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[casserol]

Not properly speaking a forum game (though we can imagine possible adaptations), but we had a bit of fun with it here and I thought I'd share. Plus, I'm curious to see if convergent evolution had it pop up somewhere else.

It basically goes like this : player A decides on a thing, person, place, event, movie, basically anything you can find on wikipedia, and tells player B . Player B then click "random article" and must reach the goal set by player A by clicking links inside the random article, in a minimum number of clicks or a minimum time.

then player B sets a goal(or possible keeps the same?) for A, etc.

you can alternatively play this alone by clicking "random article" twice and trying to reach the first from the second.

Fair bit of randomness involved, but a lot of general culture too, in fact.

[LordBucket]

Start page: Paris Hilton

End goal: Philosophy

Target must be reached within 7 clicks.

(Confirmed possible. Was going to allow 10, but it's easier than I expected.)

[GreatWyrmGold]

Click through the first six non-italicized links, then click on Philosophy.

[mastahcheese]

Someone start on Hitler, then find 4chan.

Or vice-versa, but that might be too easy.

[Culise]

Someone start on Hitler, then find 4chan.

Or vice-versa, but that might be too easy.

1. Hitler
2. Bohemianism
3. Counterculture
4. Anonymity
5. Anonymous Post
6. 4chan

It can probably be done in less. 

[mastahcheese]

6 links, this is good, very good.

*writes in notenook*

[LordBucket]

I suppose we should make the requirement six links for all submissions.

Click through the first six non-italicized links, then click on Philosophy.

If you have a submission, how about give it rather than describing the process for figuring it out.

[Evil Marahadja]

Start page: Paris Hilton

End goal: Philosophy

Target must be reached within 7 clicks.

(Confirmed possible. Was going to allow 10, but it's easier than I expected.)

1.Paris hilton
2.Celebutante
3. Popular Culture.
4. Ideas
5. Philosophy.

Start on Pokemon

Find Swedish Social Democratic Party

No idea if how many clicks it will take. Good luck.

[Xantalos]

Start page: Paris Hilton

End goal: Philosophy

Target must be reached within 7 clicks.

(Confirmed possible. Was going to allow 10, but it's easier than I expected.)

1.Paris hilton
2.Celebutante
3. Popular Culture.
4. Ideas
5. Philosophy.

Start on Pokemon

Find Swedish Social Democratic Party

No idea if how many clicks it will take. Good luck.

1. Pokemon
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Allies of World War 1
4. Russian Empire
5. Alexander I
6. Finnish War
7. Sweden
8. Swedish Social Democratic Party

[Cheeetar]

Not properly speaking a forum game (though we can imagine possible adaptations), but we had a bit of fun with it here and I thought I'd share. Plus, I'm curious to see if convergent evolution had it pop up somewhere else.

It's a fairly common game. It actually had a thread on Bay12 a while back, too.

[Dorsidwarf]

Start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

Finish with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Speke,_2nd_Baronet

[casserol]

Not properly speaking a forum game (though we can imagine possible adaptations), but we had a bit of fun with it here and I thought I'd share. Plus, I'm curious to see if when convergent evolution had it pop up somewhere else.

It's a fairly common game. It actually had a thread on Bay12 a while back, too.

FTFmyself  . Obviously.

[casserol]

Start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

Finish with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Speke,_2nd_Baronet

Are we allowed to read the page of Sir George Speke first ? If yes, it kinds of ruins the "general culture" part, if no, it's hopeless with obscure peoples. Should probably be based on how long is the page for said person , which should generally reflect how famous or known is the person supposed to be.

[LordBucket]

Start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

Finish with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Speke,_2nd_Baronet

This took time to do.

Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England
5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier_Parliament
6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_to_the_English_Parliament_in_1661
7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Speke,_2nd_Baronet

[casserol]

Start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

Finish with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Speke,_2nd_Baronet

This took time to do.

Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England
5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier_Parliament
6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_to_the_English_Parliament_in_1661
7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Speke,_2nd_Baronet

Nice.
I tried a cat->british->united kingdow->house of commons-... and got lost in the many sizes and shapes of houses and parliaments UK had for the past 500 hundred years.