# Never have I ever \[Game in Progress\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454 "2009-04-08T23:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/381 "2009-04-30T08:51:39Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > It looks like I’m the third to fall after the last question. Yes, I was working on a story. But adieu! > [@kittenblue](#): > > Is there a link to the last time the game was played that might explain what all these numbers mean in the squidsheet? I can’t figure the logic or the pattern. Are high scores better than low scores? How does the number of squids correspond to the numbers in each box, and the different colors? Am I the only girl left? Are you targeting the girls for elimination? Why are people getting eliminated? There’s a link to an old game in one my first posts in this thread. But let’s see your questions: \*\*Are high scores better than low scores? \*\* You want to have as many points/squid left in the end **How does the number of squids correspond to the numbers in each box, and the different colors?** The number in every box is how many squids you have left. The different colours mean: red - you didn’t do it, green - you did do it, purple - your statement, anything else - nothing special. **Am I the only girl left? Are you targeting the girls for elimination? Why are people getting eliminated?** I’m not targeting anyone for elimination. People get eliminated when they get below 1 squid with no chance to redeem themselves. That might, however, change next game. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/382 "2009-04-30T11:49:40Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > **Am I the only girl left? Are you targeting the girls for elimination? Why are people getting eliminated?** > I’m not targeting anyone for elimination. People get eliminated when they get below 1 squid with no chance to redeem themselves. > > That might, however, change next game. Please note that the basic principle is fine: people get eliminated when they get below one squid **with no chance to redeem themselves.** – that is, not chance to get any future positive points. The problem is the question of when they can redeem themselves (i.e., Current Approach: after one’s turn in Round 2, there is no chance for redemption, since there are no positive points in Round 3. Thus, the last time you can get positive points is on your turn in Round 2. Alternative Approach 1: Allow positive points to accumulate in Round 3, but eliminate anyone at 0 score or less at end of each round. Under this approach, Ivory and Ellen would still have been dropped, but Happy Frood and Really-Not would still be in (and have a turn in Round 3.) Alternative Approach 2: Allow positive points to accumulate in Round 3, but define “no chance for redemption” as meaning after one’s turn in Round 3. Under this approach, all four of our deceased comrades would have had a turn in Round 3. (My personal pref is this one, because I think everyone should be involved in the whole bit, and the winner determined at the end.) I ain’t gonna say nothin’ about the inherent sexism in the system. Except perhaps to note that the “winners” of the game are people who have never done some of the fun, exciting, lively things that others have done – in short, the nerdier, dweebier, less adventurous, less open to new experiences… 😉 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/383 "2009-04-30T12:01:20Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Are you targeting the girls for elimination? Hey, I was number 3, and I’m male! ---
**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:** [April 30, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/384 "2009-04-30T12:03:26Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > but Happy Frood _Hoopy_ Frood ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/385 "2009-04-30T12:04:34Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > _Hoopy_ Frood And you are one, too! 🙂 I wish I had more squids… ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/386 "2009-04-30T12:15:39Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Alternative Approach 2: Allow positive points to accumulate in Round 3, but define “no chance for redemption” as meaning after one’s turn in Round 3. Under this approach, all four of our deceased comrades would have had a turn in Round 3. (My personal pref is this one, because I think everyone should be involved in the whole bit, and the winner determined at the end.) > > I ain’t gonna say nothin’ about the inherent sexism in the system. Except perhaps to note that the “winners” of the game are people who have never done some of the fun, exciting, lively things that others have done – in short, the nerdier, dweebier, less adventurous, less open to new experiences… 😉 You’ve got my vote. I will however be on the move for much of late May, early June (moving countries and need to buy a new computer as this one ain’t coming with me), so I can’t handle another game. But I’d love to try to play, since that takes a lot less time. (Why, yes. I’m angling for one of YOU to lead the next game 🙂 ) And hey! The winner can also be the one who comes up with the most ludicrous statements who nets him/her the most points, even though your \*tactic[/] would probably work better 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/387 "2009-04-30T12:50:38Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > .. the “winners” of the game are people who have never done some of the fun, exciting, lively things that others have done – in short, the nerdier, dweebier, less adventurous, less open to new experiences… 😉 I KNEW IT. I’ve always suspected I wasn’t a nerd! And here it is, PROOF from an SD administrator! /validation ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/388 "2009-04-30T13:26:29Z")
Ok, let’s round this up. **Chronos** says: **Never have I ever had sex.** **I have.** At least twice according to the admissions posted here. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/389 "2009-04-30T13:30:04Z")
Well, with two grown children and a wife of 38 years, yeah, I’ve had sex…and a pleasant and fun experience it is indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/390 "2009-04-30T13:31:09Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And you are one, too! :)… I’ll say this: **Hoopy Frood** , true to his name, really knows where his towel. \*\*I have three sons, so I guess I must have had sex. \*\* 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/391 "2009-04-30T13:34:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ll say this: **Hoopy Frood** , true to his name, really knows where his towel. > > \*\*I have three sons, so I guess I must have had sex. \*\* 😉 And with a smile on his face, he accidentally trips on a rock and plunges into the squid infested abyss. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/392 "2009-04-30T14:19:42Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > And that concludes round 2. > > And I’ll lead with round 3: > > **Never have I ever been in a relationship that’s lasted longer than 3 months.** > > And by relationship, I mean romantic endevour with someone of your preferred sex. > > ETA: The [squidsheet](http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdvHjMZSDCGFCQODnHv-1MQ). I have been in a relationship that has lasted longer than 3 months. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/393 "2009-04-30T14:24:37Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Ok, let’s keep going. Still with the original rules. > > Next game, let’s use \*\*CK’s \*\*suggestions as it makes things a lot fairer! > > But now onto **Mahaloth** : > > **Never have I ever believed in Santa, even as a small child.** I had to think about this in order to give an honest answer. I remember my brother calling BS on the Santa thing when I was about four, but I honestly can’t remember whether I believed in Santa before that. Since that is my earliest memory of Santa, I have to say that I have never believed in Santa. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/394 "2009-04-30T14:27:02Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Ok, let’s round this up. > > **Chronos** says: > > **Never have I ever had sex.** > > **I have.** At least twice according to the admissions posted here. Thankfully, so have I. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/395 "2009-04-30T14:32:30Z")
It’s been a major kaboooom of people falling into the squiddy abyss. As can be shown [here](http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdvHjMZSDCGFCQODnHv-1MQ). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/396 "2009-04-30T14:41:17Z")
But… but… I didn’t even get to… Awww, nuts. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/397 "2009-04-30T14:54:12Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > It’s been a major kaboooom of people falling into the squiddy abyss. > > As can be shown [here](http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdvHjMZSDCGFCQODnHv-1MQ). Yeah, but I was first, man. First! First! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/398 "2009-04-30T15:09:43Z")
I think that the play-order problem can be solved most simply by not officially dropping people off the cliff until the end of the current round (whichever that is). That way, the statements from those people are still in play, even if they can’t help them, and in round 2, live players can still gain squids from them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/399 "2009-04-30T15:09:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > But… but… I didn’t even get to… > > Awww, nuts. Seconded. Dammit. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454/400 "2009-04-30T15:44:24Z")
Oddly enough, I’ve had sex too. In fact, I’m having sex while typing this. (Okay, not really.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-game-in-progress/492454.md?page=21)