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Posted 2007-05-08, 07:18 AM in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "I don't see why anyone would ever do..."
Medieval Bob said:
I don't see why anyone would ever do anything but defect.

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You Opponent Result (You/Opponent)
D    D            +1/+1 You benefit equally
D    C            +5/-1 You benefit more
C    D            -1/+5 You benefit less
C    C            +3/+3 You benefit equally
So if you always defect, without fail, you cannot lose.

Make that persaonality: Winner
Bob beat me to it.

EDIT: Although, by just purely defecting, you also can't win if your opponent constantly defects as well. The best strategy, IMO, would be to cooperate/defect rotate at first, until you have more points, and once you have even one more point than your opponent, start defecting constantly. This way, not only can you never lose, but they can never win, and the game can never end in a draw.
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