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cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
Yay. Good job on the tie breaker.

Throw another rock, just to mess with them. Scissors must never win.

cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Feb 21, 2017

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Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE
They are not stupid enough to stick with the losing choice again, are they?

They probably are. Rock for the final win!

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

Rock their boat!

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Scissors They think we think they're stupid enough to do a losing choice three times.

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE
It would be kind of amazing if our scissors beat their paper in the very last round of the game.

DivineCoffeeBinge
Mar 3, 2011

Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

Torrannor posted:

It would be kind of amazing if our scissors beat their paper in the very last round of the game.

This is why I vote Scissors. Just for the poetry of it.

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !
Wow we are just smashing them! rock

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Scissors. They're going to try and hit us with Paper, thinking we'll just repeat again.

DivineCoffeeBinge
Mar 3, 2011

Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company
Also, just saying, if we go scissors and they finally manage to pull out a win it will only solidify the "scissors is a loser move" thought in their heads. So they'll consider the game down to only rock and paper, throw paper, and then we can throw scissors for the win.

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves
Team Right Score:

R: RRPRSS-

Ok so they did what we thought and doubled down after a loss again.

So if the pattern holds up they will be switching off of scissors and also because you'd have to be pretty dang crazy to stick with it again after we've proven how AWESOME rock is.

So they are either switching to Paper or Rock now. Going scissors seems dangerous as per my last explanation: it's a win/loss choice rather than a win/tie choice.

I will also admit that

Torrannor posted:

It would be kind of amazing if our scissors beat their paper in the very last round of the game.

Is pretty tempting. I will have to think more on this. Anyone got advice?

Edit: Nah gently caress it RockRockRockRockRockRockRockRock

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

DivineCoffeeBinge posted:

Also, just saying, if we go scissors and they finally manage to pull out a win it will only solidify the "scissors is a loser move" thought in their heads. So they'll consider the game down to only rock and paper, throw paper, and then we can throw scissors for the win.
You don't only want to throw scissors, you want to throw scissors twice? You know who else did that? Team right!

DivineCoffeeBinge
Mar 3, 2011

Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

cant cook creole bream posted:

You don't only want to throw scissors, you want to throw scissors twice? You know who else did that? Team right!

Yeah but they did it wrong, clearly.

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

DivineCoffeeBinge posted:

Yeah but they did it wrong, clearly.

No they did it right. We need to do it left



I'll see myself out

Covski
Jun 24, 2007

Bringing the forums together with the greatest thread!
Round 7 is finished!

The result:



ROCK SORTA JUST LAYS NEXT TO ROCK! IT IS A TIE!

Current score: 3-0 in favour of Team Left, one point left to win.

Previous moves:

L: PRPRRRR-
R: RRPRSSR-

Round eight begins now! Rock, paper or scissors?

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE
They'll never use scissors again, time to finish them off with Paper.

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Hm, didn't think they'd go for a losing choice three times. Rock, they think we'll move to paper and will bring out scissors to counter.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Rock and roll it!

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
Let's just stay at rock. They will flinch and turn back to scissors. I mean what kind of idiot would use rock five times in a row?

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

When they draw, they change. Scissors because they're gunshy about scissors themselves & will throw paper.

MercurialOne
Feb 28, 2016
They are probably thinking of as "Team-Rock" by now. They'll definitely go for paper.

We should go with Scissors

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

AJ_Impy posted:

Hm, didn't think they'd go for a losing choice three times. Rock, they think we'll move to paper and will bring out scissors to counter.

Rock!

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !

cant cook creole bream posted:

Let's just stay at rock. They will flinch and turn back to scissors. I mean what kind of idiot would use rock five times in a row?

There's more than one kind? (Rock)

DivineCoffeeBinge
Mar 3, 2011

Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

oldskool posted:

When they draw, they change. Scissors because they're gunshy about scissors themselves & will throw paper.

Seconding this look at the pattern

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

oldskool posted:

When they draw, they change. Scissors because they're gunshy about scissors themselves & will throw paper.

I agree the pattern shows that when they lose the double down, when they tie they swap.

I'm just not sure if they will switch to paper to beat "Team Rock" as MercurialOne has suggested, or to scissors to anticipate a paper move.

Scissors have lost a lot for them recently though so maybe they are more inclined to do paper.

Scissors for us it is!

DivineCoffeeBinge
Mar 3, 2011

Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company
If they switch away from rock, they'll throw either paper or scissors - so a throw of scissors means that in the worst case, we tie again.

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

DivineCoffeeBinge posted:

If they switch away from rock, they'll throw either paper or scissors - so a throw of scissors means that in the worst case, we tie again.

Basically this is my way of thinking yeah.

1) Identify the pattern they are doing (which so far is double down on losses, swap on ties)

2) Identify the move that results in either a Tie or Win rather than a Win or Loss.

Frionnel
May 7, 2010

Friends are what make testing worth it.
Rock has served us well twice before, and shall do once again!

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

Gridlocked posted:

I agree the pattern shows that when they lose the double down, when they tie they swap.

I'm just not sure if they will switch to paper to beat "Team Rock" as MercurialOne has suggested, or to scissors to anticipate a paper move.

Scissors have lost a lot for them recently though so maybe they are more inclined to do paper.

Scissors for us it is!

How would you describe our own pattern?

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

cant cook creole bream posted:

How would you describe our own pattern?

Winning! So much winning! People are going to get so bigly impressed by our winning they will get sick of it and try to remember what losing is!

Covski
Jun 24, 2007

Bringing the forums together with the greatest thread!
Round 8 is finished!

The result:



ROCK ROCKS ROCK! IT IS A TIE!

Current score: 3-0 in favour of Team Left, one point left to win.

Previous moves:

L: PRPRRRRR-
R: RRPRSSRR-

Round nine begins now! Rock, paper or scissors?

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !
rock on

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE
I voted for paper. We would have won.

Paper!

DivineCoffeeBinge
Mar 3, 2011

Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company
I am impressed; they stuck with rock. I didn't think they would.

Still voting scissors.

Frionnel
May 7, 2010

Friends are what make testing worth it.
See, Rock defended us again just like i said it would. But i see we haven't gone with scissors at all? It's time por scissors gets a time to shine.

Scissors

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

Frionnel posted:

See, Rock defended us again just like i said it would. But i see we haven't gone with scissors at all? It's time por scissors gets a time to shine.

Scissors

That's because Scissors are the devils tools and would have killed us here. They will be lured by those things.
Rock.

Actually, never mind that. The sissors seem really tempting.
Assuming round 4 was an outlier, they always repeat everything once. Paper would be next for them.

cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Feb 23, 2017

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Scissors. Because no way are they chancing Scissors themselves when we seem to be in a Rock holding pattern.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Scissors

They're going to try and switch, thinking we're going to stick with Rock.

ilmucche
Mar 16, 2016

They'll be bold and try to stop us switching to paper by throwing scissors. Clearly we need to rock on

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

It seems likely they'll change to paper, so let's go scissors.

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Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves
I was wrong. I will now proceed to vote with public opinion:

Scissors.

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