Hey, I’ve been lurking on LW for ages, and I though this would be a good time to make my first post.
So, while the game is anonymous now, are we going to compare notes afterwards? I just want to know if I am playing the prisoner’s dilemma or the iterated prisoner’s dilemma.
If you think you’re playing the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma when you play Diplomacy, and you don’t mean subsequent years of the same game, it’s a sign that you are very much doing it wrong. Diplomacy is at its best when all players play to win the current game; doing something this game to make your position stronger next game is Metagaming. And That’s Terrible.
I don’t mind agreeing not to metagame, but I don’t see why metagaming is terrible.
You may prefer an absence of metagaming, but that’s a subjective opinion, not a fact. Personally I would have thought that metagaming would make for a more interesting game, unless players start refusing to play more games after backstabbing everyone, but that would be frowned upon.
Hey, I’ve been lurking on LW for ages, and I though this would be a good time to make my first post.
So, while the game is anonymous now, are we going to compare notes afterwards? I just want to know if I am playing the prisoner’s dilemma or the iterated prisoner’s dilemma.
If you think you’re playing the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma when you play Diplomacy, and you don’t mean subsequent years of the same game, it’s a sign that you are very much doing it wrong. Diplomacy is at its best when all players play to win the current game; doing something this game to make your position stronger next game is Metagaming. And That’s Terrible.
I don’t mind agreeing not to metagame, but I don’t see why metagaming is terrible. You may prefer an absence of metagaming, but that’s a subjective opinion, not a fact. Personally I would have thought that metagaming would make for a more interesting game, unless players start refusing to play more games after backstabbing everyone, but that would be frowned upon.