rock paper scissors
so, i’ve programmed up a rock paper scissors game, suitable for online play. if for some reason you decide that you really, really need a strategy guide to play, check out world rps. there’s something screwy about my implementation, though: a) i haven’t really tested it much at all, and b) i think that the emails it sends out occasionally get rejected for being poorly formed. whatever. try it, if you like.
also fun, in the world of rock paper scissors: a programming contest. granted, one that is long dead. i should have worked on this for AI back at Carleton. i find the iocaine powder bot especially amusing. an extract from its webpage:
“Assume the opponent thinks you will use P.1. Your opponent thinks you will play rock to dull the scissors they would have played to cut the paper you would have played to cover the rock P would have predicted, so they will play paper to cover your rock. But you one-up them, playing scissors to cut their paper.”
by the way, while playing rock paper scissors, be sure not to get involved in any land wars in asia.