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Edge of the World’s 24th annual Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) competition was back in action at the store on Thursday, Feb 16. The contest had taken an in store hiatus with the competition being held online through the edgeoftheworld.ca website for the last two years. The layout of the competition is a head to head elimination style where participants face off against one another with the best of three taking the win. Following a win, contestants would proceed to the next round of play until only two remained. The final battle would then take place with the victorious winner receiving a snowboard of their choice.
After many rounds of play, 35 year old Eric Epperson took on three-year old Ellie Kirkland with the crown of 24th annual RPS champion going to Eric. When asked how he trained for RPS, Eric stated that he put “lots of hard work into this, a lot of mental preparation and stone cold emotion”. Just for showing up and participating, all entrants were submitted into a draw to win a snow skate, choice of outerwear, and a skateboard deck. Edge of the World is very happy with how the event went and the substantial amount of participants.
According to the World Rock Paper Scissors Association, RPS is the oldest hand game ever played. The origins are rooted in China, with the earliest form of hand game called shoushiling. The form of RPS most are familiar with resembles the Japanese game Janken. RPS is a universal game that is played around the world…even to the Edge of the World!