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 Hello Team Left!  If you are a member of Team Right, you are in the wrong place and should leave at once! Your mission is simple: Be the first team to score 4 points by choosing the move that defeats the other team's move. I'm sure you know the drill. Use any way you prefer to reach a consensus about which move your team will pick. Turn lengths are going to be played a bit by ear depending on how quickly both teams are able to decide, but I'll probably keep them at at least 24 hours to allow as many people as possible to give input regardless of time zones etc. There are only a few rules:
And now, I shall leave you with the question: Rock, paper, or scissors? Covski fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 13:02
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Paper. Rock being listed first can lead to it being the opener.
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Feb 13, 2017 13:20
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I propose that we decide on a strategy and keep following it till the end. Statistically, that gets us the best chance. (besides random picks) My suggestion is a cumulative series of triadic numbers corresponding to the choices in canonical order with an intial value of 1 and 2. The series would be. 1,2,3,6,12,24,48. Calculating the necessary modular and applying the implicit homomorphism yields the strategy PSRRRRR It's science! Edit: In case we are only allowed to vote on this turn, I guess that means I am for Paper. cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 13:29
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I think we should go with scissors. The other team will likely also decide to pass on rock in the first round, so we either win if they choose paper or draw if they also use scissors.
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Feb 13, 2017 14:41
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cant cook creole bream posted:Edit: In case we are only allowed to vote on this turn, I guess that means I am for Paper. I don't think it's really enforceable as a rule, but for the sake of keeping the LP interesting I'd much prefer that teams only decide on their move for the present round, yeah  Edit: Since the question came up in the other thread, I'll stipulate that all team communication must be contained within the thread, for the convenience of the observers and post game analysis. Covski fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 14:50
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I'm going to be the radical and vote for Rock.
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Feb 13, 2017 14:52
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Gotta go with Paper, it is the best opening move
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Feb 13, 2017 15:10
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Good old, predictable Rock.... is what the other team will use. Paper!
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Feb 13, 2017 15:26
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oops, I didn't see the signup thread 
Fredrik1 fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 15:51
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The other team is likely to open up with rock. That's why I say Paper.
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Feb 13, 2017 18:33
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I'll go for paper I suppose.quote:As far as possible, try to explain your reasoning behind your suggested moves - exploring the thought processes that goes in to this is part of the fun. Uh okay. It's because of peer pressure. Carbon dioxide fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 18:35
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I like paper because I feel like people rarely lead with scissors.
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Feb 13, 2017 19:52
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We should shake this paradigm up - go for a Pickaxe - smashes rocks, pierces papers, probably neutral against scissors. It's from the expansion though, so we might not have it installed.
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Feb 13, 2017 20:01
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Elfface posted:We should shake this paradigm up - go for a Pickaxe - smashes rocks, pierces papers, probably neutral against scissors. Back when I was on the school yard, I would sometimes play this game with well. Rock and Scissors fall in, paper lays on top and closes it up. In other words, that is a really stupid rule, since that thing is just strictly better than rock. Effectively no one would play rock, making well the new rock. Those sentences sound so weird.
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Feb 13, 2017 22:10
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cant cook creole bream posted:Back when I was on the school yard, I would sometimes play this game with well. Rock and Scissors fall in, paper lays on top and closes it up. In other words, that is a really stupid rule, since that thing is just strictly better than rock. Effectively no one would play rock, making well the new rock. In fact, as the wikipedia page notes, any even number of moves would create an unfair advantage/disadvantage for certain moves. Any odd number could create a fair game. For instance, a popular 5-way game is rock-paper-scissors-Spock-lizard. Rock crushes scissors or lizard. Paper covers rock or disproves Spock. Scissors cuts paper or decapitates lizard. Spock smashes scissors or vaporizes rock. And lizard eats paper or poisons Spock.
