Author Topic: Wikipedia game. (Read 1608 times)

Daedalus · May 31, 2011, 03:50:36 AM

If you go onto Wikipedia and to go a random article, then keep clicking the first URL in the text that is not italicized or in parentheses, you will eventually reach Philosophy. It's awesome.
Discuss.

FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE STUCK IN INFINITE LOOPS, THEY ARE NOT. THE LINK MUST BE IN THE ARTICLE, OUTSIDE OF ANY PARENTHESES, AND NOT ITALICIZED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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Pulchritude · May 31, 2011, 03:53:23 AM

I tried "cat," but ended up just clicking around in circles. Somehow "asdf" worked...

Domidore66 · May 31, 2011, 03:58:28 AM

Are you implying that we should try this and see how long it takes until we reach philosophy?

Alright then, I guess the winner is the person who can get to it the shortest.

King Leo · May 31, 2011, 04:02:55 AM

I started with the random article "Plato" Guess how many clicks it took to reach (modern) philosophy?

22!
That's a fail!

DerrickJMitchell · May 31, 2011, 04:06:49 AM

typed "philosophy"
got there on the first try :3

King Leo · May 31, 2011, 04:10:40 AM

Quote from: DerrickJMitchell on May 31, 2011, 04:06:49 AM

typed "philosophy"
got there on the first try :3

You're not supposed to type in an article -.-

VerticalHorizon · May 31, 2011, 04:10:51 AM

~~Hit a loop of Greek Language and Greek.~~ Nevermind, neat.

Brickman · May 31, 2011, 05:03:03 AM

Quote from: VerticalHorizon on May 31, 2011, 04:10:51 AM

~~Hit a loop of Greek Language and Greek.~~ Nevermind, neat.

Yeah I did that as well, until I noticed the bit about the parentheses in the main post, lol.

Edit: Infinite loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ability_Plus_Software

Nymethus · May 31, 2011, 05:15:22 AM

I started with Blockland and got into some alphabet cycle and then beer :(

Continued and got stuck on beer again :(

TapeDeck · May 31, 2011, 05:33:56 AM

You can also get to metaphyics from any page because it is the first link from philosophy. :P

King Leo · May 31, 2011, 05:53:25 AM

Quote from: Nymethus on May 31, 2011, 05:15:22 AM

I started with Blockland and got into some alphabet cycle and then beer :(

Continued and got stuck on beer again :(

Beer is not a bad thing to get stuck on :D

Nymethus · May 31, 2011, 06:17:03 AM

Quote from: King Leo on May 31, 2011, 05:53:25 AM

Beer is not a bad thing to get stuck on :D

Jo D:

man of smart · May 31, 2011, 07:50:17 AM

Article only or the whole page?

alien 01 · May 31, 2011, 08:01:22 AM

I got into a loop in "Computer program".

Skorpion · May 31, 2011, 12:36:29 PM

Well. I did eenie meeni miny mo to start. Clicked on some guy. Turns out he was a philosipher so it only took two.