why is rock paper scissors best played as best out of 3? Why isn’t best out of 1 enough? Surely after one round chance has decided? But it’s not enough because it isn’t a good enough story. As soon as you make it best of 3 you open up new parts of a better story, like the chance of losing the first round then coming back to win 2-1 or the satisfaction felt by both that either ‘I totally smashed it 2-0’ and ‘shit! well at least I definitely lost’. It becomes so much more just by adding the extra game. And that’s all it really takes for both participants to feel they had a fair chance. Which best of 1 doesn’t do, and best of 10 doesn’t really do any better. Best of 3 seems to be the sweet spot.
