I’ve been interested in learning and playing figgie for a while. Unfortunately, when I tried the online platform I wasn’t able to find any online games. Very enthused to learn there’s an android option now, will be trying that out.
Your comparison of poker and figgie very much reminded me of Daniel Coyle’s comparison of football and futsal, to which he attributed the disproportionate number of professional Brazillian footballers.
TL;DR futsal is a sort of indoor soccer favored in Brazil with a smaller heavier ball, a smaller field, and fewer players. Fewer players mean that more people get more ball time, and the ball and the field favor a focus on footwork and quick passing. Practicing futsal seems to make people better at football than practicing football.
Also, if anyone is interested in joining or hosting a game of figgie, that would be really cool and I’d be interested in that.
I’d also be happy to log on and play Figgie and/or post-match discussion sometime, if someone else wants to coordinate. I realistically won’t be up for organizing a time, given what else competes for my cycles right now, but I would enthusiastically support the effort and show up if I can make it.
You know, I had read the football / futsal thesis way back when I was doing curriculum design at Jane Street, though it had gotten buried in my mind somewhere. Thanks for bringing it back up!
If I’m being honest, it smells like something that doesn’t literally replicate, but it has a plausible-enough kernel of truth that it’s worth taking seriously even if it’s not literally true of youth in Brazil. And I do take it seriously, whether consciously or not, in my own philosophy of pedagogical game design.
I’ve been interested in learning and playing figgie for a while. Unfortunately, when I tried the online platform I wasn’t able to find any online games. Very enthused to learn there’s an android option now, will be trying that out.
Your comparison of poker and figgie very much reminded me of Daniel Coyle’s comparison of football and futsal, to which he attributed the disproportionate number of professional Brazillian footballers.
TL;DR futsal is a sort of indoor soccer favored in Brazil with a smaller heavier ball, a smaller field, and fewer players. Fewer players mean that more people get more ball time, and the ball and the field favor a focus on footwork and quick passing. Practicing futsal seems to make people better at football than practicing football.
Also, if anyone is interested in joining or hosting a game of figgie, that would be really cool and I’d be interested in that.
If someone wants to set up a figgy group to play, I’d love to join
I’d also be happy to log on and play Figgie and/or post-match discussion sometime, if someone else wants to coordinate. I realistically won’t be up for organizing a time, given what else competes for my cycles right now, but I would enthusiastically support the effort and show up if I can make it.
You know, I had read the football / futsal thesis way back when I was doing curriculum design at Jane Street, though it had gotten buried in my mind somewhere. Thanks for bringing it back up!
If I’m being honest, it smells like something that doesn’t literally replicate, but it has a plausible-enough kernel of truth that it’s worth taking seriously even if it’s not literally true of youth in Brazil. And I do take it seriously, whether consciously or not, in my own philosophy of pedagogical game design.