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Interesting how the pattern "rock-paper-scissors" is followed. If this is because of the name, Swedish people, for example, would follow another patterns as the

by oliwary 12y ago

Interesting how the pattern "rock-paper-scissors" is followed. If this is because of the name, Swedish people, for example, would follow another patterns as they call the game "rock-scissors-paper" (Sten-sax-påse).

thomasahle 12y ago
I wonder if it has less to do with the name and more to do with which hand beats which. That is, if you lose with a rock, you have lost to a paper, hence a paper might start looking like a better option.
- jmilloy 12y ago
  That's what I remember from looking into this a few years back.
- oliwary 12y ago
  Ah, that makes sense. It would lead to a lot of rock-rock etc., as the winner stays and the loser moves to the winner hand. I wonder what the players pick then? If both move up one it would lead to an even larger number of same-hand encounters.
flux_w42 12y ago
I never thought of that actually. In Dutch we say paper-rock-scissors (blad-steen-schaar).
- rix0r 12y ago
  I would have said "steen schaar papier" (rock scissors paper). I guess, taken all over the world, most permutations show up.
brusch64 12y ago
in German it is "scissors-rock-paper" (Schere Stein Papier). I guess all combinations are possible...
- madeofpalk 12y ago
  And in Australia it's scissors-paper-rock.
- ximeng 12y ago
  Same in Chinese: 剪刀石头布: scissors stone cloth
  - franzwong 12y ago
    in Cantonese, it is called 包剪揼, cover-scissors-hammer
TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
The order is presumably the same in Chinese as in English, given the conclusion.
tawan 12y ago
I have this strategy to rearrange the order when I ask someone to play. For example I'd say "Hey, to settle our discussion, let's play scissor rock paper!" While pronouncing a little bit the last option. My opponent still caught off guard will more likely play the last option, in this example "Paper". The next time I will say "ok let's play rock paper scissors". And then I'll play Rock, haha. I don't know if it really works, but I was always good in this game. At least I think so ;)

by oliwary 12y ago

thomasahle 12y ago

I wonder if it has less to do with the name and more to do with which hand beats which. That is, if you lose with a rock, you have lost to a paper, hence a paper might start looking like a better option.

jmilloy 12y ago
That's what I remember from looking into this a few years back.
oliwary 12y ago
Ah, that makes sense. It would lead to a lot of rock-rock etc., as the winner stays and the loser moves to the winner hand. I wonder what the players pick then? If both move up one it would lead to an even larger number of same-hand encounters.

flux_w42 12y ago

I never thought of that actually. In Dutch we say paper-rock-scissors (blad-steen-schaar).

rix0r 12y ago
I would have said "steen schaar papier" (rock scissors paper). I guess, taken all over the world, most permutations show up.

brusch64 12y ago

in German it is "scissors-rock-paper" (Schere Stein Papier). I guess all combinations are possible...

madeofpalk 12y ago
And in Australia it's scissors-paper-rock.
ximeng 12y ago
Same in Chinese: 剪刀石头布: scissors stone cloth
- franzwong 12y ago
  in Cantonese, it is called 包剪揼, cover-scissors-hammer

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago

The order is presumably the same in Chinese as in English, given the conclusion.

tawan 12y ago

I have this strategy to rearrange the order when I ask someone to play. For example I'd say "Hey, to settle our discussion, let's play scissor rock paper!" While pronouncing a little bit the last option. My opponent still caught off guard will more likely play the last option, in this example "Paper". The next time I will say "ok let's play rock paper scissors". And then I'll play Rock, haha. I don't know if it really works, but I was always good in this game. At least I think so ;)