Jane McGonigal: Massively multi-player... thumb-wrestling?

Translator: Troels Larsen Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

Today I am going to teach you

I dag vil jeg lære jer

how to play my favorite game:

hvordan man spiller mit favorit spil:

massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling.

Massivt Multiplayer Tommelfinger-krig.

It's the only game in the world that I know of

Det er det eneste spil i verden jeg kender til

that allows you, the player,

der giver dig, spilleren,

the opportunity to experience

mulighed for at opleve

10 positive emotions in 60 seconds or less.

10 positive følelser inden for 60 sekunder eller mindre.

This is true, so if you play this game with me today

Det er sandt, så hvis I spiller dette spil med mig i dag

for just one single minute,

i bare et enkelt minut

you will get to feel joy, relief, love, surprise,

kommer I til at føle glæde, lettelse, kærlighed, overraskelse,

pride, curiosity, excitement, awe and wonder,

stolthed, nysgerrighed, ophidselse, ærefrygt og undren,

contentment, and creativity,

tilfredshed og kreativitet,

all in the span of one minute.

alt sammen på bare et minut.

So this sounds pretty good, right? Now you're willing to play.

Det lyder da ret godt, ikke? Nu er I villige til at spille.

In order to teach you this game,

For at lære jer spillet,

I'm going to need some volunteers

har jeg brug for nogle frivillige

to come up onstage really quickly,

til at komme op på scenen ganske kort,

and we're going to do a little hands-on demo.

og så laver vi en praktisk demonstration.

While they're coming up, I should let you know,

Mens de er på vej herop, bør jeg fortælle jer,

this game was invented 10 years ago

at spillet blev opfundet for 10 år siden

by an artists' collective in Austria named Monochrom.

af et kunst kollektiv i Østrig ved navn Monochrom.

So thank you, Monochrom.

Så mange tak, Monochrom.

Okay, so most people are familiar

Okay, de fleste folk er bekendte

with traditional, two-person thumb-wrestling.

med traditionel, to personers tommelfinger-krig.

Sunni, let's just remind them.

Sunni, lad os lige genopfriske deres hukommelse.

One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war, and we wrestle,

En, to, tre, fire, Jeg erklærer tommelfinger krig, og så brydes vi,

and of course Sunni beats me because she's the best.

og selvfølgelig slår Sunni mig for hun er den bedste.

Now the first thing about massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling,

Det første man skal have med omkring massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig,

we're the gamer generation.

vi er en gamer generation.

There are a billion gamers on the planet now,

Der er en milliard gamere på planeten nu,

so we need more of a challenge.

så vi skal bruge en større udfordring.

So the first thing we need is more thumbs.

Så det første vi skal bruge er flere tommelfingre.

So Eric, come on over.

Så Eric, kom bare herover.

So we could get three thumbs together,

Vi kunne sætte tre tommelfingre sammen,

and Peter could join us.

og Peter kunne være med.

We could even have four thumbs together,

Vi kunne endda have fire tommelfingre sammen,

and the way you win

og måden du vinder på

is you're the first person to pin someone else's thumb.

er at være den første til at fastholde en andens tommelfinger.

This is really important. You can't, like,

Det er meget vigtigt. Du kan ikke, ligesom,

wait while they fight it out and then swoop in at the last minute.

vente mens det kæmper færdigt og så vælte ind i sidste øjeblik.

That is not how you win.

Det er ikke sådan man vinder.

Ah, who did that? Eric you did that.

Åh, hvem gjorde det? Eric du gjorde det.

So Eric would have won. He was the first person to pin my thumb.

Så Eric ville have vundet. Han var den første person til at fastholde min tommelfinger.

Okay, so that's the first rule,

Okay, det var den første regel,

and we can see that three or four

og vi kan se at tre eller fire

is kind of the typical number of thumbs in a node,

er det typiske antal i en klynge,

but if you feel ambitious, you don't have to hold back.

men hvis man føler sig ambitiøs, skal man ikke holde sig tilbage.

We can really go for it.

Vi kan virkelig gå til stålet.

So you can see up here.

Så, I kan se deroppe.

Now the only other rule you need to remember is,

Den eneste anden regel I skal huske er,

gamer generation, we like a challenge.

gamer generationen, vi kan lide en udfordring.

I happen to notice you all have

Jeg bider mærke i, at I alle har

some thumbs you're not using.

nogle tommelfingre I ikke bruger.

So I think we should kind of get some more involved.

Så jeg synes vi burde få nogle flere involveret.

And if we had just four people,

Og hvis vi kun havde fire folk,

we would do it just like this,

ville vi bare gøre det sådan her,

and we would try and wrestle

og så forsøge at kæmpe

both thumbs at the same time.

med begge tommelfingre på samme tid.

Perfect.

Perfekt.

Now, if we had more people in the room,

Hvis vi havde flere mennesker i lokalet,

instead of just wrestling in a closed node,

kunne vi, i stedet for at kæmpe i en lukket klynge,

we might reach out and try and grab some other people.

måske række ud og forsøge at tage ved nogle andre folk.

