Ex 1:
If the game is forced on the individuals required to "play" it... Such as war or an area in conflict etc. Using tactics to win or survive may not always be fair or morally right. In this instance, hating the player is useless and the quotes logic seems to ring true. This also covers situations where the rules say you can do certain things, the rules are followed and the other players just don't like that you are able or competent at taking advantage of and succeeding at the game.
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Ex 2:
If the game is not forced, there is no situation requiring life threatening survival choices or there was not agreement to start a game with certain parameters .. This saying is used to absolve someone of the act of wrong doing to another by convincing either or both the perpetrator and victim that there was no other choice. Fairness, rules , laws and social norms seem to get lumped into this version of the definition and it's implied that the victim is wrong for holding the perpetrator responsible for their actions. More specifically, calling life a game and using this quote to avoid responsibility for being unfair, deceitful or cheating on purpose and existing outside laws, rules and social norms.
If the game is forced on the individuals required to "play" it... Such as war or an area in conflict etc. Using tactics to win or survive may not always be fair or morally right. In this instance, hating the player is useless and the quotes logic seems to ring true. This also covers situations where the rules say you can do certain things, the rules are followed and the other players just don't like that you are able or competent at taking advantage of and succeeding at the game.
However...
Ex 2:
If the game is not forced, there is no situation requiring life threatening survival choices or there was not agreement to start a game with certain parameters .. This saying is used to absolve someone of the act of wrong doing to another by convincing either or both the perpetrator and victim that there was no other choice. Fairness, rules , laws and social norms seem to get lumped into this version of the definition and it's implied that the victim is wrong for holding the perpetrator responsible for their actions. More specifically, calling life a game and using this quote to avoid responsibility for being unfair, deceitful or cheating on purpose and existing outside laws, rules and social norms.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
Ex 1:
We were at war, I did what I had to do. Don't hate me, hate that our country had to go to war.
Ex 2:
We work in an office with no cameras and loose rules on handling theft. Don't hold me responsible for stealing your things, hate the office for letting me get away with it.
Ex 1:
We were at war, I did what I had to do. Don't hate me, hate that our country had to go to war.
Ex 2:
We work in an office with no cameras and loose rules on handling theft. Don't hold me responsible for stealing your things, hate the office for letting me get away with it.
by Autolysis May 8, 2015
Get the Don't hate the player, hate the game. mug.When something occurs you have no control over and nothing/no one has direct responsibility for. Essentially there is no use fighting the situation because nothing is going to change it. Throw in the towel, give up
by hard2know November 17, 2013
Get the chalk it up to the game mug.1. In a bad situation with no way of getting out; catch-22.
2. Loosely meaning beaten or defeated by some obstacle in life
3. Between a rock and a hard place.
4. A song by rapper Spice 1.
2. Loosely meaning beaten or defeated by some obstacle in life
3. Between a rock and a hard place.
4. A song by rapper Spice 1.
by PM123 August 4, 2007
Get the fucked in the game mug.Jimmy: Hey you tryna The Walking Dead: The Game?
Bobby: Naw bro I cried like hell I'm a little bitch RIP Lee
Bobby: Naw bro I cried like hell I'm a little bitch RIP Lee
by DrizzyXL September 23, 2020
Get the The Walking Dead: The Game mug.A feature of the game Overwatch, which highlights the "best" play of the match at the end of the match.
I'm totally gonna get play of the game bro
Nah mate, It'll probably get stolen by a bastion holding down leftclick
Nah mate, It'll probably get stolen by a bastion holding down leftclick
by Ryfster July 2, 2016
Get the Play of the game mug.When something doesn't go the way you want it to or you do something wrong, and there is nothing you can do to change it. Don't worry about it. Just put it in the past or. . ."charge it to the game".
I lost 500 hundred at the casino last night! Oh well charge it to the game.
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I cheated on Kim last night, I didn't mean to but it just happened. Oh well she will never know, charge it to the game.
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I cheated on Kim last night, I didn't mean to but it just happened. Oh well she will never know, charge it to the game.
by pimpjuice February 15, 2005
Get the charge it to the game mug.The Game is an invented game which is related to Magic the Gathering. The concept is that a player may use any creatures from any universe (comics, movies, mythology, etc.) and match them up against his opponents, the results of which are then debated. Creating a deck and playing The Game is a complex process, but the idea is simply to foster epic arguments
Carter and I were playing The Game (card version). He had no chance after my Gandalf ripped apart his Dumbledore
N.B. you don't call it The Game (card version). You call it The Game. urbandictionary required me to write it that way
N.B. you don't call it The Game (card version). You call it The Game. urbandictionary required me to write it that way
by beastofcville May 16, 2010
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