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901

**Mike just lost the game, but in doing so, he helped out a lot of people(and made a little money, too!). Why?
**

kk

902

Is the “game” an animal?

Is it game meat?

903

No.

904

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Is the game a person?

905

No

906

Does it involve computers?

Does it involve cellphones?

Does it involve cartoon characters?

Does it involve Pokèmon?

907

Does the game involve elimination of individuals over the course of the game? Can the team be eliminated?

Were the people Mike helped the other individuals in the game? Or did he end up helping the team he was playing against?

Is the game comprised of multiple rounds?

Were there people who lost the game before Mike did? Did they make any money?

Does staying in the game longer result in making more money?

Are all of the individuals participating in the game simultaneously?

908

When Mike ‘made a little money’ - was this through the people he helped, paying him?
Was it through finding something of value?

909

No to all questions.

KK

910

A very minor adjustment to the puzzle. I have added quotes.

**Mike just lost the “game”, but in doing so, he helped out a lot of people(and made a little money, too!). Why?
**

It’s not word-play(puns, double-meanings, etc.). I just think if I were saying it out-loud, I’d add little finger quotes to the word game.

911

Is “game” a non-English word that just happens to be written like the English word?

912

Is it “game” in the sense of a hunted animal?

913

Did the people Mike helped out, know that he helped them?

Was the object of the game to find the members of the team he was playing against?
Was it to find or create a method of doing something?

914

Is it this Mike?

915

NO

NO

Ha, NO.

916

Is there some sort of organization behind the game?

Is Mike a real person?

Is Mike a human?

Did he made money directly from the game, or was it something tangential (i.e. by writing a book about it later)?

Are there rules in the “game”?

Is it a game associated with children?

With teenagers?

With grownups?

With the elderly?

Does it involve Chtulhu?

917

**Mike just lost the “game”, but in doing so, he helped out a lot of people(and made a little money, too!). Why?
**

918

Is the game predicting something?

919

Does he have to do some action to be rated by a panel of judges?

Does the game involve prestidigitation?

Music?

Dancing?

Entertainment of some kind?

920

YES (good question, by the way)