Van Inwagen's consequence argument shows that if the future is as fixed as the past, the player cannot do otherwise, violating the Principle of Alternative Possibilities central to libertarian freedom.

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Consequence argument(Contemporary incompatibilist philosophy of free will): The most influential contemporary argument for incompatibilism, grounded in beliefs that humans cannot change the laws of nature or causally affect the past
Fixed(as used to describe whether an action's probability is already decided): Already determined or settled; unable to change.
libertarian freedom: The view that freedom involves a radical, indeterminist exercise of power.
principle of alternative possibilities(Contested between Augustine and the Pelagians): The principle that moral responsibility requires the ability to have done otherwise
van Inwagen(as a philosopher being cited as a necessitarian): Peter van Inwagen is a contemporary American philosopher who studies questions about what exists, what it means to exist, and whether God must exist.

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