> > > I discovered something amazing earlier this morning: I am the most pathetic person alive. Why, you ask? Because I cannot, no matter how hard I try, win a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors." The last time, I lost by only two points, but I lost nonetheless. You'd think I'd have about an even chance, wouldn't you?
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> > Scissors-Paper-Rock is as much a matter of psychology as strategy. You could be making "good" strategic choices but if your opponent insists on being, shall we say, "dense without even thinking about it", he'll still be relying on his 11% chance of winning each hand.
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> Unless Darien was referring to the version of the game found on "Classic Games" (I have no idea if he was or not), in which case, all psychological elements of strategy are blown right out of the water. True silliness on the web.
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> I lose a lot at that, too, and I'm not sure why either. Maybe the computer's random number generator actually has psychological strategy implemented behind the scenes.

I was indeed referring to the "Classic Games" version - I spent far too long playing that this morning, and with a complete lack of success, to boot. But I think I mentioned that already. :-}