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'''Rock-paper-scissors''' is a [[hand game]] usually played by two people, where players simultaneously form one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. The "rock" beats scissors, the "scissors" beat paper and the "paper" beats rock; if both players throw the same shape, the game is tied. Other names for the game in the English-speaking world include '''roshambo''', '''Paper-Scissors-Stone''', '''ick-ack-ock''' and other orderings of the three items.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rpschamps.com/templates/j15_rps/images/propaganda/faq/game-basics/|title=Game Basics|accessdate=2009-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/16/BA251812.DTL |title=Ready, set ... Roshambo! Contestants vie for $1,000 purse in Rock, Scissors, Paper contest|accessdate=2007-11-20 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=2003-03-19 | first=Kelly | last=St. John}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wells|first=Steven|title=It's not your dad's ick-ack-ock|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/nov/24/1|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2013-08-13|date=2006-11-24}}</ref> |
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'''Rock-paper-scissors''' is a [[hand game]] usually played by two people, where players simultaneously form one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. The "rock" beats scissors, the "scissors" beat paper and the "paper" beats rock; if both players throw the same shape, the game is tied. Other names for the game in the English-speaking world include '''roshambo''', '''Paper-Scissors-Stone''', '''ick-ack-ock''' and other orderings of the three items.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rpschamps.com/templates/j15_rps/images/propaganda/faq/game-basics/|title=Game Basics|accessdate=2009-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/16/BA251812.DTL |title=Ready, set ... Roshambo! Contestants vie for $1,000 purse in Rock, Scissors, Paper contest|accessdate=2007-11-20 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=2003-03-19 | first=Kelly | last=St. John}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wells|first=Steven|title=It's not your dad's ick-ack-ock|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/nov/24/1|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2013-08-13|date=2006-11-24}}</ref>It has also been referred to as farkling. |
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The game is often used as a choosing method in a way similar to [[coin flipping]], [[drawing straws]], or throwing [[dice]]. Unlike truly [[randomness|random]] selection methods, however, rock-paper-scissors can be played with a degree of skill by recognizing and exploiting non-random behavior in opponents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fisher|first=Len|title=Rock, paper, scissors: game theory in everyday life|year=2008|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780786726936|page=94}}</ref> |
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The game is often used as a choosing method in a way similar to [[coin flipping]], [[drawing straws]], or throwing [[dice]]. Unlike truly [[randomness|random]] selection methods, however, rock-paper-scissors can be played with a degree of skill by recognizing and exploiting non-random behavior in opponents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fisher|first=Len|title=Rock, paper, scissors: game theory in everyday life|year=2008|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780786726936|page=94}}</ref> |
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