Re: Metagaming and Crossgaming

"mczet" <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:09:18 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.worldmasters.chat.wm2002
Message-ID <000901c4a259$3a78c980$6900a8c0@ACCOUNTING>
I heard scuttlebutt that there was a rumor that one person was not going to
play. I believe that that rumor is in fact false, which really makes things
all the more hilarious because the mythical land of 8th place will probably
receed into the distance. It was a fun pie fight though!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burgess" <burgess-Jk6FQSss4Zz2eFz/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Metagaming and Crossgaming


> If you ask me (and you didn't, but I'll tell you anyway), this is
> going to be part of the WM structure forevermore.  I more or less
> think it is a GOOD thing that the discussion can and does float
> to the surface.  Rules designers may be able to SLIGHTLY minimize
> the impact of certain "far out" tactics (I wish there were some way to
> AVOID strategic delays of gmae, for example), but they won't
> eliminate it.
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> I guess I wonder if this point, just wonder, if there is some
> evidence that one of the Finals winners slots WILL not participate.
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> But this just shows how second/third level all this has gotten!
>
> I say, hurray!
> Jim-Bob
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