Okay, now we have 17 people it's a bit easier.

好现在我们有17个人更简单了
Just want to avoid obvious ties.

可以避免明显的平局情况
So how is this going to work?

这个博弈怎么做呢
Everybody sit down again but don't

大家都坐下
but don't put your--keep your books handy

但不要放下书拿在手上
because this is going to be pretty aerobic.

因为你们将要做些有氧运动
So these are the potential voters and

这些是潜在选民并且
and each of them is in the position that Fred Thompson was in,

每个人都处于弗雷德·汤普森曾经的立场
two weeks ago in the Republican Primary,

就在两周前的共和党初选
when he's deciding whether to run or not.

当他考虑是否参加选举时
But in the real world that's a sequential game,

但在现实生活中这是个有顺序的博弈
people decide to run in some order,

人们依照某种顺序决定是否参选