Whamageddon

Whamageddon
Years active2010–present
Playing time1–24 December
ChancePartially
SkillsStrategy

Whamageddon is a game played during the 24 days before Christmas in which players try to go from 1 December to the end of Christmas Eve (24 December) without hearing "Last Christmas" by Wham!. If the player hears the song between those days, they are out of the game and have to post "#Whamageddon" on social media to indicate that they have lost. The exceptions to this game are that the player can only listen to remixes and cover versions of the song. Whilst not encouraged on the website, but technically still a part of the rules, a player can send another player the song, or play it to them so that the other player loses the game, although Whamageddon is described as a survival game, as opposed to a battle royale game.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Are you playing Whamageddon? The fight to avoid hearing Last Christmas is on". www.irishnews.com. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ Herbert, Tom (5 December 2018). "Here's how to play Whamageddon". www.standard.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ Mason, Alistair (4 December 2018). "Are you playing Whamageddon? The fight to avoid hearing Last Christmas is on". www.independent.ie. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Whamageddon is the Christmas game you've never heard of but everyone is playing". www.heart.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.