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| 1 | +# --- Day 2: Rock Paper Scissors --- |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## --- Part One --- |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The Elves begin to set up camp on the beach. To decide whose tent gets to be closest to the snack storage, |
| 6 | +a giant [Rock Paper Scissors tournament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_paper_scissors) is already in progress. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +Rock Paper Scissors is a game between two players. Each game contains many rounds; in each round, the players |
| 9 | +each simultaneously choose one of Rock, Paper, or Scissors using a hand shape. Then, a winner for that round |
| 10 | +is selected: Rock defeats Scissors, Scissors defeats Paper, and Paper defeats Rock. If both players choose the same |
| 11 | +shape, the round instead ends in a draw. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Appreciative of your help yesterday, one Elf gives you an encrypted strategy guide (your puzzle input) that they say |
| 14 | +will be sure to help you win. "The first column is what your opponent is going to play: `A` for Rock, `B` for Paper, |
| 15 | +and `C` for Scissors. The second column--" Suddenly, the Elf is called away to help with someone's tent. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +The second column, you reason, must be what you should play in response: X for Rock, Y for Paper, and Z for Scissors. |
| 18 | +Winning every time would be suspicious, so the responses must have been carefully chosen. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +The winner of the whole tournament is the player with the highest score. Your total score is the sum of your scores |
| 21 | +for each round. The score for a single round is the score for the shape you selected |
| 22 | +(1 for Rock, 2 for Paper, and 3 for Scissors) plus the score for the outcome of the round |
| 23 | +(0 if you lost, 3 if the round was a draw, and 6 if you won). |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +Since you can't be sure if the Elf is trying to help you or trick you, you should calculate the score you would get |
| 26 | +if you were to follow the strategy guide. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +For example, suppose you were given the following strategy guide: |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +```text |
| 31 | +A Y |
| 32 | +B X |
| 33 | +C Z |
| 34 | +``` |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +This strategy guide predicts and recommends the following: |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +- In the first round, your opponent will choose Rock (A), and you should choose Paper (Y). This ends in a win for you |
| 39 | + with a score of 8 (2 because you chose Paper + 6 because you won). |
| 40 | +- In the second round, your opponent will choose Paper (B), and you should choose Rock (X). This ends in a loss for |
| 41 | + you with a score of 1 (1 + 0). |
| 42 | +- The third round is a draw with both players choosing Scissors, giving you a score of 3 + 3 = 6. |
| 43 | +- In this example, if you were to follow the strategy guide, you would get a total score of 15 (8 + 1 + 6). |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +What would your total score be if everything goes exactly according to your strategy guide? |
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