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LGP Announces New Competition

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the winner-is-extremely-bored dept.

Time Doctor writes "Linux Game Publishing announced its new game competition today, wherein an image relating to the game is revealed one pixel a second and competitors can attempt to be the first to guess it. Winner gets the first copy of the game, and the unofficial award of having way too much time on their hands to sit around waiting for pixels to change."

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  1. Never could do these... by Snommis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why can't I see the sailboat?

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    1. Re:Never could do these... by Afecks · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why can't I see the sailboat?

      What you need is a fatty-boom-batty blunt, and I guarantee you'll be seeing a sailboat, an ocean, and maybe even some of those big-titted mermaids doing that lesbian shit!

  2. No wild guesses! by grant+murray · · Score: 3, Funny

    They allow guessing but not wild guessing. How silly!

    1. Re:No wild guesses! by ROMRIX · · Score: 3, Funny

      Silly indeed. They are simply hedging their bet by stipulating a commonly overlooked mistake when allowing "contestants" to guess at any given problem. According to Dr. Alfred Zuekec and Raul Paldonis at the Institute of higher Awareness in Peru there is an 22% likelyhood of a contestant guessing right when attempting an answer with a "wild" guess as opposed to a true, well thought out, "random" guess.
      The data they have put together clearly shows an advantage when wild guessing as shown in this formula; g=:(&:^\ ~ wg=:)&:^}~ This among other well known guessing patterns such as the 'Positive Attitude Reinforced' method known as "kurnling", in some circles, also play an important role in establishing a right answer. Whereas the 'Negative Attitude Wild Guess' method often results in a correct answer, the contestant is often disqualified for obvious reasons. No I can't say I blame them for not allowing wild guesses. It saves time and often it saves lives.

  3. We finally made it! by Daneurysm · · Score: 4, Funny

    With innovative ideas and advanced gameplay like this, it is only a matter of time until Linux dominates not just the desktop market, but the gaming market as well.

  4. Games for Linux by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    See, there are sweet games for Linux. Geez, I don't know what everybody's always bitching about.

    Wah wah, I can't play Halo! So what? Shut up and go play "Guess the Game".

    What's going to be good is that the image is going to be a screenshot of this very webpage. That's right folks, the answer to Guess the Game is: Guess the Picture! The newest sensation in an already exciting catalog of Linux games!

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  5. Re:uh... by ErikPeterson · · Score: 3, Funny

    boring news is better then no news... erm wait no it isnt

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  6. Lag by dawhippersnapper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man this game has horrible latency.

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  7. OMG its... by ClaraBow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nuke Dukem 4D :)

  8. Slashdot Effect by SleepyHappyDoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately, due to the Slashdot effect, no one can see the picture as it changes. Ergo, no one can win.

    Good way to stress-test their web-servers, though.

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