# Anyone up for a stirring round of The Game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089 "2007-08-10T00:21:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089/1 "2007-08-10T00:21:37Z")

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The Game is simple:

1. Sign up to play.
2. Forget that you’re playing it.
3. Every time you remember that you’re playing it, you lose.

…why, yes, this is an evil game, why do you ask? 😃

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089/2 "2007-08-10T00:31:31Z")

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:dubious: Are you from my high school? But seriously, The Game was really popular at my school. People would pick the most random times to exclaim, “I lost!” at which point everyone in the know groaned and everyone in the dark was confused. I hate The Game.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089/3 "2007-08-10T01:06:25Z")

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Holy crap, that’s scary timing. I lost The Game this afternoon, after a good three or four months (or whenever it was that we last had a thread about it).

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**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089/4 "2007-08-10T03:30:25Z")

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A strange game, Dr. **dotchan**. The only winning move is not to play.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-stirring-round-of-the-game/415089/5 "2007-08-10T12:25:57Z")

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Some threads are just _too_ mundane and pointless.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB