# \[Closed\] or \[Game Over\]? What do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 21, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858 "2008-08-21T22:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/21 "2008-08-22T21:04:29Z")
I’m preferential to: \*\* Insert quarter to continue: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 GAME OVER\*\* OK, not really. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/22 "2008-08-22T22:18:18Z")
**ENDED!!!** ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/23 "2008-08-22T23:40:34Z")
Well, since you asked, what I’d prefer is that you insert something like SCORES POST 102. That way I’d know the game was over and I’d know how far to scroll down to see the results. I suppose you could combine this into GAME OVER–SCORES POST 102. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/24 "2008-08-23T00:45:24Z")
Alternative: day late dollar short ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/25 "2008-08-23T21:14:05Z")
[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish] Well, since you asked, what I’d prefer is that you insert something like SCORES POST 102. That way I’d know the game was over and I’d know how far to scroll down to see the results. I suppose you could combine this into GAME OVER–SCORES POST 102. [/QUOTE] There’s an interesting idea. I may add that when it doesn’t make the title ridiculously long. Seems like a pretty strong preference going here for [Game Over]. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/26 "2008-08-25T05:09:46Z")
Anyone else see [closed] in the title and think this thread was closed? I like the distinction because there is a difference between _closing_ a game thread (“Let’s play who can hack the Pentagon the fastest”) and a game being over. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/27 "2008-08-25T13:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Drat! Every time I think of something clever, someone else has already thought of it! It’s like being on a board with thousand Steve Allens! 😉 Game Over, BTW. [/QUOTE] I dunno, the idea of Steve Allen quoting Aliens is pretty clever. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/28 "2008-08-25T14:04:38Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] I like the distinction because there is a difference between _closing_ a game thread (“Let’s play who can hack the Pentagon the fastest”) and a game being over. [/QUOTE] Well, _that_ one would be easy to score. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858/29 "2008-08-25T14:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] There’s an interesting idea. I may add that when it doesn’t make the title ridiculously long. Seems like a pretty strong preference going here for [Game Over]. [/QUOTE] For some reason I keep hearing The Doors singing “This is the end, my friend…” “Game Over” is what I prefer, as well, by the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-or-game-over-what-do-you-prefer/460858.md?page=1)