In 2008, a 10-year-old boy in Omaha, Nebraska, died from brain injuries suffered from falling onto a metal pole while playing tag. Tag and other chasing games have been banned in some schools in the United States due to concerns about injuries, complaints from children that it can lead to harassment and bullying, and that there is an aspect to the game that possesses an unhealthily predatory element to its nature. Yet, this rule may come into play only if the crossing of fingers is shown if the fingers are not shown to the person who is it, then the crossing does not count. When playing the game tag, some may cross fingers to let others know that they, the player, cannot be it. Players may also make themselves safe from being tagged by the use of a truce term. In much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, the state or home base of being immune from tagging is known as "times" or "T", most likely as mutilation of "time out". In the United Kingdom, the base is frequently known as "den". Variants include gould, goul, and ghoul, and alternatives include base and home.
The term "gool" was first recorded in print in Massachusetts in the 1870s, and is common in the northern states of the US. This safe zone has been called a "gool", "ghoul", or "Dell", probably a corruption of "goal". Traditional variants are Wood tag (see knock on wood), Iron tag, and Stone tag, when a player is safe when touching the named material. Players may be safe from being tagged under certain circumstances: if they are within a pre-determined area, off the ground, or when touching a particular structure. Some variants have a rule preventing a player from tagging the person who has just tagged them (known as "no tag-backs", "no catch-backs", "no returns", "can't tag your master" or "can't get the butcher back"). A simple variation makes tag an elimination game, so that tagged drop out of play. Many variants modify the rules for team play or place restrictions on tagged players' behavior. In some variations, the previous "it" is no longer "it" and the game can continue indefinitely, while in others, both players remain "it" and the game ends when all players have become "it". The player selected to be "it" then chases the others, attempting to "tag" one of them (by touching them with a hand) as the others try to avoid being tagged. Players (two or more) decide who is going to be "it", often using a counting-out game such as eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
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