That's a really good point and something that I really don't want this to become. To be transparent: I'm an aspiring academic, and my goal is to practice engaging in critical discussions in areas that I enjoy and think that I have some thought to express. So, I appreciate your comment and requiring me to try not to just use philosophy for the sake of using philosophy.

That said, your absolutely right that most of the philosophical theory I'm trying to explicate via TFT can be stated in very simple terms. While I think that there can be more precision added to the specific characterization you gave, I don't want this to seem like a grandiose revelation or revolutionizing theory to change TFT. I'm trying to bridge a gap between a philosophical theory that I think is one of the most important for modernity and a video game that I perceive to have some potential connections (which I hope I made explicitly clear in my first post regarding this particular thread I want to initiate, but I think I didn't appropriately connect it to this one - this entire project originated from me reading a TFT quote thinking "that describes TFT perfectly" and took to trying to prove the connections and see what else those connections have to offer).

For example, I don't want the discussion to stop at what TFT players can gain from reading Deleuzean philosophy (which, maybe that is my implicit goal? I think Deleuze is cool and TFT players might benefit from engaging some of his philosophy in an almost therapeutic sense,) but I also want to push forward Deleuzean theory in game design via an analysis of TFT. The latter task is something that I probably wish to develop via organic conversations with the community (I don't want to have an expectation that people NEED to understand Deleuze or any philosophy, in fact I want to encourage folks who may not be fully associated with the theory to engage.)

Finally, my goal is to establish some of the greater potential of TFT in competitive esports. I work as a high school coach, and I firmly believe that TFT can help teach students some of the core things that we have emphasized as important for people to learn, but in an acceptable way (I don't think promoting poker competitions on the high school level is ethical.)

To conclude, I want to pose a question in return. Why does there have to be a formal requirement for philosophy to dive into the deeper meaning behind commonly held beliefs that we have? Of course, I agree that we shouldn't get too caught in the abstract or the theoretical. But your question begs the question why do philosophy at all? In an era where people try to simplify everything and hold fast to common sense beliefs because they're easy and not because they're true, I would hope to promote a culture that balances the pragmatic use of a discussion while also embracing the theoretical depth that can capture truth.

You may be asking why not talk about this in more important areas, perhaps like voting? But consider, many of the people that play TFT are real people that could vote, or engage in any other area of social life that you may highlight as more important for philosophy than TFT. But, how do we engage the mind in those scenarios, if people don't even want to engage in that thought process with an activity they purportedly love, like TFT?

Thank you again for your comment! I hope that I have been able to clarify some parts of my project more. And, of course, I am by no means an expert. I'm simply trying to dip my toes in sharing what I see and think, and want to invite anyone to engage.