The Wikipedia Game/Tournament! [ROUND TWO]
 

Hellooo :)

This is the Wikipedia Game, held twice a week. Results on Sundays and Wednesdays.

The concept of the game is starting at one page on wikipedia, and then getting to a random one, only by following the blue links on the page.

For example, the task might be: "Cheese" and then have to get to another page like "Adolf Hitler" by going through ONLY the blue links on the article.

To get to this I went from:
Cheese --> Sheep --> Lamb --> Australia --> World War 1 --> World War 2 --> Adolf Hitler

I'll give you a subject, and a place it has to go to, and you have to do it in as little blue links as possible. As there is no way to test you are cheating, I will instead limit you to find the shortest route, but you can only submit ONCE and can not change your answer.

I'll announce the winner every Sunday & Wednesday, and then have a new challenge. I'll have a tallyboard below of the most wins & people's points :D

RULES:
- Don't need to sign up or anything, just post your answer on here... you don't have to do it every time, but whenever you're bored really! :D
- Submit ONCE :]
- Don't clog this thread up with loads of quotes and talking :P
- Once you've posted you can NOT edit how you got to it.
- If someone has already found a route, you have to find ANOTHER one. no copying :P... basically don't copy any contenders first/second step

HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE:

Challenge:
Georgia Nicolson to Oxford university

Person One: Georgia Nicolson --> Eastbourne --> East Sussex --> Kent --> River Thames --> Oxford --> Oxford University. [6 STEPS]
Person Two: Georgia Nicolson --> Brighton --> Universities --> University Of Oxford [3 STEPS]
Person Three: Georgia Nicolson --> Manchester Grammar School --> University of Oxford [2 steps]

Person 3 won this round, so they get 10 points, Person 2 came 2nd so they get 7 points, and Person 1 gets 5 points.

10 POINTS = 1st place http://smileyjungle.com/smilies/celebrate13.gif
7 POINTS = 2nd place http://smileyjungle.com/smilies/celebrate18.gif
5 POINTS = 3rd place http://smileyjungle.com/smilies/celebrate7.gif

LEADERBOARD:
Marctierman: 10 points (1 time win)
Sam1994: 5 points (1 time runner up)
Rory: 6 points (1 time third place)
Z: 5 points (1 time booby prize winner and.. as he posted at 1.05 pm.. :P)


BOOBY PRIZE: if you get the WORST score of everybody in the round, you get points. The Points of this prize will vary week to week, from 1 point to 100.. :P. I announce the amount of points after each game before I have counted people's scores.
Random Pointage: If people get 2 links or under they get 10 POINTS ADDED. If they get 17 links exactly, they get 7 points.

Previous Challenges
18th Sept - 21st: MSN to Germaine Greer - Marc wins.


ROUND TWO
Germaine Greer to The Amazon Rainforest

SO FAR:
1st place: Sam1994 and Marctierman - 3 steps
2nd place: Z and Jack - 4 steps
3rd place:

Done!

MSN --> MSNBC --> SDTV --> HDTV --> Sky Digital --> List of Sky Channels/EPG --> Channel 4 --> Big Brother --> Celebrity Big Brother 2005 --> Germaine Greer

9 steps :joker:

There is no link for HDTV on the SDTV page?

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

there is the WORDS hdtv
but no links ... meaning you typed hdtv into the box, thus making it void. unless it was a mistake

oh yes i'm checking everyone :P

MSN > Nathan Myhrvold > Stephen Hawking > The Simpsons > Michael Jackson > Jermaine Jackson > Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK) > Big Brother (UK) > Celebrity Big Brother 2005 (UK) > Germaine Greer


10 steps.

msn > 1999 > 1999 by topic television > big brother > big brother versions > series 3 2005 > Germaine Greer

7 steps

MSN
2007
2007 in the United Kingdom
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2005 (UK)
Germaine Greer

6 Steps. :)

how the fck!!!!!!!!

:yuk::yuk:

I knew CBB had to be talked about in the UK in 2007. :tongue:

looks like am gonna have to start from scratch

:shocked:

nope :D
you submitted yours :p
you'll have to wait until wednesday next time!:D

what!!!!!!

this is a conspiracy against me

Scores updated :D.
Bump!

oh great

2nd place

still good :p
on the scoring system, I'll give 1st place 10 points, 2nd place 7 points and 3rd place 5 points :D.

naaa

8 poinnts 2nd place???

i prefer 7 :D

MSN
Australia
Melbourne
University of Melbourne
List of University of Melbourne people
Germaine Greer

5!
in the lead so far..

Yay! :hello:

:hugesmile:

Sia - no offence, Love, but I reckon you should get out more.

:whistle:

No she duntt. :rolleyes:

Brandstifter... -u2us-

uhoooh

omg, brandtifter - u seem to get picked on a lot! giving u a karma point - hope it helps!

:hug: