r/interestingasfuck • u/I_am_from_2029 • 21h ago
Chinese guy in pink has 100% win rate.
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u/Tedanyaki 21h ago
He seemingly telegraphs rock/paper/scissors and then quickly switches to whatever beats what he telegraphs
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u/unk1ndm4g1c14n1 21h ago edited 21h ago
He does a hand motion, like a forward thrust, which to me indicates paper, but he swaps it out for either scissors or rock.
The exaggerated movements, therefore do two things: more entertaining for the kids, trick the opponent.
He's very good at his job
I think forward thrust means paper, overhead means rock. I dont think he even signals scissors. And then when they tie, he must get a better read on the person and can get their next move. After 3 rounds, the game stops being luck and turns into a psychology game.
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u/Exalted-Stork-1308 20h ago
Agreed, this guy makes a distraction, pulling off the decision to the very end. But he's got a great reaction speed anyway to be honest.
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u/WorkO0 20h ago
Great show, but probably would be illegal at RPS championships (where it's all psychology).
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u/Digital__Illusi0nz 19h ago
Is there anything that doesn't have some kind of championship thing?
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u/Survive_LD_50 18h ago
actually there is a championship for championships.
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u/yunotakethisusername 17h ago
The hall of fame. Where winners who never even played in the same era or even play anymore compete against each other!
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u/_Cakeshop 21h ago
I'm surprised and impressed it subconsciously affects the challengers' decision
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u/PancakeTrebuchet 21h ago
There is an art to it. It's not coincidence that the same people places toward the top 10 of the annual RPC championships
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u/TZY247 21h ago
One of my strange prides is my rock paper scissors win rate. I just tell the other person which one I'm planning to go with
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u/barravian 21h ago
Once in high school I won a single elimination RPS tournament with over 100 people in it.
Entire gymnasium huddled around us for the final best out of three throw.
One of two times I crowd surfed. Was an absolute peak life moment.
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u/NOT-GR8-BOB 19h ago
Dude congrats! That sounds like you go to be the big man on campus for day. Love those types of memories.
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u/Dunderman35 21h ago
This wouldn't work on me because I'm way to slow/stupid to base my decision off of that anyway.
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u/BryceLeft 21h ago
Dude in the pink could literally just have scissors right in front of me trying to give me the win, and I'd still take 5 seconds to figure out which of my 3 moves beat it
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u/g2420hd 20h ago
Good ol paper, nothing beats that
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u/eyesotope86 17h ago
Scissors.
Which thankfully, cannot be beaten.
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u/newuser_2000 21h ago
How does one telegraph this?
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u/Tedanyaki 21h ago
Watch when his hand goes back/up. Its taking form of rock/paper/scissors.
Then when it's in front of him, it's not
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u/graveybrains 17h ago
Everybody is starting with a closed hand. He's just waiting to pick a position until after the other player does.
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u/improbable_humanoid 5h ago
It looks more like he's using insane reaction time and muscle memory to simply throw a winning hand a split second after the other person. He is slower than the other person every time.
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u/whatsthatguysname 21h ago edited 19h ago
For those interested in the context - this is at a theme park of sorts in china. The guy in pink is a NPC (park worker/game host). Players can go around interacting or challenging various NPCs for tickets, like the ones the guy is holding in his let hand. You can exchange tickets for souvenirs or snack at the end.
Edit: re “NPC” - that’s what they’re called in these parks. It’s the official job title. Typically they’ll have a role or persona assigned to them, like a tough guy bandit or beautiful princess etc.
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u/Okilokijoki 17h ago edited 16h ago
Backing you up to say NPC is the official job title. It’s because this type of Chinese theme parks is designed to be an open world roleplaying game. NPC is the term used for any park employee who is in-character and open to interactions in the game.
For example, if you win against this guy you win in-game currency that you can use to exchange for rewards or play other games with. There are also mini quests that involve multiple npc interactions.
In many themed parks, especially the wuxia or xianxia-themed ones, many players themselves will be in full costume, so the term npc distinguishes park employees from players .
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u/___forMVP 15h ago
There’s tons of them it looks like! Any one in particular you think I should start the rabbit hole with?
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u/Okilokijoki 8h ago
Do you mean parks? Wansuishan Wuxia Park is the most famous one and the one that made this type of parks truly go mainstream.
