The Bobcat Nation

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Once again, a simple childhood game has become a worldwide sensation among adults with a sense of humor and penchant for gag T-shirts.

Rock, paper, scissors has gone professional. In an age when organized dodgeball tournaments have become commonplace and curling is an Olympic sport, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a game known nearly universally in schoolyards around the world has caught on.

"Not many people have the opportunities to compete at the highest levels in a sport," said Graham Walker, leader of the World RPS Society and co-author of "The Official Rock, Paper, Scissors Strategy Guide."

"You have to work all your life to get in the Olmypics or on a football team. What we offer is the chance for anyone who wants to declare themselves a professional athlete to compete at the highest levels and be able to walk away a world champion. That’s why we have people flying in from Norway, Australia, the Czech Republic, 20 U.S. states."

Just barely more complicated than, say, a game of tag, rock, paper, scissors — or RPS, as pro players like to call it — doesn’t exactly take a lifetime to pick up.

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I saw something else about this; I think the Wall Street Journal had an article about it a week or two ago.

The other thing I thought was funny is that when I was living in DC a couple years ago, they had an adult kickball league in the summertime -- they played their games out on the Mall, just like the after-work softball leagues in DC do. Because I worked near there, I used to run into groups of kickball players in the bars downtown when I would go for drinks after work -- they were a pretty fun crowd.

Grizlaw wrote:I saw something else about this; I think the Wall Street Journal had an article about it a week or two ago.

The other thing I thought was funny is that when I was living in DC a couple years ago, they had an adult kickball league in the summertime -- they played their games out on the Mall, just like the after-work softball leagues in DC do. Because I worked near there, I used to run into groups of kickball players in the bars downtown when I would go for drinks after work -- they were a pretty fun crowd.

These are just the kind of people I would like to hang out with. Having a sense of humor about yourself is always refreshing.