I was thinking I would test the players to make sure they really could beat each other as they should be able to. Good points on using blitz and doing the test afterwards; the main constraint as to whether it happens before or after the game is that I would prefer to do it beforehand to know whether the rankings were accurate rather than playing for weeks and only later realizing we were doing the wrong test.
I wasn’t thinking of much in the way of limits on what Cs could say, although possibly some limits on whether the Cs can see and argue against each other’s advice. C’s goal is pretty much just “make A win the game” or “make A lose the game” as applicable.
I’m definitely thinking a prototype would help. I’ve actually been contacted about applying for a grant to make this a larger experiment, and I was planning on first running a one-day game or two as a prototype before expanding it with more people and longer games.
Oh I didn’t mean only to do it afterwards. I think before is definitely required to know the experiment is worth doing with a given setup/people. Afterwards is nice-to-have for Science. (even a few blitz games is better than nothing)
I was thinking I would test the players to make sure they really could beat each other as they should be able to. Good points on using blitz and doing the test afterwards; the main constraint as to whether it happens before or after the game is that I would prefer to do it beforehand to know whether the rankings were accurate rather than playing for weeks and only later realizing we were doing the wrong test.
I wasn’t thinking of much in the way of limits on what Cs could say, although possibly some limits on whether the Cs can see and argue against each other’s advice. C’s goal is pretty much just “make A win the game” or “make A lose the game” as applicable.
I’m definitely thinking a prototype would help. I’ve actually been contacted about applying for a grant to make this a larger experiment, and I was planning on first running a one-day game or two as a prototype before expanding it with more people and longer games.
Oh I didn’t mean only to do it afterwards. I think before is definitely required to know the experiment is worth doing with a given setup/people. Afterwards is nice-to-have for Science. (even a few blitz games is better than nothing)