Date announced for the 2014 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships.
The team at Wacky Nation have announced that this year's UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships will take place on Saturday 4th of October at the Green Man Pub, Central London!
Entries are now open and will see 128 athletes battle it out to be the UK's numero one best Janken player.
Emily and I have competed in a number of Wacky Nation RPS events and have always found the organised chaos to be great fun.
Richard Gottfried (San Marino) takes on his arch-nemesis in RPS Neil 'Razor' Ruddock (Man Lab) in an International Rock Paper Scissors 'friendly' match in 2012
The UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships will take place from 6 til 10pm on Saturday 4th of October you can currently register for early bird tickets to compete in the 8th annual spectacular on the Eventbrite page.
2013 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships to take place in London on the 23rd of November!
The date for the 2013 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships has been announced! The big event will be taking place on Saturday 23rd of November.
Taking place at the Knights Templar Pub on Chancery Lane in London, the three hour UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships will see 250 competitors battle it out for the top prize of UK Champ, a trophy and £100 in prize money.
Emily and I have competed in a number of the Wacky Nation organised Rock Paper Scissors tournaments and always found them great fun. In the 2012 International Rock Paper Scissors Championships our team finished fourth, losing to Great Britain in the bronze medal match (we were San Marino).
Taking on football legend Neil 'Razor' Ruddock in a 2012 International Rock Paper Scissors 'friendly' match!
On Saturday 22nd October the 2011 Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships took place at The Knights Templar Pub on Chancery Lane, London. Over 200 people took part in the Individual and Team Competitions at the event organised by the team at Wacky Nation, with 128 players battling to become the 2011 UK RPS Champion. For the third year running the winner came from Woking! With the 2011 honours going to Max Deeley.
Photo: From l-r Oliver 'The Machine' Florence, Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley - note Richard & Marc throwing the illegal RPS move of 'Sausage'
Photo: 2011 UK RPS Contender Oliver 'The Machine' Florence shows off his t-shirt prize for reaching the Semi-Finals
The 2011 tournament used a knockout format rather than the round-robin system employed last year, this meant that players were only guaranteed one match and Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd was the first of our group to fall, losing in the first round. I followed soon after with a straight 2-nil defeat. Brad and I were in good company in our losing efforts, as the 2010 UK RPS Champion - Paul Lewis - also fell at the first hurdle.
Photo: Richard shows that three hands are not better than two
Photo: Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd (bottom right) cuts a lonely figure having crashed out in the first round
Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley was the only member of our troupe to be drawn on the rowdier Table One, but despite nerves on his debut won through round one. However, in round two he was drawn to face a giant of a man who almost dislocated 'The Roller's' shoulder in the opening handshake! This obviously impaired Bazeley who unfortunately lost the match and decided to make the long journey back to Wellingborough, but not before he gave a post-match interview.
In the Team contest 16 teams of four players lined-up to be crowned Champions. Our team - The Guild of Rock Paper Scissors - finished in tied 5th/6th place, alongside longtime Dodgeball rivals the WDW, following a win in the first round, but a loss in the Quarter Finals. The team consisted of myself, Emily, Ollie and Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, who didn't enter the individual event but instead spent his time sharking people in Challenge RPS matches.
Photo: The Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) in their lair before the team tournament. From l-r 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence, Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - once again note the players throwing the illegal RPS manouvre of 'Sausage'!
Ahead of the tournament the competition sponsor Sportingbet had a betting special running with a number of different markets priced up. Emily and I managed to recoup some of our spending with a win on the winning hand combination.
Photo: The Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) team. From l-r Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence
You can view a number of videos from the 2011 (and 2010) UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships on my YouTube Channel.
You can also register your interest to compete in the 2012 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships on the UK RPS website.
Teams of four have been invited to compete in the Wacky Nation organised event that will take place on Saturday 22nd October 2011 at the Knights Templar pub on Chancery Lane.
The team event will be taking place in addition to the individual competition which will see over 200 competitors in action for the national RPS title!
The team at Wacky Nation have announced the date for the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships. The 5th Edition of the Tournament will take place in London on Saturday 22nd October at the Knights Templar pub on Chancery Lane.
You can find all the details of the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships at the dedicated website here.
Report from the 2010 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships (including photos and videos from a selection of matches). Last year Emily reached the third round and finished with a record of Played 3, Won 2, Lost 1. I crashed out in round two and ended with a record of Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1.
The 2011 tournament will also feature a Team Event, one that the Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) will surely be entering!
It was a fantastic event with over 80 players battling it out for the title of UK RPS Champion!
Emily was drawn to play in Group B, while I was in Group C. The format of the event saw players face-off in best-of-three Rock Paper Scissors matches (with Rock beating Scissors, Scissors beating Paper, and Paper beating Rock).
Emily finished with a record of Played 3, Won 2, Lost 1.
I ended with a record of Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1.
The event was everything I had hoped for, and then some! There was a massive crowd on hand to witness the organised chaos, with unbelievable noise, support and chanting going on throughout the evening. Players had travelled from far and wide, there were teams, societies and even Superman.
The night also included the chance to win a prize through Challenge RPS Matches which our friend Oliver 'The Machine' Florence and his mate Paul 'The Terminator' Jones took part in (having been unable to enter the main event and not even qualifying for the 'Reserve List'). In these 'Street RPS' matches, you could challenge any other person in the arena to a match to play for Wacky Nation RPS Currency. The player with the most money at the end of the evening would be declared the Challenge RPS Winner.
The Table/Arena where the epic RPS Battles took place!
In the Grand Final Paul Lewis of Woking beat Ed Blake of the Richard Richard Danes Appreciation Society in a best-of-five throws match.
Videos from the event:
The Opening Match
Emily Gottfried - Match 1
Emily Gottfried - Match 2
Emily Gottfried - Match 3
Richard Gottfried - Match 1
Richard Gottfried - Match 2
The Grand Final
Photos from the event:
Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried
Richard Gottfried plays a Challenge RPS Match against Guildford's Oliver Florence
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions - Scissors, Rock or Paper?
Richard tries a sneak attack on Superman!
Richard and some of his 'Paper' Winnings from Challenge RPS Matches
Emily wins
Florence & Gottfried watching from the sidelines
A crazy competitor plays RPS Blindfolded!? He lost
Richard Gottfried and the 2010 UK Rock Paper Scissors Champion Paul Lewis
.JPG "Richard Gottfried takes on his arch-nemesis in RPS Neil 'Razor' Ruddock in an International Rock Paper Scissors 'friendly' match in 2012")
.JPG "Taking on football legend Neil 'Razor' Ruddock in an International Rock Paper Scissors 'friendly' match at the event last year!")
