When I wrote “Bridge-building is a game, because FAI could just flick a switch” the intended meaning of “could” was “could if it wanted to”. When I cited WoW later, I was trying to point out that your interpretation of “could” as “could given its actual preferences” can’t be what I intended because it would rule out WoW as a game. I guess I failed to get my point across, and then thought the argument was too inconsequential to continue. But now that you’re using it as an example, I want to clear up what happened.
When I wrote “Bridge-building is a game, because FAI could just flick a switch” the intended meaning of “could” was “could if it wanted to”. When I cited WoW later, I was trying to point out that your interpretation of “could” as “could given its actual preferences” can’t be what I intended because it would rule out WoW as a game. I guess I failed to get my point across, and then thought the argument was too inconsequential to continue. But now that you’re using it as an example, I want to clear up what happened.