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RISK The Game On Google Maps

Posted by samzenpus on from the feeling-lucky dept.

axonis writes "ZenChi has created a Google Maps API project based on the popular board game RISK on Google Maps. While Zen is developing a multi-player version, you can play a game right now with others huddled around your computer."

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  1. Can Google maps get more geeky? by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call Newman and Kramer. And can someone program an API to find my keys?

    1. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by Cave_Monster · · Score: 4, Funny
      And can someone program an API to find my keys?

      I had a look on google earth and when I zoomed in to the maximum, I noticed your keys are on your front lawn near that little garden gnome. You must have dropped them while walking from your car to your front door :)

    2. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      Call Newman and Kramer.

      A game of world domination played by two guys who can barely run their own lives.

    3. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, they can.

      Enter your Google Earth search:
      [ Carmen Sandiego ]

      Your search returned no matches.

    4. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by CodeBuster · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ahhh....but the Ukraine is weak...WHAT?!? I am from Ukraine...Ukraine is not weak! (breaks the board in half with a karate style chop)

    5. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by nath_de · · Score: 2, Funny

      You live on the moon?

    6. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by corpsiclex · · Score: 2, Funny

      oh noes! i just saw some geeky looking guys with laptops drive up and snag em.

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    7. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by Legion303 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your search for "where's waldo" around this map area did not match any locations.

      Suggestions:

              * Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
              * Try different keywords.
              * Try more general keywords.

    8. Re:Can Google maps get more geeky? by boazr · · Score: 2, Funny

      Call Newman and Kramer.

      A game of world domination played by two guys who can barely run their own lives.


      This applied to our world leaders as well, no?
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  2. There goes my life... by DogDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    As soon as this thing gets into online leagues, I'm afraid that my social life will be finished. This rocks.

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    1. Re:There goes my life... by Browncoat · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's a social life? Is it when a ton of people stand, sit, huddle and squat around a 15 inch monitor and play RISK? Cause if it is...well...mine's gone.

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    2. Re:There goes my life... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      i think its like when you have friends and stuff

    3. Re:There goes my life... by HoboMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

      Being as you're a poster on /., I'm calling BS on your use of future tense.

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  3. In Soviet Russia... by countchoc12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google API Project maps Risk on YOU!

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  4. Want to play a game, Professor Falken? by Argonne · · Score: 5, Funny

    With all the news about Google's great power these days, I know that when I play this I'll turn on CNN when I sent Alaskan forces against Kamchatka. On second thought, maybe not. I really don't want to have to hear George W. Bush try to pronounce "Irkutsk".

    1. Re:Want to play a game, Professor Falken? by Browncoat · · Score: 5, Funny
      Irk-tusk, Irk-utusk...I can only imagine the possibilities.

      It's WarGames, Google-style! I can see George Lucas' hamster wheel spinning. "The Google Wars"

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  5. That's Friggin Brilliant... by CptTripps · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...now does anyone remember how to play Risk?

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    1. Re:That's Friggin Brilliant... by Zenmonkeycat · · Score: 2, Funny
      Of course I remember how to play; I used to play Risk with my friends all the time when I was younger. First you pick what country happens to be the most "totally awsome." (I happen to prefer "the Russkies" because those guys from down the street always say that they're "retarded" and "gay," and that makes me empathize with the Soviet bloc.) Then, you make up some crazy rules (such as "No, you can't move there, because Australia is stupid,") spend about 30 minutes looking at all the weird cards, and finally get up and play with some GI-Joes, which are of course much cooler.

      In retrospect, my lack of understanding for the mechanics of the game could be attributed to the fact that I was only eight.

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    2. Re:That's Friggin Brilliant... by patio11 · · Score: 4, Funny

      All I remember is owning Australia is key to world domination. You get to deploy your hordes of Crockodile Dundee, Jeff Corwin, and Mel Gibson in his before-he-got-religion period (well, OK, Passion is probably more violent than Thunderdome, but in a different way). And the beatdown commences.

