Re: Kudos to Bruce Ferrie/Augmentation

From: Thom Baguley <t.s.baguley_at_...>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:04:53 +0100


> From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_...>
>Incorrect. Whether it's win/lose or win/no-effect/lose makes no
>difference. What determines whether players will be careful is the
>expected gain. The HW win/lose system makes players careful, true,
>but a win/no-effect/lose system can too: it depends on the
>probability of a lose for a given augment size.

Slight disagreement. People tend to weight losses more than gains when they take risks - a fairly widespread phenomenon (whether this is "rational" or not is still being argued).

Thom

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