RRPPSS Tournament signup thread
We are going to play a tournament of Rock Rock Paper Paper Scissors Scissors.
RULES
- The players will be randomly paired to play HU games.
- Best of 5. First to win 3 games is teh winner and moves to the next tournament round. Losers are OUT.
- Every game you must throw two out of Rock Rock Paper Paper Scissors Scissors
- Then both players will learn what their opponent did.
- Then each player must keep one of their own two choices.
- Then the winner is decided by traditional RPS rules.
SPECIAL RULE 1
If you throw two of the same and your opponent throws exactly one of that, you get to choose what your opponent keeps.
EXAMPLE
You throw Rock Rock, because everybody knows Rock is best ldo
- If opponent throws Rock Paper, you draw, because you force opponent to keep Rock.
- If opponent throws Rock Scissors, you win, because you force opponent to keep Scissors
- If opponent throws Scissors Paper, you lose, unless opponent is a monkey.
SPECIAL RULE 2
- Monkeys are not allowed to play this tournament
Sign up below.
Looking for 2 to the power of n players, with n>2.
6 Replies
ok
Id like to play but unlikely able to participate during this week
Disappointing start
Didn't mean to discourage like that...I meant to say...
IM IN!!!!
This sounds like gas!
If you don't enter you're a donk, get in people!!!
still don't quite get it, but i'm in
Well, this didn't run.
There are 6 combinations: RR, RS, RP, SS, SP, PP and GTO strategy is to randomize between the 6.
Without special rule 1 it would be bad to ever throw 2 of the same, because RR would lose to RP, SP and draw with RS.
With the special rule, RR beats RS, Draws with RP and loses to SP.
The most interesting spot in this game is when both players throw 2 different.
For example A throws RP and B throws RS.
Players A is now dominating B. He can beat both RS and he can keep R and never lose.
However, if player A always plays safe and keeps R, then be can also keep R and get the draw.
So the optimal strategy for A is to sometimes keep P.
What do you think is the optimal frequency for player A?