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2 Post author: Strilanc 17 June 2014 07:29PM

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Comment author: Strilanc 17 June 2014 09:34:34PM 0 points [-]

Alright, I removed the game tree from the summary.

The -11 was chosen to give a small, but not empty, area of positive-returns in the strategy space. You're right that it doesn't affect which strategies are optimal, but in my mind it affects whether finding an optimal strategy is fun/satisfying.