Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Minor Project 3 - Option 4 (Should RPS Be Restricted To A Two Player Game?)

I think that RPS should be restricted to a two player game state because the game is set up in a way where each selection you can make (rock, paper, or scissors) has equal power in the game. Each beats one selection, but loses to the other. The system works in pairs. Since it works in pairs there can only be two players so that two options are put out at once. If there were, let's say, three players, and each of them threw out a different selection, nobody could win because they each beat one player yet lose to another.

For example:

In a game with three players:

Player 1: Rock
Player 2: Scissors
Player 3: Paper

Player 1 beats player 2 but loses to player 3.
Player 2 beats player 3 but loses to player 1.
Player 3 beats player 1 but loses to player 2.

Therefore there is no clear winner.

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