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[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

Now this is some quality post

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Every time Rock Paper Scissors comes up, I like to point out the superiority of Odds and Evens for resolving disputes.

Rules:

One player picks Odds, the other player picks Evens.

Someone says, "Odds, Evens, says, SHOOT", and both players put out either one finger or two fingers.

Count the fingers. If it's odd, Odds wins. If it's even, Evens wins.

Exactly 50% chance, no ties. RPS has always been obsolete.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 11 hours ago

Isn't RPS "meant" to be a game rather than a way to decide randomly between two options? There's an element of skill involved since you can attempt to avoid playing patterns and identify patterns in your opponent's play in repeated rounds

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 11 hours ago

Is better unbalanced RPS. Play for 5 points, a win with Rocks counts as 2 points.

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 9 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Wait... Why did they have scissors before paper?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

Cutting ribbons for grand openings.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 11 points 11 hours ago

Sheep sheering is my uninformed guess

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 9 points 12 hours ago

Hair I would assume.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If you play the original version, the history is different. The original version was rock, scissors, plant. Rock destroys scissors. Scissors cut plant. Plant grows and cracks rock.

[–] weird@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 12 hours ago

Imho paper beating rock makes way more sense /s

[–] pepperjohnson@lemm.ee 4 points 12 hours ago

Where I come from we call it Quartz, Parchment, Shears.