Talk:Rock paper scissors

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What about history and geographical spread of the game? Did the game exist before the invention of paper and scissors? In Denmark the game is played as defined here (same "weapons"), but is this true for everywhere? (The CIA factbook seems a little sparse on this topic).

Obviously it is also played here in Australia, yet I've only ever known it as "Scissors, paper, stone". I wonder why we reverse the order of objects...? MMGB

Because you are antipodean. Doesn't your water run out the tap backwards, too? --MichaelTinkler

I am NOT anti-podean. I am quite fond of anything with feet. - MMGB

Here in my part of Canada we call it "Paper, Scissors, Rock". Guess I'll set up another redirect... --STG

Here (in the UK) I've always come across it as "scissor, paper, stone" --AdamW

Here in the US, I've always heard it "Rock, paper, scissors." --Chuck Smith

That could be seen as psychologically revealing... ;-) In the UK we give the order with strongest first, in the states you have weakest first... Tarquin

No one will ever know what the real name of the game is. I have had this argument numerous times and noone seems to agree. About half of Chicago says its "paper, scissors, rock" and the other half says its "rock, paper, scissors". Any other combination doesn't quite roll off the tongue. -- Moe from Chicago

A similar game called hunter, shotgun and tiger uses more exaggerated gestures. The players turn away from each other. On the count of 3, the players both turn around towards each other showing one of the three gestures. An aiming gesture is the shotgun. A roar with two raised craws is the tiger. No gesture is the hunter. Since the gesture requires big movements, it is more appropriate then Stone Paper Scissors when there is an audience watching from a distance. It is funny to watch the cheaters trying to change a gesture at the last minute. Hunter wins shotgun; shotgun wins tiger; tiger wins hunter. -Kowloonese

Thanks for the mention of Billings' competition, but that link was already covered, and I really don't think it deserves a whole paragraph treatment here. Perhaps an article of its own, though... --LDC

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