A player will identify two "individuals" (for example: Jesus of Nazareth - the son of God, and Edson Arantes Do Nascimento - the Brazilian footballer usually known as Pele). Other players are then invited to suggest which of the pair they would rather be. The site takes its name from one of the benchmark questions that often arises during a session of this game, namely:

"Who would you rather be, Jesus or Pele?"

Variations of this game are commonly played by groups of students or young professionals, usually in the drinking arena and thus the rules are inevitably rather abstract.