A funny thing happened.

[custardchuk]

A funny thing happened at Parap Hotel last Tuesday.
The Parap Hotel, in their wisdom, had decided to do the RPS promotion, " Play the barman for free drinks every Tuesday night".

Woo hoo. Losers.

Week 1 we drank 2/3 of our drinks for free. Scissorsista got caned.

Last Tuesday we were up 100% and Scissorsista was designated thrower.
At the Parap Hotel they play two prime. Easy. I won my round 1 match by simply declaring I thought it was three prime and getting another shot. Ha ha.

However, in Week 2, Scissorsista pulled off something I haven't yet seen, (and that is saying something)

The barmaid primed two, Scissorsista assumed three, and the barmaid went scissors. The barmaid offered a replay but Scissorsista demanded a win on the basis that her third prime was, in fact, a throw of Rock, and all else after that was "for show".

Parap paid up and we laughed and laughed.

But I can see see where this could lead.

I'd like to take it out of personal games with Scissorsista but take free beers from pubs. I don't think, to the best of my knowledge, that WRPSS has specifically addressed the issue of a prime being adjudged a rock and not a prime.

Brad?

regards
custardchuk

[Jef Hallestone]

So that is why you never seem to place very well at the World's. You just need the right motivation. My suggestion to you in upcoming years is not to see the prize purse as $10,000, but look at it as it as 2000 drinks ($5x2000 drinks = $10,000). In this sense you are already in well into training mode.

I would cry foul on SS tactics. The rules clearly state that you must leave your fist in place after it has been thrown, so her extra prime would in violation of that. That waitress likely knew this...but who wants to get into an argument with SS after she has had a few drinks?!

[R Cohrs]

Good job chuk and sista   Free drinks just taste so much better.

[ScissorSista]

There are a couple of factors that 'chuk forgot to mention.

Firstly, the Sheila in question did not leave her playing hand down for the required time either.
Secondly, after my retort about my rock beating her scissors she didn't bat an eyelid/complain in any way.
Thirdly, I said to her that I'd at least tried to give her a hint...   [I had a Roshambo Winery 'rock' temporary tattoo on my playing hand].

Jeez if you still play scissors after that well what can I say...apart from I got free drinks. Maybe the true RPS/Beer professional has to do these things.

look at it as it as 2000 drinks ($5x2000 drinks = $10,000). In this sense you are already in well into training mode.

Yes you're quite right Jef (with one 'f'), maybe this exercise could get him further than his usual round 1 in 2008...
If he wants to take me on in the final then that's OK!


cheers
ScissorSista

[custardchuk]

Tuesday.
Parap Hotel 1, Professional players 2.

33% Beers. I offered my advice cheap. Not taken. Losers.

regards
custardchuk

[ScissorSista]

It's Tuesday again and the pressure of success or loss is building for the pub...

Us 4: Them 1

Plus, Sista's round was a double of the drinks so we pretty much got near perfect this week. Next Tuesday - the world's our lobster (personally I despite foodstuffs that look/taste like snot!).


Bring it on again, Parap Hotel! 


cheers
ScissorSista

[Brad Fox]

This is quite possibly the worst best thought-out promotion in the history of the hospitality business.

As for the prime issue, it would (of course) not stand in a tournament, but this seems far more akin to hustler-style play, and if there's one thing I've come to respect is those willing to live by the hustle, have to be willing to die by the hustle.

Please do not confuse this with the old chestnut "those willing to live by the hustle, should - do the hustle". Completely different aphorism.

[ScissorSista]

Brad, I'm just wondering if aphorism is your 'word for the day'? Has someone challenged you to fit it into every conversation you have? [that includes posts]. If so, how on earth did you manage to slip that one in at the supermarket??? 


Sis x

[Master Roshambollah]

This is quite possibly the worst best thought-out promotion in the history of the hospitality business.

I agree, Brad.  For a while I was trying to figure out how the pub was staying in business.  Letting chuk and Sista drink for free (which is basically what it amounts to, given their obvious talents in the sport) is kind of like letting a fat kid in to an all-you-can-eat cake buffet.

Then it occurred to me that having a couple of Internationally known RPS players around might actually be good for business, even if it costs them a few dozen kangaroo pelts, or whatever they use for currency down there.  As word spreads, more individuals will come to the bar just to watch custardchuk and Ally play.  I reckon they'll hit the break-even point once they get twelve paying customers in the door to balance out Ally and chuk.  After that, it's all gravy.

[Brad Fox]

True.

I also considered the possibility that it's a clever "loss-leader" approach in disguise where they assume the pro-RPS crowd will be so drunk by the end of the evening, they won't notice that they're getting "special" food prices marked up 500%.

I then had to amend this theory as 'chuks ability to subsist entirely on lagers and ales would do an end-run around this possiblity... however a astronomical mark up on hotel rooms, or tickets for public drunkeness may also suffice.

I suspect your posit is closer to the truth, but a risky prospect as we know that while pro-RPS players do indeed attract a captivated public, they also (like gunfighters) attract other pro-RPS players. 


As for the overuse of lexicon Sista', I blame the "word of the day" toilet paper the grandkids gave me. That stuff is insidious.

[ScissorSista]

they won't notice that they're getting "special" food prices marked up 500%. I then had to amend this theory as 'chuks ability to subsist entirely on lagers and ales

RPSOZ has a mantra which deals with precisely this issue:
"Eating's cheating"

I also considered the possibility that it's a clever "loss-leader" approach in disguise where they assume the pro-RPS crowd will be so drunk by the end of the evening

Unfortunately the (usually free) RPS beers only occur between 5 and 6 pm. We must therefore play often during this single hour and of course finish on the double round of drinks game.

Then of course you're left with a group of people in a pub that they'd never usually go to, who end up having just one "roadie" [a (paid) drink for the road] after 6pm. Some nights it can take a lot of Dutch courage to get back on the road. Last night, however, we were fiscally prudent and left when the free grog finished!

even if it costs them a few dozen kangaroo pelts, or whatever they use for currency down there.

Funnily enough the pelt is at an all time high against the greenback, they're just a bugger to fit in your wallet!


Sis x

[R Cohrs]

"Funnily enough the pelt is at an all time high against the greenback, they're just a bugger to fit in your wallet!"

That's hilarious    Good call Sista!  I say take those bars for all they've got.