Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand the rules of the game, its rather simple. My question is how do people manage to play out 3 rounds in less than 5 seconds?

For me, it’s a multi-step mental challenge that would take me like 15 to 20 seconds slowed down to complete.

    1. Pick a word, Rock, Paper, Scissors
    1. Remember how to shape my hand
    1. Punch Rock into my palm a couple times anyways, as apparently Rock is the default before the actual sign is thrown
    1. Remind myself how to arrange my own hand sign when the round is up
    1. Observe the opponent’s sign, which is only presented for about a half of a second
  • ?. Oh fuck, I didn’t have enough time to register the opponent’s hand sign
    1. Feel like a fucking idiot and walk away

Seriously, how is this game played so quickly? Is it more suitable for people that know sign language or something?

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I don’t have to look at either my nor your feet to walk though.

    However, I do have to look at the hand sign you threw out in RPS, interpret that into the associated word, make sure I didn’t mix up my vs your hand signals, interpret the logic, determine if it was a win/lose/draw, and keep count?

    Put it this way, short of the middle finger, peace symbol, or thumbs up, I’m absolutely worthless for anything even resembling sign language.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I mention walking as a base level, but I can extend it beyond that.

      As a weird example, I’m going to mention swing dancing. It is supposed to be random acts of dancing by those who are dancing with each other. Doing so requires the following:

      • Identifying the tempo of the song
      • Moving your feet to the tempo
      • Giving or receiving direction through tactical contact only.
      • Positioning your body based on the tempo of the music, your footwork, and the direction either given or received.

      And a lot of dancing and other movement based communication is at a level where you don’t have to think about the individual movements even if the movements aren’t planned out. You seem to have to consciously think about these movements while others around you don’t have to.

        • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          I use it as an example. There are certain actions that people can put to their autonomous reaction. Some of those actions include being able to communicate with others and being able to act in sync with others.

          You may be able to perform complex physical actions by yourself, but you have issues processing outside human stimulus at a fast enough speed to play rock paper scissors at the same place that others do.