mediocrity flux mediocrity is an iterative metagame. level 0 mediocrity: you need: a set of numbers (say, 1 - 50) 3 players each player picks a number. the one that picked the middle number wins. if there is no clear winner, play until there is one. level 1 mediocrity: you need: a number n (usually small, say, 5) a series of level 0 mediocrity games players play n games of level 0 mediocrity. the player who wins the middle number of level 0 games wins. if there is no clear winner after n rounds, play until one is. level N (N > 1) mediocrity: you need: a number m (usually small) a series of level N - 1 mediocrity games players play m games of level N -1 mediocrity. the player who wins the middle number of level N - 1 games wins. if there is no clear winner after m rounds, play until there is one. --- there are other potential rules and generalizations. i usually like to restrict the number that a player of level 1 mediocrity can choose to the set of numbers that player has not already chosen. this prevents someone from just picking 1 or 50 over and over again. it is easy to generalize the game to allow more than 3 players. just choose some middle place as the winning place. --- note: each iteration takes exponentially more time than the previous round. 050427 ... no reason not terrible, but can be terribly hard to move away from 140109 what's it to you? who go blather from