Thursday, November 20, 2008

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SPOCK LIZARD

The latest episode of the Big Bang Theory introduced the majority of the world to the extension of the Rock-Paper-Scissors paradigm. Created wayyyy back in the 90s.

This game was invented because it seems like when you know someone well enough, 75-80% of any Rock-Paper-Scissors games you play with that person end up in a tie. Well, here is a slight variation that reduces that probability. (Note that for those of you who like to swing your fist back and forth and say, "Rock, Paper, Scissors, GO!", might want to continue to do that, replacing "Rock" with "One," "Paper" with "Two," and "Scissors" with "Three.") This version is also nice because it satisfies the Law of Fives.

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