Bernard Suits's 'lusory attitude' requires accepting rules as means to the game's end, but this acceptance can be instrumentally rational without being categorical or unconditional.

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Bernard Suits(The philosopher being referenced in this statement): A 20th-century philosopher who studied games and wrote influential work analyzing what makes something a game and how people approach games mentally.
Instrumentally rational(as used in decision theory and ethics): Making a choice that effectively helps you achieve your goal, even if that goal isn't about what's morally right.
categorical(axiomatic theories in logic): A set of sentences is categorical if and only if all of its models are isomorphic, meaning there is only one model up to isomorphism.
lusory attitude(Suits's philosophy of games; the attitudinal element required for genuine game-playing): The disposition of a player to accept and respect the constitutive rules of a game specifically because they wish to play, endorsing the view that breaking the rules necessarily ends the game.

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