{"id":61654,"date":"2018-12-18T23:52:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T23:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=61654"},"modified":"2018-12-19T05:18:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T05:18:57","slug":"rules-of-the-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=61654","title":{"rendered":"Rules of the Game(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — a quick, deep (or high altitude) look into various ways to play ]
\n.<\/p>\n

I learned quite a bit on a topic of huge interest to me — playing games — in short order over the last couple of hours.<\/p>\n

To wit, from Pine Gap, the Aussie espionage series on Netflix, which is how I take my naps — Pine Gap (Netflix) s 1 e 4:<\/p>\n

There are three ways to play any game: <\/p>\n

A: Plan your moves so far in advance your opponent can\u2019t predict them, <\/p>\n

B: Make your opponent watch what you\u2019re doing with one hand while your other is busy with your real game plan., or <\/p>\n

C: Play your cards very, very close to your chest..<\/p>\n

Sometimes all you can do is wait.. until your opponent makes the next move.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another game rule, this one from MTP Daily (MSNBC) 12\/18\/2018, which obviously obviated the nap:<\/p>\n

Whatever comes of this, both sides have got to save face.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

.
\nAnd back to Pine Gap s1 e 5:<\/p>\n

Good game ..
\n.
\nA loss is always a bad game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

**<\/p>\n

That covers quite a decent bit of ground: strategies in competitive games; games of negotiation, quasi-competitive, quasi-collaborative; games as play, pretend-competitive, non-competitive, playful — “For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes – not that you won or lost – but how you played the Game” — and game as victory or defeat, period.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Now, get this, with an associative geopol link below, from Pine Gap s1 e6:<\/p>\n

We’re on the same side really, aren’t we? I mean, we all just want to be safe and happy, and our leaders want to be rich and powerful.<\/p>\n

Sure, but there are differences, too. See, uh, Americans play Chess, right? Where the object of the game is to kill the other king. A fest attack, a total victory. But we play Go, where the object of the game is to gradually own the most territory, slowly acquire a .. a winning position, which is a completely different approach — to, uh, life, business — even relationships ..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read that, which ties up many strands in the plot of Pine Gap, and also applies interestingly to events in the South China Sea<\/a>: “to gradually own the most territory, slowly acquire a .. a winning position”.<\/p>\n

It’s been a good afternoon for picking up game quotes.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

And holy moly, there’s more:<\/p>\n

It’s not about winning, Kath, it’s about maintaining dominance. [..]<\/p>\n

We keep everybody in check. [..]<\/p>\n

You played a good long game, Paul..<\/p>\n

We both played a pretty good long game, mate. I’ll be watching to see how yours plays out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the coup de grac<\/em>e, quietly yet quite viciously delivered, wrt a divorce & who gets to keep the cat — with high irony:<\/p>\n

Shake hands, well played. Moving on, that’s me. No thoughts of revenge whatsoever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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