4 Red PixelsFacebook status games
This is an un-official list of Facebook status games. There may well be more, or even a list of official games - but I don't know of one!
Guess the song Facebook status game
Guess the song is a Facebook status game that simply requires you to write your Facebook status as a line from the song (preferably without mentioning the song title). Your Facebook friends then need to comment your status with the artist and song title, and then add a line from a different song for others to guess.
It is likely that you will receive lots of emails (unless you've turned them off) and notifications to say that lots of people have commented on your status. And then every new comment will result in people who have previously commented your Facebook status to also get a notification saying "<name> has also commented on <name>'s status".
For example I could put my Facebook status as:
"I got my first real 6 string"
And then a friend would comment my Facebook status saying:
"Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing"
Guess the movie or TV show Facebook status game
This is a very similar game to the guess the song Facebook status game, however, the difference is this time it's guessing movies or TV shows.
Your original status just needs to be a line from a movie or TV show, and then your Facebook friends need to say what movie or TV show it is, who says it, and any other signicance to that part in the movie or TV show.
For example I could put my Facebook status as:
"Could I be wearing any more clothes"
And then a friend would comment my Facebook status saying:
"Friends, Joey says to Chandler just after Chandler has hidden Joey's underwear
I see dead people"
Word association Facebook status game
Most of you will know what the word association game is, well this time it's using your Facebook status!
Simply put a random word as your status and then watch as your friends then write another word that has some relevance to the original word.
When a friend has written a new word the next comment must be relevant to the most recent word written.
For example I could put my Facebook status as:
"Tree"
And then a friend would comment my Facebook status saying:
"Bark"
Number association Facebook status game
With the number association Facebook status game all you need to do to get things going in write your Facebook status as a number. Your Facebook friends then need to think of something that is related to that number.
Once they have written something associated with the number they then also write a new number for your other Facebook friends to associate something with.
For example I could put my Facebook status as:
"2"
And then a friend would comment my Facebook status saying:
"2 Turtle doves
13"
Hangman Facebook status game
Everyone knows how to play hangman - the only difference with this is that there is no man being hung...
Simply place underscores as your Facebook status with a space between each underscore, and make sure you place the correct number of underscores to spell out the word or words you're thinking of. Note that if using mutliple words you should use a forward slash between each word.
Your Facebook friends then need to comment your status with just a single letter - if the letter is in the hangman you will need to update everyone by filling in the gaps.
Whoever finally guesses the word can then leave underscores in order for people to spell out the next word.
For example I could put my Facebook status as:
"_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ _"
And then a friend would comment my Facebook status saying:
"E"
At which point I would re-write my Facebook status as:
"_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ E / _ _ / _ _ E"
Then when the last letter is put in place and they work out that it says:
"H I / M Y / N A M E / I S / J O E" then they can comment with more underscores giving everyone a new word to guess.
Guess the word Facebook status game
This is like a crossword, but without having multiple words, words going vertical, and having clues - so actually it's nothing like a crossword!
As the original Facebook status you just need to write a clue to a word, some may be cryptic and some may be anagrams, and then in brackets a number (to tell people how long the word is).
Your Facebook friends then need to guess what the word could be, and once correct they can leave the next clue and number for everyone to guess the next word. Note if there's multiple words in the answer then the number of letters in each word should be seperated by a comma)
For example I could put my Facebook status as:
"Another word for noisy (4)"
And then a friend would comment my Facebook status saying:
"Loud
James Bond star singing to Abba (6, 7)"
Best status Facebook status game
The best status Facebook status game is carried out on every player's own Facebook status.
The basic aim is to get as many people to comment and "Like" your Facebook status as possible.
For every Facebook status "Like" you get 1 point and for every Facebook status comment you get 2 points. If you comment or "Like" your own status at all then it doesn't count, and if one of your Facebook friends comments more than once then you can only count it as one comment and so even if there's 3 comments from the same person you will still get only 2 points.
If a Facebook friend both "Likes" your status and comments on it then you will get 3 points, as they will both count.
All players must agree on a time (usually using Facebook instant chat) and then all update there status at the same time. They should have previously agreed a time limit (like 10 minutes) and thenonce the time is up all players will need to do a quick countup of points they received.
The winner is the person with the most points.
All of the games above can be adapted to create lots more games, and also I'm sure you can think of your own Facebok status games as well.
One last Facebook status game which I found on The Guardian website is: The great literary Facebook status game
I don't like this game as much because there are so many books out there and how is anybody going to remember what it actually says on a particular page on a particular line, etc... It's almost impossible in my eyes - but it will get some random Facebook statuses being used!
To play "The great literary Facebook status game" have a look at - www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/dec/08/facebook-status-books