thezeus18 comments on Diplomacy as a Game Theory Laboratory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thezeus18 14 November 2010 11:32:28PM 1 point [-]

It's really only applicable to forms of cheating which can be countered by non-cheaters ganging up on the cheaters. If the cheat causes an automatic win in every game, the scrub argument against its banning doesn't apply.

But I agree, I was assuming iteration. Obviously, the scrubbiness of the rule against unbreakable alliances (and thus the cheatiness of the tactic), would depend on metagame circumstances.