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The Related Posts Game

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Well, in all of my random spare time, I've come up with a random Related Posts game. Random.

Want to know how to play? Of course you do.
  1. First, go to the newest Four Island post
  2. Check to see if there any related posts. If there aren't, go to the next most recent post.
  3. Once you've gotten a starting post, the game starts. Every chooses a related post.
  4. On the related post, check to see if there are any related posts that you haven't been to already. If there aren't, the game ends for you. If there are, you get one point.
  5. Choose a related post that you haven't been to already
  6. Repeat steps 4-5 until the game is over for you.
Once the game ends for everyone, the person with the most points wins.

Like it? Think it's completely random? Well, that's what you get. I'm INSANE about the new Four Island.

Also, as a sidenote, I've modified the way that Pingbacks display here on Four Island. Instead of saying:

Someone has posted a link to this post on URL
Pingback
It will say:

URL

EXCERPT OF LINKING POST
Pingback
This makes much more sense, I believe. I'm still open to any Pingbacks! Remember, the test Pingback is still going, so continue to Pingback The New Four Island!

And, another sidenote, I've added a Top Commenters to the sidebar so you can see those commenters who are really.... commenty. However, it is a little disheartening to see me with 84 comments, and the next person down with 14 comments. That's a BIIIIIIIIG difference, and one that I hope will shrink. Pwease?

EDIT: Remember the downtime I talked about yesterday? Well, you can forget about it. Maybe. I don't know, but it seems a possibility that it'll be avoided. Just wait until tomorrow to see.

EDIT: Remember, feel free to play the Related Posts Game and posts your results here. I'd be happy to play anytime as long as someone else does.
Hatkirby on June 14th 2008 at 10:30:05 pm +1 6 -1
Sounds like a fun game
Smiley on June 15th 2008 at 2:22:17 am
looks... interesting. i will try.
do we post our score here? or send them to you?
tamasys on June 15th 2008 at 2:58:40 am
Feel free to post your scores here. I can see this being fun. Just remember, don't cheat. Make sure you write down the posts you've been to so you don't accidentally go to one twice. And remember to count your points.

EDIT: I've decided that, due to the many players of this game, that if you want to post your scores for this game, post it as a reply to this comment. More specifically, read the comment inside. Thanks!
Hatkirby on June 15th 2008 at 3:18:37 am
My score is 7
The Related Posts Game
Flash Game Highscores
Tetrgi - The Interpreter
Tetrgi 1.5/2.0
Poll, Tetrgi and SpamAssassin
Delayed by Xidet
With 50% more randomness!
tamasys on June 15th 2008 at 3:52:39 am
Wow, I managed to get 13.
  1. The Related Posts Game
  2. Pingback Support
  3. The New Four Island
  4. 50-50 Chance
  5. Fourm Poll
  6. Fouripedia
  7. Domain Integration
  8. Colon 8080
  9. Back Again!
  10. WikiPINia and Genres
  11. The 4th Poll of the Week has finished!
  12. Project Lofofo
  13. SimpleBlog
Whew, that was going on for so long, for a second I thought I was going to get 23 points.
Hatkirby on June 15th 2008 at 3:58:00 am
I played it and went from "We Love KFM to With 50% more randomness". I lost count of my score though.
Smiley on June 15th 2008 at 4:26:20 am
Yep, well, "With 50% more randomness" is a known game-loser.

There's no point in playing if you don't know the score, so we'll just say that I won today. That is, unless anyone else plays and beats me before tomorrows post comes out. (At 12:30, as usual)

....POOP. I just realized..... Look at the two digits in the middle of that time, 12:30. 2:3. Remove the color. 23. GAH.

If anyone else wants to play tomorrow, I will too. I'll play any day as long as someone else plays too.

EDIT: Wait a minute, Smiley. The 50% randomness post isn't a related post of We Love KFM! How'd you do that?
Hatkirby on June 15th 2008 at 4:30:30 am
if you are clever, you can see which things don't work and avoid them
tamasys on June 15th 2008 at 6:20:10 am
I know, some are obvious. I really should have seen SimpleBlog coming, and 50% randomness isn't a string likely to be found in any other post. Another bad post is Fuhsdiufgsadiufgaisfioas.

And also, by the way, the email test worked. 8D
Hatkirby on June 15th 2008 at 6:23:05 am
Guess what, I managed to get 1!
  1. 1. How to Increase Productivity by using Google Reader
  2. 2. Fuhsdiufgsadiufgaisfioas
Smiley on June 27th 2008 at 2:22:43 am
Um, Smiley.... Your ordered list is.... um....

Anyway, I'm not even going to try to play today as today's post (The Last Goodbye) has no related posts, and the next most recent post (How To Increase Productivity by using Google Reader) has only one related post, a know game loser (Fuhsdiufgsadiufgaisfioas).
Hatkirby on June 27th 2008 at 2:26:34 am
I GOT 32!!!
If you reverse the numbers, it is... 23!!!!
Also, you will note that the this page is 23 posts away from where i started. weird.
anyway, here are the posts:

  1. Ceaseless Poll

  2. Poll of the Week

  3. Obvious Half-Week Mostly Down Poll

  4. Poll, Tetrgi and SpamAssassin

  5. A Dark and Stormy Poll

  6. Dustin the Poll and a Short Reprieve

  7. Poll It Late Again

  8. Ma, Poll Results!

  9. DING! Your poll is ready!

  10. Poll de "Half and Half"

  11. Humans Are Like Web Applications

  12. Polls wear Linux

  13. Xubuntu Good...

  14. Good Websites You Should Know About

  15. How to Write a Good Blog Post

  16. Rewritten Blog System

  17. The New Four Island

  18. 1000 Hits!!!!

  19. 100 Hits!

  20. 5000 Hits!

  21. Poll of Little Choice

  22. Firefox - 2 or 3b5

  23. Custom Sidebar

  24. The Related Posts Game

  25. Flash Game Highscores

  26. The 4th Poll of the Week has finished!

  27. Layout change!

  28. The 4th Layout

  29. Layout 5

  30. Poll of Equal Indifferency

  31. The Number 22

  32. Everything is Four

tamasys on June 27th 2008 at 10:07:18 pm
Ah, interesting. I only got 6 points today 8(.
  1. Ceaseless Poll
  2. Poll of the Week
  3. DING! Your poll is ready!
  4. Dustin the Poll and a Short Reprieve
  5. Slashdot....?
  6. Twitter != tumblr
  7. You've Got to be Plurking!
Well, congratulations TimTam! You've got a new Related Posts Game record!
Hatkirby on June 27th 2008 at 10:10:35 pm
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