# Count to 100 game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 10, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981 "2008-09-10T19:36:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/1 "2008-09-10T19:36:13Z")

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You cannot post consecutively resets counter to zero i.e.  
poster A) 1  
poster A) 2  
poster A) 3  
poster A) 4

No ping ponging - by this you cannot post back and forth between two posters resets counter to zero.

poster A) 1  
poster B) 2  
poster A) 3  
poster B) 4

Consecutive posts of the same number, or posts with numbers out of sequence - reset the counter to zero.

Poster A) 5  
Poster B) 5  
Poster C) 5  
Anyone can post the next consecutive Number in the series from at any time.

Let’s see how you do.

I’ll start you off

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/2 "2008-09-10T20:55:02Z")

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2, that is to say, two.

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**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/3 "2008-09-10T20:58:52Z")

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Could we maybe do this on 4chan, instead?

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**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/4 "2008-09-10T23:56:48Z")

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Aw come on post the next number, it’s fun.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/5 "2008-09-11T00:03:43Z")

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03

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/6 "2008-09-11T00:38:48Z")

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> [@bannerrefugee](#):
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> Aw come on post the next number, it’s fun.

You misspelled ‘fun’. It’s t-u-r-g-i-d.

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**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/7 "2008-09-11T01:13:11Z")

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_hits golf ball_  
FORE!

Ermm… I mean… FOUR!

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/8 "2008-09-11T01:23:45Z")

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1. That is all.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/9 "2008-09-11T01:41:34Z")

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1. 
  1. 
    1.

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**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/10 "2008-09-11T02:09:27Z")

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1. Lucky 7

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/11 "2008-09-11T02:15:11Z")

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Eight.

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**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/12 "2008-09-11T02:27:26Z")

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Niner Foxtrot Niner…

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/13 "2008-09-11T02:49:22Z")

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Ten…nis elbow

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-100-game/462981/14 "2008-09-11T02:53:33Z")

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Um, no.

> [@The Game Room Rules](#):
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> Please make sure that there is some substance to the game - in other words, the game should have rules or a “theme” and not be simple post padding.
