Talk:Capture the flag

message: Why does this have so little about computer games? There are tons of games that had/have CTF modes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.8.68.100 (talk) 10:09, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Computer games 

message: The Norwich Rules don't make any sense. I have never herd of them and the explanation is too rushed to distill what this variation is. Could someone who understands this variation please help?
:I think some kids in Norwich decided to play this way and then added to this page as a vanity. Notice the non-NPOV statement: "...making this game drastically better." mann mosenthal "capture the flag" gets nine hits on google that all look the same. I'm for deleting it, as I am going to do now. - Zepheus 23:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norwich Rules 

message: I was going to add something about the "flag" not necessarily being a "flag," as (when I have played the game) sports balls are often used for the teams' "flags" (such as tennis balls, due to their "neon" coloring). I didn't add this because I don't know if anyone else does this (I assume they do, actual flags seem somewhat elaborate if you are only playing with teams of two people), and I also didn't know where to fit it into the article. Since I am dubious of my wikijudgement at times, I'll let someone else add this if they think it deserves it, and if they can find a good place for it :D.
I know, I'm not "being bold" in my editing habits, but I'd rather leave it to someone who knows the rules better than I.
By the way, this is, by no means, a deference of "responsibility" to someone else; I'm not saying "this should be done, but I sure don't want to do it", I'm just trying to keep myself from messing things up and being flamed ^^;;
--KyleP 20:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Flags" 

message: I think this section has a lot of speculative phrasing / WP:OR. It probably needs a thorough cleaning up. Debivort 21:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's just some random person's strategies, and I've removed it as such.--Drat (Talk) 05:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proven Strategies for Victory section 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Bigscr1.gif

message: In Cambridge we have a group that plays CTF in real life, using weapons like supersoakers or thrown tennis balls. One hit kills, victory by either eliminating the other team, or getting both flags in your own base. I don't know if similar things are widespread enough to merit inclusion in the article. http://www.srcf.ucam.org/ctf (site's been inactive for a bit)131.111.245.195 (talk) 22:01, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Only if it's received coverage in reliable, independent sources.--Drat (Talk) 02:55, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Real-world game with weaponry

message: The paragraph immediately following the heading "Paintball Strategies" is very poorly written.  It makes excessive use of the second person.  It uses subjective reasoning and lacks a reliable source.  It is even riddled with spelling and gramatical errors.  It is also of note that the subheadings (location, jail, capturing the flag, variants) of "Paintball Strategies" seem to bear no relevance to that heading.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.5.147.2 (talk) 19:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paintball Strategies 

message: Clearly the game is old and traditional, but there's probably some history behind it, like there is with traditional nursery rhymes and similar. Has anyone ever read anything about this in a reliable source? --24.199.88.40 (talk) 07:49, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone have any WP:RS info on the history of CTF? 

message: I don't know how to set the links with the modern way. Here's the link: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubabandiera --Olbia merda (talk) 12:43, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Help for the Italian Wiki Link

message: Who invented it, and when? 99.247.1.157 (talk) 13:08, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of these games are European exports. Settlers brought them to the U.S., Canada, Australia and other regions of the world.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.108.214.229 (talk) 16:28, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

text: English descriptions of the game should have appeared much earlier, maybe under another name. Games like these have been translated already in the second half of the 19th century, mostly by members of the Turner movement in books about physical education.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.108.209.115 (talk) 15:36, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin? 

message: What is it?<BR>
Kicked? Tackled? Spit on? Shot? Photographed?<BR>
Tangverse (talk) 01:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Tagged" 

message: I'm proposing that sections Capture_the_flag#Computer_security be split into a separate page called Capture the flag (cybersecurity). This type of competition, while it does share a name, is only loosely related to the rest of the article. Furthermore, this article is within the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports. I don't think that a type of competition about cybersecurity can be classified as a sport or an esport as a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion" and an esport is defined as "a multiplayer video game". Tom (talk) 17:19, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad, I've moved it to the bottom now. Thanks for pointing it out! Tom (talk) 09:53, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  But, conceptually they are the same. Just like there is a section about computer security in relation to jeopardy gaming, there should be a subsection on the computer security article about CTFs.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.174.71.134 (talk) 22:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't even think they are conceptually that similar. Security CTFs can be single-player games where you capture the flag from a Jeopardy-style board, rather than human opponents. I side with splitting the articles.
Even though they are similar, CTFs in cybersecurity deserves an own article, there are lot of competitions that entire https://ctftime.org/ is based on cybersecurity based CTF. I think thats definitely a GOOD idea. No need of subsections or other type of subsection in any page. Just a new page.(Also, Many pages have same term for different aspects. In such case disambugation is needed. ) Machinexa (talk) 15:34, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

text: Done. The new article could still be improved, which I've done a little bit and plan to do more, but please  feel free to add to it. Thanks! Shuri42 (talk) 20:36, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting proposal