Rowchambeau Battle

Known aliases:  Rock, Paper, Scissors Battle; Rowcham battle

Know how to play basic rowchambeau ?  Rock, paper, scissors?  Rock crushes scissors, scissors cuts paper, and paper covers rock.  It's a great way to make decisions like "should we get ice cream" or "should we get married?"

Rowchambeau battle takes that a step further.

Numbers needed: 4 or more (up to hundreds, I suppose)

Space: Determined by numbers, but can be done in airports, around kitchen tables, or in yards.

Rules:  Pair up (if someone doesn't have a partner to start, they can either wait one round or do a trio rowchambeau).  The pair plays either best of three rounds or one round of rowchambeau to determine a winner.  The loser in the pair immediately becomes the biggest fan of the winner.  Winners then play winners (and the loner who sat out of round one, if there was such a loner) while losers cheer on their winner with utmost intensity.  When someone wins that game, all losers cheer on that winner. This pattern continues until the final battle - where only two people are left and the rest of the group is split in half, cheering on their winner.  At the culmination of the final rowcham battle, all of the group goes crazy over the final winner.  

Final note:  In a human's lifetime, they can one time, and one time only, throw "fire" (demonstrated by an upturned palm and wiggling fingers).  Fire beats rock, paper, and scissors.  However, if their opponent gets wind that this may happen, the opponent can throw water, which only beats fire.