The Write-Down #15

Each week here at downboy, LLC, we like to take a moment to get to know a little more about our amazing team. One question. Three Answers. No judgment.

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Rock, paper, scissors. A schoolyard game. A way to potentially get out of doing something. A psychological challenge unlike any other. According to the World Rock Paper Scissors Association, the game dates to ancient China (frog, centipede, snake: Frog beats centipede, and so on). The game evolved over the centuries in other cultures—each with their own symbolic participants—until it emerged into the global mainstream circa 1900 as the game we know today. The winner of the Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown, held recently in New Jersey, bested 383 fellow competitors to take the $10,000 prize. Many of those who left the contest early employed more ‘fixed’ strategies (i.e. “Everybody starts off with rock, so I…”, etc.), but the defining feature of the winner’s circle seemed to be less thought out. No strategy, just gut.

What is your Rock, Paper Scissors Strategy?

“Strategy? Yeah, none. Completely Random. In the moment. Rock, Paper, Scissors. I mean, yeah. What else is there?”

E.W., Controller

“My strategy is: do I want to win or not? That is the question.”

Cindy Nevermore, Collections

“Paper every time. Even in a best of five.”

Haldy, Musician