Bug

[ASCRong]

BPO	42989
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba

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closed_at = <Date 2021-01-21.15:20:47.972>
created_at = <Date 2021-01-21.15:00:13.464>
labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid', '3.9', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Bug'
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priority = 'normal'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue42989'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

[ASCRong]

if playerChoice == "2": reports the ":" as a "syntax error"

[zware]

That line on its own will cause an IndentationError, which is a subclass of SyntaxError. However, out of context, without the full traceback, and without a description of your environment, the only thing I have to go on here is the fact that the vast majority of syntax errors are problems in user code, not Python itself. This is not a forum for getting help with your own program, but you can try out discuss.python.org or the python-list@python.org mailing list for that.