World Rock Paper Scissors Day

Children's counting rhymes and tongue twisters are used even by adults for entertainment, drawing lots and for other purposes How do you decide who pays the bill at the cafe, takes out the trash, or gets the last slice of pizza? August 27 is World Rock, Paper, Scissors Day Using combinations of fingers, participants determine who won the comic competition or simply while away the time For example, scissors are broken by a heavier stone, which dulls them, but they cut a thin sheet of paper perfectly According to one legend, the game that the emperors and military leaders of the Ming dynasty entertained was invented in the Middle Kingdom, where it was called shoushilin (“hand command”), according to another - in France, where it was called chi-fu-mi The game known as sansukumi-ken (or mushi-ken, which means “fox fist”) came to Japan from China In sansukumi-ken, participants used 3 gestures In the ancient version they meant a frog, a slug and a snake The modern Japanese game uses stone, paper and scissors, traditional throughout the world This is interesting: People compete with computers in more than just chess In the Land of the Rising Sun, in 2012, the Janken robot was created, defeating a person in 100% of cases in the game “Rock, paper, scissors” Unlike psychologists’ observations of players, the machine’s winning was ensured by predicting the movement of a person’s hands based on processing data from a high-speed camera Americans believe that the popularity of Rock Paper Scissors was brought about by the TV series “The Big Bang Theory” His heroes brought 2 new elements to the cult game: a lizard and Spock, an alien from the planet Vulcan, whose mother was from Earth In the Russian version, in addition to 3 traditional elements, there is also a well A stone sinks into it, but a thin sheet of paper covers the neck This means that the player who used it wins Italian sailors played zot in ports, as evidenced by eyewitnesses - correspondents of The Times newspaper in 1924 Then in the Mediterranean countries the game, an analogue of the current "Rock, Paper, Scissors", was called murra This is interesting: Rock Paper Scissors winners are the authors of beginner's guides and receive hefty prize money in the form of rewards One of them, US sports commentator Jason Simmons, even received the nickname Master Roshambollah (from roshambo, the American name for a popular game) Having fun with your fingers helps you pass the time or take revenge in an argument Professional players develop strategic plans to win There are a lot of international competitions and national leagues to participate in Rock, Paper, Scissors Their participants use various cunning combinations, gambits as in checkers and chess, and develop special game tactics Despite its apparent simplicity, “Rock, Paper, Scissors” captivates not only gambling enthusiasts, but also professionals Therefore, both of them with joy and faith in victory celebrate August 27th as the day of the “Rock, Paper, Scissors” game