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Article #66200Re: online apps (was Re: Cable Connection - Now what?)
From: Robert Tweed
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:13
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:13
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"Chris Proctor" <chris_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns926D7442FFDEAchrisproctorhotmailc@61.9.128.12... > > >> Not it's not. A game has to be FUN. > > > > Or as Marcy so well put it in http://www.pvponline.com/ somewhere... > > "For it to be a game, someone has to win." > > (or something like that, too lazy to dig out the strip in question) > > > > Fun is just too subjective a criteria. > > Is a pen and paper Roleplaying Game a game? If so, who wins? A more accurate criteria is that a game requires rules and at least one goal. No-one actually has to win in order to acheive the set goals, although it is obviously possible to have a winner. If a game results in a draw, does that make it any less of a game? No: the mere presence of goals defines the game, not whether anyone actually attains them during play. - Robert
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