I have proposed a game, inspired by the Agree to Agree? Game thread in General Philosophy.

In this thread, the rule is that ya must post in questions. Yer not allowed to make a statement or an exclaimation. It must be a question.

The exception is if I'm posting how the game is going. Also, if someone asks me for a new rule, I will obviously need to make a statement to enact the rule, so another exception is if I'm handling rules - editing, removing, enacting.

Whosoever breaks the rules shall be penaltied -1 point. Whosoever goes for SEVEN posts in a row without breaking a rule shall be awarded +1 point. Yer point total can go into the negative. If I can't decide definitively if a rule was broken, -0.5 points shall be penaltied. A half-point penalty ends yer rule-abiding streak.

I wanna see how far this game goes.

So remember:

Rule #1: You must post questions, not statements or exclaimations.
Rule #2: Âðelwulf may defy rule one, but only if he is posting the status of the game and is editing, removing, or enacting rules.
Rule #3: Whosoever breaks a rule is penaltied -1 point
Rule #4: Whosoever posts 7 posts in a row without breaking a rule is awarded +1 point.
Rule #5: If there is any doubt whether a rule was broken or not, -0.5 points shall be penaltied and the then-current rule-abiding streak shall end.

Peace, Love, Health, and Happiness (and in the case of this game, Luck) to all!

Let the games begin . . . NOW!

Are there any players?

What do I get if I win?

Wouldn't it be logical to think that ya get the satisfaction of winning if ya win?

Do you believe that winning is the whole point?

Why is Epheros, the new guy, the only person playing? Why hasn't anyone welcomed him/her?

What about experience, wouldn't winning in this game entail the learning of a new experience?

Stop, I'm blushing, and are you trying to avoid the subject?

Wasn't that obvious from the start?

Isn't the point to continue with a train of thought until the only avenue is utterance of a statement?

Could I say otherwise?

Could we not make that the goal of the game?

Do you think it would make it more difficult to play?

Is Bush a republican?

Yes, but does that matter here?

Don't ya think that that is a question used to answer yers?

Of course, now will you pay hommage to the concept of the comma? :D

Did you know that we are both tied for points?

Don't ya get that yer making a statement even if ya glue it to a question via a comma?

Not at all, the comma allows me to added together a string of thoughts, statements, and questions, ya think?

Am I pushing the envelope?

Do you think this game could be inherently flawed?

Or did I ruin the experience for everyone?

Is "yes" not the logical answer? Is it not obvious that ya will be dinged a half-point for consistently gluing statements and exclaimations to a question?

Here are the results of the game so far:

Âðelwulf: +1 points (+1 [1x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [0x])
Epheros: -2 points (+1 [0x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [4x])

Athelwulf currently has a streak of THREE
Epheros currently has a streak of THREE

How does it feel to be losing?

Am I not still winning with experience though?

Is it possible that I could be deluding myself over this?

Ya think?

WHY IS EPHEROS THE ONLY ONE PLAYING??!!! Why aren't there other players? Doncha see that I'm getting lonely in this thread?

Are people ignoring me on purpose?!

Do you think you started the game too early in the morning?

May it be that this thread is stupid? What is it doing under "Philosophy"? Why should someone participate in asking pointless questions? Why does this exist?

Satisfied?

What is satisfaction?

Who knows?

Do you think Ghandi knows?

How should I know? Isn´t he out of reach for my questions? Might Buddha know it?

Ghandi only knows what he asks so i ask why does Ghandi ask when he should know befor he asks?

Can anybody hear translate Cosmictravelers last comment?

"Rule #1: You must post questions....."

Under what set of standards is this nonsense to be considered philosophy?

Don't you think that philosophers sat there asking questions back and forth?

Yes, in fact the Symposium described Plato's "pull my finger" game with Alcibades.

Xev, is that a question?

Mmh, free thoughts... I expected the cesspool... at least it is out of philosophy...is this still a question if I put a question mark at the end?

Wouldn't you think that the great minds before us would know that a question can only be a question if you put a question mark at the end?

Do I care? I think I´ll leave this thread, it is getting boring.

yes


????

I agree, it is very boring, but can you really ever leave?

yes


?????


(30303030303030303030303030303030)

Am I not getting any point for this question?

