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Quotes about simulations

In short chance can be seen as often nothing more than a catch-all for things that the game does not otherwise simulate: “chance” in the game represents not “chance” in some sense in the real world, but instead marks the limits of the simulation: the presence of chance may thus be a sign-post in the game that says “Simulation Stops Here”.

– Rachel Simmons
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Cynics have sometimes described sim / tycoon games as “animated spreadsheets,” and there’s some truth to this.

– Greg Costikyan
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But the basic rules of historical simulations still applied. Or, as we put it back then, “If you can’t predict the past, you can’t predict the future.”

– Jim Dunnigan
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A game is as realistic as you believe it is.

– Bruce Geryk
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Be rigorous in defining your hypothesis. A model/wargame will eat you alive if you are sloppy.

– Jim Dunnigan
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