A Wikipedia Experiment

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manaman

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johnzaku said:
You should credit where you got that from, SMBC is a decent comic. A bit hit or miss, but at least he updates everyday.

This also probably should have been in the forums game section.
 

Fniff

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manaman said:
johnzaku said:
You should credit where you got that from, SMBC is a decent comic. A bit hit or miss, but at least he updates everyday.

This also probably should have been in the forums game section.
It's an experiment to see the smarts of the average escapist user. Not a game.
 

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Fniff said:
Thamous said:
Fniff said:
Thamous said:
Wood-sawdust-saw-chainsaw carving-chainsaw-Chainsaws in popular culture-the evil dead(franchise)-the evil dead.
7 clicks
I love doing this.
How about Radiation to Star wars prequel series?

They have nothing in common.
Your on.

Let's make this interesting. Get there in less then 10 clicks.
Radiation-light-speed of light-faster than light-Category:Faster than light travel-Category:Fictional spacecraft-Category:Star Wars spaceships-Slave I-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones-star wars(prequel trilogy section)
I believe that is 8 or 9, I didn't really count.
 

Fniff

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Thamous said:
Fniff said:
Thamous said:
Fniff said:
Thamous said:
Wood-sawdust-saw-chainsaw carving-chainsaw-Chainsaws in popular culture-the evil dead(franchise)-the evil dead.
7 clicks
I love doing this.
How about Radiation to Star wars prequel series?

They have nothing in common.
Your on.

Let's make this interesting. Get there in less then 10 clicks.
Radiation-light-speed of light-faster than light-Category:Faster than light travel-Category:Fictional spacecraft-Category:Star Wars spaceships-Slave I-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones-star wars(prequel trilogy section)
I believe that is 8 or 9, I didn't really count.
No,it was ten! It is impossible!
 

Kilo24

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Fniff said:
How about Radiation to Star wars prequel series?

They have nothing in common.
Radiation - Category (Radiation health effects) - Time Bombs (film) - Category (english language films) - Category (Star Wars films) - Category (Star Wars Prequel trilogy
5 clicks.
 

Daniel Cygnus

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Ha! I did it! My magical journey took me thusly:

Wood
Artist
Movie Director
Sam Raimi
The Evil Dead
 

Fniff

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Kilo24 said:
Fniff said:
How about Radiation to Star wars prequel series?

They have nothing in common.
Radiation - Category (Radiation health effects) - Time Bombs (film) - Category (english language films) - Category (Star Wars films) - Category (Star Wars Prequel trilogy
5 clicks.
... huh. I guess it is possible.

can't there be any impossible article to article jumps?
 

Lord_Panzer

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A bit of a modified version of the Wikipedia game that we'd play in school:

Everyone starts at the same word, and tries to get to the same word in the end. The catch, however, is that you can't scroll down. You can only use whatever words are given to you in the initial screen.

Passed the time quite well.
 

manaman

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Fniff said:
It's an experiment to see the smarts of the average escapist user. Not a game.
No it is a game. Game - a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators. It is either the second or third definition depending on which dictionary you use.
 

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JimmyBassatti said:
I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...
Kilo24 said:
Fniff said:
How about Radiation to Star wars prequel series?

They have nothing in common.
Radiation - Category (Radiation health effects) - Time Bombs (film) - Category (english language films) - Category (Star Wars films) - Category (Star Wars Prequel trilogy
5 clicks.
You clever man you.
 

ProfessorLayton

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6 clicks. I did it creatively, as well.

Wood-Weapon-Category:Weapons-Boomstick-Bruce Campbell-The Evil Dead.

Do I win? I found the word "Boomstick."
 

Thamous

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JimmyBassatti said:
Thamous said:
JimmyBassatti said:
I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...
Kilo24 said:
Fniff said:
How about Radiation to Star wars prequel series?

They have nothing in common.
Radiation - Category (Radiation health effects) - Time Bombs (film) - Category (english language films) - Category (Star Wars films) - Category (Star Wars Prequel trilogy
5 clicks.
You clever man you.
Why did you quote me? I don't get it...
Because you beat me in the number of clicks, sorry if it didn't make sense.
 

Kilo24

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JimmyBassatti said:
I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...
It's possible, but I haven't found an elegant way for it yet.
6 clicks by clicking on categories and navigating through the menu. I suggest that we ban this method, honestly. It's way too easy to abuse.
So, no clicking on the general categories page then (the one with the monstrous list of ever category available?)

Edit: Gotcha - a fair method. 6 clicks, though I was beaten to it by the below poster.
Fallout 3 - morphine - addiction - cannabinoid - cannabis - cannabis cultivation - hydroponics

And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.
 

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JimmyBassatti said:
I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...
Fallout 3 --> Brahmin (the mutated cattle, you know?) --> United States --> Energy in the United States --> Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States --> Greenhouse Effect (use the link by the picture under "real greenhouses," not the first greenhouse link) --> Greenhouse --> Hydroponics.
 

Thamous

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Kilo24 said:
JimmyBassatti said:
I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...
It's possible, but I haven't found an elegant way for it yet.
6 clicks by clicking on categories and navigating through the menu. I suggest that we ban this method, honestly. It's way too easy to abuse.
So, no clicking on the general categories page then (the one with the monstrous list of ever category available?)

And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.
Triangular number-Miraculous Draught of Fish-fish-Marine biology-Marine invertebrates-Lobster
That was surprisingly easy.
 

Fniff

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Thamous said:
Kilo24 said:
JimmyBassatti said:
I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...
It's possible, but I haven't found an elegant way for it yet.
6 clicks by clicking on categories and navigating through the menu. I suggest that we ban this method, honestly. It's way too easy to abuse.
So, no clicking on the general categories page then (the one with the monstrous list of ever category available?)

And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.
Triangular number-Miraculous Draught of Fish-fish-Marine biology-Marine invertebrates-Lobster
That was surprisingly easy.
Nazism to pirates.
 

Kilo24

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Thamous said:
And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.
Triangular number-Miraculous Draught of Fish-fish-Marine biology-Marine invertebrates-Lobster
That was surprisingly easy.[/quote]
Impressive.

Shibboleth to Taipei?
Or the reverse, if you're feeling confident.