreement with another player and provide him with ore in exchange of
food. Then the player uses the ore to build a tank army and run you over). How
many Heterosexual Whites are funding political parties and purchasing products
from firms that are openly torpedoing Heterosexual Whites? Paying a
subscription for a streaming service which will use your money to generate
propaganda against you is well out of the realm of board games and happens all
the freaking time.
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