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    3. Re:That's Friggin Brilliant... by raoul666 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Basically, you just wait until everyone gets tired of it, then you knock down their pieces with yours. Some helpful hints:
      1. Take as long as possible deciding troop placement, using obscure algorithms
      2. To decide where to attack, make a large probability diagram with all possible outcomes
      3. Roll all dice one at a time, saying a short prayer over each one of them. In Elvish, if possible

      Using these, and other patent-pending ideas, World Domination(tm) can be yours!

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    4. Re:That's Friggin Brilliant... by rjshields · · Score: 5, Funny
      The good old set had counters made of *wood*, youngster.
      Wood? You had wood? When I was a lad our counters were fashioned from dried turd.
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  6. Now for some robots.... by Roguelazer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all we need to do is combine this with giant Internet-guided robots and we'll be all set for World War

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    1. Re:Now for some robots.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

      How about a nice game of chess?

  7. Shall we play a game? by oskard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently the server was located in Quebec because as soon as I defeated the troops stationed there, the web site crashed.

    Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?

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  8. Uh-oh by kramthegram · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Bush finds this game he'll be calling for an all out assult on the green guys attacking from Mexico, America needs that continental bonus for our troops in Iraq!

  9. I'm waiting for Diplomacy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fall 1901 England - Fleet London to English Channel

    France: @#$!!

  10. Re:School by Trigun · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope that you've got luck on your side, because you should never start a land war in Asia.

  11. Re:School by Browncoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should also never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line. See? You can learn International Policy and Diplomacy from Princess Bride!

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    "Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal!"
  12. Hello Professor by Kortec · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hello Professor; would you like to play a game of Search Engine War?

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  13. This would be fun... by Donniedarkness · · Score: 4, Funny
    If I had any friends to actually play with :(

    Isn't the purpose of the computer to replace them?! Then why are there no bots!

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  14. Re:Talk about google infatuation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Not only is it single terminal only, but your forced to play..."

    Me fail English? That's unpossible.

  15. Re:School by NMerriam · · Score: 3, Funny

    I still think that Kamchatka doesn't exist, and that mapmakers just put it there because everyone KNOWS that's where it is supposed to be.

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  16. GoogleEarth by emjoi_gently · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd love a more dynamic api for GoogleEarth. At the moment it's fairly static. You can place things on the Earth, but you can't make them move. Too be able to have ICBMs flying between the US and the USSR, with little mushroom clouds....

    1. Re:GoogleEarth by spxero · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...ICBMs flying between the US and the USSR, with little mushroom clouds....
       
      ... and have it turn into a giant game of tic-tac-toe...

  17. Re:School by Danny+Rathjens · · Score: 5, Funny

    "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
                                -- Ambrose Bierce

  18. Re:School by richdun · · Score: 4, Funny

    What better way to learn where Uzbekistan is, than to invade Iran from it?

    Damn CIA leaks...

  19. Crap. by Timewinder · · Score: 3, Funny

    C'mon now, I haven't even managed to finish the last game of RISK I started...

    It's been 3 weeks, dear god someone help me...

  20. Perfect by oncebitten · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now Rimmer can blog his Risk campaign book *and* play at the same time.

    Then again, he's too much of a smeg head to multitask like that.

  21. Hear that? by aspjunkie · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's that awful sound?
    The collective squeal of thousands of nerds in excitement of a Google/Risk mashup.

  22. Gentlemen! Grab your tin hats! by The+Philosophers+Cat · · Score: 2, Funny

    People dont be fooled! This isn't a game. . .

    It's Google's simulation

    . . .for world domination!!

    ARGHHH!!!! Run for the Hills!!

  23. Re:School by wizrd_nml · · Score: 2, Funny
    I hope that you've got luck on your side, because you should never start a land war in Asia.

    It's obvious George Bush doesn't play risk, otherwise he would have invaded Australia first.

  24. Not very realistic... by areve · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...everybody knows New Zealand isn't on the real map.

  25. It's Time Pinky by Veretax · · Score: 1, Funny

    queue the quote master 3000


    "So what are we going to do tonight brain?"
    "Same thing we do every night Pinky, we're going to try to take over the world!!"

  26. Re:School by TwistedSquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially if you have troops stationed in Afghanistan already ;-)

  27. I can't resist... by markhb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?

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  28. Re:Talk about google infatuation by B1ackDragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you familiar with the greater internet fuckwad theory?

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