Whoever came up with “The Game” clearly never studied game theory. What’s the point of a game where you lose just by thinking about it? You’re supposed to play by not playing?
Whoever came up with “The Game” clearly never studied game theory. What’s the point of a game where you lose just by thinking about it? You’re supposed to play by not playing?
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Yes. I would advise not thinking about it so hard. You’re losing.
I think game theory should be taught in high school to everyone. At least at the high level.
Game theory explains SO MANY THINGS in this world and disproves some of the more bad ideas that some people have.
The only winning move is to not play.
It is known.
Get out of the shower, you just made me lose again (and it has probably been about a month since I last lost).
A game is a game, don’t you get a good laugh every time you lose it? That’s how it works because if you had to think to win you’d find to enjoyment on it, take this example, in rainworld…
>!The main objective is kill the player character indefinitely, essentially losing, but that’s what the game is about, because all creatures are imortal the sentient ones spent eons trying to break this immortality, but you’re just a cat, a slug cat who’s not sentient but the person controlling you is, by playing the game you give this creature a mind to suffer and remember all your deaths, by ascending (killing him indefinitely and beating the game) you win… By losing!<
I can’t understand the people who actually got invested in it either. “Oh no I lost!!”like Bitch work on losing your virginity
Another thing about this shower thought: everyone who saw it just lost it!
The concept behind The Game is that every player is unaware that they are already playing, and the losing condition is for them to realize they are participating. Ultimately, the determining factor for who wins The Game is luck, as the players cannot choose to make decisions to help them win The Game. Game Theory is meant to analyze competitive scenarios and assumes that each player wishes to maximize their gains and minimize their losses. Game Theory is inapplicable to this scenario due to the players being unaware of their participation. However, this does not stop The Game from actually being a game, it simply does not follow the underlying assumptions of Game Theory. An example similar to The Game is a raffle pull, where the players cannot actively do anything within the bounds of the rules to increase their chances of winning, they just have to rely on luck.
By the rules of The Game, it’s no longer going. There were a couple of official ways to finish, but I believe one was a prime minister declaring on television, “the game is up”, which I’ve heard has happened. Now there’s just Roko’s Basilisk which is effectively the Game Theory version of The Game.
Ive been playing for a few years, every time i think about it i have to take a deep sigh and try to forget. It never stops
It’s a joke, not real game theory. The whole point is to mess with your head
It’s just funny and stupid and not really meant to be played like.. professionally, the entire concept is basically just a joke
Exactly! It’s more a mind trap than a game, losing just by knowing about it breaks all game theory logic.
Bro you made me lose The Game and now you have made so many more people start. I last thought abt it like a month ago.