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Feb 13, 2017 22:38
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Paper, and for a very specific reason. In prison, or recess, this game was called 'Ro Sham Bo' as I'm sure some of you are aware of that game, if paper wins, you get to slap the opponent, if scissors wins, you get to do the double-poke to the eyes thing, and if rock wins, well, you get to slug them. So paper because.
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Feb 13, 2017 22:51
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Sjs00 posted:Paper, and for a very specific reason. Eye pokes hurt more than slaps so we should protect our eyes with a rock.
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Feb 14, 2017 03:25
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The result:  PAPER COVERS ROCK! TEAM LEFT WINS! Current score: 1-0 in favour of Team Left, three points left to win. Previous moves: L: P- R: R- Round two begins now! Rock, paper or scissors?
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Feb 14, 2017 15:21
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Paper again. They're going to overthink this and try to avoid the impulse, when losing, to switch it up.
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Feb 14, 2017 15:26
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Yay. Scissors! They saw how great our paper was and now they are going to imitate it. This is surprisingly intense and fun. I can't wait till it's over and I get to peek into the other threads. cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Feb 14, 2017 16:15
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Rock is the only choice. They will take scissors because they belive we will take paper again, so going with rock will win us the next round.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:22
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Paper again. All too often I find RPS players falling into the trap of "Hulk Always Throw Rock"; as AJ says, they'll overthink it and stick with Rock. Rock feels stronger, and they will need that feeling of strength and the reassurance it brings now that they're down 1-0.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:31
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Rock because they'll assume we're going to be complacent and throw Paper again, so they're probably going to throw Scissors.
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Feb 14, 2017 17:20
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Paper is clearly the winning move this tournament.
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Feb 14, 2017 19:32
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Rock They're likely to either re-throw Rock (draw) or go to scissors (win); they aren't likely to copy our Paper, because it doesn't make sense for us to go to scissors because they don't have a reason to believe in paper.
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Feb 14, 2017 19:56
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I believe they're likely to think we'll stick with a winning move, because that's what the sign-up thread discussed. I say we change it up, we do ROCK
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Feb 14, 2017 20:29
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teardrop posted:Eye pokes hurt more than slaps so we should protect our eyes with a rock. True, however if we were in the same room I could demonstrate that using a paper-hand along one's nose you can successfully block an eye-poke maneuver; unless your opponent has freakishly long fingernails
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Feb 14, 2017 21:17
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I find myself convinced by some of the arguments made in-thread, and am changing my vote from Paper to Rock. (this is also a check to see if vote-changing is permitted.)
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Feb 15, 2017 00:40
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Paper has proven itself as the king. Continue to throw paper till we lose or at least till we've done it 3 times in a row.
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Feb 15, 2017 04:35
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Round 2 is finished! The result:  ROCK BASHES INEFFECTUALLY AGAINST ROCK! IT IS A TIE! Current score: 1-0 in favour of Team Left, three points left to win. Previous moves: L: PR- R: RR- Round three begins now! Rock, paper or scissors?
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Feb 15, 2017 15:35
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I told you to go with paper last time. This round, my gut says they're going to go rock again. Paper.
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Feb 15, 2017 15:37
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Feb 15, 2017 16:02
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AJ_Impy posted:I told you to go with paper last time. This round, my gut says they're going to go rock again. Paper. Paper was right. All hail Paper.
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Feb 15, 2017 16:12
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Rock Lightning never strikes the same place twice!
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Feb 15, 2017 17:00
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chitoryu12 posted:Rock I find your lack of faith in Paper disturbing.
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Feb 15, 2017 17:04
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For round three: a circle of logic leads back to rock again which means we should take scissor
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Feb 15, 2017 17:31
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Paper. They won't change! They are too set in their ways!
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Feb 15, 2017 17:39
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Scissors. We're tempted to repeat rock, because we think they won't choose it again. But they'll think that of us and play paper.
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Feb 15, 2017 18:09
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Forever paper.
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Feb 15, 2017 18:45
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No choice but to go with paper now. They probably think nobody expects them to go with rock three times in a row, but we are on to them!
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