• DreamButt
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    1 year ago

    For those confused:

    “The Game” is a mind virus. The trick is that when you think of The Game you lose. When you lose The Game you must announce to the nearest people “I lost The Game,” thus ensuring it spreads. There is no quiting and no winning. Your only hope is everyone in existence forgets about it.

    It blew up in popularity back in the 2008~2010 era of the internet when everything was cringe humor and lol random

    I lost the game

    • GamesRevolution
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      121 year ago

      I’m sorry, this exploit was patched on version 1.123.7 of “The Game” and doesn’t work anymore

      • @magmaus3
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        21 year ago

        it works, that’s just an older method

    • @Sylver@lemmy.world
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      101 year ago

      According to the rules of The Game, it goes on until whomever is current Pope declares The Game to be ended. No one may win until then, and yes I’m serious!

  • TWeaK
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    101 year ago

    Manga readers versus Western comic readers.

    • Jamie
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      101 year ago

      Rule 1: You are playing The Game.

      You, along with everyone else in the world, always is, always has been, and always will be playing The Game. Neither awareness nor consent is required to play.

      Rule 2: Every time you think about The Game, you lose.

      Loss is temporary; as soon as you forget about The Game you stop losing. The objective of The Game is to forget that it exists. Good luck.

      Rule 3: Loss of The Game must be announced.

      Every time you think about The Game, and hence lose, you must say so. This is the only rule that can be broken, but do you really need to cheat…?

      Congratulations, you are now playing The Game, and you just lost.

    • Nepenthe
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      Slightly longer FAQ I dug up. Short answer: the game is the game.

      The sole objective is to go for as long as possible without consciously thinking or talking about the game in any way. Once you realize you have, you’ve temporarily lost the game and have to start over. You must also announce your loss to others, forcing them to lose the game with much swearing.

      Once you know about it, you’re automatically playing it. In all versions, there is either no way to stop playing or the game isn’t over til some event happens that is 100% never going to happen.

      OP has lost and dragged everyone in the comments down with them

      • SkyeCat
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        11 year ago

        The way I learned it, the event was the Pope having his hat knocked off, which happened within a few years of me hearing about The Game (and seemingly a few more times since).
        Since then I have simply stayed winning according to my arbitrary ruleset.

  • @Makeshift@sh.itjust.works
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    Ffffffffffffffun thing!

    Someone in a server I was in kept spamming Loss memes. Loss makes me think of losing. Loss memes make me lose The Game

    As per the rules of The Game I announced I lost because I Loss The Game.

    Now Loss = Lose The Game.

    We have been freed if the Loss memes. The Game has freed us.

    Btw I lost The Game.

    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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      31 year ago

      But she never admitted to losing the game first… So we’re just stuck playing it. Forever. Or at least until we have a new queen to satisfy The Condition.

  • @unoriginalsin@lemmy.world
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    31 year ago

    You can’t be prompted this way into losing the game. If anything, OP has forever forfeited any possibility of ever winning the game and may lose any chance he may have had of Olympic competition.