It would be interesting to do this with complete strangers rather than friends and colleagues. That way Mike would've had no repercussions by walking out the door on his fellow strangers...,(reply>), @41Haiku absolutely, I think the game would definitely work better with complete strangers. The toxicity would be through the roof.,(reply>), Except perhaps the opinions of his fans. The only way to do this and keep it all in the game is to pit random strangers against each other who don't have significant reputations to lose by maximally defecting.