{"id":5295,"date":"2023-07-27T20:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2023-07-27T20:50:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:50:02","slug":"the-coin-toss-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2023\/07\/27\/the-coin-toss-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coin Toss World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Come one! Come all! And welcome to the ultimate test of skill&#8230; That&#8217;s right, live from the Independent Monetary Kingdom of Coinland, it&#8217;s time once again for The Coin Toss World Cup! 8 billion players from all around the world! One solitary winner! Who will it be? Who knows! But it could be you! And it has to be someone!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/COINTOSSCOVER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/COINTOSSCOVER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/COINTOSSCOVER.jpg 630w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/COINTOSSCOVER-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Coin Toss World Cup<\/strong> (available <a href=\"https:\/\/dngdng.itch.io\/the-coin-toss-world-cup\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/twine\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) is an exciting game of skill and talent in which YOU could become the number one &#8220;heads-or-tailser&#8221; in the world! All you have to do is choose (and not lose)!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Note:<\/strong> The download version on <a href=\"https:\/\/dngdng.itch.io\/the-coin-toss-world-cup\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">itch.io<\/a> also includes a commentary free version, if you want to skip everything but the coin tossing. And also there&#8217;s an animation of a \u00a32 coin rotating on a piece of paper I made that I included for some reason.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Also Note:<\/strong> If you can&#8217;t download them for some reason, you can also play <em>The Coin Toss World Cup<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/twine\/cointoss.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> straight away with no extra clicking or anything, and play the commentary free version <a href=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/twine\/cointossnocomms.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, too).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Also Finally Note:<\/strong> The save menu (with back buttons too) might be hidden on mobile, so you&#8217;ll need to click the arrow in the top left corner to make that appear. Not that I can think of any reason at all why you might want to utilise a back button of all things.<\/p>\n<p>____________<\/p>\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n<p>1. <em>The Coin Toss World Cup was made in July 2023<\/em><br \/>\n2. <em>Using <a href=\"http:\/\/twinery.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TWINE<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n3. <em>I like TWINE<\/em><br \/>\n4. <em>Anyway I just wanted to make a sports game without any sports really.<\/em><br \/>\n5. <em>So I made this.<\/em><br \/>\n6. <em>I&#8217;ve always loved the coin tosses they make players do before matches and penalty shootouts and whatever<\/em><br \/>\n7. <em>And reading about all those old football matches that were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UEFA_Euro_1968_final_tournament#Italy_vs_Soviet_Union\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decided by coin tosses<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n8. <em>And or also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-61382309\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elections sometimes too<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n9. <em>Which always leaves me feeling kind of weird when I think about it.<\/em><br \/>\n10. <em>For some reason.<\/em><br \/>\n11. <em>Anyway, that \u00a31 coin in the cover image is my favourite \u00a31 coin ever<\/em><br \/>\n12. <em>It has a skull on it.<\/em><br \/>\n13. <em>&#8220;Heads or SKULL?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n14. <em>More coins should have skulls on them.<\/em><br \/>\n15. <em>Or even maybe an actual tail one day.<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support An Accumulation Of Things<\/a><\/h3><i>If you like the things you've read here please consider subscribing to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">patreon<\/a> or my <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/davidnguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ko-fi<\/a>. <\/br><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon subscribers<\/a> get not just early access to content and also the occasional gift, but also my eternal gratitude. Which I'm not sure is very useful, but is certainly very real.<\/br><\/br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/davidnguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ko-fi contributors<\/a> probably only get the gratitude I'm afraid, but please get in touch if you want more). <\/br><\/br>Thank you!<\/i><\/br><\/br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Come one! Come all! And welcome to the ultimate test of skill&#8230; That&#8217;s right, live from the Independent Monetary Kingdom of Coinland, it&#8217;s time once again for The Coin Toss World Cup! 8 billion players from all around the world! One solitary winner! Who will it be? Who knows! But it could be you! 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