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Re:The secret to winning at rock, paper, scissors by emfle on Thursday December 20, 2007 @01:02AM (#91406)
> Alternatively you could throw the move that would have beaten your opponent's previous move. The logic here is that players subconsciously try to beat their own previous move.

Wouldn't that mean you should throw the move that beats the move that would have beaten the opponents previous move?

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Re:The secret to winning at rock, paper, scissors by rms on Thursday December 20, 2007 @02:26AM (#91419)
This line of thinking happens in high level rock paper scissors. You need to predict exactly how many levels deep your opponent is going. Professional RPS players will often throw six or seven doubles in a row before someone wins.

See this 200 page guide for more info than you will ever want to read: http://www.scribd.com/doc/924991/The-Official-Rock-Paper-Sci...

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Re:The secret to winning at rock, paper, scissors by euccastro on Thursday December 20, 2007 @12:19PM (#91529)
emfle is making a more straightforward point: if you anticipate your opponent will try to beat his latest move, you should not try to beat his latest move too; that would be shooting for a draw.
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