Thanks to UNIFY Gathering and a group of UNO fans, this weekend was one filled with heavy bangers and Wild Cards.

So many bands that you know and love were there, people like Parkway Drive, Architects and Tonight Alive. Make Them Suffer were also playing and during their set a group of lads appeared in the pit, they were playing a game of UNO. UNO at a festival in general is a pretty bold call but even more so during a track like this:

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The guy who had the idea and started throwing down those cards, Josh, joined us on the line to answer some questions. First up, why?

“Why not? That’s a better question.”

How did you come to be playing UNO in the Make Them Suffer pit?

“We’re from Brisbane, so on the way down we’ve been obsessively playing it, you know. Like every single day, hey. Every night just playing UNO, so even when we got to the festival we were having a few bevs in the morning, playin’ a bit of UNO and I think it just came to me then. I said it like half jokingly to my mates, like ‘oy, be pretty funny if we played it in the pit, hey?’. And then my mates Alex and Casey were just so crazy keen on it that they just really pushed for it and I don’t know, it just ended up happening.”

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What was the vibe in the pit? Were people respecting the game?

“I was surprised people were, like, getting really into it. We dropped some +4s and +2s and people were going ‘Woooooaaaaaahhhh’, really hypin’ into it. So, that was really cool, we didn’t actually get hit in the head too many times, which was also a plus. I was pretty stoked on the reception of our pit UNO.”

Did you get in many rounds?

“We sort of like had to time it, so whenever the pit opened up enough we’d run in and quickly play a little bit and run out and yeah, kept doing that a couple of times. Yeah, it was good fun.”

Is this your thing now?

“Oh yeah, I think we’re talkin’ about doing Monopoly next time. We’ll see how we go.”

Do you know if the band are aware of your pit UNO?

“I actually do. It’s so insane. I think they shared the video, which is just the most ridiculous thing because we didn’t even know anyone filmed it. So, that was the first time we saw it, with Make Them Suffer sharing us playing UNO, which is just so crazy. So awesome. I was way hyped on that, we all were.”

So, if people see you playing some kind of pit game, are they welcome to join?

“Oh, of course they’re free to join - definitely free to join. We can deal you in any time.”

Is this The Most Dangerous Game™ you’ve ever played?

“It’s definitely up there. Definitely up in the top five.”

Thanks Josh. Best of luck with any future beautiful ideas!

BONUS ROUND. From the textline: What’s the Most Dangerous Game™, besides hunting humans, you’ve ever played?

☏ Friends made up a bicycle jousting game at a festival where they go to the back of the dance floor and ride hard at each other with vegimite covered hard stale baguettes! There s blood sweat and vegimite tears

☏ Playing Extreme Bocce down to coast with the boys, which was just regular bocce that we were playing by the river and then decided to take to the waters. My friend ended up in the medical centre with a sliced open foot after an run in with some oysters. Jordan, Wollongong

☏ Mag pie swoop walk with your back to a magpie that swooping whilst your mates watch

☏ Not deadly, but bloody painful. My extended families kids have created a game called sting pong. 4 players, one each end, one each side, you rotate clockwise with every shot, and its your shot when at head of table. If you stuff the shot, shirt up and player at other end has a free shot at bare skin with ball...end up covered in welts !! Mark Sylvania

☏ As kids my best friend and i would shoot arrows at each other and see who could catch the most arrows

☏ No name for the game but dry swallow a berocca and then drink the water! Extreme... indigestion

☏ Me and some mates use to play brandings with a regulation cricket ball. We broke many bones needless to say. Cheers. Mick in Newcastle

☏ Most dangerous game. Bocchi with hand grenades. While i was in the army. luke, woodend.

☏ We played extreme darts One person holds the dart board. Geoffrey.

☏ In high school, my friends and I invented a game we called 'mega idiot death ball'. You all stand under a tall tree and throw a golf ball up in the air. It bounces around the branches and comes plummeting down to earth at speed. You all have to stand totally stationary under the tree and if you move or flinch, you lose. So many injuries - betcher from Wollongong