Are You Big Game?
Sunday, October 14th, 2001 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flwyd"I have suddenly awoken in the midst of this dream but only to the consciousness that I am dreaming and that I have to go on dreaming in order not to be destroyed." -- Nietzsche
The rules of the game are artificial but not arbitrary. We make them up. They could have been different rules, but the rules are what they are for a reason -- it's what made sense.
Winning the game is not important, but it is important to keep it as the goal. There are lots of things that supercede this goal and should be adopted when they come into play, but arbitrarily not following the goal makes the game worse. However, the game is no less worthwhile if the goal is unattainable. Within the game, devote yourself fully.
Is the game over when the winner is determined?
Within the game, the rules are supreme. However, the rules of one game have no effect upon another. What are the rules to the game of making games? Can the game make itself?
What are the unwritten rules of the game? How do people play when they don't know all of the rules?
When the rules are unclear, the players must call upon a judge. The judge is to look at the intent of the rule. But what if the intent was not doccumented, and the rule is perfectly vague?
The spectators of the game may be part of the game.
The game may contain a game. The game may be contained. Two games may cross, but how often is this done?
Players appear to follow a set of rules which dictate how they follow the rules of the game. Is this set of rules part of a game? Or are there rules without a game? Are there games without rules?
Can you change the rules of the game within the game? Or must you move outside?
The rules of the game are artificial but not arbitrary. We make them up. They could have been different rules, but the rules are what they are for a reason -- it's what made sense.
Winning the game is not important, but it is important to keep it as the goal. There are lots of things that supercede this goal and should be adopted when they come into play, but arbitrarily not following the goal makes the game worse. However, the game is no less worthwhile if the goal is unattainable. Within the game, devote yourself fully.
Is the game over when the winner is determined?
Within the game, the rules are supreme. However, the rules of one game have no effect upon another. What are the rules to the game of making games? Can the game make itself?
What are the unwritten rules of the game? How do people play when they don't know all of the rules?
When the rules are unclear, the players must call upon a judge. The judge is to look at the intent of the rule. But what if the intent was not doccumented, and the rule is perfectly vague?
The spectators of the game may be part of the game.
The game may contain a game. The game may be contained. Two games may cross, but how often is this done?
Players appear to follow a set of rules which dictate how they follow the rules of the game. Is this set of rules part of a game? Or are there rules without a game? Are there games without rules?
Can you change the rules of the game within the game? Or must you move outside?
