# Think you're good at Rock Paper Scissors? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371 **Category:** The Game Room **Created:** [November 22, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371 "2014-11-22T23:42:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick) #### Post date: [November 22, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/1 "2014-11-22T23:42:13Z")
Try the NYT’s [RPS Computer](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/rock-paper-scissors.html?_r=0). ---
### Author: ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy) #### Post date: [November 23, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/2 "2014-11-23T01:37:38Z")
7-3-5 (of course I used Excel to generate random numbers for me 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09) #### Post date: [November 23, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/3 "2014-11-23T03:23:56Z")
7-11-4… on the novice setting. Kind of scared to play the veteran sim. ---
### Author: ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/4 "2014-11-25T04:05:48Z")
1-5-5 on veteran. That was pretty impressive. ---
### Author: ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/5 "2014-11-25T04:16:32Z")
8-8-13 on Veteran. I thought I had a strategy going (4 wins in a row - with ties, no losses), but got a phone call in the middle and lost my train of thought. ---
### Author: ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/6 "2014-11-25T22:23:42Z")
9-6-5 vs the veteran! Take that, HAL 9000! ---
### Author: ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/7 "2014-11-25T22:49:27Z")
After 70 rounds on Veteran: 24-25-21 ---
### Author: ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/8 "2014-11-25T22:59:18Z")
4-7-9 on veteran ---
### Author: ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/9 "2014-11-25T23:01:46Z")
8-3-4 on veteran, but it was getting better. ---
### Author: ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/10 "2014-11-25T23:11:25Z")
9-6-5, on veteran mode. ---
### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/11 "2014-11-25T23:16:54Z")
3-4-2 on veteran. Definitely better at it than my husband. ---
### Author: ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/12 "2014-11-25T23:37:07Z")
Did it again on Veteran, and after 40 rounds I’m at: 20-11-9 Kept going through 70 rounds: 29-25-16 ---
### Author: ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/13 "2014-11-25T23:47:21Z")
I just did 75 rounds on Veteran with no thought to what I was gonna throw: 25-25-25 ---
### Author: ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile) #### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/14 "2014-11-25T23:57:40Z")
9-8-4 on veteran. ---
### Author: ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee) #### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/15 "2014-11-26T00:12:22Z")
2-2-1 on Veteran. This is my ‘Vegas Casino’ strategy: - don’t play too much - quit while you’re ahead 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree) #### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/16 "2014-11-26T00:12:22Z")
I went 50 rounds and got 22-14-14. Quite pleased. ---
### Author: ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L) #### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/17 "2014-11-26T12:04:50Z")
> [@Claptree](#): > > I went 50 rounds and got 22-14-14. Quite pleased. On the veteran setting I got 5-5-5 and called it quits while I was even ---
### Author: ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton) #### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/18 "2014-11-26T17:00:39Z")
My strategy of “getting the computer to tell me what it’s thinking” seems unbeatable 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer) #### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/19 "2014-11-26T17:42:16Z")
After 10 plays I was 2-2 with 6 ties. So 60% of the time I figured out what the computer thought I was going to throw, and threw what would beat that, but I couldn’t figure out what would beat what the computer thought would beat what I would throw. ETA: On the other hand it means the computer guessed wrong 80% of the time. ---
### Author: ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6) #### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371/20 "2014-11-26T17:49:54Z")
10-20-10 on expert. I won the last two throws to get back to .500, so I stopped! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-youre-good-at-rock-paper-scissors/705371.md?page=2)