The You Game Rules

Written by Scott Gordon

Created by the Elder Brothers Gordon





The premise of this game is simple. If you see, hear, touch, smell, taste or in most anyway perceive anything that your opponent finds undesirable or finds strange and/or fantastic, you “make” it them. This makes them the thing they wish not to be and makes them synonymous with said undesirable. This is done by saying “It’s you!” or simply “You” (usually followed or accompanied by pointing at the person). The You is finalized when the person is aware that he is what is the "You". This last part is further explained in Step 1.

There is a stipulation to this premise. YOU CANNOT MAKE SOMEONE SOMETHING ANYWHERE ON THE SITE. Not the forums not the blogs, not the Yous. This site is specifically for previously made Yous. For example, you can You someone, say on AIM, and then immediately post it. You cannot just post someone is something and then tell them to go look at it.



Figure. 1






1. You cannot be what you do not know exists.




Therefore, if someone says something is you, and you have only your imagination to think of what it might be, then you can not know for sure what they are trying to call you. For example, if Person A calls Person B something, and
Person B is unaware of what he is being called except for Person A’s
description, then Person B is not susceptible to Person A’s “You”. Person B or anyone else present, may then in turn call Person A or anyone else who has perceived the “You” in question, is then susceptible to the “You” attack.
There is an example that has been brought to my attention that I feel I need to address. If Person A writes down that Person B is something, then Person B is not that thing unless he is aware of the You he is (also assuming that he has seen what the "You" is). This also means that the You is still up for grabs and is available to be used by anyone.

An example of this can be found here.
http://theyougame.com/node/48




Figure. 2






2. If two people call each other something at the same time, a “You Bomb” is created.



A You Bomb simultaneously relieves the two people who said “You” to each other from being “You’d” and makes everyone who can perceive the “You” the thing the two original “You”ers tried to make each other in the first place. For Example, if Person A and Person B say they are the same thing at the same time, then anyone near them that knows of the “You” becomes the “You” and Person A and B are exonerated from being that “You”.



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3. If two sets of people say are “You’d” at two separate locations and times, and each group is unaware of the other’s “You”, then both “You” victims are that thing.



For example, If Person A calls Person B something in Location 1 and Person C calls Person D the same thing in Location 2, as long as Person A and B are unaware of Person C and D’s “You” and vice versa, then both Person B and Person D are both that “You”



Figure. 4








4. A “You “Mexican stand-offs happens when everyone is a gathering of three or more people make someone in that gathering something without anyone choosing the same person.



Person A, Person B, and Person C all make one other person the same thing. So in this situation, Person A “Yous” Person B, Person B “Yous” Person C, and Person C “You’s” Person A. In this case nobody is the “You” until everyone makes one person the “You”. However, if these stand-off’s go on a never-ending loop, then you make all call for a truce or a “You Bomb”. In the figure 5b, Person A and Person B are are "Youing" each other, while Person C is "Youing" Person A.
Regardless of who Person A "Yous", as long as Person B and C are both "Youing" Person A, Person A gets "You'd" (nullifying Person A's "You"). Truces and "You Bombs" only happen in more than three people.



Editorial note: Getting a truce or a "You Bomb" in a 3 person stand-off is almost impossible for an extended period of time. The three participants would always have to "You" the same person or the opposite person each time continuously.



Figure. 5a




Figure. 5b

5. A You can be reneged or taken back, but only by the person who made the You.