基本内容

The Basics

The ESP Game is a two-player game. （ESP游戏是指双人游戏）Each time you play you are randomly paired with another player whose identity you don't know.（每一次你玩游戏时，都会由系统随机匹配一个你不知道的对手一起玩） You can't communicate with your partner, and the only thing you have in common with them is that you can both see the same image.（你不能和你的同伴进行交流，只能够和他看同一个图片。） The goal is to guess what your partner is typing on each image.（游戏的任务是你要猜出你的同伴写的是什么单词） Once you both type the same word(s), you get a new image.（当你和你的对手写的是一样的单词，那么你们将会得到一幅新的图片。） Each time you type a word or phrase, you must press enter on your keyboard to submit it to the game. （每一次你输入单词或者短语时，你都要按enter键提交到游戏中。）You can type as many guesses as you want, and as soon as a single guess of yours is equal to a guess that your partner has made, you get a new image.（你可以尽可能的猜测，只要你的其中一个猜测和你对手猜的一致时，你们就会得到下一张图片。） You have two and a half minutes to agree on 15 images（你有两分半的时间去完成15幅图片）.

Some images have taboo words, which you can't use; nor can you use any plural, singular, or word related to a taboo word.（有些图片会有被禁止使用的单词，当然你也不能用关于这个违禁词的单数或者复数形式） If one of the taboos for an image is the name of a color, you cannot use any other color as a guess. （如果这张图片的违禁词是一种颜色，那么你也不能输入有关颜色的其他词语）If you feel that an image is too hard, you can ask to pass by clicking the yellow pass button on the lower right corner.（如果你觉得这张图片很难，那么你可以点击右下角的黄色按钮跳过这张图片） Clicking the button will generate a message on your partner's screen, letting them know that you want to pass.（你点击了按钮之后，在你同伴的屏幕上会出现提示信息，让他们知道你想跳过这张图片） You cannot pass on an image until both you and your partner have hit the pass button（如果你的同伴不答应，你也无法跳到下一张图）.

Spelling

In order to agree on an word, both players have to spell it exactly the same.（为了能输入相同的单词，游戏玩家必须拼写的完全一样才可以） For instance, if one player types "grey" and the other player types "gray", there is no agreement. （比如，一个玩家输入grey而另一个玩家输入的是gray，这样仍然不得分）Similarly, there is no agreement if one player types "man" and the other types "men".（同样，如果一个玩家输入的是man另一个玩家输入的是men，同样也不得分） To help with spelling mistakes or typos, the game is equipped with an American English dictionary.（为了帮助避免拼写错误，该游戏有内嵌了美式英语的词典的检查措施） Every word that you enter that is in the dictionary will be displayed in white, and every word that is not in the dictionary (including numbers) will be displayed in orange.（如果你输入的是词典上没有的，则单词颜色是橙色。反之为白色）

Scoring

You get points each time you agree on an image with your partner.（每次你和你的同伴输入同一个单词你们会得分） The exact number of points depends on how many taboo words the image has: the more taboos, the more points the image is worth.（得分的多少要看这张图片有多少个违禁词，如果违禁词越多，那么输入成功后获得的分数也就越高） If you agree on 5 images you get a bonus of 350 points, if you agree on 10 images you get a bonus of 850 points, and if you agree on the 15 images you get a bonus of 2000 points. （如果你成功完成五张图，你的得分是350,10张图得分是850，15张图得到2000分）You can check how many images you have agreed on by looking at the progress meter at the bottom of the screen.（你可以在屏幕的底部看到进度条看出你完成了多少张图片）

Strategy

The best strategy is to type as many words as you can related to the image, hoping that your partner types one of them.（该游戏的最好的策略是输入你能想到的关于该图片尽可能多的单词，希望你的同伴能输入到你写的其中一个单词）

The Flag Button

The flag button should be pressed if an image is inappropriate for the game.（如果游戏中出现的图片内容不合适的话，可以点击举报按钮） Inappropriate images are ones that are not "safe" for a general audience because they contain nudity or otherwise objectionable material.（不合适的图片是指对一个普通玩家来讲不安全的图片。图片中包含裸体或者其他令人反感的东西） We put a huge effort into ensuring that no objectionable material is included in the game.（我们将尽我们最大努力使游戏中不出现令人反感的图片） If you encounter any images that are offensive, please report them to us by using the flag button.（如果你觉得某些图片令你感到有攻击性，也可以用报警按钮来报告给我们）

After the Game

At the end of the game you can see a slide show of the images that you played with.（游戏的最后你会看到一张图显示你玩过的图片） For every image that you did not agree on, you can also see one of your partner's guesses.（对于每一张你没有猜出的图片，会看到你的同伴输入了哪些单词）

Here is a web site address where you can play it.（下面是游戏的连接，你可以点击玩一下）

http://www.espgame.org/cgi-bin/register