Apr 23, 2003 20:44
This is a satire of the typical communications, habits, and other quirks that occur frequently on LiveJournal. For better or for worse, we all have our LJ pet peeves...so without further adieu...
Now Presenting: The LJ Drinking Game!
If you have any new ideas for this, feel free to let me know : )
Notes:
If the LJ-CUT tag is used, reduce drinks taken by 1.
If you are guilty of the offense listed, take an extra drink.
LJ STYLE
-If the user has an excessively large background image: 1 drink
-If the user has background music: 2 drinks
-If user has some obscure font that no one else has: 1 drink
-User has an animated or overly disgusting icon: 1 drink
-User screws up HTML and all you see on the page is code: 1 drink per day uncorrected
MASS POSTINGS
-If user posts a quiz: 1 drink
-...for every additional quiz, take another drink
-...twice the drinks for purity scores
-If user posts a long survey: 1 drink
-If user posts a chain message or spam: 2 drinks
-If user posts, or links to the LJ Drinking Game: 3 drinks
-User posts song lyrics: 1 drink
-User posts excessive links to web sites or others' journals: 1 drink per 1 links
-User posts intentional (yet pathetic) abbreviations or poor attempts at l33t
-User cross posts to more than 1 LJ or community
-User posts something political or controversial that is guaranteed to receive a heavy negative respose: 3 drinks
PERSONAL ISSUES
-User posts a rant or flame publically: 1 drink
-...if the post if about a friend of yours:1 more drink
-...if the post is about you: 3 more drinks
-...if a flame war ensues as a result: 1 drink per post
-If user posts publically with way too much information (WTMI!): 2 drinks
-If user posts with mundane information such as brushing teeth, using bathroom, showering, etc: 1 drink
-If user posts a private entry publically by accident: 2 drinks
-...if entry is about you: 5 drinks
-If user posts an IM conversation verbatim: 1 drink
-User treats friends list as a real list of actual friends: 1 drink per occurance
COMMENTS
-When comments to an entry become a conversation: 1 drink per 10 comments
-Excessive comments: 1 drink per 20 comments
-Someone comments with nothing but an agreement or a hug: 1 drink
MISCELLANEOUS
-If user posts about the status of their friends list: 2 drinks
-User posts something that is excessively geeky/obfuscated: 1 drink
-...user posts code: 1 extra drink
-User posts a long, complicated, philosphical entry/rant: 1 drink per 500 words
-User posts while drunk (maybe played this game too much): 1 drink
-User posts a public message meant for only one person to read: 2 drinks