

Everybody's Mad About Uno (msn.com) 74
More than 50 years after its debut, Uno has achieved unprecedented popularity among adults, but its resurgence is creating problems and confusions as players disagree on fundamental rules. WSJ, in a fun story [non-paywalled source]: Think politics divides? Try mixing competitors with different views on stacking "action" cards, or getting everyone to agree on the true power of the Wild card. And nobody can seem to decide whether staples of the game of their youth -- like mandating players yell "Uno!" when they have one card left -- are socially acceptable at a bar with strangers. Mattel has responded by actively settling rule debates on social media, definitively stating that stacking Draw 2 cards is prohibited, while simultaneously embracing the game's divisive nature through marketing campaigns. The company's "Show 'Em No Mercy" variant, featuring more aggressive rules, became the second-best-selling card game in the United States last year according to research firm Circana, trailing only classic Uno itself.
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Everybody's Mad About Uno
Then, snarky me came along and corrected his misstatement that Uno was a board game.
Re: WTF is Uno? (Score:2)
Everyone in the US older than about twelve has heard of it at least once, it's a cultural phenomenon like Boggle or Monopoly.
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It's not a board game dumbass, it's a card game.
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Not my hobby, and fuck trump.
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An STD
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The kind that itches, or the kind that drips?
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An admission that a piece of your childhood was missed? Like seriously I didn't know anyone in the world doesn't know Uno.
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I can only feel sorry for you if wasting time sitting behind a table dishing out pieces of cardboard was such a major piece of your childhood. But that explains your adult obsessions to an extent. Perhaps "The Devil All the Time" isn't as far from reality as I thought.
Never knew (Score:2)
Now you're telling me no stacking +2 ? Huh.
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Never was.
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Agree before you play (Score:2)
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All of these issues have already been solved by a game that's been around for 30 years: Magic: The Gathering.
It has elaborate and straightforward rules about stacking effects, resolving effects, players with priority, "APNAP" (Active players, or the player whose turn it is, playing effects and resolving them vs non-active players), and Instant-speed spells vs Sorcery-speed spells. All of this is an integral part of the game and a fundamental thing any Magic player needs to learn. The "holding priority" st
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UNO has nothing to do with role playing games ...
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Neither does MTG. It's a card game, with fantasy elements.
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Well, the description sounded like a role playing fantasy game.
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You're supposed to say Uno (Score:2)
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I think it's a reasonable barometer. (Score:2, Insightful)
If you're actually upset about the interpretations of grey-area or unclarified rules in the card game UNO, then that's a strong determinant signal that either:
- you have a pretty fucking great life, or
- you're oblivious
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I've played uno at a bar fairly recently (I'm 43).
There's a couple of bars with board and card games around, and Uno tends to be popular.
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I've played uno at a bar fairly recently (I'm 43).
There's a couple of bars with board and card games around, and Uno tends to be popular.
You mean there's a couple of retirement homes running around with a liquor license and an identity crisis.
Good on them for repurposing the space. Feminism killed the bar scene almost as quickly as it has killed gyms, singles events, and masculinity.
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I couldn't care less ... (Score:1)
... about Uno.
Even though I did get into Board/Tablegaming 18 months ago and attend the local boardgame meetup once or twice a week.
Right now I'm regularly playing Scythe [boardgamegeek.com] (with [boardgamegeek.com] extensions [boardgamegeek.com]) and Roll for the Galaxy [boardgamegeek.com] (with extensions [boardgamegeek.com]).
And I've got a stack of other premium boardgames waiting to be played intensely.
All of them waaaaay more interesting than Uno.
Like monopoly house rules? (Score:2)
Like monopoly house rules?
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One would be hard pressed to determine which game is more prone to house rules. But Uno would likely win.
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One would be hard pressed to determine which game is more prone to house rules. But Uno would likely win.
Neither. Rummikub would win that :-)
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Checkers?
Dominoes
Any other game? Because Monopoly house rules generally ruin the game? Playing Monopoly by the original rules tends to be much faster and more enjoyable.
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We liked adding house rules to Risk.
Paratrooper rules. Landing-ship rules. Limits on how many armies you could get in a turn. New rules on moving armies around, etc.
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Oh really? And you have evidence of this? Well, I'm not mad and this such a lazy and annoying style of headline writing.
Don't assume EVERYONE THINKS LIKE YOU DO.
You need not worry that anyone assumes you think.
Like we do..
Hot Death Uno (Score:2)
The only Uno worth playing is Hot Death Uno [boardgamegeek.com]
It has attack cards, draws that stack (and ones that ends the chain...), as well as counter cards that let you send the attack back to the attacker. There's even a "Draw N" card where N is the numerical value of the card beneath it. (There's a 69 card which can be a 6 or a 9. Or with Draw N, a Draw 69)
And yes, it's got rather colorful language on it. I know of it from a Windows 3.1 implementation of it, but there's an Android version as well.
made my own version (Score:2)
My kids and I made our own version of Uno. You can definitely stack action cards in our game. Watch out for that Draw 16 card and a bunch of others the kids made up.
There are a number of places that will print custom playing cards. A little graphics work and some imagination can go a long way.
Bah! (Score:2)
Stacking Draw 2 and Draw 4 cards rock!
Related Links Top of the: day, week, month.
That ought to hold you for a while. And these are just recent discussions.
Vote doesn't count when electorial college exists. (Score:1)
This is dammed unfair. Third party candidates not only can't win (which is to be expected, a bit), but they also can't even get any notice at all because those who vote for them get their votes erased by this messed up system. So if a candidate has like 10% of the popular vote, it looks like he has 0% instead. This prevents anyone not in the big 2 from getting any noteriety at all. A slow buildup of support for a new party, year after year, is literally impossible when everything small rounds down to zero.
