What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like

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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[Anonymous Coward]

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

dexterity required

[acceber]

Looking at those pictures, being ambidextrous would be a huge advantage. The average person would be predominantly right or left handed and would probably end up being caught "out" much quicker than somebody who could use both hands with equal ease.

But then, the average person wouldn't be playing massive multiplayer thumbwrestling.
And true ambidexterity is rare.

Re:dexterity required

[OneBarG]

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous

Re:dexterity required

[Anonymous Coward]

I just wonder if handedness is the result of the fact than it takes less energy and effort to make one one hand a specialist that is required to make two.

Handedness is that sketchy area which involves a number of things such as brain laterality, environmental, sociocultural and genetic factors.

There is a research team that does indepth studies in such areas and obviously there are different theories which exist.

Hereditary factors state that a child is more likely to be born left handed if one parent is left handed, and the chances increase if both parents are left handed.

Socially and culturally, you have reasons like religious beliefs that left handedness is wrong or the left hand is associated with "cleaning yourself". In the old days, kids were beaten for using the left hand.

And then there's other medical reasons like kids who are born with higher levels of testosterone as a result of increased stress during birth are more likely to be born left handed.

True ambidexterity is rare because the brain is wired to predominately favour one hand over the other.

oh my gosh

[spazoid12]

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..."

Re:viruses galore

[Kamerynn]

This happened in Europe. They know they won't get the plague by touching the skin of another, seemingly healthy, human being(even if that same human being has picked his nose earlier, or worse, touched a door handle!). Massive hygiene hysteria in the US makes many people believe the contrary. Gosh I guess some of them even ATE without washing their hands after this!! I wonder of many of them are still alive... While I was an exchange student in the US (coming from Belgium) I was staying with a wonderful american family in Colorado and have kept strong contacts with them ever since. Before departing, I decided to prepare them meat balls with a home recipe. Once we sat at the table, nobody would eat, and I was wondering how they could not like it without tasting it. So I asked them and they were embarassed because they did not dare to eat because I had prepared the meat balls WITH MY BARE HANDS after washing them. The housewife usually put plastic gloves when manipulating food... So I had to convince them that my hands were disease free and that I had washed them thoroughly and that the meatballs had cooked for 40 minutes in the oven, which would kill anything left. They finally tried the meal (half cold, but we put it in the microwave-- what a sacrilege!) and founjd it fabulous (in earnest, because they asked me to do it once again before leaving)