Were there any players before this game?

Is there still a chance for players to get their hands in a point?

Is positive points positive for you?

How can I get answers??????

I would think this is a good idea though, yes?

Am I talking to myself?

yes


??????

Here are the results of the game so far:

Âðelwulf: +2 points (+1 [1x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [0x])
Cyperium: 0 points (+1 [0x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [0x])
Quigly: -0.5 points (+1 [0x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [1x])
cosmictraveler: -0.5 points (+1 [0x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [1x])
Xev: -1 points (+1 [0x], -1 [1x], -0.5 [0x])
Dreamwalker: -1.5 points (+1 [0x], -1 [1x], -0.5 [1x])
Logically Unsound: -1.5 points (+1 [0x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [3x])
Epheros: -2 points (+1 [0x], -1 [0x], -0.5 [0x])

Âðelwulf currently has a streak of ZERO
Epheros currently has a streak of SIX
Dreamwalker currently has a streak of ZERO
Quigly currently has a streak of ZERO
cosmictraveler currently has a streak of ZERO
Xev currently has a streak of ZERO
Logically Unsound currently has a streak of ZERO
Cyperium currently has a streak of TWO

(Damn! Cesspool. Couldn't ya have moved it to Free Thought at least? :( :mad: )

every thing ive said has been a question????
how can i be treated like this??????

every thing ive said has been a question????
how can i be treated like this??????How is this happening to you?

What is the meaning of?

yes, what is the reasoning behind this scoring system. i demand a recount

?????

yes


??????I don't know??????

Why?

Why?

Has anyone seen my keys?

What keys?
Why was this moved from Philosophy to free thoughts to Cesspool?
Are there too many questions and not enough answers?
Why have I returned here?
Why not?
Why?

Your keys? The keys on the keyboard? Or the keys to your car?
Did you check in the kitchen?

Has anyone anything else to say?

Or, rather, has one exhausted the possibility that perhaps there can be too many questions?

Or, rather still, are people simply tired of the answerless questions?

How long can one keep his sanity in a world, where there are only questions, never answers?

How many completly irrelevent questions might I ask before I get bored? One? Two? More? Do you Know? Do you care?

Is this all simply an escape from answering the questions? Is it a deep-seeded cry that there are too many questions left unanswered? Or is it possible that there are too many answers and not enough questions? Is this some feeble attempt to restore balance?

Who is John Galt?

Miss Esbenshade, isn't that cheating?

Who said it was cheating?

Did you see anything in the rules about flooding? Should there be?

do YOU think there should be?

isnt it obvious?

did you read the rules?

Rule #1: You must post questions, not statements or exclaimations.
Rule #2: Âðelwulf may defy rule one, but only if he is posting the status of the game and is editing, removing, or enacting rules.
Rule #3: Whosoever breaks a rule is penaltied -1 point
Rule #4: Whosoever posts 7 posts in a row without breaking a rule is awarded +1 point.
Rule #5: If there is any doubt whether a rule was broken or not, -0.5 points shall be penaltied and the then-current rule-abiding streak shall end.

did you read this?

or can you not understand english?

whosoever posts 7 posts gets a point?
did YOU get 7 posts in a row?

how can it be flooding if its in the rules?

or were you referencing the site rules, and not this posts rules?

have you read the site rules?

if you thought you were flooding, what do you call this?

who do you think will be first to interrupt my train of posts?

will it be you?

overthestars, do you want to justify your claims of cheating?

the athelwolf rules said 7 posts IN A ROW, so what i (and ms. esbenshade) are doing is perfectly reasonable, isnt it?

is it really necessary to know the answers?
or are you not that kind of person?

or do you want to know the answers to only useful things?

but then, what do you define as useful?

is it what is useful to you, useful to society, or useful to your ego perhaps?

are you thus, just being selfish when you want to know the answers, or are you trying to find them for the good of everyone?

are you thus, an academic, or an entrepenuer?

or are you neither?

is theis the beginnings of a pseudo-psyhco-analasis?

do you like my coloured writings?

or are they a strain on your eyes?

can you take much more of this?

or will i have to go to a higher level to start annoying people with this incessant posting?

who wants to bet im going to win this thing?

miss esbenshade perhaps?
(what does esbenshade mean?-or is it a name?)

or perhaps dreamwalker?

overthestars, would you like to hand me this title?

or perhaps the thread-starter, athelwolf?

good god, have i talked for a wholepage by myself?

miss esbenshade, can you come up with something to describe what i have just done, if you were flooding?

perhaps i was oceaning?
or tidal waving?
or black holing your posts into nothingness by overwhelming them?