They have expanded now to have a really cool cyberpunk-xianxia map
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u/PirateBanger 13h ago
Excellent reaction speed. If you slow the video down, he's almost always fractionally behind in showing what he's playing. Dude is genuinely really goddamn fast and playing his hand just marginally after his opponent.
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u/hova_nomercy 16h ago
Man I don’t know. Lot of people are saying he’s looking at their hands and changing what he throws, but I don’t see it.
In slow motion, he’s legit throwing it out at exactly the same time as his opponent. Unless he’s reading his opponent before their hand changes and deciding based on that.
Either way, impressive stuff cause he’s been posted before and this dude wins a lot of rock paper scissors
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u/MysteriousWon 15h ago
At the end he's got a neat little trick for the kids. He holds out a particular sign, paper for instance, to bait the kid into throwing scissors where he then throws rock.
He did it like 3 times back to back at the end there.
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u/BulwarkTired 12h ago
But not everyone could be baited? Not that they are smart but could also because they not even aware of their surrounding, and some people don't even think for a game like that.
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u/srirachastephen 8h ago
Yeah when I play RPS I don't even bother looking at anything. I just choose a random one and go for it......
The last one is the most telling. He was rock up until the very last second. So if you have those two in mind you either win or tie. But it's with a kid so he does it with way less distraction.
Obviously he does paper so my theory is kinda squashed at the same time XD
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u/Any-Photograph5525 9h ago
The most common method to do this, as explained by people ITT, is just to look and see what your opponent throws before you throw. A LOT of people start forming their choice with their hands before they throw.
Another part of the strategy, and this is a tip from the mentalist Derren Brown, is to just throw a really loose and open scissors, which can be quickly switched to rock or paper at the last second.
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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 21h ago edited 21h ago
Will someone please tell me the translation of the victory thing he shouts in their face after he wins sometimes? The one that sounds like "PAH CHE CHEEAAA!!!" to the adult in the white shirt.
I want to learn this phrase for when I dominate my opponents in sport.
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u/Bidoofer 21h ago edited 20h ago
He shouts a couple of things.
He says 差一點 (cha yi dian) which in this context means ‘almost’, ‘close’, or ‘not good enough’. Not really that rude for trash talk unless you say it to taunt them in a blowout game
I think he also says 排隊去 (pai dui qu) to the older guy in white which means ‘go line up’ in the sense of telling him to go back in line.
Hope this helps!
Edit: whoa, thank you for my first award! Years of chinese school finally paying off!
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u/pixeldonuts 11h ago
Essentially he said;
“Finally waited for you”
“Havnt given up yet?”
“Almost let you win there”
“A bit more”
“Not bad, not bad, a bit, truly a bit more”
“Lacking that bit huh”
“Stone scissor cloth, cloth, go queue up!”
“Tough competitor”
“Go, queue”
“You too, queue”
“Next”*Stone scissors cloth is the Chinese equivalent of rock scissors paper
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u/Spreefor3 21h ago
I don’t know what he shouts, but what he was saying to the kids was basically, “get in line” and “next person”.
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u/reddit5674 17h ago
Well, he is good at his job. It doesn't matter if it is tricks and what not, looks like he is creating fun for the visitors. You don't go to a movie to nitpick how its all fake, you go there to enjoy the damn illusion..
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u/YouCantAlt3rMe 8h ago
Imagine having psychic powers and this is what you choose to do with them. Pretty admirable.
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u/ecky--ptang-zooboing 21h ago
0.19% chance of winning 9 times in a row
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u/Margedion 21h ago
Unless it isn't as random as it seems, of course
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u/testtdk 21h ago
He makes a big show of the wind up, giving him a fraction of a second to react.
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u/pichael289 19h ago
I met a guy who did this and he said it works like the phonebook trick, he's not reacting he's guiding them towards their choice subconsciously. But yeah this looks like you might be right, but still I saw people pick a random number out of the phonebook and he still got it somehow.
Most magic tricks are emalbarassingly simple and stupid, to the point learning how they are done kinda ruins it. But not this mentalist stuff, because even if you hear it from their mouth you still can't believe it works. They lead people to pick something or they have ways to detect the persons number and they disguise it as a conversation. It's really cool, magic is awesome if you get a good performer. You and I can both do 99% of all magic tricks, but hiding the tells is an even more important skill, the showmanship to distract and deceive.
