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[Ethan795]

Someone suggested this to me the other day and it made me laugh so I thought I'd share it here.

The aim of the game is simple, go on Wikipedia, hit the 'Random Article' button and from there on you're only allowed to follow links to other Wikipedia pages, with the aim of getting to the page for Osama Bin Laden.

Post the path you took here...here's an example:

Random page threw me this: http://en.wikipedia....ki/Terry_Barker
Then I followed to: http://en.wikipedia....ty_of_Cambridge
Next was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
Then: http://en.wikipedia..../United_Kingdom
Followed by: http://en.wikipedia....Operation_Telic <== got to this one by clicking on the word "Iraq"
That took me to: http://en.wikipedia....nvasion_of_Iraq
Then finally, we found him: http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

Of course, this game can be applied to any article...try it, it can be surprisingly hard. That time took me 6 clicks, can you beat it?

[Hen7]

Got this from random: http://en.wikipedia....cricket_umpires
Then went here: http://en.wikipedia....an_cricket_team
Then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
Then: http://en.wikipedia....er_2001_attacks
And finally: http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden
Easy shit.

Again, got this: http://en.wikipedia....i/Dingolshausen
Then this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
Then under military got this: http://en.wikipedia....iki/Afghanistan
Then: http://en.wikipedia....i/War_on_Terror
And then: http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden
I'm surprised they didn't found him yet, he's obviously bad at this.

Got this: http://en.wikipedia..../Sharon_Springs
Went here: http://en.wikipedia....rings,_New_York
Then here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York
Here: http://en.wikipedia....1,_2001_attacks
And: http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

[Ido]

I suck at this

http://en.wikipedia....inus_Scriblerus
http://en.wikipedia....Scriblerus_Club
http://en.wikipedia..../Jonathan_Swift
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin
http://en.wikipedia..../European_Union
http://en.wikipedia....ki/World_War_II
http://en.wikipedia....es_armed_forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq
http://en.wikipedia....nvasion_of_Iraq
http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

[TigerboyPT]

http://en.wikipedia....i/Linda_Gilbert
http://en.wikipedia....ester,_New_York
http://en.wikipedia....i/United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

Not bad.

[Hen7]

CHECK THIS OUT:
I got this: http://en.wikipedia....es_of_King_Nole
Went here: http://en.wikipedia....992_video_games
Then: http://en.wikipedia....iki/Video_games
Then: http://en.wikipedia..../Valve_Software
Then: http://en.wikipedia....al:_Still_Alive
The additional content was based on levels from the map pack "Portal: The Flash Version" created by We Create Stuff and contains no additional story-related levels.

From http://en.wikipedia....iki/Video_games I went to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_%28computer_gaming%29
Then: http://en.wikipedia....e_(game_engine)
Then: http://en.wikipedia....rce_engine_mods (I looked for NH2 but it wasn't there)
Then: http://en.wikipedia....rce_engine_mods
And BAM: http://en.wikipedia....ghtmare_House_2

[eXeC]

Okay people, try finding the Nightmare House 2 article.

=]

[ruanito]

Each article has maximum 6 degrees of separation from random page.
Edit:
I was wrong or I suck... I already used tons of links, now I'm in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War page, I feel I'm close, but I gave up anyway...

Edited by ruanito 2.0, 31 August 2010 - 04:57 PM.

[elitehakor]

http://en.wikipedia....Michel_Boujenah
http://en.wikipedia....i/French_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq
http://en.wikipedia....nvasion_of_Iraq
http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

[VerdeFlash]

So, it's like 5 Clicks To Jesus, except more difficult?

I'll post some of mine in a bit.

[iggle]

I think that there was an ipad app for this.

[Ethan795]

Okay people, try finding the Nightmare House 2 article.

=]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_comic_book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videogames
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer_game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Episode_Two
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(game_engine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Source_engine_mods <=== we should really list it there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Source_engine_mods
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_House_2

[NeatNit]

Aparently...
http://en.wikipedia....ghtmare_House_2

[eXeC]

Check out the talk page of NH2, two Wikipedia editors fighting over the NH2 article. Vaguely amusing to read.

[Billy Joel]

Can you give me a link for an ipad application about this.. Thank you..

[MarbelLiarBater]

hes dead now. lol

[OZPruductions]

Now you'd probably be able to find him in the "Past Presidents of the Being Alive Club" section in Wikipedia.

[NeatNit]

As much as that post was forced... I just had to rate it up

[christine500]

http://en.wikipedia....acrifice_(2008)
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Sepioloidea
http://en.wikipedia....ege_(Dungarvan)
http://en.wikipedia..../Stuart_Heisler
http://en.wikipedia....dlife_Sanctuary
http://en.wikipedia....ki/Protodiptera
http://en.wikipedia....ki/Ali_H._Sayed
http://en.wikipedia....iver_(Zeletin)
http://en.wikipedia....ica_Morningstar
http://en.wikipedia....of_South_Africa

Oh well... I can't seem get it. lol..

Regards,
Christine

[DETrooper]

I hope this thread isn't dead. lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulyne
http://en.wikipedia....ranz_Sondheimer
http://en.wikipedia....i/Great_Britain
http://en.wikipedia....ki/Christianity
http://en.wikipedia....States#Religion (Scroll up to top.)
http://en.wikipedia....i/United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda
http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

[benjieraffels]

http://en.wikipedia....cricket_umpires
http://en.wikipedia....an_cricket_team
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia....er_2001_attacks
http://en.wikipedia....Osama_bin_Laden

great

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