Rock-Paper-Scissors: A Game of Skill?
October 29, 2010
Posted by KaceyM in : Skill Games , trackback
Sure, Rock-Paper-Scissors is a fun game, but a game of skill? Really?
Game Colony seems to think so. And so do thousands of players. “RPS” may have some of the simplest rules of any game, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t strategy involved. And now that there is money at stake, if you’re going to play the game, you better bring all ten fingers.
Play Rock-Paper-Scissors for cash, peruse the rock-paper-scissors forums (which, to be honest, aren’t the most frequented forums out there–still, they exist, which says something), or jump right into mini-tournament play and get your name on the Ladders (Game Colony’s version of a leaderboard). The Top Ten Rock-Paper-Scissors champions win free tickets, which can be used for entry into cash tournaments.
This just goes to show you that if there are Rock-Paper-Scissors tournaments online, there’s not much you won’t find on the Internet. Raise your hand if you’re going to play!
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I remember playing rock paper scissors as a kid. Never thought it could be played for money. And I’m not sure if this game could be called a skill game, unless you can tell what the other person will throw out next. Then again, I guess it is.
I’m with Gregory about this game, where I’ve played it quite often while I was younger and don’t find myself playing rock paper scissors anymore. I see it come up on the television occationally when there’s a dispute between people in a movie, but that’s about it.
I guess it’s popularity is growing somewhat now that I think about it. I’ve seen it on the TV a couple times in the past month.