2 Player Game-
Goal:
Setup
Gameplay:
Rules
Ladder Golf
Also known as:
-Hillbilly Golf
-Ladder Game
-Lasso Golf
History:
-Cowboys used snakes to throw at fences or tree branches for points
-Discovered by Matt Peterson on campgrounds in the early 1990’s.
-Robert G. Reid, a man who had played the game with his family for decades, filed for a patent in November 1999.
-Sold patent to Ladder Golf LLC
Overview:
Players throw strings that have two weighted balls on each end at a vertical board that contain three horizontal bars.
Plastic- sways when thrown at it
Wood- no give
Gameplay:
Two people:
-One ladder board
-Each player has three “bolas”
-Alternate turns tossing it at the board
-Whoever scored gets to go throw first after the initial throw
Doubles:
-Two Ladder boards
-Each board has a member from each team throwing
Scoring:
-Top bar is three points, middles is two points, and bottom is 1
-Cancellation means that the players points cancel out
-Noncancellation, they don’t cancel out
How to Play:
-Each player is dealt half the deck of cards
-The players lay out four cards facing up, from their hand
-An agreed upon “go” signals the players to pace a card down facing up, in the middle of the playing area
-If any of the four cards on the table, either yours or yours opponents, matches any of the two cards in the middle of the table, you must slap that card and add it to your pile
-Once the players hand run out, or the eight cards on the table are gone, the players shuffle the discarded cards from the center and distribute them evenly between the players
-The same actions repeat until all the cards are gone or if there is one full round with no matches
-The player at the end of the game with the most cards collected wins
How to Start:
-Each player picks two dominoes out of the bag
-Oldest player goes first, the turns go in a clockwise motion
-Each player choose two dominoes out of the bag, replacing them each time one is used, as to always have two dominoes
-The player picks one of the six colors,
BLUE…………………. Geography
RED/PINK………….. Biography
YELLOW…………….. History
PURPLE……………… American Lit
GREEN……………….. Dates
ORANGE……………. Entertainment, Sports and Leisure
– The player then answers that color question, if answered correctly they move to the upcoming color space. If answered incorrectly, the player stays where they are and their turn is over.
-Once it reaches the first players turn again, the player can only choose the color they are on or the color in front of them, they then answer the corresponding question.
-If the question is answered correctly, the player chooses one of their two dominoes, adds the two numbers on the one domino, and moves that many spaces forward. Plan your moves carefully so that you land on the space that suits you best.
Special Spaces:
-If a player lands on a candy space that has a pink background, they can choose to answer any color question.
-The spaces with the licorice on them count as normal spaces, according to their color.
-If a player answers a question correctly, moves their domino, and lands on the space connected to one of the trails, they can use that trail.
How to End the Game:
-When a player lands on any of the last six colors, they answer the corresponding question. If answered correctly, they move to the rainbow space and answer the final question.
System Description:
The system that I chose is the American media system. My system is limited to the recent events of the Tibetan-Chinese dispute, where China has taken over Tibet and inflicted their rule onto the Tibetan people. American media focuses their reports on the political aspects of Chinas occupation of Tibet, rather than the strict rule China has set in place resulting in many Tibetan deaths and imprisonments. Focusing mainly on prominent American media outlets, such as Fox News, Channel 4, and other widely known news broadcasting stations, there is a prominent absence of Tibetan cultural representation. A contributing factor to this is that China has a strict policy against media, regulating what can and can not be released.
Point of View:
I am affected by the system that I chose. The fact that the media that directly affects me (television/radio broadcasts) chooses to neglect certain issues in the world, deprives me of information. Without the news, the public cannot be informed about world events. Upon seeing a video about the self-immolations occurring in Tibet by chance, I then began to take interest. I found a video on Facebook of the self-immolation of Thích Quang Ɖúc, a widely known event that occurred in the early 1960’s. Due to research on the internet, I found that these self-immolations were a result of Chinas occupancy of Tibet, and that these acts of martyrdom are still present in 2016. I became enraged with the idea that Tibets culture was being wiped away and no other nation was trying to help. I came to the conclusion that if more people knew about the events that took place in Tibet, they would want to act. This became my immediate thought because once I heard of the current events, I wanted to help. My interest in this topic dwells on the fact that I find the act of martyrdom to be exceptionally courageous and beautiful. Although I do not want anyone to harm, or kill, themselves, an act of self-immolation is a beautiful demonstration of peacefully dying for what you believe is just. I chose to do this system and this topic to bring light to the media that chooses to neglect these acts of martyrdom and uprisings in Tibet.
