[ElSapo]

RPS is a lot of fun when taken seriously. Or rather, when you pretend to take it seriously. When everything becomes farce.

I went to the RPS World Championships in Toronto with a bunch of friends a few years ago - just a blur of a drunken weekend. We did a lot of interviews with television and newspapers, all the while trying to maintain some facade of seriousness, discussing training and strategy and whatever.

At times, it was sort of surreal. I did a phone interview with the NYT (none of it was used), and the whole thing seemed like a contest of who can out-facetious the other person. The reporter would ask questions about strategy and training, and I was completely baffled as to whether she was being serious, or thought I was being serious. She clearly won that round.

RPS may or may not be a game of greater or less skill than tic tac toe. But talking about RPS, seriously, there's a fun game.