This seems pretty appropriate. It's kinda long-ish but I liked it a lot. Written by Cracked's Daniel O'Brian it goes pretty deeply into the question of "You're Locked In a Room With Your Clone: Fight or F#@k?"

FlopTurnReaver

Switzerland1980 Posts

April 10 2011 00:50 GMT

#104

Cool opportunity to do some musical numbers in 2 voices. Thinking about FotC and such.

When it comes to fighting I'd probably try it with my limited Capoeira knowledge/abilities from years back and get better with each fight^^

The KY

United Kingdom6252 Posts

April 10 2011 00:51 GMT

#105

On April 10 2011 06:30 iNcontroL wrote:
I'd win.

Fuck that's what I was gonna say. Great minds an' ting.

SharkSpider

Canada606 Posts

April 10 2011 00:58 GMT

#106

Quantum theory absolutely disproves the notion that you would act identically.

So does the randomness of radioactive decay in carbon atoms that make up the human body.

gyth

657 Posts

April 10 2011 01:03 GMT

#107

We'd go out for brunch.
I'm a really nice guy and I bet we'd have a lot of things in common.

Ponyo

United States1231 Posts

April 10 2011 01:05 GMT

#108

for sure. A ponyo would be the champion. That is all that matters.

viii

United States266 Posts

April 10 2011 01:05 GMT

#109

On April 10 2011 06:29 MOARpylons wrote:
"Perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything" - Prof Farnsworth

have you seen a stalker and a stalker kill each other at the same time

Leftwing

Canada229 Posts

April 10 2011 01:06 GMT

#110

On April 10 2011 06:36 Reaper9 wrote:
I'd pause, stare at my clone, who is staring back, and ask "what are we fighting for?" We'd then both shrug, and then go brew some tea and play video games and argue who takes out the trash next week.

Just like Kira huh?

I think the more likely scenario is that the mirror match would eventually come to a point where it becomes more of a mind game than an actual fight.

If you knew the clone was completely identical, thought process and all then you would eventually come to realize that in order to gain an advantage you'd need to do something completely against what you would try to do. However since both fighters would likely have the same thought process, the fight would likely come to the same conclusion. I speculate after an hour of fighting both would eventually cease fighting and conclude that it is a pointless battle, only to forge an alliance and conquer the world together.

chonkyfire

United States451 Posts

April 10 2011 01:07 GMT

#111

we'd laugh and smoke a blunt after

TALegion

United States1187 Posts

April 10 2011 01:07 GMT

#112

We'd both agree on a set amount of preparation time, and then we would fight. In between, we may or may not attempt to kill eachother.
If we didn't, and we did fight, the winner would be based off of positioning and outside factors (being the only things that aren't perfectly equal)

Trysten

Canada13 Posts

April 10 2011 01:12 GMT

#113

I definatly think a fight like this would be epic, not only would we both know what or when to expect it would bring in the variable of a serious meta-game. We would both be preparing to assault eachother in an odd manner as well as trying to give off mis-tells to throw the other off, and perhaps the fight wouldnt even occur for a very long period of time as we would both be posturing for some form of advantage lol. However, when the fight does occur, I would assume that it would be me that would end up winning since I am the real person and not the clone... hopefully lawl

blazingblue16

Canada41 Posts

April 10 2011 01:18 GMT

#114

If we were fighting to the death instinct/adrenaline would take over which inhibits thought process. So why does having the same thought process matter?

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

April 10 2011 01:20 GMT

#115

On April 10 2011 10:03 gyth wrote:
We'd go out for brunch.
I'm a really nice guy and I bet we'd have a lot of things in common.

Scott Prilgrim? =P

I too, think that both my clone and I will agree that we're too scrawny and physically incapable for an epic fight.
- We both initially think of ways to win.
- We both realize that winning outright is probably impossible.
- We both realize that fighting is a lose-lose.
- We discuss how together we can conquer the world with 2x the awesomeness.

... see?

Nuttyguy

United Kingdom1526 Posts

April 10 2011 01:24 GMT

#116

i'd win and say im real your just a clone

GertHeart

United States631 Posts

April 10 2011 01:25 GMT

#117

Wouldn't argue with my clone, we'd divide chores, both actually do them, both would go work and come home and switch days to cook, or sometimes cook twice in a row.

I'm a very easy going guy. We'd try to get slightly different work schedules, best scenario would be one person works at night one works day shift.

We'd pretty much be smart and make each others life easier, when two people do things together it works like that. That's kinda why some marriages work and some don't.

Ironsights

United States196 Posts

April 10 2011 01:30 GMT

#118

I personally believe that while all mental and physical attributes could be equal, ultimately one or the other combatant would have to make a change.

Look at it this way: two perfectly identicle "battle bots" are set to fight with the exact same algorith...obviously they do the exact same things to each other over and again, fighting like, well the two stalkers mentioned by an above poster.
However, both I and the clone posses logic. Each would realise that the other is going to do what you would have done, and eventually one party would try and counter the expected counter.
To clarify, if I would normally punch when I see an opponent go for a grapple, I could go for a grapple expecting the clone to punch and when he throws the punch go for a leg sweep to gain the upper hand.

Short answer: due to human logic, the fight would be very dynamic.

TheKanAry

United States149 Posts

April 10 2011 01:35 GMT

#119

We'll agree to a BO7of starcraft with both of us playing an off-race.

We'll flip a coin between P and T.

Mista_Masta

Netherlands557 Posts

April 10 2011 01:47 GMT

#120

I think the hypothetical fight would be dynamic. For the same reason that you don't always use the exact same BO in the same match up on the same map, you also don't use exactly the same moves in a fight with the same opponent. The fighting style would be the same and the strategy/tactics might be the same, but the specific moves used would probably be different.