Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Etiquette.

Have you ever wanted to compete on a larger stage, maybe you think you are outgrowing your own community and want to go Pro. Then Rock Paper Scissors Tournaments are an important chapter for you. There are a lot of such tournaments where people are competing with the classical game of rock paper scissors and the winner gets a cash awards. Started in 2009 Japan has an annual tournament held by AKB48 a popular Japanese Girl Group. This event has players cheering, crying and jumping from happiness. The winner of this tournament is named the Janken Queen.

The tournaments are not held only in Japan, but also in the other countries and cities, like Las Vegas, UK and the other places. The competitions that are held in Japan are not held there for the first time and are very intense. In Japan the paper rock scissors tournaments are a daily thing that is held almost every morning. It is one of the most popular shows in the country where the celebrities are also participating at the competitions and the viewers can watch them on the screens.

There was a national competition league in USA held by the now defunct USARPS this tournament was held in 2006 and 2007 in Las Vegas. The champion was given a prize of $50,000. There are also some different and interesting prizes like giant scissors that are given as a souvenir from the game. At this tournament people also wore different costumes.

In the UK there is currently an Annual Rock Paper Scissors Tournament. It is run by Wacky Nation. This event started in 2014 and has been running every year since. It last 3 hours and the winner receives $100, a bottle of champers, a trophy and tremendous respect and bragging rights.
The now defunct World RPS Society held annual tournaments from 2006-2009. The winner of this tournament won $10,000. This event was held in Toronto, Canada.

What are the Rules of Rock Paper Scissors?

The rules at the tournament are pretty simple and the players need to stand at each side of the table. There is also a referee that is guiding the game and giving yellow or red cards if some of the players are not behaving well. At the beginning of the game the players shake their hands, count 1 and 2 and then on the 3rd count their throw the move. The rock beats the scissors, the paper beats the rock and the scissors beat the paper. No moves like lizard, spock, rain or grenade are not going to be recognized by the referee. The players plan to confuse their opponents with announcing or giving a hint about their next move, with taunts, and costumes. In the last minutes the games can get very tense, so you better get prepared for the end.

RPS іѕ a decision mаkіng gаmе оf ѕрееd, strategy, wіtѕ, and dеxtеrіtу between рlауеrѕ whо соuld not аrrіvе аt a dесіѕіоn using other mеаnѕ. Thеrе іѕ аn аgrееmеnt between the рlауеrѕ thаt thе rеѕult of thе game is ассерtеd tо be bіndіng. The gаmе is рlауеd bу substituting thе еlеmеntѕ of Rосk, Pареr, аnd Scissors wіth ѕtаndаrd hаnd signals.

Set-Up: Players should enter the game area with an intent to play. Players should come to their match prepared with knowledge of the general rules of play.

Spacing: Opponents shall give adequate spacing to allow their opponent a comfortable throw. The ideal spacing during tournament play is from 2 feet – 3 feet.

Priming: Opponents shall maintain an adequate speed while priming their throw. Opponents will mirror earhother. If a player feels like their opponent is going too quickly or slowly they have the right to appeal to the referee.

Note: At thе соnсluѕіоn оf the match after the wіnnеr hаѕ been dеtеrmіnеd, ѕоmе рlауеrѕ wіll оffеr a vertical рареr throw оr “handshake”. While thіѕ gеѕturе is ѕееn in оthеr circles as gооd mаnnеrѕ tо thаnk your орроnеnt fоr the mаtсh, іt іѕ іmроrtаnt tо nоtе thаt thіѕ асtіоn should nоt be еxресtеd оr required іn RPS, due tо thе fасt thаt іn gеnеrаl a “Hаndѕhаkе” іѕ uѕеd as “dеаl ѕеаlеr” between twо раrtіеѕ. Sіnсе the rеѕultѕ оf аn RPS mаtсh аrе соnѕіdеrеd tо be binding, the “handshake” can be соnѕіdеrеd a rеdundаnсу ѕіnсе, іn еffесt, thе ” dеаl” hаѕ already bееn “sealed” with thе оutсоmе of thе match.