The electorial college made sense back when getting a real count of the votes was technologically infeasable. But today it makes no sense at all. At the very least they could stop rounding entire states to 0% or 100%, such that if a candidate gets 20% of the vote, then he gets 20% of the electors from that state. That would be sensible, but this is America. Land of the status quo.
MS relies on Intellectual Property... (Score:1)
That ain't right.
TedC
Try And Enforce It (Score:1)
Huh? Wouldn't prior art be quicker, easier, and cheaper to create than a frivolous patent and provide just as much protection? I really doubt that these companies have any good intentions.
Patent madness (Score:1)
We must dump patents NOW - or they'll dump all creativity and intelligence on Earth.
Prior Art (Score:1)
US patents are scary ...
I think I'll patent taking a shit ... then everybody who will take a shit from now on will have to pay me a $1 for the privilage ... I don't want much ... and I just want what is rightfully mine for the idea of patenting it ...
STFU (Score:1)
Bah, what a joke (Score:1)
This is indeed America (Score:1)
Actually, We are a Democratic-Republic, which is rather different than a true Democracy. We vote for representatives, who have free reign to do whatever they want (which is what they SHOULD do, not pander to the popular vote).
I have to say that I sure am glad that the government doesn't decide who sleeps in a box and who gets to buy an island, though. Pinko COMMIE!@#^%^!@!~~!Q1``
This is America (Score:1)
Man, we have TOO MUCH culture. "Culture" is way overrated. Preserving culture is just annoying. Why not just do what we like, and let that be our "Culture" instead of trying to act like our ancestors, or whatever silly things people try to do? WHO CARES what language you speak? WHO CARES what you wear? WHO CARES what you eat, as long as you enjoy it all? I like diversity to the point of eliminating "culture." Asians that talk with southern accents... White people who talk with asian accents... YES! Bring it on!
Lets do our own. (Score:1)
Just an idea. Probably a bad one...
Matt.
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Microsoft DOES NOT controll distribution (Score:1)
> a whole bunch fatal signal 11 errors. I noticed
> when I try to recompile somtething multiple
> times, the compiler seems to stop at different
> places with the signal 11 error and something
> about program cc. If any of you know what is
> going on, please tell me.
This is most likely a problem with your hardware. Check out the GCC Signal 11 FAQ [bitwizard.nl] for more info.
This was done already (Score:1)
Shee's it says the filing date is 1996.. as far as I can remeber BBSes, AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve and many many others have been around way before 1996.
AOL , Comopuserve and Prodigy were gui driven and carried articles and magazines from various print companies. So what's new here?
-Ex-Nt-User
As I said (Score:1)
a good laugh once in a while.
OFFTOPIC: recomend an assembler tutorial? Me 2! (Score:1)
Specifically, assembly for the Intel x86 microprocessor. I'm sure there's a glut of stuff out there, but does anyone have any reccomendations?
I'm fine with high-level languages, and have some experience with the Motorola Z80, so am not looking for a "beginner's" book, but something that assumes familiarity with high-level languages (C/C++ is fine), and some understanding of assembly would be ideal.
Any ideas? TIA
- Sean
- SeanNi
Actually, no. (Score:1)
   - Sean
- SeanNi
I like that--the VideoGates scandal!! (Score:1)
OFFTOPIC: recomend an assembler tutorial? Me 2! (Score:1)
BTW: I have a wealth of Z80 proggies and many with a GUI system (with mouse!) built in. I can post them on my web page if there is interest. I don't know if anyone still designs with the old reliable, but cumbersome Z80. All that and the largest program was 2000 lines!
This is America (Score:1)
Welcome to America. World Domination. In this great country of America, we were all taught in our history books at a young age that our ascestors came over here on ships from England. It was easy to get a pass if you were a criminal or undesired. So a lot arrived on this contenent and had problems getting along with the Native Americans (indians.) Furthermore, some enterprising imigrants passed by Africa and kidnaped people of identifiable color for lifetime slavery. Let me tell you, talking about all this stuff is pretty much taboo here. But you get the idea. Some things never change. But they should.
Bill Gates is one of the last fucking assholes alive.
How long has Slashdot been around? (Score:1)
Patents and Copyrights are obsolete. (Score:1)
As for M$, they would make an ideal place to begin the phase out. As part of the remedy in the federal anti-trust trial, M$ patents should all become public property. Each new M$ copyright would only have a duration of 3 years.
Sound resonable?
Bill Gates and bio tech (Score:1)
Soon patenting DNA sequences will also belong to Bill. He will own your desktop and your DNA too.
Enforcement Required & Impossible (Score:1)
Oh yeah, and to that troll who said no-one would care if it wasn't Microsoft: go **** off. Everyone agrees that broad patents suck, regardless of what company files them.
David E. Weekly (dew)
CHANGE SLASHDOT (Score:1)
Why wasn't this posted? (Score:2)
According to the Arcana Mailing List [ml.org] the culture in the U.S. Patent office calls for approving more and more patents, and they're already approving 80% of patent submissions. Here's a cool excerpt from these E-mails [ml.org] from people who've worked for the patent office:
> This needs to be made clear to more people. The Patent Office is heavily
>biased towards rewarding examiners who allow a lot, and it is creating a
>culture to match. Unfortunately, our 'customers' are collectively paying
>the higher costs of confusion and legal help to sort the whole mess out.
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