Rock, paper, scissors - dynamite? bird? Spock?

[Chronos]

A game-theoretical analysis of RPS inevitably breaks down, as there is no optimal strategy. Any strategy other than uniform random choice (i.e., 1/3 chance of each throw) has a counter-strategy, and can therefore not be optimal. However, uniform random choice isn’t optimal, either. If your opponent is using uniform random choice, then it doesn’t matter what strategy you use: All of your possible strategies are exactly equivalent. And if your opponent is using anything other than uniform random choice, then there are strategies better than URC for you to use.

And Aro:

Does it ‘cheat’ by analysiing patterns in your play?

That’s not cheating; that is the game. Saying that pattern-analysis is cheating in RPS is like saying that passing the ball and running are cheating in football.

[KidCharlemagne]

*Originally posted by Lazlo *
**Does it ask you if you’ve looked when it thinks you figured it out? I won about 15 in a row and it said, “You’ve been circled. Did you look?” After that, it seemed random. **

That’s a running joke that the tiltboys play on each other. If someone can make you look at a circle held below the waist, they get to punch you in the shoulder. It is annoying since it sets your stats back to zero.