# Oh, to be the Rock, Paper, Scissors champ!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 18, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300 "2002-11-18T13:39:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/1 "2002-11-18T13:39:42Z")

</div>

[Rock Paper Scissors champ crowned](http://wire.ap.org/APnews/?SITE=NYBUE&FRONTID=HOME)

> [@](#):
>
> Lovering says the secret to winning is maintaining a clear mind and judging each opponent individually.

I think it’d be a cool thing to be known for.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/2 "2002-11-18T13:41:18Z")

</div>

And naturally my link doesn’t take you straight to the story…click on US News at the top, and the link is in the “more headlines” section.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/3 "2002-11-18T14:23:24Z")

</div>

“Rock paper scissors match.”  
“Alright!”  
(rock versus paper is thrown)  
Rock beats paper!"  
“I thought paper covered rock.”  
“Nah, rock flys right through paper.”  
“Well, what beats rock?”  
“Nothing beats rock.”

- Kramer and Mickey, playing games, in “The Stand-In”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/4 "2002-11-18T14:46:55Z")

</div>

[Here ya go](http://www.brunching.com/psr.html), **Lsura** – your chance to train for the big leagues.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/5 "2002-11-18T16:58:08Z")

</div>

Yeah he won $1,200 bucks too! Nice to be the champ.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/6 "2002-11-18T18:32:12Z")

</div>

[hijack]  
Why is it called the way it is? Why not Paper, Rock, Scissor (as in alphabetical order)?

In my part of the world, we call it Paper, Scissor, Stone.  
[/hijack]

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/7 "2002-11-18T21:04:38Z")

</div>

I always lose to El Hubbo. The sad thing is that I know why, but cannot change my stragedy (intentionally misspelled to convey the horror of my strategy).

It seems that I have a habit of making my choice at the top of my swing; therefore, El Hubbo always knows what will beat it. He has the flash-the-sign-at-the-end move down pat.

And I suck.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-to-be-the-rock-paper-scissors-champ/137300/8 "2002-11-19T00:20:31Z")

</div>

its ordered in terms of collness factor. Duh. Im surprised nobodies provided a link to the official RSP society yet. CBF finding the link.