The Advocation Game
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
New from MyRedDice Enterprises, we have another game giving YOU a chance to have lots of fun with our beloved squacks. Following on from our success in The Copyright Game, here's the Advocation game - the game where you get to tread the fine line between instruction and advocation.
As you may know, recently an entry on Molotov Cocktails was temporarilly removed from the guide, for the following reason:
The BBC can't include information that incites crime, and instructions on how to make a Molotov [cocktail] easily falls into this category.
You may or may not agree on this decision anyway: whether information on how to make a molotov cocktail should be allowed in the guide is a matter that is open to discussion. The purpose of this entry is not to question TPTB1 - it's to have fun!
The Game
The first person to play chooses as a category something which is illegal, or might be illegal in certain circumstances. For example, the post might be:
Throwing Rocks.
To throw a rock, pick it up in your hand, move your hand rapidly towards the target, and while doing so, release it.
The next person then does the same for another topic, and so the game goes on. The new topic must be related in some way to the previous topic in some way.
Note! Do not advocate doing anything illegal! This is incitement and is against the law in most countries. Only instructions should be given - that is all.
Scoring
The aim of the game is to post the most risque set of instructions you can which is inside the guidelines. Breaking the House Rules immediately loses you the game. You score points if any of the following things happen to one of your posts:
- It is (incorrectly) failed, and subsequently reinstated as an acceptable post.
- It is referred, and subsequently passed by the editorial team.
- Everyone thinks it will be failed, but it passes.
Style points are awarded for anyone finding very obscure or improbable things to do which are illegal. For example, it is rumoured that in one of the states of the USA it is illegal to have sex in a butcher's freezer.
Naturally, hesitation, deviation, and repetition are all frowned upon, as per usual. Most importantly, any lawyers are forbidden from playing, as they ahve an unfair advantage. Law students are acceptable, but may wish to handicap themselves while only playing while on drugs2