player1input = raw_input("Player 1: Rock, Paper or Scissors?")
if player1input == "Rock" or player1input == "rock" or player1input == "Paper"\
or player1input == "paper" or player1input == "Scissors"\
or player1input == "scissors":
    player2input = raw_input("Player 2: Rock, Paper or Scissors?")
    if player2input == "Rock" or player2input == "rock" or player2input == "Paper"\
    or player2input == "paper" or player2input == "Scissors"\
    or player2input == "scissors":
        player1choice = player1input.lower() #in case input was upper or lowercase
        player2choice = player2input.lower()
        if player1choice == player2choice :
            print "The result is a tie!"
        elif player1choice == "rock" and player2choice == "paper" :
            print "Paper beats Rock! Congratulations, Player 2!"
        elif player1choice == "rock" and player2choice == "scissors" :
            print "Rock beats Scissors! Congratulations, Player 1!"
        elif player1choice == "paper" and player2choice == "rock" :
            print "Paper beats Rock! Congratulations, Player 1!"
        elif player1choice == "paper" and player2choice == "scissors" :
            print "Scissors beats paper! Congratulations, Player 2!"
        elif player1choice == "scissors" and player2choice == "rock" :
            print "Rock beats Scissors! Congratulations, Player 2!"
        else :
            print "Scissors beats paper! Congratulations, Player 1!"
    else :
        print "This is not a valid object selection"
else :
    print "This is not a valid object selection”