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I wonder if it has less to do with the name and more to do with which hand beats which.

That is, if you lose with a rock, you have lost to a paper, hence a paper might start looking like a better option.

Ah, that makes sense. It would lead to a lot of rock-rock etc., as the winner stays and the loser moves to the winner hand. I wonder what the players pick then? If both move up one it would lead to an even larger number of same-hand encounters.

That's what I remember from looking into this a few years back.

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