October 27, 2004

Rock Paper Scissors

Posted by ryan at 12:50 PM in sports . | 4 Comments

Until I read this article in citypaper, I had no idea that there was a such thing as professional rock paper scissors players. There is even a book about it.

CP: How do you answer people who say that rock paper scissors is just a game of chance?

SR: It's about recognizing patterns and trying to counter those patterns. � The way society looks at it, people say it's random. But people are incapable of being purely random. There's always some kind of strategy, even if they're trying to force randomness.

Comments

Man, I wanted to go to the RPS tournament in Toronto last year. Looks like I missed this year's as well.

Posted by: agent1073 at October 27, 2004 4:40 PM

Were you going to compete?

Posted by: ryan at October 27, 2004 9:47 PM

Heh, maybe just for fun. I don't quite have the complex psychological strategy down.

Posted by: agent1073 at October 28, 2004 11:54 AM

I actually witnessed a rock-paper-scissors tournament just a week ago at a local bar. They had a team from one bar and a team from another bar...and the winner got $100. It was so bizarre to watch. Must be a developing trend!

Posted by: Dude at October 28, 2004 2:20 PM