[wallinbl]

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I'm not sure which is more nuts - the tournament existing or the fact that they have "expert analysis". Oh, wait, the nuttiest part is them talking about the players having fatigue. How hard is it to move your hand? The winner "threw" 34 times. I bet you move your hand back and forth more than that while having some "alone time". Maybe I could make a business out of selling these guys on training regimens.

[Dakarʒ]

I actually saw it was on ESPN2 this weekend.

I'm not bad actually. I usually beat anyone I know.

[wallinbl]

I assume the implication here is that people are somewhat predictable? An opponent that was completely random would have to play to a draw statistically. I don't see what's so difficult about being random enough to play to a draw. If it's truly random, then what's the point?

[Dakarʒ]

I can make a prediction based on my friend's personalities and usually the worst I'll take is a draw. This only works consistently for as long as they don't realize that I'm reading them. Though it does get mighty interesting when it becomes a game of "I know that you know that I know..."

And of course, the first throw is always unpredictable.

[- - e r i k - -]

Wrong. Statistically the least likely first throw is paper. It's a mental thing and a physical thing. For one it's marginally more physically challenging, for the other there's the mental connotation to "paper" being the weakest of the three.

Thus the most strategically sound move to throw at inexperienced players is rock. In some cases you can also throw a "fake rock" if you think you can get away with it. It's easy to change the rock to a paper mid-throw if you see your opponent throwing paper.

[abbaZaba]

tell your opponent that you are going to throw rock every time. it messes with your mind and your opponent usually reads it as reverse psychology and they throw scissors or something. it really works well and is absolutely hilarious when you tell them you are going to throw rock beforehand and they still lose. I've had numerous personal experiences with this technique working.

[- - e r i k - -]

Yes, that's also a good one, but I've had it backfire a couple of times.