Prisoner's Dilemma

[Xenocidius]

Time for a little social experiment.

First I need two volunteers for my little mind game. After that I will post further instructions and details.

Please post if you would like to volunteer. Do not be afraid.

EDIT: I now need volunteers willing to give +rep to a player should they be the only one to PM me. The more volunteers, the funner the game.

[Malignant]

I sense trap.

[Xenocidius]

Is that a volunteer?

There is no trap here. Your mind is the only thing that can harm you.

[gumbeh]

What is this, Saw?

I'm game.

[Xenocidius]

We now have two volunteers, Malignant and Gumbeh.

Here is how the game will work:

This is based on the Prisoner's Dilemma.

There will be a time limit. You may both choose to PM me during this time.

If one of you PMs me and the other doesn't, the one who PMed me will gain a large amount of rep; the other will gain nothing.If both of you PM me you do not get anything.If neither of you PM me I will give you both +rep, but no one else will.

I now need volunteers who will give +rep to someone if they alone PM me. Once I have enough volunteers I will start the time limit. Post here if you would like to be a volunteer. Remember, the more people volunteer the more interesting it will be. I especially call upon high-rep members to volunteer.

At the end of the time limit I will reveal the results and rep will be given out ... or not.

[RootRanger]

So this little game devalues reputation even more, helping it be remove from the forum?
I volunteer.

[Xenocidius]

So this little game devalues reputation even more, helping it be remove from the forum?
I volunteer.

The question is whether anyone will actually get any rep. That's the fun of the Prisoner's Dilemma.

[Scaredgirl]

I hate to be Buzz Killington here, but using rep system for any kind of games or social experiments is a bad thing. Reputation should only be given when someone earns it, not when it's part of a game. This means all topics that encourage rep giving to people who hasn't really deserve it, like me starting a "I give you rep, you give me rep" topic.

If you want to test this thing out, please use something other than rep. Thanks.

[PlayerOa]

I hate to be Buzz Killington here, but using rep system for any kind of games or social experiments is a bad thing. Reputation should only be given when someone earns it, not when it's part of a game. This means all topics that encourage rep giving to people who hasn't really deserve it, like me starting a "I give you rep, you give me rep" topic.

If you want to test this thing out, please use something other than rep. Thanks.

Couldn't agree more.

[gumbeh]

So... some of us feel that rep has intrinsic value, and some of us feel that rep is kinda like handing each other gold stars or shiny rocks.

In a place where people will +rep each other for things like liking the same element or having a neat username, does it really matter if the latter group decides to mess around?

[Xenocidius]

Something other than rep? Like what? A forum award icon? A reward code? I can't give either, and neither can be expressed as a lesser form. Plus, giving them would probably devalue them.

Ideas?

[RootRanger]

Something other than rep? Like what? A forum award icon? A reward code? I can't give either, and neither can be expressed as a lesser form. Plus, giving them would probably devalue them.

Ideas?

Well I would gladly donate 6000 electrum of unused tourney codes to someone that spent 5 seconds sending you a private message.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm obviously not being serious about this. It's a flawed game that is boring for everyone and doesn't take any skill to play. Anything other than a hi-five would be too large of a prize. But I do  actually have the tourney codes.