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Crossposted over at Blog of Heroes<\/em><\/a>, a sociological look at what happens when in-game social rules don’t align with the natural rules of the game\/milieu, and then are flouted. <\/p>\n

I usually keep the online game stuff over there, but this is of enough general interest to warrant mention over here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crossposted over at Blog of Heroes, a sociological look at what happens when in-game social rules don’t align with the natural rules of the game\/milieu, and then are flouted.  I usually keep the online game stuff over there, but this is of enough general interest to warrant mention over here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132677,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/ive-had-game-days-like-this.html","url_meta":{"origin":15141,"position":0},"title":"I've had Game Days like this","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-17 12:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"No, really, I don't know why the folks who played this last time don't want to join in, but I'm sure you'll love it!\" Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun SCHENECTADY, NY\u2014Repeatedly seeking to ease his friends\u2019 growing skepticism and disinterest, local man\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51986,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/if-you-are-going-to-game-the-system-know-the-rules.html","url_meta":{"origin":15141,"position":1},"title":"If you are going to game the system, know the rules","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Jul-15 9:25pm","format":false,"excerpt":"You can't win if you don't play. 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