Unwinnable Game States - Revision history

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Unwinnable Game States]], or game states that are perceived to be unwinnable can lead to [[Surrendering]] and [[Early Leaving Players]] in [[Multiplayer Games]]. This may be bad if a game isn't design to support this (e.g. through [[Possibility of Graceful Surrender]]) since players leaving are likely to disrupt [[Team Balance]] in [[Multiplayer Games]]. However, it is not necessarily a cause of [[Ragequitting]] (but the actions of another player which puts a player in an [[Unwinnable Game State]] is).
+[[Unwinnable Game States]], or game states that are perceived to be unwinnable can lead to [[Surrendering]] and [[Early Leaving Players]] in [[Multiplayer Games]]. This may be bad if a game isn't design to support this (e.g. through [[Possibility of Graceful Surrender]]) since players leaving are likely to disrupt [[Team Balance]] in [[Multiplayer Games]]. However, it is not necessarily a cause of [[Ragequitting]] (but the actions of another player which puts a player in an [[Unwinnable Game States|Unwinnable Game State]] is).
 [[Save Files]] that contain [[Unwinnable Game States]] are likely to be seen as pointless at best in games which one tries to win, and [[Save Points]] can create these if not explicitly design to avoid them.

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Unwinnable Game States]] is typically seen as a [[:Category:Negative Patterns|Negative Pattern]] since it may cause players in [[Multiplayer Games]] to quit, and generally makes players feel they have no [[Player Agency]] or [[Value of Effort]]. They can be caused by a [[Dominant Strategy]], a [[Predictable Winner]], or through the actions of a [[Kingmaker]]. While [[Unwinnable Games]] always cause [[Unwinnable Game States]] this may not be a problem since these games are typically designed to give players other meaningful goals than winning.
+[[Unwinnable Game States]] is typically seen as a [[:Category:Negative Patterns|Negative Pattern]] since it may cause players in [[Multiplayer Games]] to quit, and generally makes players feel they have no [[Player Agency]] or [[Value of Effort]]. They can be caused by [[Dominant Strategies]], a [[Predictable Winner]], or through the actions of a [[Kingmaker]]. While [[Unwinnable Games]] always cause [[Unwinnable Game States]] this may not be a problem since these games are typically designed to give players other meaningful goals than winning.
 The main ways of avoiding [[Unwinnable Game States]] &mdash; or at least avoiding players perceiving them &mdash; is to have [[Secret Scoring Mechanisms]] or designing a game with a [[Winner determined after Gameplay Ends]]. [[Imperfect Information]] can also help with this.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Dominant Strategy]],
+[[Dominant Strategies]],
 [[Kingmaker]],
 [[Perfect Information]],

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 [[Category:Negative Patterns]]
 [[Category:Dynamic Patterns]]
 [[Category:Needs revision]]
 [[Category:Needs references]]
 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
 [[Category:To be Published]]
 ''Game states from which no actions or events in a game instance can let a player win.''

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 === Examples ===
 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Unwinnable Game States]] is typically seen as a [[:Category:Negative Patterns|Negative Pattern]] since it may cause players in [[Multiplayer Games]] to quit, and generally makes players feel they have no [[Player Agency]] or [[Value of Effort]]. They can be cause be a [[Predictable Winner]] or through the actions of a [[Kingmaker]]. While [[Unwinnable Games]] always cause [[Unwinnable Game States]] this may not be a problem since these games are typically designed to give players other meaningful goals than winning.
+[[Unwinnable Game States]] is typically seen as a [[:Category:Negative Patterns|Negative Pattern]] since it may cause players in [[Multiplayer Games]] to quit, and generally makes players feel they have no [[Player Agency]] or [[Value of Effort]]. They can be caused by a [[Dominant Strategy]], a [[Predictable Winner]], or through the actions of a [[Kingmaker]]. While [[Unwinnable Games]] always cause [[Unwinnable Game States]] this may not be a problem since these games are typically designed to give players other meaningful goals than winning.
 The main ways of avoiding [[Unwinnable Game States]] &mdash; or at least avoiding players perceiving them &mdash; is to have [[Secret Scoring Mechanisms]] or designing a game with a [[Winner determined after Gameplay Ends]]. [[Imperfect Information]] can also help with this.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Kingmaker]],
 [[Perfect Information]],

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 [[Unwinnable Game States]] is typically seen as a [[:Category:Negative Patterns|Negative Pattern]] since it may cause players in [[Multiplayer Games]] to quit, and generally makes players feel they have no [[Player Agency]] or [[Value of Effort]]. They can be cause be a [[Predictable Winner]] or through the actions of a [[Kingmaker]]. While [[Unwinnable Games]] always cause [[Unwinnable Game States]] this may not be a problem since these games are typically designed to give players other meaningful goals than winning.
-The main ways of avoiding [[Unwinnable Game States]] &emdash; or at least avoiding players perceiving them &emdash; is to have [[Secret Scoring Mechanisms]] or designing a game with a [[Winner determined after Gameplay Ends]]. [[Imperfect Information]] can also help with this.
+The main ways of avoiding [[Unwinnable Game States]] &mdash; or at least avoiding players perceiving them &mdash; is to have [[Secret Scoring Mechanisms]] or designing a game with a [[Winner determined after Gameplay Ends]]. [[Imperfect Information]] can also help with this.
 === Interface Aspects ===

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 [[Imperfect Information]],
 [[Player Agency]],
-[[Value of Effort]]
+[[Secret Scoring Mechanisms]],
 == History ==

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 [[Winner determined after Gameplay Ends]]
-][Secret Scoring Mechanisms]]
+[[Secret Scoring Mechanisms]]
 == Relations ==