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Subject: What is RPS?
From: Alan D Ray
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 19:22 UTC

From: nalayar@sccoast.net (Alan D Ray)
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Subject: What is RPS?
Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 15:22:32 -0400
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Hi.

Not familiar with RPS...is this a
site out of the USA?

Subject: Re: What is RPS?
From: Dimensional Traveler
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 00:58 UTC
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On 5/8/2024 12:22 PM, Alan D Ray wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Not familiar with RPS...is this a
> site out of the USA?

"Rock, Paper, Shotgun"?

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/
"PC gaming since 1873"

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

Subject: Re: What is RPS?
From: Spalls Hurgenson
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 14:59 UTC
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On Wed, 08 May 2024 15:22:32 -0400, Alan D Ray <nalayar@sccoast.net>
wrote:

>
>Hi.
>
>Not familiar with RPS...is this a
>site out of the USA?

Presumably you mean "Rock Paper Shotgun", a fairly mediocre (IMHO)
video-game review site https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ that rarely
has anything new to add to the conversation. An English-language
website, it's based in the UK.

Possibly "Rock, paper, scissors", a zero-sum children's game where the
two players 'throw' (using hand motions) either a rock (fist), paper
(flat hand) or scissors (two fingers outstretched). The outcome is
cyclical, where scissors beats paper, which itself beats rock, which
in turn beats scissors. The name of the website above riffs off this
game. Rock-paper-scissor mechanics are often the basis for video-game
mechanics where there are multiple classes or units, ensuring everyone
has a role in the game. (e.g., Soldiers are good against snipers;
snipers are good against heavies; heavies are good against soldiers).

Alternately, redundant power supply or royal photographic society. Or
even renewable portfolion standard, revenue per share, requests per
second, or dozens or other similar meanings to the acronym. But given
the focus of this newsgroup, I'm gonna assume it's the website. ;-)

Why do you ask?

Subject	Author
What is RPS?	Alan D Ray
Re: What is RPS?	Dimensional Traveler
Re: What is RPS?	Spalls Hurgenson