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Originally Posted by too_on_too_out
This isn't limited to OOTP of course, though it would include it.
But I was wondering if a 'sim' is just about tweaking or massaging results until they 'look right'. Not that that is any small thing, but is that basically what 'simming' is about?
The question goes two ways - from the perspective of the developers and that of the user. Iow, do you evaluate a sim's effectiveness or legitimacy (referred to by many as 'immersion') by the degree it serves results which you expect?
My guess is that much of what passes for 'simulation' is really just tweaking formulas until things look about right most of the time. Not just here but elsewhere, anywhere. It's not a complaint, certainly not a poke at OOTP. (AI is another term, similar to 'sim' that is hollow, and used as if it is meaningful.)
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At some point, I bought AI as a meaningful term...then I re-visited an old Madden game before the term was popular...and they have "Ask Madden" when you pick a play. That's just to address the last part of your post. ("Ask Madden" is a form of AI, and so too, maybe is a calculator, computer used correctly, or in a certain way...inherently.) So it's kind of a messy or PC term.
As for the rest of the question, if you ask me what a simulation is, I would just go to the Webster's dictionary because it is SO complicated to try to answer that question. Almost like...What is life? I explained what a dictionary is one time. I probably can't re-create the words right now....yeah, so I won't. Maybe later.