How would you know when it was popular anywhere anyway? Most people who are enjoying it will want to talk about it very sparingly, so as to not greatly increase their chances of losing in the near future. Although: I just looked up the appropriate article on Wikipedia, and it lists a third rule, which I have never heard of. People adhering to that rule could actually explain that you did get to see/hear a lot about it during a period when a lot of people actively played! I had never heard of this rule before, though, and I don't think I'd ever defend it myself. Even if you would agree that someone would have to do it, there is no way to force them to, and as such I think it doesn't work, as you also can't disqualify someone, due to rule 1. PS: This is pretty much the perfect thread to talk about this, as it is remarkably unlikely that anyone will ever read back these messages.
Eh, I've lost interest in having a quibble with you over such a trivial topic. Let's get back to the main purpose of this thread, which is random anything, yeah?
Trivial?? Anyway, I'm not sure why anything wouldn't count as random anything. But I'll probably stop receiving alerts from this thread again soon (voluntarily), so you can have discussions without me then.