When talking about "the spirit of the game", FD have borrowed a famously nebulous phrase, consciously or not, from the greatest of all games: cricket.
It first appears in the preamble to the Laws of Cricket, was thought up by that most opaque organisation, the MCC, and reads as follows:
"Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself. The major responsibility for ensuring the spirit of fair play rests with the captains."
There has been much debate over many years, some of it friendly some some of it distinctly unfriendly, as to what is or is not "in the Spirit of the game", but for the majority of cricketers and cricket fans alike, "the spirit of the game" is something intuitive.
So when considering an exploit, for example, one's intuition should usually be sufficient to determine whether something is "working as intended".
I rather like the fact that FD use this term, and wondered if anyone else has a similar appreciation?
It first appears in the preamble to the Laws of Cricket, was thought up by that most opaque organisation, the MCC, and reads as follows:
"Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself. The major responsibility for ensuring the spirit of fair play rests with the captains."
There has been much debate over many years, some of it friendly some some of it distinctly unfriendly, as to what is or is not "in the Spirit of the game", but for the majority of cricketers and cricket fans alike, "the spirit of the game" is something intuitive.
So when considering an exploit, for example, one's intuition should usually be sufficient to determine whether something is "working as intended".
I rather like the fact that FD use this term, and wondered if anyone else has a similar appreciation?