This isn’t true in all games, and doesn’t generalize to life. There are lots of “power moves” that just don’t apply to all situations, and if you don’t find yourself in a situation where it helps, you shouldn’t use them just because they’re limited.
It doesn’t even generalize completely to those games where a power move is always helpful (but varies in how helpful it is). It’s perfectly reasonable to wait for a better option, and then be surprised when a better option doesn’t occur before the game ends,
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem - the optimal strategy for determining the best candidate for a one-use decision ends up with the last random-valued option 1/e of the time. (edit:actually, it only FINDS the best option 1/e of the time. close to 2/3 of the time it fails.)
This isn’t true in all games, and doesn’t generalize to life. There are lots of “power moves” that just don’t apply to all situations, and if you don’t find yourself in a situation where it helps, you shouldn’t use them just because they’re limited.
It doesn’t even generalize completely to those games where a power move is always helpful (but varies in how helpful it is). It’s perfectly reasonable to wait for a better option, and then be surprised when a better option doesn’t occur before the game ends,
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem - the optimal strategy for determining the best candidate for a one-use decision ends up with the last random-valued option 1/e of the time. (edit:actually, it only FINDS the best option 1/e of the time. close to 2/3 of the time it fails.)