So I'm pretty sure I invented this game, along with my best friends from high school who play the game regularly with me whenever we're home for breaks. First off, the game is called "the game" (mostly because I haven't thought of anything else clever enough to call it). It's my favorite game to play when I'm home because it makes going out in public a challenge.

This game works best for those who come from small towns, like myself. The objective is to simply avoid as many people as possible!

Let's face it, there are just some people that you would much rather not want to run into. There are some people I went to high school with that I want to leave in high school's past, and I don't want to make the effort to make awkward small-talk with them because it seems too forced. Then, you end up talking about, "Oh how's college?" or "Are you still dating what's-his-face?" and "What are you going to do with your life?" These are the people that you have on Facebook and you added them back because you were in the same math class as them, but now they just post their political views on their statuses and share those 30-second videos with those three-ingredient desserts.

As I mentioned before, I live in a small town where you can't go out and not see someone you know. Sometimes I'll go to a grocery store at like 11 o'clock on a Tuesday, and see a former classmate in the cereal aisle, and I'm over here with no makeup on looking like I've been in bed all day (which is probably the case).

So how do you play the game? It's pretty easy, and it's a game that you can play solo, too!

The game starts whenever you leave the house. The game is most worthy when you go to places with lots of people, such as the mall, grocery store, a restaurant, or even your old high school if you're that daring. The game is based on a points system and the one with the lowest score wins. If you're playing by yourself, you're just trying to get a lower score every time you play. The point system is as follows

If you see somebody you know...

without them seeing you (5 pts.)

and they wave at you (10 pts.)

and they say hi to you (15 pts.)

and they start up a conversation with you (25 pts. for every minute)

Then we have special bonus points such as seeing a teacher (50 pts.) and if somebody asks you the oh so difficult question, "What are you going to do with your life?" (75 pts.) You can add your own variations or even have special cases where you can have negative points, such as adding them on Snapchat (-25 pts.). You can be as creative as you want!

There you have it, folks. A game that I invented to avoid people you don't want to talk to. So if I see you in public and I ignore you, don't take it too personally-I'm just a competitive person!