Last Man Standing - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 08:50, 4 August 2022

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Staffan Björk at 07:51, 27 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 18:14, 29 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 23:06, 28 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 23:04, 28 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 23:03, 28 July 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

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 The primary effects of [[Last Man Standing]] is to create [[Competition]] and [[Conflicts]] among players as they try to both [[Survive]] and [[Overcome]] the others. These goals are [[Symmetric Goals|Symmetric]] and [[Interferable Goals]] since all players are trying to [[Eliminate]] each other and doing so affects each others' goals. [[Last Man Standing]] can cause players may create [[Temporary Alliances]] to get local benefits in the [[Competition]] between themselves, specifically including engaging in [[Beat the Leader]] actions. Players' efforts to [[Eliminate]] other players can be seen as they trying to create [[Collections]] of beaten opponents.
-[[Last Man Standing]] provides a form of [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] since at least the type of actions that remove other players from the [[Competition]] becomes irrelevant for that purpose when there is a sole player left. Since each player removed from the [[Competition]] clearly is a closure and points towards the next closure being more important, the pattern supports [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]]. Since players are incrementally excluded from [[Land Man Standing]] struggles, the pattern causes [[Early Elimination]] among the players. This, and that the pattern causes [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] tends to make gameplay phases with it into [[Endgame]] phases.
+[[Last Man Standing]] provides a form of [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] since at least the type of actions that remove other players from the [[Competition]] becomes irrelevant for that purpose when there is a sole player left. Since each player removed from the [[Competition]] clearly is a closure and points towards the next closure being more important, the pattern supports [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]]. Since players are incrementally excluded from [[Last Man Standing]] struggles, the pattern causes [[Early Elimination]] among the players. This, and that the pattern causes [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] tends to make gameplay phases with it into [[Endgame]] phases.
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 == Consequences ==
-The primary effects of [[Last Man Standing]] is to create [[Competition]] and [[Conflicts]] among players as they try to both [[Survive]] and [[Overcome]] the others. These goals are [[Symmetric Goals]] and players may create [[Temporary Alliances]] to get local benefits in the [[Competition]] between themselves, specifically including engaging in [[Beat the Leader]] actions. Players' efforts to [[Eliminate]] other players can be seen as they trying to create [[Collections]] of beaten opponents.
+The primary effects of [[Last Man Standing]] is to create [[Competition]] and [[Conflicts]] among players as they try to both [[Survive]] and [[Overcome]] the others. These goals are [[Symmetric Goals|Symmetric]] and [[Interferable Goals]] since all players are trying to [[Eliminate]] each other and doing so affects each others' goals. [[Last Man Standing]] can cause players may create [[Temporary Alliances]] to get local benefits in the [[Competition]] between themselves, specifically including engaging in [[Beat the Leader]] actions. Players' efforts to [[Eliminate]] other players can be seen as they trying to create [[Collections]] of beaten opponents.
 [[Last Man Standing]] provides a form of [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] since at least the type of actions that remove other players from the [[Competition]] becomes irrelevant for that purpose when there is a sole player left. Since each player removed from the [[Competition]] clearly is a closure and points towards the next closure being more important, the pattern supports [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]]. Since players are incrementally excluded from [[Land Man Standing]] struggles, the pattern causes [[Early Elimination]] among the players. This, and that the pattern causes [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] tends to make gameplay phases with it into [[Endgame]] phases.
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 [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],
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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Last Man Standing]] requires that players can [[Eliminate]] each other in game instances or particular phases of gameplay. [[Player Elimination]] or [[Multiplayer Games]] together with [[Lives]] is one design solution for the former while making nearly any type of goals for players into [[Incompatible Goals]] vis-à-vis all other players work for the latter. [[Last Man Standing]] is a simple structure for creating [[Tournaments]].
+[[Last Man Standing]] requires that players can [[Eliminate]] each other in game instances or particular phases of gameplay, i.e. that they have [[Symmetric Goals]] regarding this. [[Player Elimination]] or [[Multiplayer Games]] together with [[Lives]] is one design solution for the former while making nearly any type of goals for players into [[Incompatible Goals]] vis-à-vis all other players work for the latter. [[Last Man Standing]] is a simple structure for creating [[Tournaments]].
 [[Last Man Standing]] can be modulated by [[Surrendering]], and game designer may want to support the [[Possibility of Graceful Surrender]]. While the elimination in [[Last Man Standing]] is typically focused upon individual players, it can also be applied to [[Teams]], making it cause [[TvT]] gameplay.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Incompatible Goals]],
 [[Player Elimination]]
 [[Multiplayer Games]] together with [[Lives]]

