FLAMES or FLAME is a paper-and-pencil game popular among school-aged children,[1] which is theoretically related to the Josephus problem and other counting-out games. FLAMES or FLAME is an acronym for the possible outcomes of the game. In order, they are:[1][2][3][4]
- F: friends (or friendship)
- L: lovers (or love)
- A: affectionate (or affection)
- M: marriage
- E: enemies
- S: siblings (or sister): it may be omitted in some variations
This game is played to predict the future relationship between a person and their crush (or celebrity crush). If a player does not achieve the desired outcome, they may retry with different variations of their names to influence the outcome. The reactions to the game's outcome may reveal a player's true feelings toward the person they are paired with. The game, however, does not accurately predict the true relationship between any two persons.[1][2][3][4]
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