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What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like

Posted by timothy on from the elevating-the-subjunctive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A game for children modified for geeks: The austrian art (or something like that) group monochrom has made the worlds probably first massive multiplayer thumbwrestling performance in the viennese Museumsquartier. They've got some photos and explanation of several network structures (even includes a Death Star Reactor - i wonder how many things like that could be done - new kind of simple origami?). A network game in the 50s? Beware: requires real social interaction!"

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  1. Actual reason: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This was so obviously just a ploy for geeks to hold hands with girls. And guys too, I guess.

    1. Re:Actual reason: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Plus the fact that every DnD game where a girl happened to be semi-interested, the male geeks were trying to convince her that part of the game was to remove articles of clothing.

  2. Can't Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    for the speed hacks and bots to come out for this one.

  3. what about security? by xlyz · · Score: 3, Funny


    just image a DOS attack on any of that networks

    1. Re:what about security? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can see the headlines now.

      In today's news a massive human pyramid of thumbwrestlers died from DoS attack from an unknown assailant. The assailant is believed to have used a brute force method known as "pushing". When the network was "pushed" each memeber of the group succumbed to the "pushing" and the attack spread throughout the whole network killing the entire netowrk at an exponential rate.

  4. Advanced Thumbwrestling Tactics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you want to assure that you will win every thumbwrestling match, stick your hand in your pants and poke your thumb up your ass in full view of your oponents. You will win their immediate submission or forfieture, ensuring your advancement to the next round of competition.

  5. More Advanced Thumbwrestling Tactics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Also, another tactic is to piss on your hand prior to competition, in view of your opponents. This will service the purpose of shaking their confidence and coat your thumb with a slickening layer of urine enabling you to escape from otherwise finishing blows.

  6. Clearly foreign! by ctime · · Score: 3, Funny

    The mere thought of invading ones personal bubble, let alone touching another persons hands is unacceptable. Dear God, think of the germs! It's no coinsidence they named one of the games the "death star"!

    Fully inverted muli-touching acts should be made illegal!

    1. Re:Clearly foreign! by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 2, Funny


      You know, that keyboard your touching is full of germs too. And that piece of soap you used this morning is covered with them as well.
      You see those walls around you? They're full of them too. Those windows? Covered as well. Your door? Billions of germs covering evert square cm. Even the floor you're resting your feet on...
      They are everywhere. You can't escape them. The germs have you...
      </Sadistical mocking voice>

  7. Re:dexterity required by OneBarG · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous

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  8. oh my gosh by spazoid12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, a few pointy-hair bosses and some evil project managers are in a meeting.

    "This project is going to take 1 year with 5 developers."

    "Then, quadruple the size of the team and finish in 1 quarter!"

    "You can't get that many geeks to work together on a single horribly retarded objective!!"

    "Oh yes you can... here are some pictures to prove it..."

  9. Jesus by carcosa30 · · Score: 3, Funny

    There needs to be a filter for this sort of stuff... like "-5 frivolous." "Frivolous" would filter out things like lifesize models of Luke Skywalker made of mashed potatoes and Testor's enamel. This stuff hurts me.

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  10. Re:retards by Richard_L_James · · Score: 2, Funny
    Reread the article about the Austrians , and wonder no more why Americans are harassed and attacked.

    Relax my friend, everything is in hand... the Austrians being the smart people they are have already sent in The Governator to do their dirty work!!

  11. No one has said it yet... by RoloDMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

    Wait...

    Ewwww!

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