![]() Akagi won by not exiting the car at all and willingly plummeting off the cliff at full speed his opponent bailed out just too late and fell to his death. Akagi: Akagi's introduction reveals he was playing a two-man cliff version just before he came into the Mah Jong parlour where the story starts.(The first person to cave in usually gets the worse side of the deal, but if nobody caves in, neither side gets a deal) More generally, "Game of Chicken" can be used as a metaphor for any challenge that depends on seeing who will be the first to back down, such as in political or business negotiations. It's better to be the chicken who refused to play than dead duck who did. It goes without saying Do Not Try This at Home! Fatal accidents can - and have - happened to people who tried this. There are other variations, like standing on a railroad track bridge over water as a train comes (whoever jumps first is chicken) or stalling your cars on the tracks as the train comes (whoever hits the gas first is chicken) but all are incredibly dangerous. ![]() If either driver doesn't (or both drivers don't) stop in time. Whichever driver stops closest to the edge of the cliff without going over wins the other driver's car. A similar scenario occurs with two guys driving their cars toward the edge of a cliff at high speed.
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