I should add that both my gatekeepers from this writeup, but particularly the last gatekeeper went in with the full intention of being as ruthless as possible and win. I did lose, so your point might be valid, but I don’t think wanting to win matters as much as you think it does.
No monetary stakes, but If I win we publish the log. This way I have very little real-life incentive to win, while you still have an incentive to win (defending your status). And anyway, if you lose there would be no point in keeping the log secrets, since your arguments would be clearly not persuasive enough to persuade me.
And anyway, if you lose there would be no point in keeping the log secrets, since your arguments would be clearly not persuasive enough to persuade me.
Either his tactics work perfectly and are guaranteed to win against you, or they are so worthless he shouldn’t mind opening the kimono and revealing everything to the world? A rather extreme premise under which to offer a game.
That doesn’t seem like a reply to my observation about your dichotomy. Please justify your offer first: why should the value of Tuxedage’s tactics be either extremely high or zero based on a single game, and not any intermediate value?
That seems like the clearest interpretation of your proposal, nor did you explain what you actually meant when I summarized it and called it a false dichotomy, nor have you explained what you actually meant in this comment either.
It’s not a binary. There’s a non-zero chance of me winning, and a non-zero chance of me losing. You assume that if there’s a winning strategy, it should win 100% of the time, and if it doesn’t, it should not win at all. I’ve tried very hard to impress upon people that this is not the case at all—there’s no “easy” winning method that I could take and guarantee a victory. I just have to do it the hard way, and luck is usually a huge factor in these games.
As it stands, there are people willing to pay up to $300-$750 for me to play them without the condition of giving up logs, and I have still chosen not to play. Your offer to play without monetary reward and needing to give up logs if I lose is not very tempting in comparison, so I’ll pass.
It’s not a binary. There’s a non-zero chance of me winning, and a non-zero chance of me losing. You assume that if there’s a winning strategy, it should win 100% of the time, and if it doesn’t, it should not win at all. I’ve tried very hard to impress upon people that this is not the case at all—there’s no “easy” winning method that I could take and guarantee a victory. I just have to do it the hard way, and luck is usually a huge factor in these games.
My point is that the GK has an easy winning strategy. Any GK that lost or won but found it very hard to win was just playing poorly.
You and other people (including GKs) claim otherwise, but you don’t want to provide any evidence to support your claim. Since you claim is surprising, the burden of evidence lies on you.
I’m offering to play as GK with the condition of publishing the log in case of my victory in order to settle the question.
As it stands, there are people willing to pay up to $300-$750 for me to play them without the condition of giving up logs, and I have still chosen not to play. Your offer to play without monetary reward and needing to give up logs if I lose is not very tempting in comparison, so I’ll pass.
I think that asking for or offering money in order to provide the evidence required to settle an intellectual dispute is inappropriate. Moreover, I’m trying to make the game easier for you: the less I’m investing, the less I’m motivated to win.
I should add that both my gatekeepers from this writeup, but particularly the last gatekeeper went in with the full intention of being as ruthless as possible and win. I did lose, so your point might be valid, but I don’t think wanting to win matters as much as you think it does.
You wanna play with me?
No monetary stakes, but If I win we publish the log. This way I have very little real-life incentive to win, while you still have an incentive to win (defending your status). And anyway, if you lose there would be no point in keeping the log secrets, since your arguments would be clearly not persuasive enough to persuade me.
Do you think you could win at these conditions?
Bit of a false dichotomy there, no?
Why?
Either his tactics work perfectly and are guaranteed to win against you, or they are so worthless he shouldn’t mind opening the kimono and revealing everything to the world? A rather extreme premise under which to offer a game.
So what’s the point of keeping the logs secret if the GK wins?
That doesn’t seem like a reply to my observation about your dichotomy. Please justify your offer first: why should the value of Tuxedage’s tactics be either extremely high or zero based on a single game, and not any intermediate value?
I never claimed that.
That seems like the clearest interpretation of your proposal, nor did you explain what you actually meant when I summarized it and called it a false dichotomy, nor have you explained what you actually meant in this comment either.
It’s not a binary. There’s a non-zero chance of me winning, and a non-zero chance of me losing. You assume that if there’s a winning strategy, it should win 100% of the time, and if it doesn’t, it should not win at all. I’ve tried very hard to impress upon people that this is not the case at all—there’s no “easy” winning method that I could take and guarantee a victory. I just have to do it the hard way, and luck is usually a huge factor in these games.
As it stands, there are people willing to pay up to $300-$750 for me to play them without the condition of giving up logs, and I have still chosen not to play. Your offer to play without monetary reward and needing to give up logs if I lose is not very tempting in comparison, so I’ll pass.
My point is that the GK has an easy winning strategy. Any GK that lost or won but found it very hard to win was just playing poorly. You and other people (including GKs) claim otherwise, but you don’t want to provide any evidence to support your claim. Since you claim is surprising, the burden of evidence lies on you. I’m offering to play as GK with the condition of publishing the log in case of my victory in order to settle the question.
I think that asking for or offering money in order to provide the evidence required to settle an intellectual dispute is inappropriate. Moreover, I’m trying to make the game easier for you: the less I’m investing, the less I’m motivated to win.