The Rules of Rock Paper Scissors
Rock, paper, scissors is rapidly becoming defunct. Kind of like the old couch in your basement. It is a game that has served its purpose, and it needs to be thrown out. Sometimes it is important to leave your comfort zone to make room for growth. This page will help you with that.
As a newcomer to 'Rock, paper, etc,' you will need a frame of reference. That is why we have constructed this page: It contains all the rules to the game of ''Rock, paper, scissors' *henceforth referred to as (rps).
We'll start out by explaining how 'rock, paper, scissors' is played. The next page is devoted to breaking down the illogical absurdity of rps, and why it should be discontinued as a problem-solving tool.
Traditional RPS Gameplay
- Equipment/Basic preparation:
- The game requires two human players; each possessing at least one arm and a non-prosthetic hand.
- The rules for a match of rock paper scissors:
- Each match has three rounds.
- The player who wins two out of three rounds wins the entire match.
- There are three different "weapons" that can be used in the game: Rock, Paper and Scissors.
- rock- destroys scissors by smashing them and destroying the fulcrum.
- paper- destroys rock by encapsulating it, and suffocating it to death.
- scissors- destroy paper by cutting it into smaller, less intimidating pieces.
- Each of these weapons is formed like you see in banner at the top of this page
- In each round the players simultaneously "throw" their respective hand signals forward for the other to see, and this is timed by a specific cue.
- Neither player knows what signal will be thrown forth by the other, which means that they must rely on luck to throw forth the dominate signal.
- Uses:
- Resolving disputes where one person must be right, another wrong, and logical discussion/a fist-fight won't suffice.
- Casual and friendly competition that secretly promotes unhealthy gambling tendencies.
That's it. That's all there is to Rock, Paper, Scissors. Sheer dumb luck and general nonsense. The next page discusses the illogical nature of RPS, and we think you'll find it compelling.