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Re: Yes? by Zsenicorpse 10/06/2006, 8:55pm PDT
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:

Jesper Juul, a Danish video-game theorist, defines games such as pinball, solitaire, and chess as “emergence” games, by which he means that the gameplay emerges from a relatively simple set of rules. Football and basketball—whether played online or off—are also emergence games


The 2005 version of the NFL rulebook was 198 pages.


the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!


WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA there Jonsey! Jesper Juul didn't say "NFL", Jesper Juul said "football." That means, in case you don't speak Dutch, "soccer", which is VERY complex game from VERY simple rules.

What is complex about pinball, solitaire, chess? Nothing much. They are as simple as their rules. A very complex game with very simple rules is: stand up comedy.

RULES OF STAND UP COMEDY
1. Be funny.

I'm going to call this class of games Zsenijeim Games.

Here's another Zsenijeim Game: Math Razzle.

RULES OF MATH RAZZLE
1. Use board games to entertain people.

Zsenijeim Game: trolling.

RULES OF TROLLING
1. Annoy people.
2. Don't be so annoying you get banned right away.

Zsenijeim Game: North Korea Nuclear Brinksmanship.

RULES OF NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR BRINKSMANSHIP
1. Guess right the first time.
2. Send current leader of North Korea a Rolls Royce.

North Korea Nuclear Brinksmanship is just trolling on a really important froup. UN as Habbo Hotel? I think: yes.
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