Having a tournament for a game based on luck doesn't make sense to me.
The leader board would just be a normal distribution of impulse choices.
I suppose it's about the atmosphere.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 31 Dec 2021, 22:41,
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Yeah. I mean clearly, the outcomes are completely based on chance.
But it makes a lot more sense if you approach it like Professional Wrestling, except the winners aren't decided ahead of time. And everyone seems to be genuinely enjoying themselves.
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It's a fun thing.
Thinking of wrestling, this one from Shiori Tomita ft. Ladybeard still amuses me.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GjQv0tXQd4A
It's incongruous on various levels.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 31 Dec 2021, 23:32,
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I think the idea of enlivening a rock/paper/scissors/stone event with a contestant shouting CHAIR as their opponent is twatted from behind with a folded chair has some merit
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Heh, or go literal, combat with actual objects.
Should be okay until someone invents rock scissors.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 1:04,
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It’s not all luck
Humans are quite poor at generating random number strings. We tend to use patterns. Understanding your opponents Roshambo patterns can shade the odds in your favour, like a goal keeper analysing patterns of an opposition penalty kick taker. I tend to win against my kids because I know what they favour. When we pick the same, one tends to try the opposing shape, while the other persists with it
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 31 Dec 2021, 22:56,
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You're right, I'm too hungover for thinking.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 31 Dec 2021, 23:12,
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Don’t get me wrong, fcm, it aint exactly chess either
Go for a full English breakfast, black pudding, fried slice, the works. It won’t help your hangover but it’ll make your spew look more colourful
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 0:35,
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SoKWLkmLU
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 0:54,
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Are there no depraved perversions these people won’t televise?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 1:34,
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At first I loved this idea, being a fan of old pro wrestling, being a fan of marble league, and enjoying a good Japanese yusho.
But 10-15 minutes in, it's obvious that the rock paper scissors element is just a flimsy justification for a fucking beauty show.
Or is it just a coincidence that every single competitor is young, slim and female?
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 14:59,
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Well. I mean,
You could kinda argue that Professional Wrestling is a beauty show, too. There's nothing more homo-erotic than a bunch of men's men getting overexcited at the spectacle of two muscular adonises having a big sweaty tumble together.
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Phwoar
So sexy...
..Can't... Prevent myself...
...From having a wank immediately...
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 16:15,
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Having several vaginas carved into your forehead isn't conventional beauty though is it?
Also there's quite a divergence in the skills demanded of pro wrestling and pro RPS.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 16:59,
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Sado-masochism is a thing too.
The wiki on it is very NSFW, unsurprisingly.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 17:02,
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I don't know why you'd mention that.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 17:28,
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More honesty in wrestling, the winner gets the choice of top or bottom.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 19:05,
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That kind of thing exists too. Rule 34, innit.
It's grim stuff though.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 21:59,
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Hey! I don't want to see that.
Seriously, don't post stuff like that direct.
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Varmint, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 19:11,
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Soz!
I guess the Abdullah The Butcher photo? I've swapped it for a less bloody one.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 1 Jan 2022, 21:38,
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All the competitors are from AKB48,
a J-pop band with over 80 members currently associated with it who are all female, predominantly aged in their teens and twenties and picked for their looks, amongst other things.
The janken (which is what rock-paper-scissors is called in Japan, where it actually originates from) tournament used to be used to determine which members would participate in the next song release (it now determines which member will become a soloist).
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