initgame

initgame

(games)/in-it'gaym/ [IRC] An IRC version of the venerabletrivia game "20 questions", in which one user changes hisnick to the initials of a famous person or other namedentity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions,with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next. Asa courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status,reality-status. For example, MAAR means "Male, American,Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional"). Initgame can besurprisingly addictive. See also hing.