CONSENSUS PERSONAL


VANCINCLOCK IKORA REY >> VANCINCTAN CMDR ZAVALA

If a game of go is meant to test two minds against each other,
then I must play as my mind sees fit. I see fit to play 6x24
because I am interested in what will happen next.

ZAVALA >> REY

This isn’t a Basho haiku. Purposefully making a
suboptimal move in order to make a game more “interesting”
is a misunderstanding of the nature of a game. There is no
reward for beautiful play in the rules of the game.

REY >> ZAVALA

Then why don’t you just turn on a go engine and compute the
winning play?

ZAVALA >> REY

I want to test my mind against yours. Not some quantum cheat.

REY >> ZAVALA

But I am a paracausal cheat, Zavala.

ZAVALA >> REY

So am I. Will you take the move back?

REY >> ZAVALA

Now, now, Zavala. There are no do-overs in war. I’ve made the
move I want, and both of us will benefit from it. You may be
stubborn enough to hold still for eight days, but the traditions
of go are older and even more obstreperous. Play the game.

ZAVALA >> REY

Oh, I’ll pinken your ears.