pengvado comments on Explicit Optimization of Global Strategy (Fixing a Bug in UDT1) - Less Wrong
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You don't want to randomize in this case. Omega has given you a unique ID. Exploiting that information in a well-chosen deterministic strategy gets you a higher chance of winning than does picking randomly.
1A 2B makes more sense than the reverse - I would go with that.
The "by symmetry" argument in the post should be rejected, since being given "1" and being given "2" are not really "symmetrical".