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== Winning == |
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how does one win the game? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.184.92.111|99.184.92.111]] ([[User talk:99.184.92.111|talk]]) 01:43, 18 April 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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By not playing. [[Special:Contributions/173.85.39.144|173.85.39.144]] ([[User talk:173.85.39.144|talk]]) 02:44, 3 July 2011 (UTC) |
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:You cannot ''not'' play. You also cannot win. Usually. Most versions of The Game say that one is always playing The Game, one cannot ''win'' The Game, and the only way to avoid losing The Game is by not thinking about it. Which you have already done so by showing up on this page. So you lost. As did I. And anyone who reads this.--[[User:SanDemonMax|SanDemonMax]] ([[User_talk:SanDemonMax|T]]) ([[Special:Contributions/SanDemonMax|C]]) <sup>''([http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:SanDemonMax An Uncyclo-nutcase])''</sup> 17:45, 11 July 2011 (UTC) |
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You all just lost for searching this. :) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/69.255.236.111|69.255.236.111]] ([[User talk:69.255.236.111|talk]]) 00:45, 16 September 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Grace Period == |
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I recognize that there probably doesn't exist a source (although i haven't really thoroughly looked for one) to state that a "grace period" occurs after one has announced their loss of the game. But think about it like this: when you lose the game, you announce said loss. Do you not think of the game when you do so? Shouldn't you then announce again? And again, and so on? Without a grace period, you would be losing into infinity. [[User:Darquis|Darquis]] ([[User talk:Darquis|talk]]) 16:12, 1 May 2011 (UTC) |
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:That's irrelevant to the article. We can't add unsourced logical consequences of the stated facts, because that would be [[wp:original research]]. For example the rule that "Everyone in the world is playing The Game" is also absurd (someone that thinks of the game and doesn't announce it is definitely not playing), but we can't write that into the article. [[User:Diego Moya|Diego Moya]] ([[User talk:Diego Moya|talk]]) 19:41, 1 May 2011 (UTC) |
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::They're playing. And cheating. :D [[User:Darquis|Darquis]] ([[User talk:Darquis|talk]]) 02:29, 20 May 2011 (UTC) |
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::the policy applicable to subject specific common knowledge allows additions in this category, as you should be well aware. --[[User:ZincBelief|ZincBelief]] ([[User talk:ZincBelief|talk]]) 14:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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:::You mean the ''[[Wikipedia:When_to_cite#When_a_source_may_not_be_needed|essay]]'' for subject-specific common knowledge? That opinion by one editor doesn't override the ''policy'' stating that all content in Wikipedia must be [[wp:verifiable|verifiable]]. The "nutshell" box says it all: "Other people have to be able to check that you didn't just make things up." [[User:Diego Moya|Diego Moya]] ([[User talk:Diego Moya|talk]]) 14:49, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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:::Adding to the above, I'd hardly consider that common knowledge. Also see the counter-essay [[WP:POPE]]. '''[[User:Elektrik Shoos|<font color="#FFCC66">elektrik</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Elektrik Shoos|<font color="#666666">SHOOS</font>]]''' ([[User talk:Elektrik Shoos|talk]]) 15:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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::::Common knowledge refers to things that are so bloody obvious that they don't need a source. Now Not everyone plays 'The Game', because it's a deeply sad and childish past time, however, for those that do actually play it certain things are bloody obvious to them. That's why we can allow Subject Specific Common Knowledge in this article, when it comes from 2 or 3 people who clearly play the game. This is current practice on wikipedia. I know for the article on Go, there has been no problem using subject specific common knowledge when we got a consensus from the wikigroup. That's the way it should be. Now lets face it here, we have had a whole bunch of people state that there is a grace period on these pages. You'd have to be pretty weighted down in BAD FAITH to reject so many assertions of the grace period. The reasons it does get wiped off this page are 1. Certain admins want rid of this article, and like to ban people who don't agree with their position on what content should be here. 2. There is a lot of vandalism on this page, which probably makes a few people suspicious of certain additions. There is a sustained campaign to remove this page. I faced some very heavy opposition for simply adding a picture to this page, a perfectly normal and illustrative addition to any page, that people tried to oppose by any conceivable means. I am really fed up with that kind of attitude holding sway over this page. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia for everyone. It is not an encyclopedia that holds only the information you want on it. Unless there are any actual serious and valid reasons why a grace period shouldn't be mentioned on this article, I will have to take this to a dispute forum, or whatever that is called these days. I am not prepared to let childish editors wreck or hijack wikipedia.--[[User:ZincBelief|ZincBelief]] ([[User talk:ZincBelief|talk]]) 16:35, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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== Edit Request from rvireday, 20 June 2011 == |
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Please include/add a Media Reference, http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2227 |
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which is a wonderful parody of The Game, satirically outlining other logical variants. |
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BTW, my kids have been playing this well over 2 years now. Definitely deserves |
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mention in culture, and seems well worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia. |
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[[Special:Contributions/216.151.20.74|216.151.20.74]] ([[User talk:216.151.20.74|talk]]) 11:42, 20 June 2011 (UTC)rvireday |
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== Edit request from 75.200.59.26, 20 June 2011 == |
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The game can be lost multiple times. But it can only be lost once every thirty minutes. |
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[[Special:Contributions/75.200.59.26|75.200.59.26]] ([[User talk:75.200.59.26|talk]]) 20:12, 20 June 2011 (UTC) |
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:The article specifies that there are variants with grace periods, everybody plays it differently--[[User:Jac16888|<font color="Blue">Jac</font><font color="Green">16888</font>]] [[User talk:Jac16888|<sup><font color="red">Talk</font></sup>]] 20:18, 20 June 2011 (UTC) |
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== Edit request from 24.27.44.174 9 July 2011 == |
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<small>''The editor who originally posted this copied over another edit request section. I have restored the original section, moved the editor's comment here and responded to the edit request. '''[[User:Elektrik Shoos|<font color="#FFCC66">elektrik</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Elektrik Shoos|<font color="#666666">SHOOS</font>]]''' ([[User talk:Elektrik Shoos|talk]]) 06:45, 9 July 2011 (UTC)''</small> |
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[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] has an episode called "The Game," with a plot device of the name. Instead of passive playing, the player is actively playing The Game to a certain degree. They know about The Game, but to play, the player doesn't try to win. [[Special:Contributions/24.27.44.174|24.27.44.174]] ([[User talk:24.27.44.174|talk]]) 04:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC) |
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:{{ESp|n}} Lacks sourcing, and I don't see the direct relevance to the article. In addition, trivia sections should only mention [[WP:N|notable]] uses of the subject and not merely be a raw list of mentions per the MoS guidelines at [[WP:TRIVIA]]. '''[[User:Elektrik Shoos|<font color="#FFCC66">elektrik</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Elektrik Shoos|<font color="#666666">SHOOS</font>]]''' ([[User talk:Elektrik Shoos|talk]]) 06:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC) |
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== Winning the Game == |
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Winning the game. |
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One may win the game under only one condition. A player must be in the presence of the current Queen or King of the United Kingdom. if HRH loses the Game without the player losing the game before HRH, then the player shall declare winning The Game. |
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[[User:SpiderFarmer2|SpiderFarmer2]] ([[User talk:SpiderFarmer2|talk]]) 21:36, 13 September 2011 (UTC) |
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