onenickelmiracle
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March 19th, 2019 at 7:52:28 PM permalink
Is there a list of games where you can only win by quitting?

I can only think of Russian Roulette, but then again it's not winning.

Mutually assured destruction is a theory, but not a game, but in this scenario, you can only win by not playing.

Are there any more? Am I not making a really descriptive question? Maybe I am.

In Chess, you knock your King over, if you quit, usually because you think you cannot win no matter what and cannot draw. So you quit, because there is no way to win.

I'm sleep deprived a little, bear with me.

Obviously I quit a game I cannot win.
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March 19th, 2019 at 8:07:17 PM permalink
Quote: onenickelmiracle

Is there a list of games where you can only win by quitting?

I can only think of Russian Roulette, but then again it's not winning.

Mutually assured destruction is a theory, but not a game, but in this scenario, you can only win by not playing.

Are there any more? Am I not making a really descriptive question? Maybe I am.

In Chess, you knock your King over, if you quit, usually because you think you cannot win no matter what and cannot draw. So you quit, because there is no way to win.

I'm sleep deprived a little, bear with me.

Obviously I quit a game I cannot win.



Health nut: Smoking

AP: Any negative EV game

Broken hearted: that codependent and enabling relationship

Sorry, man.
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March 19th, 2019 at 8:30:59 PM permalink
Quote: unJon

Health nut: Smoking

AP: Any negative EV game

Broken hearted: that codependent and enabling relationship

Sorry, man.

There is a really good answer right on the tip of our tongues(that's not a hint per se). Put your answers in spoilers and I'll ruin a play for you if you're right.
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March 19th, 2019 at 8:49:41 PM permalink
All games if you are using a loss rebate.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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March 19th, 2019 at 8:57:33 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

All games if you are using a loss rebate.

You don't talk about Fight Club.
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March 19th, 2019 at 9:52:49 PM permalink
Hint

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March 19th, 2019 at 10:08:49 PM permalink
Any game show where you are given the choice to quit and take the money or continue trying to win more

Who Wants to be a Millionaire almost fits. But you said “only” way to win is by quitting in the question. You can win on that show by quitting or by going all the way to the million

I can’t think of a game show where you always win by quitting
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March 20th, 2019 at 2:14:14 AM permalink
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I can’t think of a game show where you always win by quitting

Million Pound Drop - obviously you'd be better off taking the money rather than answering any questions.

I can't remember the exact format but Take Your Pick gave you a choice of keeping money or "Opening The Box", so under some circumstances it was better to quit.

I suspect they don't d it these days, but there was an early Deal or No Deal where the banker offered over book, and the player, being greedy, kept going.
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March 20th, 2019 at 2:23:23 AM permalink
The funny thing is what is winning. If you're playing uncle, someone is trying to hurt you. You either escape or cry uncle. If you cry uncle right away, you don't get hurt, but you lose. I'd rather just quit and not risk pain if I'm the weaker person. Etc. I'm going in circles on this one.
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March 20th, 2019 at 3:18:12 AM permalink
Most arguments with significant others

If I quit arguing with my gf it usually leads to less stress and maybe I get laid in the mix

Game gamewise its usually better to quit in a 3-card monte game
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March 20th, 2019 at 3:44:22 AM permalink
The game of life.
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March 20th, 2019 at 4:08:29 AM permalink
Quote: michael99000

Any game show where you are given the choice to quit and take the money or continue trying to win more

Who Wants to be a Millionaire almost fits. But you said “only” way to win is by quitting in the question. You can win on that show by quitting or by going all the way to the million

I can’t think of a game show where you always win by quitting


That one game with the "Whammy!" in it.
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March 20th, 2019 at 5:42:56 AM permalink
Global Thermonuclear War.



Greetings, Professor Falken. How about a nice game of chess?
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March 20th, 2019 at 8:14:30 AM permalink
Quote: michael99000

I can’t think of a game show where you always win by quitting



Let's Make a Deal?

When they pull someone out of the audience they just give them a prize right off the bat. Then you can keep the prize or risk it for something bigger. So, if you manage to get randomly selected to play, you can collect your prize and immediately quit a winner.

I think that's how it works; I've only watched that show a handful of times.

Quote: RS

That one game with the "Whammy!" in it.



