Editing Rock paper scissors (section)

== Tournaments ==
[[File:rps2010 2.jpg|thumb|Two players at the 4th UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships, 2010]]
Various competitive rock paper scissors tournaments have been organised by different groups.

=== World Rock Paper Scissors Association ===

Started in 2015, the WRPSA has hosted Professional Rock Paper Scissors Tournaments all around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Betuel|first=Emma|title=The best rock-paper-scissors players know how to win without luck|url=https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/rock-paper-scissors-not-sports|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Inverse|date=5 August 2020|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301010627/https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/rock-paper-scissors-not-sports|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-08|title=Playing to Win|url=https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/playing-to-win-2/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Time for Kids|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421071820/https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/playing-to-win-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-09|title=Play to Win|url=https://www.timeforkids.com/g2/play-to-win/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Time for Kids|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421081814/https://www.timeforkids.com/g2/play-to-win/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hour 3: Ken "Whitey" Watson by Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin|url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/keyshawn-jwill-zubin-130990/episodes/hour-3-ken-whitey-watson-30520248|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Podchaser|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618083708/https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/keyshawn-jwill-zubin-130990/episodes/hour-3-ken-whitey-watson-30520248|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2016-08-04|title=About Us {{!}} The World Rock Paper Scissors Association|url=https://www.wrpsa.com/about/|access-date=2021-04-07|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416151356/https://www.wrpsa.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== World Rock Paper Scissors Society ===
The World Rock Paper Scissors Society hosted Professional Rock Paper Scissors Tournaments from 2002 to 2009. These open, competitive championships were widely attended by players from around the world and attracted widespread international media attention.<ref>{{cite news
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| title = 2003 World Rock Paper Scissors Championship
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| title = Rock, Paper, Scissors A Sport?
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| title = Rock Paper Scissors contest being held
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| date = 2003-10-27
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}}</ref> WRPS events were noted for their large cash prizes, elaborate staging, and colorful competitors.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldrps.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=30 | title = Gallery | work = World RPS society | date = 2005-11-13 | access-date = 2006-08-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060315203450/http://www.worldrps.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=30 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-03-15}}</ref>
In 2004, the championships were broadcast on the U.S. television network [[Fox Sports Net]] (later known as [[Bally Sports]]), with the winner being Lee Rammage, who went on to compete in at least one subsequent championship.<ref>{{cite news |last=Crick |first=Jennifer |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/06/13/8262549/index.htm |title=HAND JIVE - 13 June 2005 |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2005-06-13 |access-date=2009-06-05 |archive-date=2008-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907171906/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/06/13/8262549/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanley-paul.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=30&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=16 |title=World RPS Society - 2004 Champion Lee Rammage crushes a pair of Scissors |publisher=Stanley-paul.com |date=2005-11-13 |access-date=2009-06-05}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The 2007 tournament was won by Andrea Farina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/10/15/4577669-sun.html|title=Rock Paper Scissors crowns a queen as its champ|author=Canoe inc.|work=canoe.com|access-date=2 May 2015|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708095757/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/10/15/4577669-sun.html|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> The last tournament hosted by the World RPS Society was in Toronto, Canada, on November 14, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldrps.com/world-championships/|title=World RPS Society World Championships|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116124058/http://worldrps.com/world-championships/|archive-date=16 November 2018|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref>

=== UK championships ===
Several RPS events have been organised in the United Kingdom by [[Wacky Nation]]. The 1st UK Championship took place on 13 July 2007, and were then held annually. The 2019 event was won by Ellie Mac, who went on to pick up the cash prize of £20,000 but was unable to double her earnings in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8072439.stm|title=Pub hosts UK 'rock' championship|date=28 May 2009|work=BBC News|access-date=2009-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531124811/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8072439.stm|archive-date=31 May 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== USARPS tournaments ===
[[USA Rock Paper Scissors League]] is sponsored by [[Anheuser-Busch brands#Bud Light|Bud Light]]. Leo Bryan Pacis was the first commissioner of the USARPS.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Cody Louis Brown was elected as the second commissioner of the USARPS in 2014.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

In April 2006, the inaugural USARPS Championship was held in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]]. Following months of regional qualifying tournaments held across the US, 257 players were flown to Las Vegas for a single-elimination tournament at the [[House of Blues]] where the winner received $50,000. The tournament was shown on the [[A&E Network]] on 12 June 2006.

The $50,000 2007 USARPS Tournament took place at the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay in May 2007.

In 2008, Sean "Wicked Fingers" Sears beat 300 other contestants and walked out of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino with $50,000 after defeating Julie "Bulldog" Crossley in the finals.

The inaugural Budweiser International Rock, Paper, Scissors Federation Championship was held in Beijing, China after the close of the 2008 Summer Olympics at Club Bud. A Belfast man won the competition.<ref>{{cite web |date=2008-08-27 |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/ireland/mhqlojkfidsn/ |title=Belfast man tops world at rock, paper, scissors &#124; Irish Examiner |publisher=Examiner.ie |access-date=2009-06-05 |archive-date=2012-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220959/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/ireland/mhqlojkfidsn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== National XtremeRPS Competition 2007–2008 ===
The XtremeRPS National Competition is a US nationwide RPS competition with Preliminary Qualifying contests that started in January 2007 and ended in May 2008, followed by regional finals in June and July 2008. The national finals were to be held in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], in August 2008, with a chance to win up to $5,000.

