Check it: Worldwide Governing Body of the Sport of Rock Paper Scissors (worldrps.com).
This has to be one of the most unintentionally funny sites ever. Check out, for example, their 2002 dedication to the Official Year of the Rock (in particular, check out the last two photo captions within the article).
At first glance, the rules of Rock Paper Scissors seem simple. As you look deeper, however, they’re still pretty simple. Let’s not kid ourselves.
- Rock smashes scissors (rock wins)
- Scissors cut paper (scissors win)
- Paper covers rock (paper wins)
- Flounder slaps penguin (flounder wins … for expert use only)
…Or so I thought. Here is the 3-page How to Play – Quick Start, and the 7-page must read for all aspiring RPS gurus: Advanced RPS tactics.
Check out this excerpt from the World RPS Society, showing just how high-demand of a sport Rock Paper Scissors can really be:
… In other events, Chad Leatherstep (Co-Chair Disciplinary Committee) in his address delivered a landmark speech pledging a crackdown on performance enhancing drugs in professional level play. “It is the worst kept secret that the dressing rooms at many tournaments have become literal ‘hotboxes’ of abuse. We will be targeting specific suspicious players for random drug testing. They should be easy to spot as they tend to spend more time hanging around the vending machine and concession stands than the drug-free players.”
Imagine that. Your friendly, local Rock Paper Scissors tournament, unbeknowest to you, might have become a literal “hotbox” of performance-enhancing drug abuse!
It makes sense in a way, I guess … these people have to be on something potent to be at an RPS tournament in the first place.
Related stuff:
- The cult of roshambo (emf.net) — devoted to the religion of Rock Paper Scissors
- Play Rock Paper Scissors via email (brunching.com)
And here’s some stirring RPS haiku gleaned from the RPS Society’s Bullboard:
You delayed your prime
Won’t synchronize your rhythm
That’s just dirty playAlways throw paper.
How can you lose with paper?
Forget scissors, man.Paper is the throw
For the narcissistic fool
The masturbatorFew are perfect forms
The rock however is one
Likewise breasts are too
I am the rock-paper-scissor master. I have never been beaten, ever. In fact, before I even let people play me they must undergo years of training and win their region.
That’s an impressive feat. Recently I have felt a spiritual calling to play RPS as my purpose in life. I’ve left everything and traveled the world in search of the true RPS master. Are you the one I seek?