In Australia, the most common name is "scissors, paper, rock", a reversal of the American format with the omission of "shoot". The format of the terms, however, is different in other parts of the world and "shoot" is often omitted in other countries. In North America and the United Kingdom, it is known as "rock, paper, scissors", occasionally (when spoken in the game) followed by an exclamation of "shoot" (i.e "Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"). Most notably, the game's name is formatted differently in different countries. The modern game is known by several names.
It is unclear why this name became associated with the game, with hypotheses ranging from a slight phonetic similarity with the Japanese name jan-ken-pon, to the presence of a statue of Rochambeau in a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. This legend is apocryphal, as all evidence points to the game first becoming known in the United States during the 1930s. The name Rochambeau is a reference to Count Rochambeau, who allegedly played the game during the American Revolutionary War. Unlike truly random selection methods, however, rock paper scissors can be played with some degree of skill by recognizing and exploiting non-random behavior in opponents. Rock paper scissors is often used as a fair choosing method between two people, similar to coin flipping, drawing straws, or throwing dice in order to settle a dispute or make an unbiased group decision. If both players choose the same shape, the game is tied and is usually replayed to break the tie. A player who decides to play rock will beat another player who has chosen scissors ("rock crushes scissors" or "breaks scissors" or sometimes "blunts scissors" ), but will lose to one who has played paper ("paper covers rock") a play of paper will lose to a play of scissors ("scissors cuts paper"). The earliest form of "rock paper scissors"-style game originated in China and was subsequently imported into Japan, where it reached its modern standardized form, before being spread throughout the world in the early 20th century.Ī simultaneous, zero-sum game, it has three possible outcomes: a draw, a win or a loss.
These shapes are "rock" (a closed fist), "paper" (a flat hand), and "scissors" (a fist with the index finger and middle finger extended, forming a V). Rock paper scissors (also known by other orderings of the three items, with "rock" sometimes being called "stone," or as Rochambeau, roshambo, or ro-sham-bo) is an intransitive hand game, usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. None to some, depending on the skill level of those playing
A chart showing how the three game elements interact
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