You are challenged!!!

I can't remember if I've talked about this before but myself and my not to often blogging friend Dan have devised a game that can be played on Wikipedia. We've come up with several different variants and rules, but this is our latest version and it works quite well as it has a more competitive edge than previous variants.




Anyway, fancy a game?

Ok so first of all you think of a word, or more precisely a thing that can be looked up on Wikipedia and you check it's on there. If the thing you look up turns up a stub, that is an article with only a paragraph or two then you will need to make your choice more general as it makes the game too difficult or even impossible so we've found.











Then you find someone to play with - in your case reader that person will be me. You both reveal your word and then you each compete, trying to get from your word to your opponent's in the least amount of 'clicks' possible. The person with the least amount of links wins. You can play it under time, but it only works if your in the same room or are in close communication with your competitor. So in our game we will allow a day, not to think that it would take you that long, but of course with online communication it's not fair if someone misses out because they didn't see the e-mail or whatever.

So, if you fancy a game then post a comment saying you acknowledge the challenge. You will then have 24 hours to complete the challenge, post your results on your blog or other site, and let me know you're done. Once I read your initial acknowledgement I will let you know I'm playing and then I will also have 24 hours to complete the challenge. I think that might possibly be clear so let's lay down some ground rules.

1. You cannot leave the Wikipedia site for any part of your challenge, even external links in a Wiki page do not count.
2. You will need to post your 'path' from one link to the other when you've finished to prove your move is valid (hence rule 1)
3. The use of Ctrl+F or any other "find" function is prohibited, you find the links yourself!
4. You are allowed to backtrack, but each time you do it counts as a move

Well if I haven't put you off and you're still actually reading this then...game on!

Think of a word...

Check it on Wikipedia...

Scroll over to reveal my word which is..... TOAST

Then acknowledge the challenge and we're on!!

Hope you enjoy it, once you've battled me use your word and pass the challenge on to your friends, of course letting them know about the genius who started it all!!

And if you can come up with a better name than "The Wikipedia Game" or "Wikimania" then extra points for you!