Author Topic: Being the only goddess is getting boring |Oc (yes this IP contest is over) (Read 22810 times)

Conqueror · « **Reply #90 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:00:48 AM »

Try 2, because my edit of my first post somehow didn't work out. Weird.

Nick Clegg: We'll start with our good friend Nick.
Conservative Party (UK): Obviously a Tory.
Nazi Germany: And Tories must be Nazis, amirite?
Fascism: Not very creative, I know.
Tōhōkai: Fascism, in my Japan?
Touhou Project: This article is about the Tōhōkai political party, not to be confused with Touhou, the popular Japanese game sometimes spelled "Toho." LOL

Edit: Try 3.

Quote from: Edible on January 31, 2011, 09:37:15 PM

Ladies and gentlemen.

Edible: Om nom nom.
Food: Nom om om.
Phosphorus: Vitamins and minerals!
Philosopher's stone: Wait a minute...
Touhou Project: And darn, I used the same ending link...

Edit: Try 4
Sakhalin-I: The world's longest borehole, at 12,345 meters (40,502 ft) long, is drilled off the coast of the Russian island Sakhalin. Front page news.
Earthquake: Do you see where this is going?
Namazu (Japanese mythology): I see where this is going.
Touhou Project: Unnamed Giant Catfish.

Edit: Try 5
Southern Sudanese independence referendum, 2011: More news! On 30 January 2011, the referendum commission published preliminary final results, with 98.83% voting in favour of independence. New country coming soon folks.
Southern Sudan: Do they have resources?
Gold: Yes. Yes they do.
Philosopher's stone: I am uncreative.
Touhou Project: And I ended the same way again.

Polaris · « **Reply #91 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:09:01 AM »

I felt like documenting my process so here it is. For convenience I kept the links separate in case my writing is boring.

Let's start with the core of this contest.

Quote from: ♪ Trans-Siberian Orchestra ♫ on January 31, 2011, 08:20:22 PM

They say there's only 6 degrees of separation on any topic on Wikipedia, so I want to show your creative sides to prove this axiom.

1. Six degrees of separation

Eh, in all honesty, that's not the most outlandish thing to connect to Touhou Project but I'll totally get points for being clever right?

From here, there's actually a couple of paths I could've taken. The first thing that caught my eye was actually World War I, and from there I can link to Japan! But everyone knows it's been overused by now? I'll have to find a new route.

Looking through the article, I eventually came across (under Research):

2. Urban legend (redirected from Urban myth)

Since Touhou is all about myths and legends, I thought this would be pretty appropriate. But this was urban legends, so actual spiritual/mythological references were pretty lacking. I could've gone to Folklore and then to Japan, but once again, that's pretty boring.

Next I tried "spirits" (under Other terminology) since that's definitely relevant:

3. Spirit

What I immediately saw was (on number 5 under Metaphysical contexts):

4. Shinto

Right, so the next one was (under See also):

5. Japanese mythology

From here, nothing actually seemed to directly correlate to Touhou, so I had to take a lot of tries before discovering this (still unused) pathway to success.

Under Installation (19-20):
6. Magatama

Hurray for knowing what this was due to Phoenix Wright. :V

In the introduction:
7. Hitodama

Of course, spirits taking the form of spheres with long tails, if you associate it with Touhou, can pretty much only be, like, one thing.

Spoiler:

And there it was, under In popular culture (with both Youmu and Yuyuko):
8. Touhou Project

Wow, this was a complete waste of time! And I wasn't even able to get it in six degrees like how I originally wanted to (to match the article that I started with).

Anyway, there you have it. I guess it wasn't the most unusual pathway but it was still fun regardless. :V

Hyper Dunk · « **Reply #92 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:16:07 AM »

Jana · « **Reply #93 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:19:01 AM »

I thought I'd take a crack at this, especially when I realized whom you had missed... Sir Francis Bacon!
He wrote a novel about a place very much like Gensokyo in terms of mystery, titled New Atlantis.
In this novel, Sir Bacon shows us that he already knows a fair degree about science.
David Parkin compared science to Divination in a critique.
A famous book of divination from China is the I Ching.
And, of course, the I Ching is about the 64 trigrams, the Ba Gua.

I do wish I could have gotten out one more link, but such is life.

Sana · « **Reply #94 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:28:50 AM »

Let's start from something yummy:
Pie
England
Amaterasu
List of Legendary creatures from Japan
Kappa, which lists Nitori, and the link redirects to:
Touhou Project

Drake · « **Reply #95 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:50:06 AM »

Quote from: Conqueror on February 01, 2011, 05:00:48 AM

This article is about the Tōhōkai political party, not to be confused with Touhou, the popular Japanese game sometimes spelled "Toho."

