Gone Fishing

In my game theory class, we played a game that dealt with a hypothetical situation where each of us was a fishing company. We had to decide how many fish to catch to achieve a certain amount of profit. However, there was a limited number of fish and we had to keep the population above a certain amount. The first game was everyone on their own. One student figured out how to beat the professor so 16 out of 20 won.

The second game was way more exciting. We were split into pairs, with two students as panelists. Each group presented their proposition to split the fish to the panelists and the panelists had to pick their favorite. One of my classmates had a formula to win, so the first round, we all played that. The next round got interesting. We knew that everyone was just going to stick with the plan so we decided to play risky (when I say "we," I generally mean just me). Up at the board, I gave everyone 0 and the panel and us 10. It was picked! Heck yeah! Everyone was made because we didn't follow the plan but my professor seemed impressed that we had the guts to do that. The next round, more people tried copying our move. Very unoriginal. We ended up getting max points in 3 of the six rounds. Two rounds we got 19 points and once we got 0. (Ties between the panel end with a coin flip--we lost twice.) Twice, we were able to put other teams into the negatives.

I thought it was a fun game. The first set was definitely stressful, as some people did not stick fully to the plan. The second set I had nothing to lose. I played riskier than I would usually do and I promulgated a plan for my squad. I might not think the game was too fun if I had to do the write-up but I don't have to do it! So the game is fun!

this is the kind of fish we caught--just kidding (natgeo.com)