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GET (ゲット, Getto) is a simple game of post numbers that you often see on textboards and imageboards. It's mainly about claiming unique post numbers in a thread, such as the first and last post. However, the adapted imageboard version is more focused on repeating end integers.

    IT'S TIME!! 2 GET!!
   ̄ ̄∨ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ (´´
      ∧∧    )      (´⌒(´
   ⊂(゚Д゚⊂⌒ ̄`つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡
         ̄⌒ ̄  (´⌒(´⌒;;

Summary

On 2channel, you may find users rushing to post “2 GET” (2ゲット, 2ゲト, 2げと, 2げt) as the first reply and “1000 GET” as the final reply, with other numbers of note being every hundred and repeating integers. While the exact origins are unknown, it is rumored that the “777 GET” was the first significant GET at the time. Despite all the GET-related ASCII art, they probably weren't that big of a deal back then.

Due to most imageboards using a database, post numbers accumulate and almost never reset, which results in an interest in larger post numbers (e.g. “10000000” (10M), “12345678”, “77777777”, etc.). Naturally, these are uncommon, so there's a bigger focus on repeating integers that appear at the end of a post number, likely influenced by the “post ending in X [does] Y” trend.

Notes

  • In Japanese, large repeating integers (e.g. “77777777”) are called repdigits (ぞろ目, zorome).
  • The GET is somewhat devalued on boards where post numbers reset on a per-thread basis because while they are easier to obtain, you remove the artificial scarcity.

See also

  • GET and 2GET on Niconico Encyclopedia
  • GET Tracker - A tool created during the GETball era. Self-explanatory.
get.txt · Last modified: 2025-02-08 09:40:23 by namelessrumia