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u/ncolaros 18h ago
All of that mentalism stuff is just other tricks more cleverly disguised. Plants, hot reading, forced choices, rtc. No one can make you pick a number they want you to pick. They just manipulate the situation.
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u/Daedalus_Knew 12h ago
What's the name of the theory that uses the low probability as proof that it's not random?
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u/OrangeClyde 21h ago
Someone posted his content before and someone in the comments slowed down the vid and you could see he changes at the very last split second to win he just uses a lot of acting and distracting including his costume
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u/powertodream 21h ago
curious how would someone be this good. hes probably reading them
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u/parkway_parkway 20h ago
My guess is that he starts by bringing his hand down in a rock position and then the trained himself be extremely quick at opening into scissors or paper if he needs to once he sees their hand.
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u/hornwalker 13h ago
They made a robot hand with a camera that did this years ago, it was fast enough to always win.
I assume this guy is the newest version.
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u/LouQuacious 19h ago
I once beat my friend with 8 straight rocks
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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 21h ago
He changes his at the last second when he sees the other persons
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u/Radialpuddle 21h ago
Nope he telegraphs it while his hand is in the air and it causes the person to “predict” what he is going to do.
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u/Mamuschkaa 21h ago
Nice theory, but many persons will have a pre decision what they will take.
For example I take always scissors. He could telegraph whatever he wants, I wouldn't change my scissors.
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u/dustinthegreat 21h ago
Then he’s reading what you’re telegraphing. Or the title is bullshit
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u/Mamuschkaa 20h ago
Yes, but that is basically what "he changes at last second" means. What my previous commenter neglected.
So yes, perhaps he is telegraphing but he definitely have to react on the opponent if he has a 100% win chance
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u/JussiCook 21h ago
I don't think that works for e.g. kids. Even most adults just blast some option and hope for the best.
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u/yes_u_suckk 21h ago
There is a few known strategies to win most of the time on rock paper scissors. It's actually something that I practiced since I was a teenager and it became a cool party trick when I win almost always.
Here are a few tips:
- People tend to open with rock (it feels "strong"), so paper has an edge in the beginning.
- After losing, people often change to the throw that would have beaten what they just lost to. If they lose with rock to paper, they often go to paper or scissors next. Play the throw that beats the one they're likely to switch to.
- Winners tend to stick with what worked, so counter their last throw.
- Don't repeat throws or follow a fixed cycle, because it's easy to catch that.
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u/Gustacq 20h ago
This kind of trick are not strong enough to let anyone win consistently like in the video.
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u/yes_u_suckk 20h ago
I agree, it's not and I never claimed that I win 100% of the time. But I win enough to gather attention in parties as a fun trick.
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u/onetreatonetoeat 9h ago
This is basically how I always beat my SO at rock paper scizzors, I don't think I've lost in years... Or at least this plus knowing my opponent. I will add to that last one though, sometimes on a third hand or after a tie throw, but more likely on third hand, people think they're pulling a sneaky by throwing out the same thing again, so sometimes you might know when they will throw the same again, if they try that strategy. No one tends to throw same hand on second hand, but a third hand, it's more likely they will try it.
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u/TieBockSing 12h ago
Doesnt your second and third bullet conflict, unless I’m misreading. You suggested that people who lose tend to throw something that can beat what they just lost against (eg I throw paper and my opponent loses with rock; loser would typically throw scissors next because it beats what I won with; so I should throw rock instead). But your third point says winners tend to stick with what’s working so I should counter their last winning throw (eg they win with paper; I should throw scissors next).
Which would be the ideal play: counter the winners last throw, or anticipate him thinking I will counter against his winning throw and instead throw something that beats that)?
Genuinely curious because I’m terrible at RPS.
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u/yes_u_suckk 11h ago
Maybe I wasn't very clear with my explanation, but they apply to different situations:
- After any round, one player won and one lost. Figure out which one your opponent is: if they won the last round, they tend to repeat that throw, so counter it (bullet 3).
- If they lost the last round, they tend to switch to whatever would have beaten the throw that just beat them, so counter that switch (bullet 2).
Short version: when you win, expect them to change; when you lose, expect them to stay.
Your example is bullet 2 applied correctly, since the opponent lost. Bullet 3 only kicks in when they’re the winner.
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u/audigex 5h ago
How would your opponent have both lost and won the last throw?
