Repeat at Franks

Quote from Gizmo following her hard fought wins over the Paper Tiger, R. Randy Piper, Hulk Hoagie, the Zombi Llamma, and "the Coach" Von Damonator, "I just win. I can't divulge any strategy other than that." Win she did at D. Franks for the second time in as many weeks. Another dominate performance from the mogwai, against some excellent competition.

The Paper Cuts came out in force again, although they failed to do much of anything on the street cash scene and only the fist of iron could muster much more than a first round win. FoI won two rounds, a good primer for future endeavors, as his first undefeated evening continues to elude him. Le Tigre predicts it will come next week.

New team members Scissor Brother and the Droog both passed the first round but fell to experienced, veteran players. We hope they will continue building on this strong opening performance.

Le Tigre had yet another disappointing outing, but believes all the losing is behind him. He is hopeful that crossing state lines with a deadly weapon (a rock) will be just what he needs to break out of his slump. Luckily, there is a tournament taking place this weekend across the Delaware in New Jersey at a Camden Rivershaks game.

This Mogwai can play

Wow, can Gizmo throw some RPS. She cleaned up on Tuesday night in the 2008-PBRPRPSCLCS event at D. Franks. So far here competitive record stands at 4-1. When asked to reveal her in-game strategies, she politely declined, but murmered under her breath something about Nick Cage, a prison on the bay, and there being only one person that could show her how to beat the rock, but he was a washed up spy, forgotten by the british MI6 sometime after the fall of soviet Russia But would he help...

She elaborated further, saying that "my main strategy is to win a lot." We all hope to see more victories by this PCP star in the future.

Turning over Rocks: Advanced Strategies

The Paper Cut Posse, as any cutting edge organization should be, is 100% committed to both the development and reclamation of advanced stratagem. (Some were witness to our dedication in this area as PCP member Tom Bland attempted the dangerous "all rock" approach). This endeavor has been aided by the large body of collective work that exists in the field of game theory. Particularly interesting has been the studies into both the successful and unsuccessful algorithms tested in the 1999 and 2000 RoShamBo Programming Competition. From these programs (of which source code is freely available) we have gained insight into some advanced theories. If anyone wants to play 1000 consecutive games we predict a +20 score or better (+/- 10 is within the natural error of randomness). Some new strategies have been devised from these studies and will be tested in open competition play next week. (Hint: many involve attempting to determine patterns of the opponent, such as a proclivity to ascend, descend, or don't change their throws).

Iron Fistory Lesson

The Fist of Iron (FoI) was on hand for the first season event at Dirty Franks on Tuesday night, and took home the top slot for street cash and a nifty final 8 placing. Highlights of his successes include a win vs. a vetran player and doubling up his street cash just before the final bell. Well played FoI, well played. Those long hours of practicing total domination are starting to pay off. Needless to say FoI is one of the many rising stars of Team Paper Cut, so expect to see his name all over the morning papers.