Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes January 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lmm 07 January 2014 10:56:32PM 2 points [-]

Ironically enough Sirlin's games are virtually impossible to play to win (or to lose). He's a big believer in having all your options being of equal value, so the "game" is in figuring out what your opponent will do and playing the appropriate counter to that. But the result is that playing randomly is just as good as playing strategically.

Comment author: Lumifer 08 January 2014 01:30:06AM 1 point [-]

But the result is that playing randomly is just as good as playing strategically.

Doesn't that make the game uninteresting?

Comment author: lmm 10 January 2014 12:42:03PM 1 point [-]

Does to me. But I was never a fan of the two-player fighting games that Sirlin seems to hold in such high regard; I can imagine that people who like those (and there are many such people) might like Sirlin's games.