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Risk Video!

Postby stringybeany on Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:13 am

the old link has expired, here's a fresh one as of 5/17/2014!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VigrrTVw5jg

it's -still- a great layered metaphor/analogy/simile for a risk escalating game.

follow the link to view a super visual analogy of a risk game in progress. It's titled "Balance-Lauenstein"

Enjoy!

(the "eliminations" are the best part!)

If you think it worth while for others, give the thread a bump.
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Postby Kaplowitz on Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:48 am

wtf?
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Postby DiM on Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:03 am

i loved it very interesting
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Postby AtomicSlug on Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:14 am

Only Germans could think of such a thing. And I mean that in a good way.
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Postby ParadiceCity9 on Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:02 pm

the guys in the beginning look like voldemort. lol.
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Postby super Mario 009 on Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:12 pm

at first i though it was a jack-in-the-box
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Re: Risk Video!

Postby sully800 on Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:13 pm

stringybeany wrote:follow the link to view a super visual analogy of a risk game in progress. It's titled "Balance-Lauenstein"

Enjoy!

(the "eliminations" are the best part!)

If you think it worth while for others, give the thread a bump.


I liked that a lot. :D Great risk analogy as you said!
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Postby rebelman on Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:23 pm

DiM wrote:i loved it very interesting


what he said
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Postby AAFitz on Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:45 pm

no cards game obviously...if it were escalating, they'd have been hitting each other with the sticks more
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Postby DiM on Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:06 pm

AAFitz wrote:no cards game obviously...if it were escalating, they'd have been hitting each other with the sticks more


on the contrary i think it was escalating. notice how the guy that sat on the box started eliminating the others one by one using the movement momentum?
i think it was a clear case of cash-in eliminate cash-in eliminate.
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Postby sully800 on Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:02 pm

51 and 23 are busted as multis. It was pretty obvious considering they always made their moves one after the other and the names were both two digit numbers.
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Postby naktay01 on Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:14 pm

sully800 wrote:51 and 23 are busted as multis. It was pretty obvious considering they always made their moves one after the other and the names were both two digit numbers.


wow your good
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Postby khazalid on Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:23 pm

ima bump this coz it fucking rocked
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Postby DiM on Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:28 pm

sully800 wrote:51 and 23 are busted as multis. It was pretty obvious considering they always made their moves one after the other and the names were both two digit numbers.


i'm a personal friend of 51 and 23 and i know for certain they are siameze twins joined at the butt. please don't bust them.

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Postby NESconqueror on Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:28 pm

What a film. :)
It sure brought a lot of suspense. :)
I do say that the guy that was hanging on the edge was probably spared for a while.
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Postby stringybeany on Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:29 pm

It's definitely escalating. The box is the next cash.

The link again:"Balance-Lauenstein"

I'm starting to think this video may actually have Risk as part of its inspiration. Notice the case is shaped like one of the original wooden Risk armies. Painted red even.

Each player is even tagged with his board strength on the back of his coat.

Too many damn parallels to be coincidence.
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Postby jiminski on Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:25 pm

simple, irresistibly compelling, sinister and about as complicated as your mind is capable of making it...
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Postby stringybeany on Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:33 pm

jiminski wrote:simple, irresistibly compelling, sinister and about as complicated as your mind is capable of making it...


Well...I don't know. I'd say "fun" and "interesting". I have a real hard time getting to "sinister" though.
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Postby jiminski on Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:53 pm

you don;t get sinister ? .. for me it was a metaphor for the perpetual motion required for the fine balancing of society; with it's group of selfish individuals working cohesively for the whole, as ultimately it is in the interest of the individual... the film alluded to the ease with which it can all go tits-up.

more literally; the platform is in fact the representation of a kebab shop full of drunk blokes after closing time and the box is the arrival of an attractive, semi-clad lady fresh and sweaty from a nightclub.
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Postby Robinette on Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:20 pm

stringybeany wrote:It's definitely escalating. The box is the next cash.

The link again:"Balance-Lauenstein"

I'm starting to think this video may actually have Risk as part of its inspiration. Notice the case is shaped like one of the original wooden Risk armies. Painted red even.

Each player is even tagged with his board strength on the back of his coat.

Too many damn parallels to be coincidence.


:lol: watching the blocking... and then rapidly eliminating players... definetly escalating strategy...

Really enjoyed it...
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Postby NESconqueror on Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:44 pm

Bump this good movie up! :D
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Postby sully800 on Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:00 pm

Who's seen National Treasure Book of Secrets?

All I could think about when they were on the balance table was this video.
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Postby SGT. ROCK on Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:33 pm

All I could think about after watching this video was bed.

Sorry, I'm shallow I s'pose. :shock:

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Postby Itrade on Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:08 pm

sully800 wrote:Who's seen National Treasure Book of Secrets?

All I could think about when they were on the balance table was this video.


Haha, me too.

This is a really cool video, even if you don't consider its Risk-like qualities or underlying metaphors about the conditions of society or whatever.
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Postby ParadiceCity9 on Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:13 pm

sully800 wrote:Who's seen National Treasure Book of Secrets?

All I could think about when they were on the balance table was this video.


ya dude good call.
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