Game for The Game?

There is a game called just that. The Game. And It’s near impossible to win The Game.

Here is an exercise for you. Try to think of 10 different things that you could do different in your daily life to spice it up. But whatever the case maybe, do NOT think of a Red Elephant. I repeat, thinking of a Red Elephant is a strict NO.

So, if you thought of a Red Elephant, which I’m sure you did, you just lose a version of The Game.

Yes. The Game is a mental game where the only objective is to avoid thinking of The Game. You lose once you think of The Game, which is pretty inevitable. Sounds strange and pointless? Well It is either stupid and futile or fun and challenging, depending on how one sees it. Though the idea is pretty simple, It is pretty complex once one starts playing it with thousands of other players trying to outwit you.

This game has three rules by which the players should abide.

1. Every individual in this world is playing The Game, willingly or unwillingly. One cannot stop playing it.
2. Whenever one thinks of The Game, they lose.
3. When one loses, they have to announce their loss to at least one other person, verbally or through any other means.

If you are reading this, you just lost The Game

Once a player has announced a loss, there is usually a grace period allowed varying from 3 seconds to 30 minutes to allow the player to forget about the game. During this period, the player can’t lose The Game.

The origins of The Game are unclear so are the motives to it, but the Fansite suggests that the Game was created as ' an incurable mind virus unleashed by scientists in the 1970s', ‘ An unprecedented social experiment involving human mind' and 'An infamous psychological challenge that broke the game theory'. 

Not many people are aware of it, though the youngsters are getting hooked to it the Americas. The Game is based on the Ironic Process Theory which states an individual’s deliberate attempt to avoid thinking of a certain something will render those thoughts more persistent.

The Game has a dedicated facebook page. You get to meet people who are playing The Game here, Strategies (Though there aren't any) and ways to cause your opponents to think of The Game, hence make them lose.

Wierd? Yes. It is. But at times, Wierd is Awesome.