People never dream they see zebras. Dreams of zebra mean that people may be mislead, so I may be mislead. A step in the game is one in which the skeptic's response is neutralized. I am not dreaming. Neutralizing responses should be allowed when it is as reasonable to accept the competitor and the neutralizer as to accept the competitor alone, the neutralizer may be used.
People sometimes dream that they see zebras.
People sometimes dream that they see zebras, but I am not dreaming. Although there is more chance of error in the latter case, this is counterbalanced by the epistemic goal of accepting as much as true as possible. The justification game should be amended appropriately. So winning requires that each round result in beating or neutralizing the competition. S is personally justified in accepting that p at t if and only if everything that competes with p for S on the basis of the acceptance system of S at t is beaten or neutralized on the basis of the acceptance system of S at t .