We are watching a chess match play out where whitehats have already taken the enemy queen, king, and rooks off the chess board first. We are literally just watching the rest of the pieces get taken out as if there is still a chance left in the game.
NCSWIC
Its like in poker when you've seen the river, watched your opponent slump in defeat, so you put in a tiny little bet to tempt just a few extra chips out of him, knowing you've won, but making him pay a token more will demoralise him into full-tilt despair.
or like in age of empires, when you withdraw from the enemy town leaving him just a few villagers among smoking ruins, knowing he could never mount another attack, leaving him with only one option: retire.
i love both of those!
wololo