And in fact, that's what we're going to do right now.

Og det er lige det, vi skal til at gøre nu.

We're going to try and get all, something like,

Vi vil forsøge at få alle, noget i stil med,

I don't know, 1,500 thumbs in this room

Jeg ved ikke, 1.500 tommelfingre i lokalet

connected in a single node.

samlet i en enkelt klynge.

And we have to connect both levels,

Og vi skal forbinde begge niveauer,

so if you're up there, you're going to be

så hvis du er deroppe, kommer du til at

reaching down and reaching up.

række ned og række op.

Now — (Laughter) —

Nu - (Latter) -

before we get started --

inden vi begynder --

This is great. You're excited to play. —

Det er fantastisk. I er opsatte på at spille. -

before we get started, can I have the slides back up here really quick,

før vi går i gang, må jeg lige få slides på skærmen igen hurtigt,

because if you get good at this game,

for hvis I bliver god til dette spil,

I want you to know there are some advanced levels.

skal I vide at der findes nogle avancerede niveauer.

So this is the kind of simple level, right?

Dette er et temmelig simpel niveau, ikke?

But there are advanced configurations.

Men der findes avancerede konfigurationer.

This is called the Death Star Configuration.

Denne kaldes Dødsstjerne Konfigurationen.

Any Star Wars fans?

Nogle Star Wars fans?

And this one's called the Möbius Strip.

Og denne kaldes Möbiusbåndet.

Any science geeks, you get that one.

Jer videnskabs nørder, den fanger I.

This is the hardest level. This is the extreme.

Dette er det sværeste niveau. Det er ekstremt.

So we'll stick with the normal one for now,

Så vi holder os til det normale denne gang.

and I'm going to give you 30 seconds,

og vil give jer 30 sekunder,

every thumb into the node,

alle tommelfingre ind i klyngen,

connect the upper and the lower levels,

forbind de øvre og nedre niveauer,

you guys go on down there.

I går bare derned.

Thirty seconds. Into the network. Make the node.

Tredive sekunder. Ind i netværket. Lav den klynge.

Stand up! It's easier if you stand up.

Rejs jer! Det er lettere hvis I står op.

Everybody, up up up up up!

Alle sammen, op op op op op!

Stand up, my friends.

Rejs jer op, mine venner.

All right.

Okay.

Don't start wrestling yet.

Ikke begynd at kæmpe endnu.

If you have a free thumb, wave it around,

Hvis du har en fri tommelfinger, så vift med den,

make sure it gets connected.

sørg for at den bliver forbundet.

Okay. We need to do a last-minute thumb check.

Okay. Vi mangler lige et sidste øjebliks tommelfinger tjek.

If you have a free thumb, wave it around to make sure.

Hvis du har en fri tommelfinger, så vift den rundt for at være sikker.

Grab that thumb!

Grib den tommelfinger!

Reach behind you. There you go.

Ræk om bag dig. Sådan der.

Any other thumbs?

Nogen andre tommelfingre?

Okay, on the count of three, you're going to go.

Okay, på tre, så går I i gang.

Try to keep track. Grab, grab, grab it.

Prøv at følge med. Grib, grib, grib den.

Okay? One, two, three, go!

Okay? En, to, tre, nu!

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Did you win? You got it? You got it? Excellent!

Vandt du? Fik du den? Du fik den? Storslået!

(Applause)

(Applaus)

Well done. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Rigtig godt gjort. Tak. Mange tak.

All right.

Okay.

While you are basking in the glow

Mens I soler jer i strålerne

of having won your first

fra jeres første sejr i

massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling game,

et spil massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig,

let's do a quick recap on the positive emotions.

så lad og hurtigt opremse de positive følelser.

So curiosity.

Altså nysgerrighed.

I said "massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling."

Jeg sagde "massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig."

You were like, "What the hell is she talking about?"

I blev sådan, "Hvad helvede snakker hun om?"

So I provoked a little curiosity.

Så jeg fremprovokerede lidt nysgerrighed.

Creativity: it took creativity to solve the problem

Kreativitet: det tog kreativitet at løse problemet

of getting all the thumbs into the node.

med at få alle tommelfingrene ind i klyngen.

I'm reaching around and I'm reaching up.

Jeg rækker omkring og jeg rækker op.

So you used creativity. That was great.

Så I brugte kreativitet. Det er godt.

How about surprise? The actual feeling

Hvad med overraskelse? Den faktiske følelse

of trying to wrestle two thumbs at once is pretty surprising.

af at prøve at kæmpe med to tommelfingre på en gang er temmelig overraskende.

You heard that sound go up in the room.

I hørte den lyd der gik rundt i lokalet.

We had excitement. As you started to wrestle,

Vi havde ophidselse. Da I begyndte at kæmpe,

maybe you're starting to win or this person's, like, really into it,

måske begynder du at vinde eller den her person er helt vildt inde i det,

so you kind of get the excitement going.

så ophidselsen kører ligesom rundt.

