@avantgame It seems that game designers all agree it is wrong to penalise players for poor game design
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@avantgame Thank you. My teensy bit of social rebellion :-)
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@avantgame - Why do you think that the banned badminton players were playing fairly (if not honourably)? -
@alanrich55 they were smartly taking advantage of the way seeding is done in next round to secure a rank they felt would max chances to win
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@avantgame You might be interest in what@sirlin has to say about this. http://www.sirlin.net/blog/2012/8/1/playing-to-win-in-badminton.html …#playingtowin -
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@avantgame Agreed! What about tactics in other sports?Swimming sub-maximally in starting heats or domestique cyclists helping others to win?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame creative use of game mechanics is a phrase frequently used in my gaming circlesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame it's the designer’s responsibility to create the necessary challenges; this burden is never the player’s. http://devmag.org.za/2012/05/07/loopholes-in-game-design/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I admire/respect your work but their lack of sportsmanship speaks to a wider global problem of lack of ethical behavior.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I fully support throwing those matches *with the intention of eventually winning*. Here—it was clearly the most intelligent play.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame it's all a tad daft, they should have stuck with knockouts, but they brought this round robin in as a replacement, meh :/Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame my first thought in hearing about the scandal and how many players were thrown out is that it must be a badly designed sport ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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