The Wikipedia Game

[SouthernKing]

This is a simple game I saw on GameFaqs a long time ago.

1. Go to English Wikipedia
2. On the left click on "random article"
3. In the fewest possible articles, try to get to the article for Sid Meier
4. You may use any links on the page, but NOT THE SEARCH BOX.
5. Post your sequence here. Your score is the total number of articles.

Mine:

List of Hong Kong films
Hong Kong
Empire of Japan
Japan
Nintendo
video game
Strategy game
Civilization I
Sid Meier

Score: 9

 

[Omega124]

Datsan
Mongolia
Genghis Khan
Civilization (video game)
Sid Meier

5

Top this.

 

[mechaerik]

FUUUUUUUUU

I JUST beat SK's, now I have to beat yours!

Oleksandr Papush
Association Football
FIFA
FIFA (video game series)
Video game
Video game genres
Sid Meier

Score: 7


EDIT: BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG

Seattle (disambiguation)
Seattle
Nintendo
Video game
Video game genres
Sid Meier

Score: 6
CURSE YOU DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

 

[mechaerik]

Datsan
Mongolia
Genghis Khan
Civilization (video game)
Sid Meier

5

Top this.

Ancient Egyptian royal titulary
Hatshepsut
Civilization IV
Sid Meier

Score: 4


Top that.

Another one:
GoPets: Vacation Island
Video game
Video game genres
Sid Meier

 

[hoplitejoe]

Oligosaccharide-transporting ATPase
Chemical reaction
Electron
University of Cambridge
Sid Meier
5 score
It took me ages to do this

 

[Save_Ferris]

I've been playing this game myself! I thought I was the only person who did it!

1. ****oo (Lissie song)
2. Sony Music Entertainment
3. Sony Corporation
4. Playstation
5. List of Playstation 1 Games
6. Civilization II
7. Sid Meier

 

[Abaddon]

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the same start point and see who can get the shortest one?

 

[Save_Ferris]

What would be a good starting point?

 

[Turquoiside]

Sid isn't a separate link from CIV thus so my score is only Five

Hemibagrus --> China --> Qin Shi Huang ---> Civ 4 ---> Sid

Edit: And Also:
Mon Kingdom ---> Khmer Empire ---> Survaryarmen II ---> Civ 4 BTS --> Sid

 

[Abaddon]

What would be a good starting point?

Whoever "wins" after a few days starts the new one?

 

[hoplitejoe]

Startpoint?

 

[Save_Ferris]

Nevermind

 

[hoplitejoe]

that's not going to work... people can just slightly improve the path....
PM me your path and then when i get a few i will say the best one?

 

[Perfection]

Copacabana
Gary Wilmot
1954 births
1954 births M
1954 births M next 200
Sid Meier

6

 

[Abaddon]

Well eventually we will always reach a point where noone can get lower, at that point they pick a new word to use. Random means you could just keep clicking random until you get a really good start :/

 

[Perfection]

I WIN THE RANDOM

Sid Meier

 

[Save_Ferris]

NEW DESTINATION POINT:
Civilization Fanatics Center (it's a page)

From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_Grebe

 

[Abaddon]

I WIN THE RANDOM

Sid Meier

exactly...

@ Save Ferris, shouldn't perfection chose since he "won"


Ideally we need an OP who will edit in whatever the current link is...

 

[W|M]

4x X-Post.

1) Control Chart
2) Walter A. Shewhart
3) United States
4) Culture of the United States
5) Video Game
6) Personal computer game
7) Video game genres
8) Sid Meier

EDIT:

1) Columbian Grebe
2) 1945
3) 20th Century
4) Personal computer game
5) Strategy video game
6) Sid Meier

 

[Save_Ferris]

@ Save Ferris, shouldn't perfection chose since he "won"

I guess, but the link I posted is really hard to get to anywhere from.