The Game (Sorry all you 'Game Lovers')

Hello readers,
As it seems Sylvia has pretty much covered 'The Game' subject (and, I won't do the immature thing that Sylvia did by putting in her little brackets 'heh, you lost' everytime it is mentioned) so I'll just write something short about what I think about this particular subject.

Well, I heard about 'The Game' about a year ago, but forgot what it was, so we'll say my memory was refreshed about month or two back. I was in a conversation with a couple of friends on MSN and one of them said "I lost the game". I was a bit confused and thought she was talking about some sort of online game she had been playing, so I ignored it. I then saw every single person in the conversation repeat one after the other "Damn you! Lost the game. :(" I then picked up the courage to ask someone what it meant, and they replied that to play 'The Game' you can never think about it, and if you do, you lose the game. In which case you have to announce to everyone that you have lost the game. Which then sets a round of "DAMN YOU! I LOST THE GAME!"

I started to take part in this particular game once I realised that if you didn't say it, everyone thought you were some weirdo who didn't know what 'The Game' was. But as the days went on and 'The Game' was announced every few minutes, the teachers got more and more sick of hearing it, and actually started to yell at anyone who brought up 'The Game'. Also, I realised that if I took part in this activity, then what was stopping anyone else? There was no reason for anyone else to stop if I didn't. I also found that it was very hard to concentrate in class with constant announcements of 'The Game'. Another point that I found out quite recently is that if someone of a high rank in your class says that they lost 'The Game' and all their little chums follow on with the series of 'I lost The Game' announcements, and YOU say that you lost 'The Game' the high ranker and his or her followers will look at you strange and start to whisper about how you are SUCH a JIer! (For all of you that don't know what JIing is, it is Joining In, in a really annoying way). Also, some people use 'The Game' as an excuse to open their big gobs and make a show, which I find quite annoying.

As it seems Sylvia has used the links that I gave her in class today, so I'll just go over what I found. Even though this is quite obvious, you are ALWAYS playing the game. This sort of hit me and I was like yeah, we actually are playing an eternal game, kind of a scary thought in some way. Again, the obvious that you can never win the game, unless someone (like myself) gives you the picture that you will find at the bottom of this post. The announcing that you lost the game is also quite obvious, although it can sometimes be tough while sitting in an exam in complete silence (and yes, I have thought of the game in an exam, it was quite tough for me not to yell it into the silence). As soon as you mention it to someone, they get included in 'The Game'. Also, the obvious aim of 'The Game' is to get the whole world playing, well good luck to those of you dedicated to doing that sole thing! Now, for something I DIDN'T know. Apparently, for the first thirty minutes after you last lost 'The Game' you can think about 'The Game' all you want and it won't effect you! I was quite amazed and confused by this as I thought that 'The Game' would apply to anywhere, any time.

Well, that's it for my big rant on 'The Game'.

BY THE WAY
I was meant to post this immediately after Sylvia's post on 'The Game' but I will tell you more about that in a different post, thanks for reading! :D

Livi
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