SD is all about 'The Game' right now. Thought I'd get you all hooked into it, too.
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Rules
The Game consists of a few simple rules. However, as The Game is propagated mostly by word of mouth, these rules are subject to various additions, deletions, and rewordings. Most players generally abide by at least some version of the following rules:
You begin playing The Game when you become aware of its existence.
Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
When you lose The Game, you must announce your loss to everyone present.
Loss is only temporary, and players begin winning again as soon as they forget about The Game.
Common causes of loss include the mention of words such as "game" or "lose" as well as things relating to cognition.
The way in which loss is announced tends to be similar within groups of players, often "I (just) lost" or simply "The Game". This is usually preceded by a curse or swear word.
A commonly played fourth rule (especially in the USA) is that following someone's loss, players gain immunity from losing for a certain amount of time (a 'grace period').
Some people score The Game by losing a point for every loss, while all other players present (n) gain either 1 point each, or 1/n points.
Many players believe that you have no choice but to play The Game once you become aware of it. The choice is whether or not you abide by Rule 3.
Rule 2
Rule 2 is open to a number of different interpretations.
The broadest interpretation is that any thought involving The Game causes loss. This is hard to define, for example, does thinking about this article count as thinking about The Game? This interpretation also makes it relatively easy to accidently break Rule 3, by thinking about The Game without realising you have lost.
Another interpretation is that you lose whenever you remember you are playing The Game. This is subtley different from the previous interpretation, it involves becoming aware that you are a participant in The Game. It is still possible to do this without realising that you have lost, and hence accidently break Rule 3.
A third interpretation is that you lose only when you realise you have lost. This seemingly paradoxical version of Rule 2 is often chosen by experienced players as it makes accidental cheating impossible. This is because it is possible to think about, and even discuss, The Game without a realising you have lost.
Another aspect of Rule 2 that is commonly disputed is whether you should lose if you have been reminded of The Game by someone else's loss.
SD started a thread about it on her board & it won't go away because every time someone reads it, they have to post that they lost, which then bumps it to the top :-)
They've all made banners for their sig lines that mention the game, too
Jim(42) - SD(15), DS(7), DD(5) 
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