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Venkman
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on: February 13, 2008, 08:03:27 AM

Seems like some viral social networking web thing, where everyone loses and the entire social chain is created by people talking about losing so they the go buy t-shirts and stuff. Reverse ponzi sorta thing wink

http://www.losethegame.com/faq.htm

But I'm wondering if that's the case. I bounced across this on Facebook found some of the conversations annoying smiley
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Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 08:17:27 AM

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The Game is an abstract mental game, the goal of which is for players to forget the existence of The Game itself.
I WON!  awesome, for real
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Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 08:18:23 AM

The only way to win the game is not to play.

This LoseTheGame.com shit is an abortion pulled from Some PR asshats obsession with 4 chan.

If you think about the game, you lose the game.
You lost the game.

This is gay.

Edit: Btw, I did not click the link. I just know for a fact there's nothing original on that site. At all.

Edit 2: From Encyclopedia Dramatica:

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The Rules

1. In order to play the game, one must simply know about the game, and have a basic grasp of the rules. Thus, if you do not wish to become a participant of this simple but unfathomably stupid internet concept ritual right now, simply click the random page button. Beware: This may lead to goatse.If one does not read the rules and thus is not playing and cannot lose he wins. .

2. There is no way to win the game, but one can, at any given moment, be winning. However, awareness that one is in fact winning will immediately make the winning person a luser. The reasons for this will now become no clearer.

3. In order to lose the game, one must simply think about it. You heard right. This means that in order to maintain a certain vague level of success one must know of the game, but not be cogitating it at that moment. This means that by uttering the words "the game" on the internets, or saying them aloud in a public place, you are condemning any present players of the game to a similar losey fate.

4. Optional rule. If a participant does, on their mental travels, briefly remember the fact that they are playing the game, and thus lose, they are obliged to tell anyone nearby that they have just failed in their subconscious attempt to remain victorious. The most common phrase of use in these circumstances is simply "I lost the game."

5. Lesser rule. Anyone is losted by a nearby asshole in the fashion decribed in rule four, they have a moral, but not rule-based, responsibility to kick the living shit out of that person, or resort to any number of handy intarnet slurs, if this takes place OL.

The Prize!

There is no prize for winning the game, just as there is no logical way to win it. However, it has been theorised that it is only by winning the game, as well as completing various other internet and meme-related tasks, that one may truly become God-Winnar of the Internets. The only two other tasks prophesised of the God-Winnar are a successful jihad against furries, (Culminating in the permabanning of the Furry king hisself.) and the ultimate destruction of habbo hotel.

Rogue scientists and theologians have theorized that by learning about the game and becoming An Hero before losing, one my in fact win by having played but never thought about it. It is recommended participants experiment with this method, in order to verify the possibility of victory. Heath Ledger may have won the game.
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Venkman
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Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 08:30:15 AM

Heh, yea, that's what I thought (though not the 4chan connection). I actually at first was wondering if it was some sort of ilovebees type ARG. Guess it's even more transparent than that...
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Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 09:11:53 AM

Fuck.

I had like 6 months.
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Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 11:27:33 AM

This looks really, really stupid.

I'll stick to my LOLcats.
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Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 12:22:08 PM


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Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 12:24:13 PM

I came across this in LARPing circles about ten years ago. It's older than hydrogen fusion.

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Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 03:42:39 PM

Fuck, I just lost again.
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Reply #9 on: February 13, 2008, 03:46:06 PM

The game they play at 4chan a lot, YOU RAFF YOU RUSE (You laugh, You lose) is vastly superior to this. Basically, a GIS thread, only with memes. They normally start with something like this:

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Reply #10 on: February 13, 2008, 03:56:04 PM

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Reply #11 on: February 13, 2008, 03:59:01 PM

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Reply #12 on: February 13, 2008, 04:17:58 PM

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Reply #13 on: February 13, 2008, 04:45:19 PM

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Reply #14 on: February 16, 2008, 01:10:54 PM

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Reply #15 on: February 19, 2008, 10:17:20 AM


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Reply #16 on: February 19, 2008, 11:03:58 AM

You Ruse.

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Reply #17 on: February 19, 2008, 11:28:45 AM

Thanks Sam.  I needed that.   awesome, for real

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Reply #18 on: February 19, 2008, 11:55:31 AM

The dog was awesome.  I ruse.

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