=== ''Guinness Book of World Records'' ===
The largest rock paper scissors tournament hosted 2,950 players and was achieved by Oomba, Inc. (USA) at [[Gen Con]] 2014 in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, United States, on 17 August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com.au/world-records/3000/largest-tournament-of-rock-paper-scissors|title=Home|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012090817/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com.au/world-records/3000/largest-tournament-of-rock-paper-scissors|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== World Series ===
Former [[Celebrity Poker Showdown]] host and USARPS Head Referee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usarps.com/tourney-info/roshs-blog/article/view/master-roshs-analysis-of-the-final-match/97/|title=Master Rosh's Analysis of the Final Match|date=2005-06-28|access-date=2009-07-31|work=USARPS Leagues|publisher=USARPS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175551/http://www.usarps.com/tourney-info/roshs-blog/article/view/master-roshs-analysis-of-the-final-match/97/|archive-date=2011-07-17}}</ref> [[Phil Gordon (poker player)|Phil Gordon]] has hosted an annual $500 World Series of Rock Paper Scissors event in conjunction with the [[World Series of Poker]] since 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/world/americas/14iht-rock.1.5699920.html|title=Las Vegas's latest game: Rock, paper, scissors|last=Friess|first=Steven|newspaper=NY Times|date=2007-05-14|access-date=2009-07-23|archive-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207134529/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/world/americas/14iht-rock.1.5699920.html?|url-status=live}}</ref> The winner of the WSORPS receives an entry into the [[List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions|WSOP Main Event]]. The event is an annual fundraiser for the "Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation" via Gordon's charity ''Bad Beat on Cancer''. Poker player [[Annie Duke]] won the Second Annual World Series of Rock Paper Scissors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2540622&type=blogEntry|title=Where's Annie?|work=ESPN.com|date=2006-08-05|access-date=2009-07-24|archive-date=2017-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708092135/http://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2540622&type=blogEntry|url-status=live}}</ref> The tournament is taped by ESPN and highlights are covered during "The Nuts" section of ESPN's annual WSOP broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/06/the-real-championship-wsop.htm|title=The REAL championship at the World Series of Poker|last=Caldwell|first=John|publisher=Poker News|date=2005-06-15|access-date=2009-07-24|archive-date=2009-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621064223/http://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/06/the-real-championship-wsop.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=86|title=WSOP Schedule Whiplash|date=2005-06-14|access-date=2009-07-24|publisher=Poker Pages|archive-date=2009-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805211211/http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=86|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pokerworks.com/blogs/craigsjournal/2006/07/27/exclusive-coverage-roshambo-the-rematch/ |title=EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE: Roshambo&nbsp;— The Rematch |last=Craig |first=Michael |publisher=Pokerworks |access-date=2009-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805095547/http://pokerworks.com/blogs/craigsjournal/2006/07/27/exclusive-coverage-roshambo-the-rematch/ |archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> 2009 was the fifth year of the tournament.

=== ''Jackpot En Poy'' of ''Eat Bulaga!'' ===
Jackpot En Poy is a game segment on the Philippines' longest running noontime variety show, ''[[Eat Bulaga!]]''. The game is based on the classic children's game rock paper scissors (Jak-en-poy in Filipino, derived from the Japanese Jan-ken-pon) where four players are paired to compete in the three-round segment. In the first round, the first pair plays against each other until one player wins three times. The next pair then plays against each other in the second round. The winners from the first two rounds then compete against each other to finally determine the ultimate winner. The winner of the game then moves on to the final round. In the final round, the player is presented with several Dabarkads, each holding different amounts of cash prize. The player will then pick three Dabarkads who they will play rock paper scissors against. The player plays against them one at a time. If the player wins against any of the ''Eat Bulaga!'' hosts, they will win the cash prize.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tv/eat_bulaga/57015/eat-bulaga-judy-ann-santos-tinalo-ang-kapatid-sa-jackpot-en-poy/video/ |title=Eat Bulaga: Judy Ann Santos, tinalo ang kapatid sa Jackpot en Poy &#124; Eat Bulaga &#124; TV &#124; GMA Entertainment - Online Home of Kapuso Shows and Stars - Video |access-date=2017-03-06 |archive-date=2017-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306211900/http://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tv/eat_bulaga/57015/eat-bulaga-judy-ann-santos-tinalo-ang-kapatid-sa-jackpot-en-poy/video/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/165186-ph-senators-eat-bulaga|title=WATCH: PH senators on 'Eat Bulaga'|work=Rappler|access-date=2017-07-15|language=en|archive-date=2017-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329114226/http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/165186-ph-senators-eat-bulaga|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2017/03/20/1682731/happily-resettled-back-home|title=Happily resettled back home|last=Lo|first=Ricky|work=philstar.com|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-date=2017-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506160109/http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2017/03/20/1682731/happily-resettled-back-home|url-status=live}}</ref>