Personal Narrative: My First Matrix Game

1.) On the first Matrix game I decided that my strategy would be to always choose A: Y loses 2. O gains two. I decided this because it seemed like I would be losing less. However, on the second round I decided that I would try out my luck and choose B, which turned out to be the wrong move. I went from -2$ to -5$. After this I decided that I would stick to my original strategy and continued to choose A for the following 4 rounds. Immediately I noticed that it was the better choice ending up with -1$ and my opponent 1$, as his accrued amount slowly diminished after every A choice I made. On the second non- zero sum matrix game I decided that I would use Choice B for all of the rounds as it seemed like I would gain more than I lost if I chose …show more content…
Before beginning the game I decided that my strategy would be to alternate between routes every two times, beginning with route c. It seemed to work for the first 5 days or so, but soon the other driver took the shortcut many more times in a row than I did which led to us meeting halfway various times and them taking the shortcut more times amounting to $900 for them and 420$ for me. For the second time around, I decided to use the same strategy and it seemed to work pretty efficiently as we never crossed paths except for the two times I decided to lower the gate. I earned $960 while O earned $1140. I used the longer path more times than the other driver did. After doing both of these games I learned that it is difficult to generate decisions to benefit both players when there is no communication as one wants to minimize their loses, but also help the other in order to maximize wins. For the trucking game I learned that at times competition may take over, and there is only so much you can do in order to not get so wrapped up in competition and simultaneously hurt you chances of being