A game theory analysis of the Aisling Duval kidnapping situation

Zarek Null

Zarek Null
Arry said:
Lol, you have so much to learn about human beings and how power works. Name three dictators that have had natural deaths; while in power?
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You are incorrect. I understand dictatorships very well. Refer to "Lesson Four : The Loss of Power" in my Definitive Guide To System Overlording: https://youtu.be/6Tq4IBEkEZw?t=269

And I quote:

"When one reaches the greatest of heights, there is nowhere left to go but down."

"As any dictator always is: one against many, the numbers are NOT in your favor...and you WILL fall."

"Know this: everyone eventually falls. But when YOU fall, may YOUR fall be from the GREATEST OF HEIGHTS!"
 
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Cosmos

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Zarek Null said:
But you do agree that theoretically, blind obedience to an evil dictator *is* the rational choice in this situation for producing a win/win?
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I know this might sound cliche but you just made me spit my beer out on my jeans.. [knocked out]

Never stop Zarek Null.. The galaxy needs you more than you know ;)
 
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Shinji Ikari

Shinji Ikari
Zarek Null said:
I put together a game theory analysis of the current Aisling Duval kidnapping situation, illustrated in the following matrix:

https://i.imgur.com/ax63jGx.png

It seems to me that the only WIN/WIN scenario we have is the one where I am nominated as the new leader of the Pilot's Federation, and not resisted. In all other cases, someone loses. Given that win-win situations are normally the most desireable, is it not correct that complying with the Overlord's demands is the optimal choice?

Given all the smart people we have in this community, I'm interested to learn your opinions...
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One second, that chart doesn't say Sarek Null is going to be nominated as the new overlord.
 

SushiCW

SushiCW
Cosmos said:
I know this might sound cliche but you just made me spit my beer out on my jeans.. [knocked out]

Never stop Zarek Null.. The galaxy needs you more than you know ;)
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Indeed!

Now all we need is an arch-nemesis of similar caliber. Every Joker needs a Batman.
 

Arkadi

Arkadi
Zarek, maybe you could use the Princess to make ALD stop her current expansion in Yanerones, which is contesting Li-Yong Ruis Apalok bubble?

I bet Li Yong-Rui would be a good backer of your cause, atm.

That is if the princess's emperor sister cares...
 

znôrt

znôrt
Arry said:
Lol, you have so much to learn about human beings and how power works. Name three dictators that have had natural deaths; while in power?
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franco, salazar, tito, duvalier ...

and before 20th century there are quite a few of them. and ... do kings or similar qualify? this could be a very long post! :D
 

Mrat13

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Arkadi said:
Zarek, maybe you could use the Princess to make ALD stop her current expansion in Yanerones, which is contesting Li-Yong Ruis Apalok bubble?

I bet Li Yong-Rui would be a good backer of your cause, atm.

That is if the princess's emperor sister cares...
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Maybe li yong could just go halfs on all the territory with Arissa. A non aggression pact, if you will.
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
Time for a history lesson.

In the American city of San Francisco in AD 1859 Joshua Abraham Norton, a bankrupted businessman who was apparently driven insane by his financial losses, unilaterally declared himself the Emperor of the United States. Some of his friends humoured him, and even accepted the paper money he had printed for himself in the name of the Empire. He gained considerable notoriety for his various proclamations, such as the immediate dissolution of the American Congress and the construction of a bridge across San Fransisco Bay.

When "Emperor Norton I" died suddenly in 1880, thousands attended his funeral. His "banknotes" today are worth thousands of times their face value on the collector market. And there is a small but vocal group lobbying to change the name of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to the "Emperor Norton Bridge".

Yes, Emperor Norton was eccentric, even famous. But one thing no-one, except perhaps the emperor himself, ever believed: he never actually became the Emperor of the United States.
 

Zarek Null

Zarek Null
Sapyx said:
Time for a history lesson.

In the American city of San Francisco in AD 1859 Joshua Abraham Norton, a bankrupted businessman who was apparently driven insane by his financial losses, unilaterally declared himself the Emperor of the United States. Some of his friends humoured him, and even accepted the paper money he had printed for himself in the name of the Empire. He gained considerable notoriety for his various proclamations, such as the immediate dissolution of the American Congress and the construction of a bridge across San Fransisco Bay.

When "Emperor Norton I" died suddenly in 1880, thousands attended his funeral. His "banknotes" today are worth thousands of times their face value on the collector market. And there is a small but vocal group lobbying to change the name of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to the "Emperor Norton Bridge".

Yes, Emperor Norton was eccentric, even famous. But one thing no-one, except perhaps the emperor himself, ever believed: he never actually became the Emperor of the United States.
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I have legitimately conquered and become Overlord of star systems in the past; I am not making mere, unbacked claims. For example:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/387057-Welcome-to-the-new-Eravate!/?page=1

My goal of ultimately becoming Overlord of the Galaxy is not one of my own choosing. Rather, my eventual galactic overlordship is a mathematical certainty, as confirmed by the Guardians:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=6s&v=JFtYAv9Ex_Q
 

Riverside

Riverside
Thanks Nightshady, I meant to dig up this thread earlier today & forgot :) It's never too late to blindly pledge allegiance to a self-appointed cult leader ;)

Riverside said:
Firstly I really like the idea of advertising yourself as a target ripe for pirating with a 'valuable' cargo.

However as with all the best '80's TV serials the story needs to have everything back to normal by the end of the episode (barring romantic tension plot-arcs) so I reckon it'd be impossible for the OP to take the position demanded, plus it'll also be impossible for the (non-red shirt) prisoner to die.

Unless it's an end of season cliffhanger, and of course it is the end of season 2 ;)

So all bets are off, anything could seem to happen in a dramatic plot twist, but in the opening scenes of season 3 the inevitable usurping of the OP's new command and improbable yet tenuously plausible survival of the prisoner will be revealed to be a dream sequence, possibly involving nanites because sci-fi.
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So the pretty princess survives, leaving the predicted plot-hole in this otherwise entertaining short story. What's the twist? How does does she escape? Was the wrong person kidnapped?

Is Zarek Null really a secret agent of the Empire, whose true alliegence has now been revealed? But can he/she be trusted? The plot thickens ;)
 
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Mrat13

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MadDogMurdock said:
Princess Peach escapes and stomps on Bowser's head.

She then gives up all Imperial Status to take over the role of Eravate NoobHammer.
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She can have that garbage heap anyway, just get her away for our glorious Empire! She'll ruin everything our very rightful Emperor stands for!

I will bang on about this till I die. Aisling is a hack, we must rally behind Arissa, our true leader, if we hope to escape the tyranny of others. For the Empire!
 
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