A random topic. Everyone I like enough to invite. One winner. The only reason anyone pretends to enjoy coming into the office.
What Is It
Bored@Work is a round-robin single elimination tournament for your whole site. A random topic gets picked, options go head-to-head, and everyone votes to crown a champion.
It's the water cooler debate, but automated and actually fun. Best lunch spot, greatest movie ever made, which coworker makes the worst coffee — whatever the topic, feelings will get hurt.
I set it up. Everyone else shows up, votes once — yes, once, Jon — and watches the chaos unfold.
How It Works
A random topic gets chosen. Could be food, movies, hot takes — anything that'll start an argument.
Contenders are matched up head-to-head. Someone's favourite is going to get eliminated and they will not be okay about it.
Everyone clicks the link and votes. Once. One time. Jon, if you're reading this — no.
One option rises above the rest. Bragging rights are real. Rematches are inevitable. Jon will demand a recount.
Past Tournaments
A Special Message
Every tournament, without fail, Jon is in a browser console trying to figure out if he can vote twice. Inspecting network requests. Opening incognito tabs. Submitting curl commands like a maniac.
Jon, buddy. It doesn't work. It has never worked. You get one vote. The same one vote as everyone else, including people who had to google what a browser is. We're all equal here. Painfully, maddeningly equal.
I respect the hustle though. Genuinely. It's still not going to work. 🙂
Anti-cheat is built in. IP tracked. Session fingerprinted. Jon-proofed to the best of my ability (which, admittedly, Jon keeps testing).
Ready?
Takes 10 seconds. The argument it starts will last the rest of the week.