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I lost the game  [message #36405] Tue, 03 October 2006 15:18 Go to next message
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(game)
Re: I lost the game  [message #36406 is a reply to message #36405] Tue, 03 October 2006 15:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This site is quite good:
http://losethegame.com/

The interesting thing about The Game is that those who have never heard of it are better at it than those who have.

I expect a few sarcastic comments. I made them to the irritating person who told me he had lost the game the first time as well.

David
Re: I lost the game  [message #36408 is a reply to message #36406] Tue, 03 October 2006 15:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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P.S. I suspect it is largely a Cambridge thing. I do not know how many other universities it extends to.

I only know it because I have friends at Cambridge.
Re: I lost the game  [message #36427 is a reply to message #36408] Tue, 03 October 2006 21:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You rotten swine. I lost the game now



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Re: I lost the game  [message #36429 is a reply to message #36405] Tue, 03 October 2006 21:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I should like to draw your attention to prior losses

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Re: I lost the game  [message #36430 is a reply to message #36427] Tue, 03 October 2006 21:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Damn you. I'd forgotten I posted about it.

I've lost the game again.
Re: I lost the game  [message #36431 is a reply to message #36429] Tue, 03 October 2006 21:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Interesting. I didn't realise it was that old. Or that you were playing it.
Re: I lost the game  [message #36434 is a reply to message #36431] Tue, 03 October 2006 22:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have lost the game again, though.

It appears to date from before 2002, prior to which no-one could lose it, but no-one could win it either.

I have recently gone through a 6 month period without losing it, but that could just have been a winning streak

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Re: I lost the game  [message #36435 is a reply to message #36434] Tue, 03 October 2006 22:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I do not see why you could not be winning the game before 2002. Surely not knowing about the game is the ultimate way of winning?

There is no point at which you can say, "I win." Only "I was winning."

David
Re: I lost the game  [message #36436 is a reply to message #36435] Tue, 03 October 2006 22:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If it did not exist prior to 2002, no-one could have been winning then. Nor coudl they have lost.



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Re: I lost the game  [message #36438 is a reply to message #36436] Tue, 03 October 2006 23:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't think you're thinking laterally enough. I do not see it so much as a game with clearly defined rules as a thought experiment. I see no reason that people who have never heard of it cannot be said to be winning. By extension, everyone was winning before it was invented.

There are several variants and perhaps you are playing a different one to me.

David
Where's Cambridge?  [message #36468 is a reply to message #36438] Wed, 04 October 2006 01:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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And I didn't even know you were on the game.



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
Re: Where's Cambridge?  [message #36487 is a reply to message #36468] Wed, 04 October 2006 08:49 Go to previous message
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Cambridge is, as any fule kno, the last outpost of civilisation on the road to the dangerous and frightful lands known as "Oop North"...

David
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