If they won, counter their last throw
If they lost, counter your own last throw
Or do you mean that if they're applying this strategy, they'll be trying to counter you? The post above assumes that the other person isn't aware of the strategies (most people aren't). Obviously if the other person knows the strategies then it stops working again and just becomes a bunch of double bluffs
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u/ARealGreatGuy 11h ago
Huh? I'm generally an intelligent person (i'd like to think) but there's just no way i'm doing all that processing in 1 second or less in between throws. I'm pretty sure I'm throwing shit randomly, anyone trying to "read" me is not going to get anywhere, there's nothing to read.
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u/Zoltie 9h ago
That's likely exactly why it works, because you are not thinking, but acting instinctively. Since we are all human and have a similar thought process, we behave in similar ways when doing things quickly without thinking.
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u/thesituation531 20h ago
I think he's simply taking advantage of suggestion. I think he's very subtly telegraphing what he wants the person to do, but they don't really realize what his real goal is or what he's doing. I think this unconsciously makes the person do what he telegraphed. Then he switches to whatever beats what he suggested.
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u/tinysieg 19h ago
Reminds me of how Gon in HxH (Greed island arc) tells Killua where there's a trick Rock-Paper-scissors
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u/pichael289 19h ago
Remember that show the mentalist? I mey a guy like that doing magic and he did this and would win basically Everytime. He explained it to me and it's a lot of psychology and leading people to pick a certain one, all totally over my head but we all know it's not actually magic. It's a very cool skill I couldn't possibly imagine learning and being so good at it. Dude did the phonebook thing too so he was legit.
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u/StarForgedRoyalTea 13h ago
This reminds me of the detective from Patriot. She's super good at reading people and always wins at rock paper scissors. The main character is also good at reading people so he's really good at it too. There's a scene where she suspects him and they do rock paper scissors and they keep tying over and over and he eventually realizes it's making him more suspicious so he loses on purpose. He's got whatever they got.
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u/LuinSen2 19h ago
Cheating in RPS is very easy if you just react to opponent opening their hand. Especially so if you do it with such fast exaggarated moves that hide any funny stuff you do while forming the hand. For example you just start with your hand in loose fist and by default open it to scissors by extending two top fingers. If opponent keeps their hand fisted you just continue same movement to paper, otherwise continue to scissor. You cannot lose.
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u/syllogism_ 18h ago
Nobody plays RPS correctly and it's one of my many petty complaints.
EYES UP HERE. Nope. You looked down. Eyes on mine. Yeah see you looked down again. Let's try this once more...
If you don't keep eye contact the whole game is fucked. I don't even need to react to your throw, I can just accuse you of reacting if I lose and not accept the result. What are you going to do, go to a video replay?
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u/EpsilonActual 15h ago
Half the fun of RPS is the mind game. Staring the other person down definitely ruins that.
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u/HelloGoodbyeHowAreYa 13h ago
Yeah I've never thought of this method of cheating.
I can't slow the video at the moment, but the performer is locked in on the hand of the thrower. Seems like what's going on
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u/A1sauc3d 21h ago
He has a 100% win rate, for this specifically selected set of matches. Not in general lol
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u/Pataconeitor 21h ago
He appears to be using quick reflexes to see what the other person is drawing and quickly change accordingly at the very last moment.
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u/philogeneisnotmylova 18h ago
He's not. If you put it in slowmo, he decides at the same time they do. Sometimes even earlier.
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u/Long-Echo4517 21h ago
Real flex isn't winning every game, but convincing people to keep challenging him
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u/Immediate-Slice3177 18h ago
I remember an old woman talking about this on TV once. The trick was simply to watch the other person's hand and react to it.
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u/Disenfrench-fries 14h ago
Other carneys lose to him while drawing in a crowd. It raises the stakes for the spectator in an attemp to draw them into participating
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u/gurrimandy 8h ago
In rock paper scissors the competitors should not be able to see eachothers hands! They should throw behind a curtain and then a 3rd party makes the call. This guy is cheating! RPS needs judges for that! the game was fixed from the start!
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u/Pastry_d_pounder 8h ago
Whether in land, sea or air. If it’s a one on one, always bet on Chinese guy in pink
https://giphy.com/gifs/cZVBVE2zWo192pGQ7f
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u/Lintlee 21h ago
Regardless of how it's done, I like how he doesn't 'yell' at the kids like he does at the adults.