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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Mar 9, 2010 23:45:30 GMT -5
Six Degrees of Adolf Hitler A fun new craze sweeping the internets, Six Degrees of Adolf Hitler is the name given to a game played by utilizing a wiki's internal links. One plays by starting at a random page, then attempting to navigate his/her way to the wiki's article on Adolf Hitler with nothing more than links to other articles. It's a pretty fun time-waster when you're online if you have nothing better to do and a love of Nazis. Rules The name originates from the idea of Six Degrees of Separation, that one crackpot theory developed by some stoned Hungarian woman back in the late '20s that states any two people on Earth can be connected via six or less intermediaries. Basically, the idea is that you can trace any person to another person via social networking. Online, this theory has taken on new life in the form of a sort of game played on wikis. The general goal is to make your way to the page on Hitler in six or less steps. The step-by-step breakdown: Random article Make your way to Hitler in 6 steps or less PROFIT! Example: Paternal Gift Farm, Maryland -> Maryland -> United States -> World War II -> Adolf Hitler Sieg heil! Congratulations, in just four links, you've successfully linked Hitler to some random-ass home development in Maryland about which nobody gives two shits. Presumably, the only way to truly win is to actually land on the Hitler page when clicking the random page button. Of course, you don't have to use Hitler as your destination of choice; any topic will do. Hitler's just naturally the most common. Nor do you have to start with a random page - say you'd like to show that two articles are related by fewer than 7 links; you can start with one of those. But why would anyone want to use anything other than Hitler? I'll start: Orchid mycorrhiza->Photosynthesis->Robert Hill->World War I->Adolf Hitler
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 9, 2010 23:55:02 GMT -5
Parched grain -> Middle East -> United States -> World War II -> Adolf Hitler
You know what, it seems like the US is going to break this challenge. Six degrees of Adolf Hitler becomes four degrees of the United States (and two degrees to get to Hitler). And four degrees of the United States is not an impressive feat.
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Post by ch00beh on Mar 10, 2010 0:29:52 GMT -5
My friends played it as six degrees of Jesus.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Mar 10, 2010 1:24:16 GMT -5
Alright, we'll spice it up.
STIPULATIONS
At any point, any poster can add a rule. No USA, no WWII, no Nazis, etc. Use anything that won't inherently break the game, such as NO ADOLF LOL. Also, you can change the topic. Six Degrees of Large Hadron Collider. Six Degrees of Bryan Boitano. Six Degrees of Lee Tupper.
New rule - you cannot use World War II to get to Hitler.
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Post by ch00beh on Mar 10, 2010 7:59:52 GMT -5
Landbouwkrediet -> Belgium -> German language -> Germany -> Adolf Hitler
this game is too easy.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 10, 2010 9:23:45 GMT -5
Rotary valve -> Corliss steam engine -> George Henry Corliss -> Vienna -> German language -> Germany -> Adolf Hitler
New rule: "GERMANY -> ADOLF HITLER" IS BANNED
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Post by {WW}BetaBloodWolf7 on Mar 10, 2010 20:30:56 GMT -5
Shipley, West Sussex--England-German migration to the United Kingdom--Hanoverian--Hanover--Nazi Party--Adolf Hitler
But that's not a problem anymore, is it?
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 10, 2010 20:34:00 GMT -5
I don't know what lies I told, but according to Biznasty up there, you can't use "World War II -> Hitler" anymore, so, you know, problem
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Post by {WW}BetaBloodWolf7 on Mar 10, 2010 21:12:07 GMT -5
Well I guess that's what I get for reading directions one day, then playing the game the next =P
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Post by Tout-Perd on Mar 10, 2010 21:34:57 GMT -5
Koehler->Johann Gottfried Koehler->Johann Elert Bode->Berlin->Third Reich->Hitler
Too easy, but I should've known when I typed in a German name.
Photu->Nepal->Indo-Aryan->Romani->Einsatzgruppen->Hitler POHATLER
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Mar 10, 2010 21:42:42 GMT -5
Funday Times ->United Kingdom ->Marshall Plan -> USSR ->Kingdom of Italy ->Adolf Hitler
Had to step around a whole lot to escape ties to WWII there.
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Post by ch00beh on Mar 10, 2010 23:13:45 GMT -5
Ryk E. Spoor -> Science Fiction -> Alternate History -> Adolf Hitler
I don't even need six degrees. I'm changing the target to Pot Pie.
Hitler -> Germany -> German Cuisine -> Cake -> Pie -> Pot Pie
This was an actual challenge.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Mar 11, 2010 0:27:49 GMT -5
Ooh. Ooh.
Roy Moore(Australian Footballer) ->Australian rules football ->Australian rules football culture ->Australian and New Zealand meat pies -> Meat Pie -> Pot Pie
A winner is meeee
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Post by Tout-Perd on Mar 11, 2010 1:02:46 GMT -5
Awesome Andy->Pheremones->Pig->Pork->Lard->Pie->Pot Pie
Seven steps, bleh!
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Post by ch00beh on Mar 11, 2010 6:59:48 GMT -5
Everyone is getting it in 7.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 11, 2010 9:14:51 GMT -5
Those aren't seven steps. Those are six steps from a starting point.
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Post by ch00beh on Mar 11, 2010 9:41:06 GMT -5
Oh if that's the case then I got to Pot Pie from Hitler like 5 times.
This game is easy again.
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Post by SV on Mar 11, 2010 15:27:39 GMT -5
Adaptation: Go to Wikipedia. Random an article. See how long it takes you to get from that article to the Hitler article. (It's bad form to use ctrl+F.)
My ex randomed a concentration camp, which is pretty much as win as it gets without randoming Hitler himself.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Mar 11, 2010 15:38:13 GMT -5
Belay that. I don't trust any of you to be square about your times. Play resumes as usual. Pot pie is the target.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 11, 2010 16:03:32 GMT -5
George Hall (cartoonist) -> DC Comics -> Batman -> George Clooney -> O Brother, Where Art Thou? -> Chicken Run -> Pot pie
F*ck. yes. Batman 2x bonus.
(Oh, by the way, I've been using the random page function to get each of these starting points so far. I thought that went without saying.)
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Mar 11, 2010 16:05:08 GMT -5
It does.
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Post by Hated Aries on Mar 11, 2010 17:22:46 GMT -5
List of awards and nominations received by Julianne Moore -> Boogie Nights -> Male Prostitute -> India ->Monarchy of the United Kingdom -> United Kingdom ->Food ->Wheat ->Flour -> Pastries -> Pies -> Pot Pies.
I should get extra points for talking about Male Prostitutes.
OK, so maybe it's more than six, but uh, I couldn't stop after Male Prostitutes.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 11, 2010 17:39:18 GMT -5
List of awards and nominations received by Julianne Moore -> Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress -> Hamlet (1948 film) -> Hamlet -> Mel Gibson -> Chicken Run -> Pot pie
What now Hated Aries
What now
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Post by Hated Aries on Mar 11, 2010 17:49:48 GMT -5
Touche, my good sir. However, you didn't use Male prostitutes
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Post by Beelzebibble on Mar 11, 2010 18:16:26 GMT -5
Didn't I, Hated Aries? Didn't I?
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Post by Hated Aries on Mar 11, 2010 19:27:29 GMT -5
You've bested me at a game of wits once again. Good show, sir. Good show.
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