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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 6709670" data-attributes="member: 5890">Which is a terribly flawed analogy - using the same strategy every single time is unlikely to work in D&amp;D, and is unlikely to work in basketball. Further, it assumes that one activity that has an optimal strategy is the totality of the game (ie combat/playing basketball), totally ignoring the other aspect (the other pillars of D&amp;D, or drinking beer). Finally you're playing out the jerk, not the optimizer: the same scenario, where one player is assuming control of the group, will probably be objectionable even if that player is doing so in order to play more causally, or to drink more beer.So to adjust your analogy: the group of friends get together to play pickup basketball and drink beer. One person is a better player than her friends, and it becomes obvious to the group as a whole that getting the ball to that person improves their win rate. The other players aren't so focused on the basketball, and are investing less into the game and more into drinking beer. Or they are focused on basketball and they work on improving their own contribution.If people don't place their own ego above having fun, then there's no problems here, everyone has fun. It's only when people start getting upset about other people's contribution that there is an issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 6709670, member: 5890"] Which is a terribly flawed analogy - using the same strategy every single time is unlikely to work in D&D, and is unlikely to work in basketball. Further, it assumes that one activity that has an optimal strategy is the totality of the game (ie combat/playing basketball), totally ignoring the other aspect (the other pillars of D&D, or drinking beer). Finally you're playing out the jerk, not the optimizer: the same scenario, where one player is assuming control of the group, will probably be objectionable even if that player is doing so in order to play more causally, or to drink more beer. So to adjust your analogy: the group of friends get together to play pickup basketball and drink beer. One person is a better player than her friends, and it becomes obvious to the group as a whole that getting the ball to that person improves their win rate. The other players aren't so focused on the basketball, and are investing less into the game and more into drinking beer. Or they are focused on basketball and they work on improving their own contribution. If people don't place their own ego above having fun, then there's no problems here, everyone has fun. It's only when people start getting upset about other people's contribution that there is an issue. [/QUOTE]

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