r/gifsthatendtoosoon 16d ago

30 rocks vs 30 scissors vs 30 papers

The ultimate showdown

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u/Nerisrath 16d ago

This would have been the most badass screensaver for Windows98

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u/Could-You-Tell 16d ago

Might have more popular than pipes and 3d shapes combined!

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u/joeschmo945 14d ago

I dunno man. The maze was always my favorite.

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u/Could-You-Tell 14d ago

The maze was awesome. Can't believe i forgot about that

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u/beyael 16d ago

The losing icons do not disappear but rather turn into what they lost against. Neither do they bump into each other, they just keep going until they meet a wall. You can see the papers were surrounded by lots of rocks before they multiply. This is an interesting simulation tbh.

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u/Sagybagy 16d ago

I need it to continue! Paper was nearly out of the fight and came back strong. Just after scissors seemed to take a huge leap and bam! Rock hits back and dwindles scissors numbers and paper was cornered. But they had rocks right where they wanted them.

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u/Could-You-Tell 16d ago

There was another post in a different sub recently that was the end of this... I don't know if it was exactly this run of it, but it was the end without the start this has.

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u/25nameslater 13d ago

It can continue indefinitely. As one decreases and the others increase the one with the least population will have the most opportunity to multiply.

If there’s a low paper population and scissor population but higher rock the paper population will boom as the rock falls the paper will become larger and then the scissors which was the last minimum becomes the top predator. It becomes ciclic with no population quite able to bring the other to extinction.

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u/Sagybagy 13d ago

Yes I know but we need more!!

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u/PrizeInterest4314 14d ago

Does an item reduction in rock slow the rate of change? Does an item in read lower or raise the chance the abundant item will start to drop rapidly? Can this simulation ever end?

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u/WitchesTeat 16d ago

Ooooh this is a stable ecosystem, neat!

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u/nitr0turb0 16d ago

Someone GIVE THE FULL VERSION NOW, I AM NOT ASKING QUESTIONS

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u/teddebiase235 16d ago

Scissors were slacking.

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u/Mycofunkadelic2 16d ago

Paper dipped the lowest the most times. Interesting.

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u/Slugwheat 16d ago

Now run it infinity more times and we’ll know who wins

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u/Insadem 16d ago

entropy wins.

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u/tourincinelli 16d ago

POST SAVED!!!!

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u/elmarcelito 16d ago

My disappointment is incommensurable and my day is ruined

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u/fattronix 16d ago

yours sincerely

gpt 5

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u/peternemr 16d ago

I was immediately like: "Oh, that's interesting. What sub was this posted in... Not this time too long. Suckah!"

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u/bugbearmagic 16d ago

This inadvertently is a sort of simulation of environmental balance. Interesting concept. Have you ever seen it finish or does it continue infinitely?

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u/JDescole 16d ago

I want to see a Monte Carlo version of this

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u/faniiia 16d ago

3-way cellular automata, niiiice

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u/Spinxy88 15d ago

Looks like a rip off of a game people round here keep getting really into called 'Rock, Smack, Meth'. Apparently you start off thinking you're winning but then as soon as you realise you're not and decide to stop, it's almost like it just keeps on playing itself. From what I understand it's a bit like playing WoW, but less habitual.

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u/TraditionalCustard97 15d ago

There’s a sheet of paper top left corner when gif starts that stays paper the entire time🥸

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u/grasshoppa_80 13d ago

Somehow I un joined this sub and it’s showing up on communities I like.

N I get tricked again

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u/imgly 16d ago

No... NOOOOO I CANT GANDLE THIS, I NEED THE END, AAAAAAAAARGH