THE GAME

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The Game is a social phenomenon and an anti-memory game, the objective of which is to forget its existence. It is spread mostly by word of mouth, leading to a number of variations, but all share the same basic rules:

1. Knowledge of The Game is the only thing required to play it.
2. Thinking of The Game causes a player to lose.
3. A losing player must announce the loss.

There is no end to The Game, since players can lose repeatedly.

According to the Belgian newspaper, De Morgen, The Game is played mainly in the United States and the United Kingdom, but also in Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Belgium.

The Game is a special example of a meme because its rules represent the fundamentals of memetic replication.


Strategy

The Game has no set rule defining a "winning" player, but participants can measure their performance by comparing how often they lose relative to their opponents. Thus, strategy in these games consists of attempts to make one's opponents lose while minimizing one's personal losses. Students in the United Kingdom playing The Game have been reported to leave messages on blackboards and pieces of paper for other players to later come across.


Origins

The origin of The Game is uncertain. The earliest mention on the Internet currently known is August 2002, although some players claim to have been playing for much longer. The earliest known Internet mention where a date can be established with certainty is a Usenet news posting from December 2003.



BL note:

As the article IS pending deletion (Most cause of people browsing wikipedia and then loosing cause of it....) I repost here in case it is deleted while I'm getting the site going on it.