Contest generally connotes a fixed length group activity with a single, or small and usually predefined set of winners.  Game is really the correct term, IMHO, but it&#x27;s still negatively associated with productivity, to the degree some people don&#x27;t like to admit they play games, which is likely only true in their mind because of their overly constrained idea of what a game is.<p>We spend much of our childhood doing accelerated learning through play (games).  There&#x27;s no reason that can&#x27;t continue into adulthood, except for it culturally being slightly unacceptable.  That&#x27;s really counter-productive.