Monday, November 29, 2010

Week 16 The Brink

Play this game to allocate global resources:

http://archive1.globalsolutions.org/games/2005games/thebrink.html

What thoughts crossed your mind when playing this game as related to distributing resources?

45 comments:

  1. that to some countries giving some type of resourse up can really impact there own way of life

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  2. giving up just a little bit of what you have can help alot of people in alot of ways

    -becca a

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  3. When playing the game I realized that by giving little amounts and sharing among the countries it kept them from being completely depled in all categories.

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  4. I played this game and failed, it showed me that resources can be scarce and we have to work together to conserve them.

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  5. Thoughts that crossed my mind while playing this game are that it must be really hard for all nations to balance of food, water, and meds.

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  6. Giving up a a resource affects the courntries alot.

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  7. I played this game and failed and then I found out even giving alittle to another country can be hard because every country needs it to and it affects there way of life.

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  8. All the resources started to plumete as i tried to switch them all around. The thgoughts that were goin through my head was that where is this game going with this and how do i keep them all level wen they are all declining equally.

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  9. After playing the game, the things that were going through my mind was that the water supply may increase or deacrese depending on the countries and its improvments.

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  10. this game showed me that there is very little resources and by giving even a little can help people in big ways

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  11. When i plaed this game i realized how hard it is to conserve and balence resources.
    -Rebecca White

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  12. After playing this game i noticed that small amounts go a long way when it comes to resources, all nations should rely on each other to survive.

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  13. I played this game and it helped me realize that recources are acarce and we have to work together to try to conserve them for all of us

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  14. When playing the game I realized how hard it is to distribute the products evenly to different nations

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  15. Playing this game i realized how suddenly resource levels can drop, and that international cooperation is key to a steady reserve of all resources for all countries.

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  16. After playing this game i relaized that though it seems we have unlimited resources, levels can suddenly drop. International Cooperation is very important to preserve our important natural resources.

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  17. After playing this game and failing, I found it necessary for countries to cooperate for resources. Every country at some point in time need to share resources to stay above water.

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  18. After playing the game, I realized that in regions with low amounts of resources, its hard to distribute at a level that all the countries in that region can survive.

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  19. after playing this game i realized that despite wanting to help other countries, it is hard to do because just donating a little of our (or anyone's) resources messes up our way of life, and how things work for us.

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  20. whileing playing this game i realized its a struggle for smaller countries to keep up with trading when there resources are scarce

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  21. I found out that countries need to help other struggling countries. I also agree with jake.

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  22. Like coleman said contries need each other to help support nation in need. I find out that resorces can be hard to get and you cant trade what you need yourself.

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  23. After playing the game I realized it's hard to balance all the resources in each country but it helped to give resources from those who had a lot to those who had a little.

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  24. My thoughts while playing this game were, Resources go very quickly so we should do what we can to preserve them.

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  25. This game shows that all of a country's resources are essential, and losing just a small portion of them can cause a country's economy to collapse.

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  26. after i played this game i realized that it is hard to distribute products to different countrys evenly.

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  27. While playing this game i realized that simple things can effect your food and water supplies and that giving a little of what you have can help others out a lot.

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  28. After playing the game i realized how it was to evenly balance the resources. We need to all help those in need. I agree with alexis

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  29. this game helped me realize the struggle in just maintaining livable conditions for your country. i think "bigger" countries should help out more with the small ones.

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  30. while playing this game i notcied that countries who can easily gain resources should help the counties in need of resources.

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  31. this game helped me relize that the people that have to live through this must have a hard time with living because the rainfall is always increasing and decreasing.

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  32. a little goes a long way

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  33. i realized that the better countries need to help the ones in trouble

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  34. i realized that not alot of people get help like they should be getting

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  35. not everyone gets the help they desrve

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  36. after playing the game i realized that every country can live fine, as long as they had anothers support. i played the game for... about a half hour, and was fine. as long as they help eachother then they can have no problems.

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  37. Okay it is DEFINITELY frustrating to try to keep those resources up!! Even when you have a strategy, it almost seems completely useless because it just seems so hopeless. I had a system all planned out to and that was only to try and keep all the countries at the minimum level- but each time one got higher, then another would decrease by such a great amouint that I had to focus on that one instead. It is definitely frustrating... and incredibly hard....

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  38. I played this game and failed. but after playing the game i realized that every country can live fine, as long as they share resourses. i agree with lennie that not everyone can get what they desrve.

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  39. Distribution of resources can prove a daunting and immeasurable task, considering all countries need to maintain a certain level of stock for themselves. I failed the first time when playing, though the second time I did manage to win in four turns. It all depends, because resources can drop below victory level quickly--and make it impossible without aid from the UN to win.

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  40. When playing this games Its hard to keep all the nations happy/ even. It gets frustraiting trying to keep them all up. I agree with Ryan loosing just a small portion can cause a countrys resources to decrease.

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  41. After playing the game i realized how it was to evenly balance the resources. We need to all help those in need.

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  42. it is very difficult to balance the things you need and the things you have.

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  43. I played this game and it helped me realize that recources are acarce and we have to work together to try to conserve them for all of us-bitto

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  44. After playing this game i realized how the resource levels can drop so fast. The international cooperation is whats needed to have a steady reserve of all resources at all of the countries.

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