Talk:Rock paper scissors

History

The history section has no citations and has been tagged as possible original research for more than a year. I am removing it. 65.51.38.211 (talk) 15:50, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't feel strongly about this deletion, but the section ws not really lacking citations; it just included them inline and vaguely:

• According to Xie Zhaozhe (谢肇淛)'s book ‘’Wuzazu(五杂组)‘’...
• Li rihua(李日华)'s book Note of Liuyanzhai(六砚斋笔记)also reveals this game...

TJRC (talk) 20:13, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I restored the deleted text, because I was about to complain on the talk page about how this article has no History section. It has 2 inline citations; so if it is deficient, then instead of deleting it, people should try to improve/expand or rewrite the section. --70.166.133.138 (talk) 08:03, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

I've seen suggestions the French name for the game, 'chifoumi', comes from 'hi-fu-mi', an abbreviated version of the Japanese words for 'one, two, three' (allegedly hito, futa, mitsu). Anyone have a reliable source for this? Or know enough Japanese to say if it may be right?RLamb (talk) 22:41, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Another variation

One variation has been heard to use- Rabbit Gun Carrot. JohnsonL623 (talk) 04:16, 6 September 2011 (UTC) Among schoolkids in Manchester, England in the 1950s it was called Scissors Paper Brick, though you wouldn't know it from their pronunciation (sizz-pap-brick! or sometimes sizz-pat-brick). Why the middle syllable was pronounced 'pap' and not 'pape' or 'pay' I never understood.RLamb (talk) 20:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

james bond version ??

my kids play a variation called james bond, where you can shoot (index finger pointed out) shield (arms crossed) load (I forget) and there are a couple of others. seems like it should be here; I bet there are 100s of variants like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.236.121.54 (talk) 16:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Sepp Linhart reference

Thanks for adding this reference, anonymous editor - it appears to be from a more authoritative source than any found so far. Although the game is apparently Chinese in its furthest origin, the earliest references in newspapers etc that I've seen so far certainly suggest it spread to the west in a Japanese form, and through contact with Japan. Linhart evidently is able to be definite about this.

I've tinkered with your prose to an extent, but I wasn't intending to alter your meaning, only make it clearer. If I've failed, I hope you'll re-edit to improve and correct the entry.

Lastly - I'd have supposed that Japanese sailors travelling to the west, rather than actual immigrants, first spread the game, as it seems to have appeared in Europe before the USA. If Linhart has definite evidence to the contrary though you might amend the article and cite him again.RLamb (talk) 11:35, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

RPS25?

Is there a reason the RPS25 variant (umop.com/rps25) is not mentioned? Is it considered insufficiently notable (a reasonable argument!), or is there another .htmreason? I'm mildly surprised to see no mention here or in the Archives of this page, but maybe my idea of its notability incorrectly large? I guess along with the other variants at umop.com/rps including RPS101? jhawkinson (talk) 07:39, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Game Theory - Applications in conflict resolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19YhOIg5zTE
--195.137.93.171 (talk) 04:53, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Illegal moves?

In the article I found the sentence "In tournament play, some players employ tactics to confuse or trick the other player into making an illegal move, resulting in a loss". Can someone expand the article to explain about illegal moves (what they are, whether they indeed lead to a loss etc.)? 188.169.229.30 (talk) 00:36, 24 November 2012 (UTC)