Press Your Luck. But that's not guaranteed. You can quit while you're ahead, but if someone else passes their spins to you, you have to play them; you can't quit or pass, thus risking everything you've won so far.
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March 20th, 2019 at 8:41:38 AM permalink
Wouldn't standing on 12 - 16 at the appropriate times be considered quitting in order to win (you are quitting trying to make a better hand in hopes the dealer busts)
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March 20th, 2019 at 8:44:12 AM permalink
In Gin, sometimes the winning move is to quit (knock).
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March 20th, 2019 at 8:44:34 AM permalink
The OP says the only way to win is by quitting I dont see any games like that possible

The best strategy on the first move would be for everyone to simply quit

When asked if I want to join a poker game I usually refuse. Have I won?
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March 20th, 2019 at 8:56:50 AM permalink
A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.
The funny thing is many folks here have strange ideas about what winning consists of.
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March 20th, 2019 at 8:59:38 AM permalink
Quote: darkoz

The OP says the only way to win is by quitting I dont see any games like that possible

The best strategy on the first move would be for everyone to simply quit

When asked if I want to join a poker game I usually refuse. Have I won?

I wonder if this is somehow related to dating relationships.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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March 20th, 2019 at 9:02:45 AM permalink
Quote: onenickelmiracle

Is there a list of games where you can only win by quitting?

I can only think of Russian Roulette, but then again it's not winning.

Mutually assured destruction is a theory, but not a game, but in this scenario, you can only win by not playing.

Are there any more? Am I not making a really descriptive question? Maybe I am.

In Chess, you knock your King over, if you quit, usually because you think you cannot win no matter what and cannot draw. So you quit, because there is no way to win.

I'm sleep deprived a little, bear with me.

Obviously I quit a game I cannot win.



Definitions of "game" and "win" are required.

e.g., War is not a game. Neither is arguing with a significant other. Games typically are engaged in for a fun factor. Do you actually mean "competition"?
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March 20th, 2019 at 9:08:34 AM permalink
Quote: Ayecarumba

Definitions of "game" and "win" are required.

e.g., War is not a game. Neither is arguing with a significant other. Games typically are engaged in for a fun factor. Do you actually mean "competition"?



War is the ultimate game. A General overseeing his battlefield is about as close to being God as possible.
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March 20th, 2019 at 9:09:37 AM permalink
Quote: Ayecarumba

Definitions of "game" and "win" are required.

e.g., War is not a game. Neither is arguing with a significant other. Games typically are engaged in for a fun factor. Do you actually mean "competition"?



War as in real murder and bloodshed or "war games" practices or the card game in casinos "war"

I think the last one qualifies as a game or maybe the quickness and odds are causing you to joke?
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March 20th, 2019 at 10:00:16 AM permalink
Quote: billryan

War is the ultimate game. A General overseeing his battlefield is about as close to being God as possible.



Last time I played that game everyone lost.
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March 20th, 2019 at 10:16:33 AM permalink
Quote: TigerWu

Last time I played that game everyone lost.



In war, even the victors lose.
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March 20th, 2019 at 10:32:44 AM permalink
The perpetual double-up feature on video poker.
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March 20th, 2019 at 11:03:41 AM permalink
From the movie War Games...
Quote: Joeman

Global Thermonuclear War.

Greetings, Professor Falken. How about a nice game of chess?

I was gonna say that.

Bonus question: what was the computer’s name?
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March 20th, 2019 at 11:12:52 AM permalink
The Game.

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March 20th, 2019 at 11:19:00 AM permalink
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Bonus question: what was the computer’s name?

Joshua



The computer's "official" name was actually
W.O.P.R.
.

Joshua
was what David and Falken called it.
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March 20th, 2019 at 12:54:28 PM permalink
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The Game.

F#$%

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March 20th, 2019 at 12:54:53 PM permalink
I had a friend that was rushed the hospital because he couldn't breathe.

The doctors told him that he had a collapsed lung. If he continued smoking he would die. He went cold turkey and hasn't had a cigarette since that incident. That was over 30 years ago. I think that might count as quitting and still winning.
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March 21st, 2019 at 5:57:06 PM permalink
Unfortunately, there are a lot of them and it is not a secret for everybody.
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