He agreed that for an allegation of racist abuse to be made against one of his players would potentially have consequences for the player and possibly for the reputation of Liverpool football club.
In both Heavy Rain and Walking Dead, players face lethal moral decisions that don't end the game, or even have ludic consequences for the player, but yet play on the mind and colour the experience.
"The Judicial Officer received unreserved assurances from Ian Foster, Assistant Coach, New Zealand, the player and his legal representative that the pre-season matches to be played by the Highlanders during the weekends of 1, 8 and 15 February all had significant and meaningful consequences for the player in accordance with IRB Regulation 17".
Obsidian wanted realism in the game and concrete consequences for the player's actions.
15 Particularly in elite athletes, where decisions regarding return to play and player availability have significant financial or strategic consequences for the player and the team, there is an enormous interest in optimising the diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation process after muscle injuries, to minimise the absence from sport and to reduce recurrence rates.
If a cooperation game like this was played without consequences for the players' reputations — as has been done in other experiments — most players would be miserly, and cooperation would collapse.
Now we have "spin" instead, suggesting that there is no real direction at stake from political debate, nor any consequence except for the players in a game.
In previous versions of Madden and in most sports video games the consequences for ignoring the player development aspect of the in franchise mode were minimal.
When applied in a profit-driven business model in this way, the desired outcome is increased brand awareness and therefore (they hope!) increased profits but the positive consequences for the user/ player are questionable.
And even before Hurricane Amazon roared through the book trade, Gaustad became beset by multiple problems: his friendly bank manager was replaced by less sympathetic apparatchiks; rents began to spiral; bigger booksellers expanded their sports sections; and in 1997 the net book agreement, which prevented discounting, finally collapsed, with disastrous consequences for the smaller players.
It's a situation with unforeseen consequences for the traditional players but also for up and coming countries like Venezuela, a medium-sized nation which has now chosen to insert itself into the wider geopolitical milieu.
