Sometimes, though, Infocom threw in puzzles just for the humor of it — if the user never ran into these, they could still finish the game just fine.

Sometimes it is not immediately obvious that a particular game involves chance.

Sometimes the high-low split game is played with a 9 or a 7-high qualifier instead of 8-high.

Sometimes it appears as a genuine tool, but often it is parodied – for example, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game included tools such as the ultra-plasmic awl, and the BBC Radio 4 science-fiction comedy Nebulous offered the sonic crowbar.

Sometimes people watch a game and see turnovers and they talk about how sloppy the play was.

Sometimes the title is used by the studio head of the developer who created the game.

Sometimes in a chess game position, a piece may be considered to be in a situational pin.

Sometimes she acted as if it were all a game ; other times she would become offended.

Sometimes they poke other animals and then run away after drawing a reaction, as though they are playing a game.

Sometimes this modulator was built into the product ( such as video game consoles, VCRs, or the Atari, Commodore 64, or TRS-80 CoCo home-computers ) and sometimes it was an external unit powered by the computer ( in the case of the TI-99 or some Apple modulators ) or with an independent power supply.

Sometimes, professional 3D editing software, such as 3D Studio Max, Blender, AutoCAD, Lightwave, Maya, Softimage XSI or Grome is used, usually customized with a special plugin developed for the specific game.

Sometimes the copy protection code was needed not at launch, but at a later point in the game.

Sometimes under house rules, there might be cups of other liquors used during the game.

Sometimes this involves interacting with a rich technological environment such as a computer tutor or a game on the web and sometimes with other people by means of a computer network.

Sometimes the players are assumed to split the payoff equally ( V / 2 each ), other times the payoff is assumed to be zero ( since this is the expected payoff to a war of attrition game, which is the presumed models for a contest decided by display duration ).

* Sometimes, a player given five cards below ten ( either inclusive or exclusive-must be decides before game starts ) is allowed to replace them before the exchanges begin.

Sometimes the game is played to heighten the sexual atmosphere.

Sometimes, the flag holder may not be safe at all, even in his home territory, until he obtains both flags, thus ending the game.

Sometimes a game features a universe which is copied onto different servers, separating players, and this is called a " sharded " universe.

Sometimes game developers will use e-sports as a marketing outlet for their games, providing prize money for competition directly.

Sometimes it was employed throughout the game to reduce the number of possessions in hopes of getting an upset against a stronger team.

Sometimes referred to as the Rhumba Bowl or the Cigar Bowl, the game was the climaxing event of Cuba ’ s annual National Sports Festival.

Sometimes, players will find the colonists on the planet dying en masse unexpectedly, thus causing the game to end when everyone has died.

Sometimes referred to in English as Norwegian Coastal Express, Hurtigruten ships sail almost the entire length of the country, completing the roundtrip journey in 11 days.

Sometimes it happens that after praying or completing a benevolent exercise, the person finds himself in a kind spiritual disposition and therefore, is amenable to his brother and doesn ’ t get annoyed over his words.

Sometimes the sale of certain types of merchandise was prohibited, and in some cases all retail and business activity.

Sometimes these problems are eliminates, meaning certain artificial restrictions are imposed.

Sometimes certain fields, such as electronic engineering and computer engineering, are considered separate disciplines in their own right.

Sometimes, food aid provisions will require certain types of food be purchased from certain sellers, and food aid can be misused to enhance the markets of donor countries.

Sometimes, certain animals would carry appropriate signs with some kind of quip ( e. g. Hee Haw Donkey holding a sign that would say, " I'm looking for a " She-Haw!

Sometimes what is called for is a certain sort of explanation — not a causal explanation, but an explanation for example of how two different views, which seem to be contrary to one another, can be held at the same time, consistently.

Sometimes the deck is split into equal halves of 26 cards which are then pushed together in a certain way so as to make them perfectly interweave.

Sometimes the player can control the number and timing of blocks that drop from above in certain ways.

Sometimes psychological pressure is added by claiming that the Nigerian side, to pay certain fees, had to sell belongings and borrow money on a house, or by pointing out the different salary scale and living conditions in Africa, compared to the West.

Sometimes firms within a specific industry adopt certain pricing strategies to create barriers to entry, one of the most widely adopted strategy is limit pricing by lowering prices to a level that would force any new entrants to operate at a loss, this strategy is especially effective when the existing firms have a cost advantage over potential entrants.

Sometimes, a lack of certain vitamins and minerals can be caused in the host by the very high demand of the parasite.

Sometimes Daphnia may be used in certain environments to test the effects of toxins on an ecosystem, which makes them ' an indicator genus, particularly useful because of its short lifespan and reproductive capabilities.

Sometimes the composition of the original mixture will give a clue, if one finds only one product-a single powder pattern-or if one was trying to make a phase of a certain composition by analogy to known materials but this is rare.

Sometimes the differences were very minor, such as extra local language characters and symbols printed on certain keycaps ( e. g. French accented characters on Canadian IIe such as " á ", " é ", " ç ", etc., or the British Pound "£" symbol on the UK IIe ) while other times the layout and shape of keys greatly differed ( e. g. European IIe ).

Sometimes he seems to regard the predisposition to experience certain images as understandable in terms of some genetic model ' - as with the collective arm.

Sometimes, the occupancy of conduction-band states can be described by putting the Fermi level in a certain position relative to the band structure, whereas the occupancy of valence-band states can be described putting the Fermi level in a different position relative to the band structure.

Sometimes Hilbert's statements were not precise enough to specify a particular problem but were suggestive enough so that certain problems of more contemporary origin seem to apply, e. g. most modern number theorists would probably see the 9th problem as referring to the ( conjectural ) Langlands correspondence on representations of the absolute Galois group of a number field.

Sometimes certain add-ons require other utility add-ons in order to work correctly with the simulator.

Sometimes, a ceremony may only be performed by a person with certain authority.

Sometimes the orientation of certain planes needs to be distinguished, for instance in medical imaging techniques such as sonography, CT scans, MRI scans, or PET scans.

Sometimes certain myths developed in altogether different ways.

Sometimes certain objects have to be found and / or retrieved on the way.

" Sometimes, the non devout seek out prescriptions from him through certain Taoist priests.

Sometimes the embarrassed person will try to mask embarrassment with smiles or nervous laughter, especially in etiquette situations ; such a response is more common in certain cultures, which may lead to misunderstanding.