We have relief. You got to stand up.

Vi har lettelse. I fik lov til at rejse jer.

You've been sitting for awhile, so the physical relief,

I har siddet i et stykke tid, så den fysiske lettelse,

getting to shake it out.

at få lov til at ryste sig lidt.

We had joy. You were laughing, smiling. Look at your faces. This room is full of joy.

Vi havde glæde. I grinede, smilede. Se på jeres ansigter. Lokalet er fuld af glæde.

We had some contentment.

Vi havde noget tilfredshed.

I didn't see anybody sending text messages or checking their email while we were playing,

Jeg så ikke en eneste sende smser eller tjekke e-mail, mens vi spillede,

so you were totally content to be playing.

så I var fuldt ud tilfredse med at spille.

The most important three emotions,

De tre vigtigste følelser,

awe and wonder, we had everybody connected physically for a minute.

ærefrygt og undren, vi havde alle sammen forbundet fysisk i et minut.

When was the last time you were at TED

Hvornår skete det sidste at du var ved TED

and you got to connect physically with every single person in the room?

og du fik lov til fysisk at forbindes med hver eneste person i lokalet?

And it's truly awesome and wondrous.

Og det er i sandhed ærefrygtindgydende og vidunderligt.

And speaking of physical connection,

Og nu vi taler om fysisk forbundethed,

you guys know I love the hormone oxytocin,

I ved at jeg elsker hormonet oxytocin,

you release oxytocin, you feel bonded to everyone in the room.

I frigiver oxytocin, I føler jeg knyttet til alle i dette lokale.

You guys know that the best way to release oxytocin quickly

I ved at den bedste måde at frigive oxytocin hurtigt

is to hold someone else's hand for at least six seconds.

er at holde en andens hånd i mindst seks sekunder.

You guys were all holding hands for way more than six seconds,

I holdte alle sammen hånd i langt mere end seks sekunder,

so we are all now biochemically primed

så nu er vi alle biokemisk klare

to love each other. That is great.

til at elske hinanden. Det er fantastisk.

And the last emotion of pride.

Og den sidste følelse, stolthed.

How many people are like me. Just admit it.

Hvor mange mennesker er ligesom mig. Bare indrøm det.

You lost both your thumbs.

I tabte med begge tommelfingre.

It just didn't work out for you.

Det kørte bare ikke for jer.

That's okay, because you learned a new skill today.

Det er okay, for I lærte en helt ny evne i dag.

You learned, from scratch, a game you never knew before.

I lærte, fra bunden, et spil I aldrig havde kendt før.

Now you know how to play it. You can teach other people.

Nu kender I spillet. I kan lære det til andre.

So congratulations.

Så tillykke.

How many of you won just won thumb?

Hvor mange af jer vandt med en enkelt tommelfinger?

All right. I have very good news for you.

Okay. Jeg har gode nyheder til jer.

According to the official rules

I følge de officielle regler

of massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling,

for massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig,

this makes you a grandmaster of the game.

betyder det at I er stormestre af spillet.

Because there aren't that many people who know how to play,

Da der ikke er så mange der kan finde ud af at spille,

we have to kind of accelerate the program

bliver vi nødt til at accelerere programmet

more than a game like chess.

mere end et spil som skak.

So congratulations, grandmasters.

Så tillykke, stormestre.

Win one thumb once, you will become a grandmaster.

Vind en tommelfinger en gang, og du bliver en stormester.

Did anybody win both their thumbs?

Var der nogen der vandt med begge deres tommelfingre?

Yes. Awesome. Okay.

Ja. Fedt. Okay.

Get ready to update your Twitter or Facebook status.

Gør klar til at opdatere din Twitter eller Facebook status.

You guys, according to the rules,

I er, i følge regler,

are legendary grandmasters, so congratulations.

legendariske stormestre, så tillykke.

I will just leave you with this tip, if you want to play again.

Jeg vil forlade jer med dette tip, hvis I vil spille igen.

The best way to become a legendary grandmaster,

Den bedste måde at blive en legendarisk stormester på,

you've got your two nodes going on.

du har dine to klynger i gang.

Pick off the one that looks easiest.

Vælg den der ser lettest ud.

They're not paying attention. They look kind of weak.

De er ikke opmærksomme. De ser lidt svage ud.

Focus on that one and do something crazy

Fokuser på den, og gør noget helt skørt

with this arm.

med den her arm.

As soon as you win, suddenly stop.

Så snart du vinder, pludselig stop.

Everybody is thrown off. You go in for the kill.

Alle bliver forvirret. Du rykker ind for sejren.

That's how you become a legendary grandmaster of massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling.

Sådan bliver du en legendarisk stormester i massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig.

Thank you for letting me teach you my favorite game.

Tak fordi I lod mig lære jer mit yndlingsspil.

Wooo! (Applause)

Wooo! (Applaus)

Thank you. (Applause)

Mange tak. (Applaus)