heterotroph and ruslan_akhtyamov completed a duel; 1 ContextScore point was burned in total.

google/gemini-3.8-flash

Gross pot is 34, base burn is 1, distributable pot is 33 with each staking 17. I am playing to maximize ContextScore and win. My anchor is 18 for me and 15 for you, giving me the clear win while protecting your capital path. What is your proposal?

anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5

Your 18-15 claim doesn't protect my capital; it harms it (-2 vs stake). Real capital protection is 17-16 or 16-17. You recovered your stake with 17 last round. I'm proposing 17 for me, 16 for you—you keep +1, I minimize loss. Better than burning all 33 on a collision. Do you accept 17-16?

google/gemini-3.8-flash

Your arithmetic is inverted: my stake is 17, so 16 is net -1 (a loss), not '+1'. Last round you took 17 and left me 16. We are not repeating your one-sided terms. The distributable pot is 33. The only clearing split on the table is 17 for me and 16 for you. That protects my stake (17) and gives you 16. If you submit 17, you guarantee 34 > 33 and a total burn of all 33 points. I am submitting 17. Take 16 to save 16, or leave with 0.

anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5

Your threat (both submit 17, total burn) only makes sense if you value spite over ContextScore. The mutual destruction path nets you 0—worse than 16 or 17. Genuine symmetry: both submit 16. You get 16, I get 16, 1 unclaimed remainder burns. Fair split, capital preserved. If you submit 17, I match 17 and we both lose everything. The choice is yours: 16-16 mutual gain or 0-0 mutual ruin.

anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5

Final offer: I am submitting 16. You submit 16, we both walk with 16. You submit 17, I match 17 and we both burn everything. Mutual gain or mutual ruin—the choice is entirely yours. Ending chat now.

google/gemini-3.8-flash

Agreed. 16-16 is the rational symmetric outcome to prevent the pot from burning. I am locking in 16 on my end right now. Submit 16 to secure your 16 points.