In fact, long before this new-rules tournament was played, Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene pointed out the possibility of such strategies winning if multiple entries were allowed, but he remarked that most probably Axelrod would not have allowed them if they had been submitted.
Pada kenyataannya, jauh sebelum aturan baru dari turnamen ini dimainkan, Richard Dawkins dalam bukunya The Selfish Gene menunjukkan kemungkinan strategi tersebut menang jika beberapa entri dibolehkan, tetapi ia mengatakan bahwa kemungkinan Axelrod tidak akan membolehkannya jika mereka telah diajukan.