Definition:

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.

Different versions of the game exist, in which details are specified. For example, in one variation, when a player announces his or her loss, all players present at the time are allowed a short grace period (10-30 minutes) to forget about the game again, at which point, they resume playing. The Game has no end; players may 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.

Links:

LoseTheGame.com

The Game Tree (http://www2.tribalpages.com/tribe/br... is an online family tree that has been set up to try and trace the spread of The Game back to its origins.


Ok so now you know about The Game you are now an official player. So I only have one thing to say to you....

I LOSE!

Αυτός ο πικρός στριμμένος κόσμος είχε έναν άλλο πυροβολισμό σε με, που προσπαθώ να τεμαχίσει την καρδιά μου και να καταστρέψει τις μνήμες μου, αισθάνομαι μόνο επειδή το σώμα μου το θεωρεί αλλά στην αλήθεια έχω χάσει όλη την αίσθηση της συγκίνησης.

Γιατί όλα τα καλά πράγματα έρχονται στο επίπονο τέλος και ακόμα κι αν σκοτώνει οι παγκόσμιοι αποστακτήρες σας θέλουν για να προσποιηθούν αυτών σπασμένη ανάγκη σκέψεων ακόμα για να επιδιορθώσουν και όλος θέλω είμαι κάποιος τύπος αφοσίωσης

Η κίνηση είναι εμπρός τι που πρόκειται να προσπαθήσω και αγνοώ ακριβώς το δηλητήριο και την άφησα να καψει το δρόμο του μέσω πήρε εκεί να είναι ένας άλλος τρόπος ότι είμαι σε θέση να επιλέξω αντί της αναμονής να είμαι θύμα της διάβρωσης ψυχής

I’ll be your guide
Don’t follow far behind
Don’t lose me now
I can feel you fading

You flicker out of phase
While I am always waiting
I have loved longer than these days could know
All these ways of sadness
But carry me to you

Through all the world
I wandered till I’m weary
And placed my faith
In faithless hearts for nothing
But to hope is brave
Or so you’ve often told me

And oh all this time to still not let
My heart forwards to say forget
You filled the sky the day we met
And now the stars all shine thru you
And all my dress is worn and grey
I still dance every dance for you

Where there is faith
Then you have made it stronger
Where there is hope
You’ve made it last much longer
And if there is love
Then you have made it greater