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› RPS027 Theme – Nathan P Our RPS Tru Tones / Caller Tunes selection includes: › We Will rock You – Queen Scroll down to find out more about this fascinating, subtle and complex game of RPS. You'll learn about: › What your favourite play says about you What your favourite play says about you Arduous studies have shown that different personality types lean more to either Rock, Paper or Scissors. Which you choose says a lot about you. Active, no-nonsense types prefer the Rock, unconsciously regarding it as a weapon. Almost as aggressive but more crafty are Scissors players who enjoy controlling and channelling their aggressions into a tool that, in real life at least, requires a little skill. Paper is for more subtle folk, those who secretly worship the power of the printed word. High-frequency paper play is legitimate grounds for suspicion of bookworm-ism. Patterning your play Only novices and the weak-minded leave their choice to the last milli-second. Skilled players consciously create beauty with complex patterns like the relentless Avalanche (R,R,R) a brash manoeuvre usually favoured by snowboarders. Wellingtonians are historically famed for The Bureaucrat (P,P,P) while fashionable thrill seekers north of the Bombay Hills are increasingly getting a buzz from the rising tempo of The Crescendo (P,S,R). Sooner or later in life, you will be exposed to The Scissor Sandwich (P,S,P). So you might as well take the initiative and try it for yourself. Out on the street, word is that Fistful Of Dollars (R,P,P) is hot. RPS and meeting the opposite sex The experienced player can use superior RPS skills to stand out in social situations. Here's how. Introduce yourself and steer the talk to RPS (unless, as is highly likely, it's already the main topic of conversation). Then quietly and confidently boast that you will not only win the next game with anyone you choose to challenge - but that you'll successfully predict what their first play will be (rock). Then use what's known in the trade as the 'Surprise Game Strategy'. Pick a partner speedily and immediately begin the count down. Challenged and with no time to think, nine times out of ten they will choose R - because it requires the least finger movement, and it's perceived as the sort of aggressive move required to beat off a surprise attack like the one you've just launched. Establishing your RPS prowess will lay the groundwork for a relationship but the rest is over to you. As time goes by however, Strip RPS is another potentially companionable variation of the game, but is out of the scope of this website. Getting underhand, devious and downright dirty The countdown (known at the highest levels of competition as the 'prime') offers several opportunities for outwitting your opponent. One ploy is to start a game without first agreeing whether the countdown is 1-2 or 1-2-3. A 'sucker' may reveal their play early, believing it to be a 1-2 countdown, giving you time to choose the winning play. Another approach is to acquire the skill of a super-fast countdown - opponents usually try to keep up and consequently lose concentration. Claiming to be out of practice is a way to minimise losses or gain extra credit from victory but as a strategy it is frowned on by RPS officials worldwide. Advanced dirty tricks RPS gamesmanship is the subtle art of either leading your opponent into making an obvious throw, or making them wrong-guess your own intentions. Baiting and switching is an excellent example. It rests on giving out false hints (or 'tells') about your intentions. For instance, playing P then S will lull your opponent into the belief you're trying The Scissor Sandwich (discussed above). Sticking with S or switching to R could be a game-winner. Intimidation through verbal sledging or general hyperactivity can also be very off-putting to an opponent. Announcing that you know what their next play will is also disturbing - you can almost guarantee they will not use that particular option. A tip for player safety Keen RPS players will play hundreds of games daily. The forearm is constantly in use, and consequently at risk of injury. ACC has no specific category for RPS forearm injury as yet, but players are advised that prevention is the best strategy. Continuous and repeated up-and-down motions with the forearm, with or without light weights, can be good preparation. You can do this in the privacy of your own home, in your bedroom or even in the shower. You should also practise RPS with your other hand, just in case your predominant hand is accidentally stepped on by a giant woolly mammoth. (Suddenly switching to the other hand mid-game is an excellent way to throw an opponent totally off guard.) Reading your opponent Poker players have learned much from RPS champions, who know that a certain expression, way of standing, tick or grimace often foretells a particular play. The trick is to recognise those signs. For example, tension around the neck and face ('rock jaw') may be a precursor to a Rock throw. Maintaining the same pose may signal a repeat of the same play - some players only change feet when they change throws. Watch the way your opponent holds their hand as they bring it up to start the countdown. A curved hand could indicate Paper. Steeped in proud tradition In thousands of archaeological sites around the world, bodies have been dug up with the hand bones in various RPS poses. Generally they are either clenched, as for Rock, or extended as for Paper, and it is curious that few skeletons exhibit the Scissors play. Nevertheless, RPS players accept the findings as evidence of their game's origins in the mists of time. It was probably used by cave dwellers to decide whose turn it was to act as the dinosaur decoy that day. More recently there are reports (unverified as yet) of Christopher Columbus utilising RPS in deciding whether to continue west and discover America or turn back to Spain to be home in time for the first round of the bullfighting season. The origins of RPS in New Zealand are unclear. However some believe early gold miners may have used it to resolve claims disputes. One radical fringe even postulate it was the tie-breaker used to choose Wellington as the capital city. Reputable sources remain unconvinced on this point however. Today, RPS is administered by World Rock Paper Scissors Society. For more about the Society, and the glorious history of RPS visit their site at www.worldrps.com |
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