# New game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633 "2000-03-22T20:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/121 "2000-03-24T00:31:00Z")
you realize that “realise” is spelled with a “z” -10 points * * * Now there’s nothing unexpected about the water giving out; “Land” is not a word we have to shout. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/122 "2000-03-24T01:04:00Z")
You beat Captain Kirk at Fizbin. +25 He beams you into a wall. -250 * * * Imbibo, ergo sum. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/123 "2000-03-24T04:00:00Z")
You shoot everyone with over a million points with your point neutralizer spray. No Points You kiss dcnewsman but don’t share the cheesecake. +50 greed points HUGS! Sqrl * * * [SqrlCub’s Arizona Adventure](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005351.html) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/124 "2000-03-24T08:49:00Z")
You realise that spelling is relative + eleventy-two points. You realize that spelling is essential for communication - thirty-twelve points. Contributing to help make Sqrl’s dreams come true + a butt load of points. Having to clarify which dreams those are - a shit load of points. * * * -Dave “Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” -Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/125 "2000-03-24T13:25:00Z")
You see Elvis at your local Kwik-I-Mart -15 pts. Unless it’s Youthful Elvis before he got all fat and polyester +50 pts. Standing next to him is Andy Kaufman +30 pts. But he’s dressed like Tony Clifton -18 pts. You leave the Kwik-I-Mart in horror and realize you forgot to steal the Tampax -70 pts. You reenter and see Cecil Adams +5000 Golden Immortality pts. But he’s dressed like Ed Zotti - forfeit half your points to SwimmingRiddles Then you realize it’s not Cecil Adams at all, but Phaedrus - you spontaneously combust You manage to ignite Phaedrus before expiring - no points, 'cause you’re dead, but the SDMB elevates you to sainthood ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/126 "2000-03-24T17:58:00Z")
You get a whole bunch of points for doing nothing! Yonks! + 10 Karma points You wonder if Tom Green is faking this whole “cancer thing” for publicity. -50 karma points ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/127 "2000-03-25T06:01:00Z")
You donate money to Tom Green’s Nut Cancer Fund. +20 karma points. You donate money to TMR’s Buy Me A New Car Fund. More karma points than you can shake a stick at. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/128 "2000-03-25T06:03:00Z")
Your karma runs over your dogma. +10 karma points, -10 dogma points. * * * Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/129 "2000-03-25T06:39:00Z")
Great minds think alike in other forums. Example: Trout Mask Replica and I simul-posted on the Funny Sequential thread thread (duplication intentional) “Some help with LBMB Axe weilding madman on the loose again” +50 cloning points (warning when you reach two hundred cloning points your head explodes, but it isn’t a problem because by that time you have 200 clones.) HUGS! Sqrl * * * [SqrlCub’s Arizona Adventure](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005351.html) ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/130 "2000-03-25T06:55:00Z")
You simulpost with yourself +150 points. You search out Phaedrus to collect your $10,000.00 +150 points, You get $10,000 in monopoly money -250 points Keith * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/131 "2000-03-25T06:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SqrlCub: > **Great minds think alike in other forums.** Not quite alike. I like **women**. 😃 You sit and count the number of times Captain Beefheart uses the word ‘bulbous’. +10 boredom points. * * * TMR You will buy the ukulele, and touch every place. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/132 "2000-03-24T19:17:00Z")
The next poster finds a ring of queer sensibility. Double your current fashion points. If you have none you are granted 250 (assuming you are gay) +50 (if you are straight). HUGS! Sqrl * * * [SqrlCub’s Arizona Adventure](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005351.html) ---
**Author:** ![Melin\_s\_Advocate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Melin\_s\_Advocate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melin_s_Advocate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/133 "2000-03-24T20:03:00Z")
You manage to NOT flame the admin for kicking Melin. Gain + 10 points ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/134 "2000-03-24T20:26:00Z")
You boldly decide to ignore grammer when you post the redunant “gain +10 points.” +5 points for boldy ignoring something, -15 points for bad grammer on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/135 "2000-03-24T20:43:00Z")
You take fashion lessons from your Favorite Gay Guy +10 points. He says you’re hopeless. -5 points. trisha ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/136 "2000-03-24T20:59:00Z")
You buy a new pair of shoes and get your hair done just to prove him wrong - +25 points You just thought he was wrong; turns out he was right - -50 points ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/137 "2000-03-24T21:01:00Z")
You have managed to have patience with all the asshole customers you had to deal with all day. 25 points * * * Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/138 "2000-03-24T21:07:00Z")
You already know your fashionably hopeless and skip the fashion lessons and buy a new pair of shoes. 5 points Your kid, who is 8 thinks they are the coolest shoes ever. 50 points ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/139 "2000-03-24T21:34:00Z")
You buy your nephews a box of Pokemon cards for Christmas: - 50 points Your sister hates you for doing it: + 50 points Your nephews go wild and think you’re the coolest uncle ever: + 100 points The box has the rarest card in it, thus completing their set: + 1000 points You realize if you’d kept the box you’d have been able to get back 3 times what you paid for it: - 0 points, because you’re the coolest uncle ever (Aside: I noticed the sample cards from the original game were much more surreal, and not all had points associated with them. Then again, I really didn’t understand the point of the game anyway, but I am enjoying this here…) * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633/140 "2000-03-24T23:32:00Z")
+5000 points for constantly taking this back to the top for Sqrl. Even though you don’t really understand it +500 more. trisha [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/15633.md?page=8)