I lolled at Jackals post but took minor offence to Pinkey's because I have spent a long time writing up this post.
Brownie said:
Johan Huizinga 1950, p.13.
[...] a free activity standing quite consciously outside ”ordinary” life as being ”not serious”, but at the same time absorbing the player intensely and utterly. It is an activity connected with no material interest, and no profit can be gained by it. It proceeds within its own proper boundaries of time and space according to fixed rules and in an orderly manner. It promotes the formation of social groupings which tend to surround themselves with secrecy and to stress their difference from the common world by disguise or other means.
Roger Caillois 1961, p.10-11.
[...] an activity which is essentially: Free (voluntary), separate [in time and space], uncertain, unproductive, governed by rules, make-believe.
Bernard Suits 1978, p. 34.
To play a game is to engage in activity directed towards bringing about a specific state of affairs, using only means permitted by rules, where the rules prohibit more efficient in favor of less efficient means, and where such rules are accepted just because they make possible such activity.
Avedon & Sutton Smith 1981, p.7.
At its most elementary level then we can define game as an exercise of voluntary control systems in which there is an opposition between forces, confined by a procedure and rules in order to produce a disequilibrial outcome.
Chris Crawford 1981, chapter 2.
I perceive four common factors: representation ["a closed formal system that subjectively represents a subset of reality"], interaction, conflict, and safety ["the results of a game are always less harsh than the situations the game models"].
David Kelley 1988, p.50.
a game is a form of recreation constituted by a set of rules that specify an object to be attained and the permissible means of attaining it.
Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman 2003, p.96.
A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.
No errors in that one. This is probably only because it consists entirely of quotes, although I wouldn’t be surprised if you had made some errors. You’re currently one for one.
Brownie said:
Should be: “Is this a
game
?” Now you’re one for two.
Brownie said:
Thanks for the clarification.
Now you’re two for three. Surprising.
Brownie said:
Hi there, and a good day to you too.
Did i lose my watch, no
Did i lose my wallet, no
Hm
Did i lose one of my kids, phhhh no
Hm
Well, everything is in order, ahhh
An object or some set of rules must be applied.
Should be: “Hi there and good day to you too.
What did I lose?
Did
I lose my watch
? No.
Did
I lose my wallet
? No.
Hm
.
Did
I lose one of my kids? Phhhh
, no
.
Hm
.
Well, everything is in order. Ahhh
.” Now you’re two for four.
Brownie said:
Good job! Now you’re three for five.
Brownie said:
I feel petty for your parents, and all the luck to you, you will need it with that attitude.
Should be: “I feel
pity (even though I (Brownie) really do feel petty towards everything in existence) for your parents. All the luck to you
- you will need it.” Now you’re two for six.
Brownie said:
And as this is about games, here's one more just for you.
Had i found one of my kids stating things like you do Kirby (or whatever nick you randomly use) on the net, their Computer had belong to me.
Now that's ownage.
Game over
Should be: “
As this is about games, here’s one more just for you.
Had
I found
out that one of my kids
was talking like you do
, Kirby (or whatever nick you
normally use
,) on the net
I would take away their computer.
Now that’s ownage. Game over
.” Now you’re three for seven.
Brownie said:
Yes, i have noticed, that you have a hard time comprehending other words than ass, so you might need some help.
Should be: “Yes,
I have noticed that you have a hard time comprehending
words other than ”ass
” so you
may need some help.” Now you’re three for eight.
On a side note, I don’t think it ever was words he’s having trouble with, it’s your nonsensical grammar, as he pointed out already.
Brownie said:
01101110011001010111011001100101
01110010001000000111010101101110
01100100011001010111001001100101
01110011011101000110100101101101
01100001011101000110010100100000
01101111011011000110010000100000
011100000110010101101111011100000110110001100101
Should be: “
01001110011001010111011001100101
01110010001000000111010101101110
01100100011001010111001001100101
01110011011101000110100101101101
01100001011101000110010100100000
01101111011011000110010000100000
011100000110010101101111011100000110110001100101
00101110” Now you’re three for nine.
Brownie said:
Should be: “Who said it was
?” Now you’re two for ten.
Brownie said:
Nearly forgot you whitey, that's not nice.
Thanks for the idea, but popcorn and cola is our menu.
You apparently need a lot of attention smot, i haven't got the time, so here's a final one for you to solve.
0101011101101000011000010111010000
1000000110100101110011001000000111
0100011010000110100101110011001000
0001110100011010000110100101101110
0110011100100000011000110110000101
1011000110110001100101011001000010
0000011000010010000001000111011000010110110101100101
And now back sucking majorly in xmp.
Should be: “Nearly forgot about you
Whitey
. That message was not nice. Thanks for the idea
but my kids prefer popcorn and cola.
You apparently need a lot of attention
Smot
but sadly I don’t have enough time for you so here’s one final one for you to solve.
0101011101101000011000010111010000
1000000110100101110011001000000111
0100011010000110100101110011001000
0001110100011010000110100101101110
0110011100100000011000110110000101
1011000110110001100101011001000010
00000110000100100000
01100111011000010110110101100101
00111111
Now I
return to sucking majorly in
XMP.” Now you’re three for eleven.
Brownie said:
Hex
5375726500
escaped bytes
%59%6F%75%20%6E%
65%65%64%20%74%6
F%6F%20%67%72%6F
%77%20%75%70%00
Octal
107145164040142141143153040151156040163143150157157154
Should be: “Hex
in “pure bytes”:
53757265
2E00
Hex in “escaped bytes
”:
%59%6F%75%20%6E%
65%65%64%20%74%6
F%6F%20%67%72%6F
%77%20%75%70
%2E%00
Octal
:
107145164040142141143153040151156040163143150157157154
056” Now you’re three for twelve.
Brownie said:
Good job. Now you’re four for thirteen.
Brownie said:
Do you really think that a normal person would take the time to write that binary code, you simply aren't worth the time.
That you take the time to write in a thread about nothing, in a game you don't play, is beyound stupidity.
Should be: “Do you really think that a normal person would take the time to write that in binary code
? You simply aren’t worth the time.
The fact that you take the time to write in a thread about nothing in a game you don’t play is
beyond stupidity.” Now you’re four for fourteen.
Brownie said:
Thanks for the correction.
Binary isn't used anymore, so your brain is filled up with the word ass, and useless binary code.
Should be: “Thanks for the correction.
Binary isn’t used anymore, so your brain is filled up with the word ass and useless binary code.” Now you’re four for fifteen.
Brownie said:
Oh, i forgot the "you lose" lol, still binary is outdated, and i do know.
So happy future winning for you, it's the American way isn't it, F..king eachother up.
Should be: “Oh,
I forgot the “you lose” lol
. Still, binary is outdated and
I do know
that binary is used to program computers.
With all that said, happy future winning for you
. It’s the American way
, isn’t it
- f..king
each other up.” Now you’re four for sixteen.
Brownie said:
Should be: “You use high level language.”
You end with a total of four errorless posts in this thread out of the seventeen wastes of my time that you have posted.