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[–] edinbruh@feddit.it 65 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Finite games are all definite, either player 1 as a winning strategy or player 2 has, all other "outcomes" are just mental illnesses. Get over it, math doesn't care about your feelings.

[–] Dupelet@piefed.social 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That would be true, except draws exist

[–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 11 points 2 months ago

Tie goes to winner of the next game, easy fix

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For games that allow that, yep

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can't draw in pictionairy.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

Let's play tic-tac-toe?

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

All other outcomes are a collaborative aesthetic exploration of a game tree subject to a variety of constraints.

The joy of the game, and indeed the value of the game, does not consist simply of winning. Even in go.