I was watching Conan O'Brian the other day. He was interviewing the world champion RPS player. For those of you who are not in the know - RPS is short for Rock, Paper, Scissors. Yes, there is actually a world champion for a game that is based entirely on chance. This is the same game that the kids in my class play to decide who gets to sharpen their pencil first or who gets to have the best marker.
I don't think you are taking this seriously enough...There is a WORLD CHAMPION for Rock, Paper, Scissors!
To beat a competitor you must, naturally, win 2 out of 3 throws. RPS King, Rob Krueger from Toronto, won C$5,000 (US$3,825) with the daring "Fist full of Dollars" combination. This consists of rock, paper, paper. Other combinations include "Avalanche" (rock, rock, rock), "Paper Dolls" (scissor, paper, scissor) and "Toolbox" (scissor, scissor, scissor).
Although some consider an RPS tournament to be all in good fun, complete with homemade costumes, others take it very seriously. People have been known to use intense warm-up sessions, develop complex strategies and bring along their own team doctor.
After about 3 minutes of conversation with the smarmy Mr. Krueger, Conan was driven to challenge him to an on-the-spot, one-throw, winner-takes-all competition, no warm-ups or anything. After three exciting draws (that's like two rocks at the same time) the reigning champion showed his prowess and threw a scissor to Conan's paper. It was a close call, however. Mr. Krueger best keep in shape, lest Mr. O'Brian decide to enter the competition next year!
Thanks to Late Night with Conan O'Brian for the entertaining interview. Thanks to the World RPS Society for reminding me that it's a crazy, mixed-up world we live in. And thanks to CNN for the article which I blatantly plagiarized for this post.
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