Fun With Condorcet

I challenge you to a game of:
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS LIZARD SPOCK

It's a new spin on an old favorite. Based on a voting method developed by The Marquis de Condorcet, Rock, Paper, Scissors is a popular way of settling disagreements.

I bet you never thought you'd hear "Rock, Paper Scissor" and "Condorcet" in the same sentence. :) The rules are easy:

• Scissors cuts Paper
• Paper covers Rock
• Rock crushes Lizard
• Lizard poisons Spock
• Spock smashes Scissors
• Scissors decapitates Lizard
• Lizard eats Paper
• Paper disproves Spock
• Spock vaporizes Rock, and as always...
• Rock crushes Scissors.

It's fun because 1) I'm a dork and 2) like the original, there is still no dominant strategy. We in election mechanism refer to this as Condorcet's paradox, and it guarantees that no player has a structural advantage. If you still don't understand, watch below.