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#141

Also, removing the human element is silly, because resistance is a game about getting town reads, you’re bound to be playing with friends and at least 1 person that you can easily town read… Unless you’re awful or your friends are all really good.

For finding an “optimal” strategy, you need to factor that in.

TBH, it probably differs based on friend circles and you would need to have a way to input relative accuracy into the formula. If you’re playing with 3 people who have piss poor reads, then it changes what the optimal strategy is.

#142

that’s by definition not what optimal strategy means in a game theory sense

#143

but yeah sure if you want to argue that reads play a role in strategy then we’re talking about different worlds

#144

Yeah, but then what you’re arguing is pointless because it has no real world application… Other than if you’re playing with a bunch of strangers AND you can’t read body language AND you are playing with other people who also understand optimal strategy.

#145

I play forced draws as black in chess I’m a boring person.

#146

Like, if you’re town with a rock solid town read on one other player, you always put yourself on the 2 with that player, pass the mission, maybe fail mission two, but then convince your friends to put you both back together on the next mission.

#147

I’m assuming emotionless robots are playing, so there are no such things as reads.

#148

and I would wager playing like robots would raise most people’s overall winrates. Just that most people would also find things more boring.

#149

like if you construct a table of probabilities for how well each individual reads another individual…you can again construct a potential strategy but that’ll be case by case depending on the table.

#150

anyway shush
i want @Elwood’s list

#151

i haven’t read this game in forever

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#152

I think the optimal way to play Resistance is to sort the 3rd player over from the mission leader and go clockwise from there.

Because people typically have more fun if you let them decide missions (and let’s face it, if you’re gathered with friends, that’s what you’re doing)… So, you put your focus in reading the first player who can potentially cause you to lose and read clockwise from there. I generally would lobby to include them on missions since when they are deciding in end game, they will likely include themselves… and we need to know if it’s a good idea.

#153

You clearly haven’t played strategy games with a group of mathematicians. You’ll end up sketching solution set calculations on blackboards, agree on a scheme and then never finish playing the game xD.

#154

actually i just realized most of the time we hardly started :thinking:

#155

DS is going to roll his eyes so hard at the our convo xD.

#156

Ooooohhh, that I have.

:wink: This isn’t directed at you but, I don’t have a very high opinion of Math Majors based on the people I know in that sector.

Urist can probably confirm. LOL

#157

StarV has been modkilled

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#158

I mean let’s be honest, the better at math you are the more likely something else is a bit loopy.

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#159

I mean, the only math major who played games with us was pretty terrible at all games.

In fact, I don’t value him as being intelligent at all.

#160

i think math is a joke major at bad uni’s.