It only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
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For those who don't understand the rules of the game of horseshoe, you throw horseshoes at a post in the ground. If your horseshoe is touching the post, you get some points; if your horseshoe is around the post, you get more points. That is why being close works in horseshoes.
If you don't know why being close works with hand grenades, then you need help.