pikalax
Back in the OLDEN days...
One of my friend's friends at college came up with this interesting game, so I want to try it out here.
The point of this game is to see if you can start at any article on Wikipedia and reach the target article using only the hyperlinks found in the articles along the way. Each week, two article titles from Wikipedia will be posted. You will have to navigate from the first article to the second without using the Search function in any way, shape, or form. When you're done, post the path you took (article titles only) to reach your destination. At the end of the week, the player who took the shortest path wins the round and has the opportunity to post two articles of his choice. A week lasts for 168 hours after the round has begun.
Here are a few rules to keep in mind as you play this game:
I will start the festivities once this thread is approved.
If you can find the pun in the title, you get a virtual cookie.
The point of this game is to see if you can start at any article on Wikipedia and reach the target article using only the hyperlinks found in the articles along the way. Each week, two article titles from Wikipedia will be posted. You will have to navigate from the first article to the second without using the Search function in any way, shape, or form. When you're done, post the path you took (article titles only) to reach your destination. At the end of the week, the player who took the shortest path wins the round and has the opportunity to post two articles of his choice. A week lasts for 168 hours after the round has begun.
Here are a few rules to keep in mind as you play this game:
- The English Wikipedia will be used. Links to Wiktionary, Uncyclopedia, Bulbapedia, or any other Wiki in any other language are not valid. External links will get you nowhere and are therefore not allowed.
- As stated above, you only need to post the titles of the articles you visited along your path. Full links are not necessary and in fact will not be useful in the validation process.
- If the link to an article is written in the previous article as something other than its title (i.e., in the line "... is a high school swim coach", the word "swim" links to "Swimming (sport)" (as seen in Big Brother 12 (U.S.))), you may choose to mention that. This will aid in the validation process.
- No inappropriate pages anywhere along your path. If you find that someone's path contains an inappropriate title, please bring it up with the forum mods.
- If you're posting the path for the week, you are ineligible to participate in that round.
- If you win a round, you have 48 hours to post your pair, and the next round will last exactly 168 hours from the time you post your pair. If you fail to post your pair of article titles, the second-place runner-up for the week will be asked to do so in your place.
- It is highly recommended that you use the 'Random article' link on the side pane in Wikipedia to choose your pair. However, it may not be used by anyone to form the actual link.
- All other forum rules apply. That means no spamming, flaming, or swearing.
I will start the festivities once this thread is approved.
If you can find the pun in the title, you get a virtual cookie.