Proposal:
Demonstrating my topic by the use of film, for my prototype I have prepared a short clip of the main idea of my project. The screen shows a single match burning brightly on top of a black background, this is to represent acts of self-immolation. Although these acts are for protest purposes, a singles persons life is what is being sacrificed at the moment of self-immolation, hence the singular match. The importance of this event as a whole (to protest cultural restraints placed by the Chinese) is slightly less important than the toll it takes on the individual. The audio is that of a speaker narrating Thích Quang Ɖúc’s self-immolation in the late 1960’s. This singular event is commonly known, even though self-immolations’ had been occurring long before Thích Quang Ɖúc. Tailing the narration from the man, a woman broadcaster reports that multiple Tibetans had self-immolated as a result of strict Chinese rule. This becomes the connection between the singular person and a whole. A single mans (Thích Quang Ɖúc) self-immolation, followed by a media report of multiple self-immolations. I will adapt the media section if there is more research to be done on my topic. I have changed my focus to the lack of American coverage of this topic, rather than an overall lack of coverage around the world.
Ethnography:
Ethnography is the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures. In my research paper I use archival research instead of ethnographic. The ideal objective of media is, “News reports that are broadcasted around the world are what keep the civilian parts of a nation informed of political, social, and economic standings of another nation”. In the case of American media portraying Tibet, there is an absence of cultural representation and an abundance of the political disputes. The balance of political and social news is tilted away from the cultural destruction happening in Tibet.
Keywords:
Existence
Personally, to exist is to have emotion and care for others and I think I show that, and the absence of it, through my projects. The Disappearance piece is an absence of myself and how it can affect others. My System Collaboration and System Visualization both have to do with the destruction of a culture of how their very existence is being wiped away.
Buddhism
I show an interest in Buddhism in more than one project in this class. For the System Collaboration, Visualization, and Final projects, I chose to focus on Tibet and how their culture is being threatened. Although the projects had more to do with acts of protests and not forms of religion, Buddhism is what led me to care about Tibet in the first place. I personally think that Buddhism is a beautiful thing to believe in because it centers around selflessness and overcoming of suffering.
Mortality
In the sense of self-immolation, mortality is seen in a couple of my projects. I believe that self-immolation as a form of protest is a beautiful way to express your strong belief for the purpose of which you are self-immolating. The death, or even an absence, of a single person is seen throughout my pieces.
Emotion
Not only does my use of real events and deaths occurring around the world evoke emotion, my emotion towards my subject affects the outcome. I am aware that I have a strong opinion of whether or not the media is accurately portraying Tibet to its viewers. I try to be objective about the topic but my feelings towards the subject are so strong that I am also aware that I cannot hide my opinion.
Bibliography:
My “disappearance” involves discarding personal affects from my room. The result of this can effect not only my family but my neighbors as well. If I remove most of my personal affects from my room, to make it look like I do not use it often, my siblings will not be able to use my things. This can include makeup, clothes, art supplies, etc. As a result, they will most likely have to buy replacements, if they are unable to find those items elsewhere, ultimately resulting in better business for the local stores in my area.
Without objects, such as colored pencils, in my room, my 5 and 9 year-old neighbors will not be able to color when they are over my house. The mostly likely conclusion that can be drawn from this is that they will not like me anymore because I am simply the supplier of art supplies. Similar to this, if I am not around as often, I will not be able to see them. Since the youngest is 5, it is easier for her to forget people that she hasn’t seen in a while. Since I also have a twin, my neighbor will probably revert back to not knowing the difference between us.