# This ain't no game--This time it is for real. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811 "2008-03-02T04:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/1 "2008-03-02T04:12:30Z")
Each time we try this, a Mod kills the thread. This ain’t no game. This is for all the marbles. This is for the blue ribbon winner. Last shall be first. Anyone game? (If you understand the post, you are in the game.) SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/2 "2008-03-02T04:32:06Z")
FWIW, I don’t see the “game value” of this alleged game, either. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/3 "2008-03-02T12:46:47Z")
So what’d I win? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/4 "2008-03-02T13:51:09Z")
Game?! This was never meant to be a Game! Never! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/5 "2008-03-02T14:31:21Z")
There can be only one? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/6 "2008-03-02T15:18:46Z")
Round up the usual suspects. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/7 "2008-03-02T15:27:43Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] (If you understand the post, you are in the game.) [/QUOTE] Clearly, I am not in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/8 "2008-03-02T15:47:51Z")
I’m in it to win it! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/9 "2008-03-02T17:37:28Z")
Just don’t pick Global Thermonuclear War. That one’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/10 "2008-03-02T18:04:47Z")
How about a nice game of tic-tac-toe? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-aint-no-game-this-time-it-is-for-real/439811/11 "2008-03-02T18:10:04Z")
Not seeing the point of this thread or how it’s appropriate for this forum. Closed.