Geek Philosophy

So, let’s say that you have a mate. Both of you are robot enthusiasts, and together, you build 100 robots.

Now, let’s get on saying, that the purpose of each robot is only to hold a sign, proudly displaying one or zero, depending on which side is turned up. The robot holds the sign first in the neutral position. Now, as the geek guy, you know zero is way more leet then one, so you pick zero as your mark, and your mate picks one.

Now, each of you wants to have more robots displaying his sign, so basically, you do it the geek fashioned way. you sit down, and think.

You are handed the pick of the method. Remember, it is simple: each method you employ, your mate can also employ. so, if you decide to flip over a sign, you mate can do the same in reverse. If you decide to kick all offending robots from the area, or stomp them, then so can your mate.

Now, points are being awarded to the owner of the sign the most robots display. playtime is an undisclosed amount of time, which both of you don’t know, after which the game has to come to a stop (usually, because a female relation bursts in, and complains about the inner child of men, which brings two adults to sit in the basement for hours playing with robots). Points will be awarded based on the numbers then.

Which method do you pick?

Now, as any good geek knows, the first few rounds will be the same. each of you flips over a sign on a neutral robot, until you have a division of the robots in two half’s. Exactly 1/2 of the robots will display the number one, and 1/2 of the robots will display the number zero.

The other possibility would be redundant, because it would be the noob way of you flicking one sign over, and your mate flips it right back.

Now, let’s stick with the geek way. you arrive at a split. You have each half of the robots holding up your sign, and half of them don’t. up to that point, the win loss ratio is equal. Nobody has won.