Are you all crazy?

who wants me to stop.?

dreamwalker, do you want me to stop this madness?

Are you all crazy?

what makes you say that?

are you SURE you dont want me to stop?

am i the first person to talk for themselves for a whole page?

should I be proud?

how long do you think itll take to get my post count back up to 19.31 a day?

1 month?

2 months?

10 more minutes of doing this perhaps?

did you know that in four more posts ill be owed 7 points?

is that all?

why is life so unfair?

is it as unfair for you as it is for me?

.... how many points was that i get now?
7?
im stopping now.
that was a ridiculous amount of posts, yet i dont feel so bad about it since if it wasnt me itd just be someone else spewing rubbish into the cesspool, so it doesnt make much difference. i wont do it anywhere else though, ever again.

Logically unsound, if I had placed all my questions seperatly as you did, would I not also have a higher point count?

Should you really be proud of yourself?

If you are not flooding, could we at least say we are drowning?

Is it more than possible that Esbenshade could simply be my last name?

Or is it merely a random arrangement of letters?

Or better yet, is it a cleverly designed sydonym with a hidden meaning?

In a hidden language perhaps?

What would you say if I told you my name was simply the name given to me at birth?

What would you say if I told you it was not so intriguing as one might think?

Am I "oceaning" now logically unsound?

Or am I "Tidal waving"?

Are my posts boring because they are not fantastically colored?

Or is it coloured? Are you from Europe?

Could I consider myself sad for filling almost an entire page?

Or is it only a victory for you because the one other response is yours?

Is any of this competition really necessary?

Or is it a just one of the low desires of man?

Is winning a low desire?

Am I subjecting myself to a meager want?

Or is it really an addiction now?

Can I simply stop posting now?

Am I really this pathetic?

Yes. I am.

Don´t you have anything better to do?

Is this as dumb as it seems?

Is there a tipo in this sentance?

Yes. I am.Would that give you a minus point? Wouldn't it?

Why?

Is it in a way propousterous to think that this post doesn't actually mean anything or does it to your knowledge mean more than my knowledge of the affirmeted logic?

Could we say that the last post in this thread is the first post of that fact?

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a rule that said that we can't post the same question twice?

Or maybe am I just thinking that stones in the sea doesn't matter that much as they aren't really sticking up and hurting anyone unless you are a diver and swims really fast?

did you notice you just did 6 posts in a row?

did you notice you just did 6 posts in a row?no?

How could that go unnoticed by me?

Isn't it fun to wait 30 seconds after each post?

Didn't he mean 5 posts in a row without rulebreaking?

Did he really mean 7 posts in a row without interruption?

There are rules?

How come?

Where is Athelwulf by the way?

Do you want me to spank you?

Would you if I said no?

Can I really answer that question before I actually hear the word 'no' coming from your mouth?

Can I really answer that question before I actually hear the word 'no' coming from your mouth?But if 'no' comes from my mouth, how can I then guarantee that you won't spank me?

it's fun to break rules.

is it really fun to break rules?

is this game an endless one?

is this game so stupid because all you have to do is end everything in a question mark?

What if the rules are changed?

so what?

If a tree falls in the forrest when nobody is there to hear it does an angel lose it's wings?

why do people ask such stupid questions?

esbenshade: yes, it is sad, but i had half an hour to waste before leaving and was feeling too legarthic to do anything constructive. i dont make a habit out of it. honest.

or perhaps the thread-starter, athelwolf?

Did ya know YA SPELLED MY NAME WRONG??!!!

Where is Athelwulf by the way?

Ya rang?

ISN'T THIS FUN OR WHAT??!!!

Was that too big?

Have you had one that was too big?

One what?

Whats the point in this thread?

If a tree falls in the forrest when nobody is there to hear it does an angel lose it's wings?

(or) If a tree fals down in the woodwhilst no one is there does it make a sound?