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 ''Gameplay where players or teams are actively trying to eliminate each other to be the last survivor.''
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 == Consequences ==
-The primary effects of [[Last Man Standing]] is to create [[Competition]] and [[Conflicts]] among players as they try to both [[Survive]] and [[Overcome]] the others. These goals are [[Symmetric Goals]] and players may create [[Temporary Alliances]] to get local benefits in the [[Competition]] between themselves, specifically including engaging in [[Beat the Leader]] actions. Players efforts to [[Eliminate]] other players can be seen as they trying to create [[Collections]] of beaten opponents.
+The primary effects of [[Last Man Standing]] is to create [[Competition]] and [[Conflicts]] among players as they try to both [[Survive]] and [[Overcome]] the others. These goals are [[Symmetric Goals]] and players may create [[Temporary Alliances]] to get local benefits in the [[Competition]] between themselves, specifically including engaging in [[Beat the Leader]] actions. Players' efforts to [[Eliminate]] other players can be seen as they trying to create [[Collections]] of beaten opponents.
-[[Last Man Standing]] provides a form of [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] since at least the type of actions that remove other players from the [[Competition]] becomes irrelevant for that purpose when their is a sole player left. Since each player removed from the [[Competition]] clearly is a closure and points towards the next closure being more important, the pattern supports [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]]. Since players are incrementally excluded from [[Land Man Standing]] struggles, the pattern causes [[Early Elimination]] among the players. This, and that the pattern causes [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] tends to make gameplay phases with it into [[Endgame]] phases.
+[[Last Man Standing]] provides a form of [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] since at least the type of actions that remove other players from the [[Competition]] becomes irrelevant for that purpose when there is a sole player left. Since each player removed from the [[Competition]] clearly is a closure and points towards the next closure being more important, the pattern supports [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]]. Since players are incrementally excluded from [[Land Man Standing]] struggles, the pattern causes [[Early Elimination]] among the players. This, and that the pattern causes [[Winning by Ending Gameplay]] tends to make gameplay phases with it into [[Endgame]] phases.
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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Gameplay where players or teams are actively trying to eliminate each other to be the last survivor.''
-Many games, or parts of games
+Many games, or parts of games, pitch players against each other. When the competition between them is resolved by eliminating the others, the games have a [[Last Man Standing]] pattern.
-This pattern is a still a stub.
 === Examples ===

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 === Examples ===
-[[Chess]], [[Go]], [[Diplomacy]], and [[King of Tokyo]] are all examples of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] with gameplay focused upon [[Land Man Standing]]. Likewise, the [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] [[Magic: The Gathering]] and [[Hearthstone]] use the pattern.
+[[Chess]], [[Go]], [[Diplomacy]], and [[King of Tokyo]] are all examples of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] with gameplay focused upon [[Last Man Standing]]. Likewise, the [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] [[Magic: The Gathering]] and [[Hearthstone]] use the pattern.
 Death-match instances in the [[Doom series]] provide a computer-based example. The [[Counter-Strike series]] is this also, but in addition an example of Team-based [[Last Man Standing]] situations, except that it is a weak example since teams can also win by detonating or defusing the bomb.