In a message dated 3/9/99 11:20:52 AM Central Standard Time, david@lucifer.com writes:
<< >>Rule #7 (proposed): The game ends if only one player remains.
>
>Disagree. Real games have no beginning and no end, no winners
>and losers, and no points-keepers. What you are thinkink of is
>an illusion, like chess. Computers are sufficient to play such
>"games". It's the real games, which require the human touch,
>which I'm interested in.
This game is this conversation. If you want to remain in the game when you are the only one talking, I guess that is your prerogative.>>
Why is it that people habitually think of "games" as zero-sum?
-Jake