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Old 02-03-2011, 12:07 PM   #1
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Wikipedia bridge of links game

I had a thought for a game using wikipedia. You start at a given page and by clicking on links in the page you try to navigate to a completely unrelated page. You must stay in wikipedia, you can't type, or select and search, or cut and paste. You can only use hyperlinks to another wikipedia page.

Open the links in new tabs and make a screen shot of your tabs. Whoever has the fewest tabs to get to the destination page wins. You cannot go backwards.

First pair: Start at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
and try to get to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian

Might be fun.
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:15 PM   #2
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Wow, that was easier than I thought. I got there in 4 clicks. Will post my screenshot later.
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:22 PM   #3
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So this is more of a spectator game?
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:24 PM   #4
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4 clicks
Fossil (located in the 5th paragraph of the Spiritualism section of Doyle's entry.)
Rock
Volcanic Rock
Obsidian
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:25 PM   #5
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No, you should try it and see how many clicks it takes you. Then see how many clicks to get from Obsidian to Lux Interior. (7 for me)
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:26 PM   #6
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4 clicks
Fossil (located in the 5th paragraph of the Spiritualism section of Doyle's entry.)
Rock
Volcanic Rock
Obsidian
OK, but now everyone knows. Mine was: Edinburgh, Basalt, Volcanic Rock, Obsidian. Maybe there should be a time frame or first come first served. See if you can get to Lux Interior from Obsidian.
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:29 PM   #7
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Surely the objective has to be Mornington Crescent?
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:38 PM   #8
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I guess I didn't understand. I'm still not sure I do.

So the first person to get there gets to choose the next destination? Or do we have a list of pit stops to make along the way to a final destination?
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:48 PM   #9
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I guess I didn't understand. I'm still not sure I do.

So the first person to get there gets to choose the next destination? Or do we have a list of pit stops to make along the way to a final destination?
I think the person who uses the fewest clicks to get there gets to choose the next destination, it should be like a rally in that distance traveled counts. I was just doing a trial run to see how it works.

Why don't you choose a new start and first destination?
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:50 PM   #10
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Surely the objective has to be Mornington Crescent?
That could only happen in Britain.
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:56 PM   #11
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Why don't you choose a new start and first destination?
OK. Starting point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbit_bearing

first destination

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
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Old 02-03-2011, 01:08 PM   #12
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It's harder than I thought. No going backwards? I'm stuck in a loop of languages. Trying to find Esperanto. Once, I accidentally translated the page I was on into Esperanto, but that didn't help.
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Old 02-03-2011, 01:10 PM   #13
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It's harder when you don't know a lot about the destination. I know esperanto is an invented language, but not much else about it.

I'll give it a try.
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Old 02-03-2011, 01:28 PM   #14
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When you say "You cannot go backwards," does that mean you can't back up if you hit a dead end? Or you can't try to work backwards to the start from the destination?
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Old 02-03-2011, 01:34 PM   #15
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Babbitt>United States>Invasion of Poland>Second Polish Republic>Bialystock>Esperanto.

I had to lookup the name of the inventor, I used to know it, but forgot. True.
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