Toronto Man Is Rock-Paper-Scissors WORLD CHAMPION!!!!!

[underpants]

The dreaded "blowtorch" move was not attempted as was predicted here on DU.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=10&u=/ap/20031027/ap_on_fe_st/rock_paper_scissors



TORONTO - The cavernous club was filled with hundreds of fierce competitors. Striped-shirted referees kept order during the grueling hand-to-hand combat. In the end, it came down to two men and three "weapons" — rock, paper and scissors.

Rob Krueger, 31, of Toronto, was the winner — hands down — of the second International World Rock Paper Scissors Championship on Saturday night, taking home the $3,750 first prize.

"Let the opponent make mistakes," stressed Benjamin Stein, 25, of New York, wearing a Stars and Stripes bandanna. When he eventually fell, he blamed a failure to follow his own advice.

"I tried hot-dogging it to get the crowd behind me. I lost to a chump," Stein said, using the culture's lingo for a slow thrower.

Other terms include "cloaking," the trick of holding back a throw until the last possible moment, and "paper clipping," a similar attempt to dupe an opponent into a false move.

"It's a big joke for 364 days of the year," said Rigaux, a 26-year-old software salesman in Toronto, where the World Rock Paper Scissors Society is based. "When you get here, it's totally serious."

[GOPisEvil]

1. How lame - no nuclear bomb, either.

Maybe that move is outlawed for the finals. :shrug:

[underpants]

2. The Offical Strategery site

http://www.worldrps.com/

[GOPisEvil]

4. I like the "fistful of dollars" gambit!

http://www.worldrps.com/gambits.html

[underpants]

8. Ah yes I see you are employing the Denouement

I have studied this from the masters.

:eyes:

[kmla]

3. Oh, that yahoo news writer!

"...Winner - hands down...."

OH, stop it!!!! I'm laughing too hard! Hahahahahaha!!!!
I'm about to pee my pants! Hehehehehehe!

Talented writing like that, Underpants, never gets mentioned anymore. I say we nominate that writer for a Polk Award. Or maybe a Peabody. (semi-obscure Bill O'Reilly reference)

That's freakin' hilarious!

(kmla turns off his smart-ass satirical commentary).

"Damn - shoulda unveiled that blowtorch move. Coulda won it all."

[On the Road]

5. Look at Their T-Shirts!

They are wonderful. Will definitely buy some as Christmas presents this year.

http://www.cafeshops.com/worldrpsproshop



The individual gifs don't cut and paste. There are many of them.

[LynneSin]

6. And we overlooked that 2002 was the year of the rock???

:shrug:

[Braden]

7. I've been using their online trainer all morning

I feel ready. I think I need an acceptance speach.

"I would like to thank the lord jesus christ for allowing me to throw scissors in a paper count." words to that effect.

[underpants]

9. You've got 364 days to prepare but in the meantime..

why not find a chapter in your hometown.....bring a friend and let two people know where you will be :scared:

[Braden]

10. I figure I have 18 years for the World Senior Rock Paper Scissors

Championships.

Until then I want to keep my amatuer status.

[underpants]

11. F**kit skip the Olympics go Pro!

:bounce:

[Braden]

12. that kind of money is tempting. plus I was winning consistently against

their gif hand.