I want to know whoever did this so I can staple their tongue to the roof of their mouth.

Thata no Guykoro · « **Reply #96 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:01:31 AM »

Quote from: Drake on February 01, 2011, 05:50:06 AM

I want to know whoever did this so I can staple their tongue to the roof of their mouth.

Check the article history to find the target to yell at.

In fact that's apparently been up there for a few years.

nintendonut888 · « **Reply #97 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:03:22 AM »

Always amazing how a random article can lead to Touhou:

Steelers-Ravens rivalry
National Football League
Video game publisher
Independent video game development
List of indie game developers
Touhou Project

Minch · « **Reply #98 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:09:54 AM »

Alfred F. Jones · « **Reply #99 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:42:28 AM »

Minch · « **Reply #100 on:** February 01, 2011, 08:31:49 AM »

Let's do another one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_White_Wonder (This was random)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records (Oooo, record company)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony (RCA Primary partner...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic (I guess company rival or something?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC (Know where I'm going with?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC_PC-9801 (Hahaha. PC-98!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Djin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Djin_soft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Shanghai_Alice (End~)

Letty Whiterock · « **Reply #101 on:** February 01, 2011, 09:54:05 AM »

This is impossible for me. Everything I do seems to end at Konami.

Also, I am trying to avoid all articles that directly correlate to Japan or video games. You should try it too!

Marokuu · « **Reply #102 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:11:50 AM »

I fail but still

Giant Salamander

Which include

Japanese Giant Salamander

See also

List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments

Which has

Shinto shrines

Which are obviousy a part of shinto

Which has mikos

yeah

TOUHOU

7 links, close

Wark · « **Reply #103 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:28:13 AM »

Furienify · « **Reply #104 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:35:35 AM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler (someone had to do it)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariosophy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(paranormal)#Magicians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_(fantasy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magicians_in_fantasy

And then it ends with Marisa Kirisame and the Touhou Project. :getdown:

My original trip was longer; I was intending to approach the Buddhism and the Pure Land or Vaisravana from the Russian side of things via Hitler and WW2, but that took far too long.

Shadoweh · « **Reply #105 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:39:41 AM »

Quote from: Furienify on February 01, 2011, 11:35:35 AM

Hitler (someone had to do it)

Not that my lack of being able to navigate the wiki speaks much for me, but Hitler has been done twice already hasn't it?

Tengukami · « **Reply #106 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:45:49 AM »

Quote from: ShadowServer on February 01, 2011, 11:39:41 AM

Not that my lack of being able to navigate the wiki speaks much for me, but Hitler has been done twice already hasn't it?

Yes, on the first page of the thread, and at least twice after that.

Dormio Ergo Sum · « **Reply #107 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:53:12 AM »

There also appears to be a connection between Touhou Project and genocide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_clergy_and_religious_figures#Miko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

In conclusion, I have found that those associated with the Touhou Project are likely to be fascist pedophiles who will perform genocide.

Shadoweh · « **Reply #108 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:37:13 PM »

Quote from: UncertainKitten on February 01, 2011, 12:20:49 AM

HEY GUYS CAN I LINK TOUHOU PROJECT TO TOUHOU PROJECT!?

Infy♫ · « **Reply #109 on:** February 01, 2011, 01:16:18 PM »

Unassuming Squid · « **Reply #110 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:02:30 PM »

Conqueror · « **Reply #111 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:19:46 PM »

Quote from: Squidtentacle on February 01, 2011, 02:02:30 PM

Sure, why the hell not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasad_Art_Pictures (Hooray for "random page".)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_folklore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperishable_Night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

...well, that was uninteresting.

You can actually trim these lists down a bit once you get the initial connection and then do a little optimizing (otherwise, it's pretty hard to make a relatively short chain unless you link-click spam). Example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasad_Art_Pictures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #112 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:46:45 PM »

Quote from: Letty★Whiterock on February 01, 2011, 09:54:05 AM

Also, I am trying to avoid all articles that directly correlate to Japan or video games. You should try it too!

OK!

Endangered Species Random article start!
to
Asian arowana
to
Chinese Dragon
to
Shang Dynasty
to
Zun (not ZUN)
to
Team Shanghai Alice
to
Touhou Project

helvetica · « **Reply #113 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:49:00 PM »

Again, people taking the same end path are losing out on creativity points. All you dorks using Team Shanghai Alice or Tale of Bamboo Cutter are not impressing me :b

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