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Chainspotter is a social network game application for people who like fascinating facts and enjoy playing with them, sharing them with friends and collecting their favourites. Like most socnet games, Chainspotter is as much about social activity as competition, and more about the journey than the destination. Each core game is made up of 7 ‘amazing’ facts, arranged in a 'chain' of 7 questions, each with 3 possible answers.
For example:
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year for 1979 was:
• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Kurt Waldheim
• Pol Pot
Players score 2 points for choosing the correct answer, 1 point for choosing 1 incorrect answer first, and 0 points for choosing 2 incorrect answers. The highest possible total score for each chain is 14.
The correct answer to each question is 'linked' in some way to the next question. The links are carefully designed to move the player gently away from the original topic into new and unchartered territory - much in the way that casual surfing feeds our natural curiosity as we click on intriguing hyperlinks and 'graze' in the world of knowledge.
Thus, a ‘chain’ might begin with a question about Brittany Spears and end with an answer about Benjamin Britten (BRITTANY-BRITTEN). Chainspotter is content-driven: though all the facts entertain, they also inform and gently educate. The best facts 'resonate' - that is, they set you thinking, question your assumptions, challenge your imagination.
This is why Chainspotter is never a race against the clock. Every question and answer can stimulate a 'thread' from fans, where fact-lovers can comment, expand on the fact or even start a related content path. In the alpha version, every answer will include a hyperlink to a source where fans can 'jump off the bus' and explore the subject further.
Chainspotter games are the starting point for a wider level of social activity. The application allows and encourages fans to send individual questions or complete ‘chains’ to friends; to share facts with other people; to rate facts and collect favourites in personal collections; to submit researched facts for inclusion in future chains; even to submit your own ‘chains’ for consideration
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