Comments on: Games and how they live their lives http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/12/games-and-how-they-live-their-lives/ A place to write and read Lost Theories Thu, 17 May 2012 19:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: I_Am_Jacob http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/12/games-and-how-they-live-their-lives/#comment-21465 I_Am_Jacob Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:24:13 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=7511#comment-21465 over the christmas period i have been watching a few of my Star Trek TNG episodes and one comment springs to mind when reading your ideas. in one of the episodes the Enterprise crew has got some free time to use how they please. Wolf the Klingon and Tasha Yar are going to play some (made up) game when Riker bumps into them. Riker tells Worf that the game is just a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously and that it's not about the winning. Worf replies quite cleverly with 'If the game is just a bt of fun then why keep score?' Put simply, no matter how casual a game is, there is always competition to win otherwise there is no reason to play. The important thing though is not entirely the actual winning, it is what you win afterwards. Be it pride, money or prizes, that is what is important and matters so if there is nothing to win, you won't play. What game Jacob and Nemesis are playing is anybody's guess and what they are hoping to achieve at the end of it still remains a mystery. over the christmas period i have been watching a few of my Star Trek TNG episodes and one comment springs to mind when reading your ideas.

in one of the episodes the Enterprise crew has got some free time to use how they please. Wolf the Klingon and Tasha Yar are going to play some (made up) game when Riker bumps into them. Riker tells Worf that the game is just a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously and that it’s not about the winning. Worf replies quite cleverly with ‘If the game is just a bt of fun then why keep score?’

Put simply, no matter how casual a game is, there is always competition to win otherwise there is no reason to play. The important thing though is not entirely the actual winning, it is what you win afterwards. Be it pride, money or prizes, that is what is important and matters so if there is nothing to win, you won’t play.

What game Jacob and Nemesis are playing is anybody’s guess and what they are hoping to achieve at the end of it still remains a mystery.

]]> By: daddyx http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/12/games-and-how-they-live-their-lives/#comment-21295 daddyx Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:03:38 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=7511#comment-21295 Great theory. Well thought out, isn't there somekind of scientific reasoning called game theory. Great theory. Well thought out, isn’t there somekind of scientific reasoning called game theory.

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