Three Strikes

Wonder if life was a game ..... what would be closely related to it ? First thing people would select is chess ... well cos it has so many moves that even computers can't predict .... maybe american football with its defenses and offenses or soccer where only aim is to score a "goal" or a baseball when u score a home run only when you cover all the "bases" .... how about board games like scrabble where u r building stuff to score more "points" .... well i would say life is nothing more than a game of tic tac toe... u play it a few times and realize u can never win against an average opponent nor can u loose unless u want to... getting 2 crosses is always so easy but 3 strikes .... hmm gives a different perspective for the saying "two out of three ain't bad"