This reminds me of what happened in a game I used to play called 'RoboWar'... it was a game where you programmed robots to fight each other in simulated battles. They held these big tournaments every year.
However, at some points players realized that the scoring gave 1 point for a victory, but also 1 point for a tie (you got a point for surviving a round, whether it ended in a draw or a victory). This lead to a 'pacifist alliance' where robots wouldn't fight unless the other robot also fought. Since both robots would get a point every round, the non-pacifist robots had no chance to compete.
Really interesting outcome to a scoring rule. (Which they fixed by giving an additional point for a kill)
However, at some points players realized that the scoring gave 1 point for a victory, but also 1 point for a tie (you got a point for surviving a round, whether it ended in a draw or a victory). This lead to a 'pacifist alliance' where robots wouldn't fight unless the other robot also fought. Since both robots would get a point every round, the non-pacifist robots had no chance to compete.
Really interesting outcome to a scoring rule. (Which they fixed by giving an additional point for a kill)
http://robowar.sourceforge.net/RoboWar5/Theory/theory.html#A...