Jarhyn
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Loren, imagine that you and someone else sit down to a series of games. Before either of you start playing one of you (doesn't really matter which) suggests that "loser goes second every time!"
Now let's imagine that this is a game with "legacy" rules: every round brings stuff and advantages from the previous round.
Further let's imagine it is a game with first player advantage.
Then let's imagine he cheats in the first game. He lies about a dice roll, he wins, gets his legacy prizes. Or he just played like a complete asshole.
Now using logic shaped like yours re: racism, it goes that all the games after that where they didn't cheat weren't games they won by cheating or through poor conduct, or whatever the case may be.
One might recognize that this is just a shitty set of rules to have around a game, especially with knock-on effects.
By start of the third game you might be foreseeing the result of this day and not wanting to be a member to "your 'friend' wins all the games all day because he was a dickbag yo you in the first".
Now let's imagine that this is a game with "legacy" rules: every round brings stuff and advantages from the previous round.
Further let's imagine it is a game with first player advantage.
Then let's imagine he cheats in the first game. He lies about a dice roll, he wins, gets his legacy prizes. Or he just played like a complete asshole.
Now using logic shaped like yours re: racism, it goes that all the games after that where they didn't cheat weren't games they won by cheating or through poor conduct, or whatever the case may be.
One might recognize that this is just a shitty set of rules to have around a game, especially with knock-on effects.
By start of the third game you might be foreseeing the result of this day and not wanting to be a member to "your 'friend' wins all the games all day because he was a dickbag yo you in the first".