My GSA was terminated after 14 hours and 154 losses due to psychological side-effects, mainly an exaggeration of effects suffered by players new to The Game, such as an inability to concentrate. Although this assessment does not provide an example of a usual day's losing, the formation of certain associations and them then causing later loss is clear (I have attempted to colour-code these). The periods of winning strongly correlate with distracting activities such as watching TV.
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Time |
Cause |
Awoke at 10:10AM |
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| 10:15 | Thought about the fact that I was starting my GSA today. |
| 10:17 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 10:23 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 10:25 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 10:26 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 10:27 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 10:30 | Looking at my watch. |
| 10:35 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 10:41 | Thinking about the causes of loss. |
| 11:05 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 11:17 | Thinking about the causes of loss. |
| 11:21 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 11:29 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 12:29 | The losethegame.com title animation. |
| 12:40 | Felt the GSA sheet in my pocket when leaving room. |
| 12:43 | Felt the GSA sheet in my pocket. |
| 12:51 | Felt the GSA sheet in my pocket when leaving room. |
| 13:12 | Thinking about habituation. |
| 14:13 | Thought about a phonecall I had made just prior to the previous loss. |
| 14:17 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 14:25 | Seeing GSA sheet. |
| 14:27 | Leaving room. |
| 14:27 | Entering room. |
| 14:28 | Looked at where the GSA sheet had previously been. |
| 14:29 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 14:35 | Wondered whether I would have to restart my computer (had previously restarted my computer and thought that it loading up may trigger loss) |
| 14:37 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 14:39 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 14:40 | Looked at the software control panel that I had been looking at when I last lost. |
| 14:41 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 14:51 | Looked at PC clock |
| 15:10 | Leaving room. |
| 15:11 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:12 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought (following a hiccup) |
| 15:13 | Hiccup |
| 15:14 | Thought that if I put on a pizza, checking the time would cause me to lose. |
| 15:14 | Checked the time I put pizza in the oven. |
| 15:16 | Thought about leaving my room. |
| 15:17 | Eating (via a thought about getting hiccups) |
| 15:19 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:22 | Felt the GSA sheet in my pocket when looking for my phone. |
| 15:24 | Checked pizza. |
| 15:25 | Entered my room. |
| 15:25 | Thought about Gameology |
| 15:27 | Felt GSA sheet in my pocket when taking out my phone [changed the pocket I kept it in] |
| 15:28 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:29 | Looked at my watch. |
| 15:30 | Saw 'Estimated Time Left' whilst rendering a video. |
| 15:34 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:36 | Started singing a song about The Game to myself, about a minute into it I lost. |
| 15:37 | Looked at my watch. |
| 15:38 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:39 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:41 | Looked at my watch. |
| 15:43 | Looked at pizza. |
| 15:44 | Entered room. |
| 15:48 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 15:50 | Leaving room. |
| 15:51 | Entered room. |
| 16:09 | Thought about editing losethegame.com |
| 16:12 | Thought about editing losethegame.com |
| 16:14 | Saw GSA sheet. |
| 16:16 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 16:17 | Web-editing software. |
| 16:24 | Web-editing software. |
| 16:35 | PC Clock. |
| 16:38 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 17:01 | Thought about Gameology. |
| 17:04 | losethegame.com title logo on main page. |
| 17:07 | About to visit the main page. |
| 17:09 | Leaving room. |
| 17:14 | Felt the GSA sheet in my pocket. |
| 17:16 | Making Game video. |
| 17:18 | Felt the GSA sheet in my pocket. |
| 17:41 | Making Game video. |
| 17:44 | Saw a piece of paper with "The Game" written on it. |
| 17:55 | Saw GSA sheet. |
| 17:59 | Looked at TV. [Note: watched video of me saying "You just lost The Game" multiple times without losing] |
| 18:01 | Looked for a pen (associated it with writing GSA). |
| 18:08 | Looked for a pen. |
| 18:09 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 18:11 | Thought about the time. |
| 18:16 | Looked at a sheet of paper (associatd it with GSA sheet). |
| 18:17 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 18:19 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 18:20 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 18:20 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 18:23 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 18:36 | Typed "game" on computer. |
| 19:12 | Thought about what time it is. |
| 19:16 | Looked at an apple juice carton that I had lost while looking at before. |
| 19:23 | Thought about the time (while looking at the TV). |
| 19:31 | Saw video of me saying "I just lost The Game". |
| 19:36 | Video "You just lost The Game". |
| 19:46 | Felt GSA sheet in pocket. |
| 19:53 | About to check my watch. |
| 19:55 | Looked at watch. |
| 19:56 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 19:56 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 19:57 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 19:58 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 19:59 | TV said "It starts you thinking". |
| 19:59 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 20:00 | Leaving room. |
| 20:01 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 20:24 | Looked at watch. |
| 20:41 | Looked at watch. |
| 20:45 | Thought about someone complaining earlier. |
| 20:51 | "The Game" written on WinAmp. |
| 20:54 | "The marsupials" written in a TV guide. |
| 20:54 | Entered room. |
| 21:09 | Felt GSA sheet in pocket. |
| 21:15 | Looked in direction of where apple juice carton had been. |
| 21:16 | Thought about the time. |
| 21:19 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:20 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:21 | Looked at my watch. |
| 21:22 | Thought about the time. |
| 21:23 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:24 | A TV advert had been changed slightly. |
| 21:27 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:29 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:30 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:34 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 21:36 | Ad break on TV (had lost at the start of the last ad break). |
| 21:58 | Realised the TV program was about to end (had associated loss with not being occupied). |
| 22:18 | Felt GSA sheet in pocket. |
| 22:55 | Computer crashed. |
| 23:02 | Computer crashed. |
| 23:09 | Entered room. |
| 23:10 | Computer crashed. |
| 23:15 | losethegame.com title animation. |
| 23:16 | losethegame.com title animation. |
| 23:17 | Typing on PC. |
| 23:17 | Looked at PC monitor. |
| 23:18 | Loaded the Game Awards. |
| 23:19 | Web-editing software. |
| 23:22 | Web-editing software. |
| 23:24 | Anticipated seeing the losethegame.com logo. |
| 23:26 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:28 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:30 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:31 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:32 | The Game on Wikipedia. |
| 23:35 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:36 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:38 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:39 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:40 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:44 | Reading about The Game. |
| 23:49 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:54 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:57 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
| 23:58 | The realisation that I had been thinking about something and the return to that previous thought. |
GSA Terminated |
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