Win Tic-Tac-Toe by LOSING?!

Brian and friends discover a winning strategy to Tic-Tac-Toe by turning the rules on their head.



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This episode of Scam School was made by:
Brian Brushwood
Brandt Hughes
Bryce Castillo
Roberto Villegas
Jeff Schuessler


Shot on location at The Rusty Mule in Austin, TX

[MinimalGameGuides]

"so, i win, which means, i lose"
yeah sometimes life does that to you...

[Pondaz]

I've never been so confused by a game of tic-tac-toe

[rob]

It's kinda hilarious that during the first game, he had the perfect setup to the instant win, if he had blocked the right one, he would have opened 2 wins

[wolffgang]

I watched this a couple times and still don't exactly know what the point was

[robertmurray]

Did something similar to this at work for extra food at lunch

[davemartino]

When Brian uses Phil's catch phra-
Wait a minute...

[Veggieman]

Such a simple yet brilliant variation on "heads I win, tails you lose"!

[jamesbarros]

So glad I found this. I read your correspondence with Teller years ago and it’s inspired me in everything from magic to photography to game design. Seeing you on YouTube and realizing how cool a guy you are makes me incredibly happy. :)

[dotChrollo]

Just realized after watching Scam School for upwards of 5 years I forgot to subscribe. No time like the present, eh?

[BuckleysPants]

This is probably one of the best Scam School episodes ever.

It's so simple and it requires no prework, memory skills, slight of hand, or any trickery whatsoever.

It's practically impossible to mess this up.

[DrMFoster]

Nobody plays win/loss vs a tie. You play first to 3 in a row wins.

[alexis]

Markiplier really didnt age well hahaha

[kx]

I knew Scam School will never end
One day my future grandchildren will watch these scams

[firemaker]

Can you make it harder? Is there a way to always force them to win? So as in ignore the tie but in order to win you have to let your opponent win?

[joebarniak]

this show is my brain exercise to get me thinking differently and challenges me. I thank you very much sir

[dynamicduo]

if some guy comes to you with some tic tac toe board, with some crazy bet, who actually accepts?



edit:disthought is Einstein

[drtroyturner]

Thanks guys. For years I struggled with how to ALWAYS win at Checkers. I soon was humbled into learning that Checkers is more like Chess than i imagined and it is more difficult to even get adraw slash atalemate than people might think. Thanks to this trick, the ground rules are if the Chexkers game ends in a draw or I lose, I win. If by some remote chance they can make me win, I lose. To quote you, "How cool is that?".

[isetmfriendsofire]

It's not too hard to win Tic Tac Toe if you know the tricky moves that make it so you can win 2 ways (and they can only block one)

[drtroyturner]

I have a cant lose Checkers Scam. The Volunteer chooses 1. Who goes 1st. 2. Who loses 1st checker (or 2, ) and still cant win so long as they take all jumps and the Magician does not have to.

[jetfang]

if Pinocchio said "I will now lie" and his nose grows, would he technically be lying?