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carson
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response 275 of 1008:
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Aug 12 15:54 UTC 1994 |
posted
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rcurl
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response 276 of 1008:
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Aug 12 16:18 UTC 1994 |
I apologize for the error in yellow=1. I keep a written list of the
words when I play, and I had it correct in that list. I made the error
in transcribing it here. (Of course, I'm *sure* I transcribed it
correctly, and it must be the recent disk problems that changed it.....)
robots
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carson
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response 277 of 1008:
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Aug 12 17:51 UTC 1994 |
(of course, you know the punishment for making errors is death, or at
least an unability to guess the word before anyone else does. Look at
me. ;>)
excuse
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rcurl
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response 278 of 1008:
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Aug 12 20:48 UTC 1994 |
8=p. The error was unintentional, and it *does* add to the challenge. You
may point out errors as they are discovered during the game. "To err
is human."
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carson
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response 279 of 1008:
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Aug 12 21:14 UTC 1994 |
(don't forget to make a guess, rcurl!)
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kentn
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response 280 of 1008:
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Aug 12 23:40 UTC 1994 |
scored 1 (carson)
hunter 0 (asp)
posted 0 (carson)
robots 0 (rcurl)
excuse 1 (carson)
I would hope that people are not going to throw randomized guesses
out. The rules state that we may challenge what we believe to be a
"non-word" and my interpretation of that rule is to keep people from
guessing nonsense. Now that I know who doesn't keep many dictionaries
at hand to defend themselves, as I have had to do several times
(successfully, I might add), maybe I should challenge more often.
The need for a source is not absolute, of course, but it strengthens
your defense immensely if you can offer a valid source.
Just remember, even though you have arrived at a word by process of
elimination, you may be challenged to prove that it *is* a word.
A summary of guesses may be seen by typing !more /u/kentn/letter.match
from a Picospan prompt.
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aruba
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response 281 of 1008:
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Aug 13 00:13 UTC 1994 |
sparse
Feel free to challenge my guesses, Kent; as I said I don't expect any that
aren't words to be scored. I only resorted to blind guessing on the last
word when it had become clear that it was my only hope. My point was that
if you don't allow that, then anyone without vast resources might as well
not play, and I don't want to see that happen, for the sake of the game.
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srw
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response 282 of 1008:
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Aug 13 03:28 UTC 1994 |
I certainly agree with Mark that if you guess the word correctly you
should not have to demonstrate that it is a word. That should be the
province of he or she who is *it*.
attain
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kentn
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response 283 of 1008:
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Aug 13 04:39 UTC 1994 |
sparse 1 (aruba)
attain 0 (srw)
There is no need for "blind guessing" -- you can always guess real words
(as some of us did) to eliminate possible letters. srw, challenges
are up to anybody (at least the rules don't say they are the exclusive
province of the perons who is it); at that point (say, the correct
word has been guessed, but not scored yet), you have to meet the
challenge as all who have been challenged have...with proof. If not,
then challenges are meaningless...and I've been wasting my time with
meeting them. If you want to make this an exclusive club where some
people get challenged and others don't or some people get help with
their challenges and others don't, go right ahead. That's not very
nice, but what the hey.
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aruba
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response 284 of 1008:
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Aug 13 04:58 UTC 1994 |
You're missing the point, Kent - if the word we're trying to guess isn't
in my dictionary, and I'm not allowed to guess anything that's not in my
dictionary, then there is no way I can win. I would like to see this NOT
become an exclusive club where only those with large physical resources
have any hope of winning.
scream
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srw
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response 285 of 1008:
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Aug 13 05:41 UTC 1994 |
You did miss my point. Anyone may challenge, but the *winning* word need
not be justified by the guesser, but rather should be justified by the
person who chose that word for the game.
"orient"
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rcurl
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response 286 of 1008:
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Aug 13 06:00 UTC 1994 |
I hope the "rules" stand up to all this analysis - I wrote them without
ever having played the game on a computer conference - but if something
needs fixing, we'll fix it. The "bottom line", of course, is that the
target word must be an English word. Guesses that are not words are
common in the "travel" game, and they are usually considered a lot of
fun and everyone laughs. The only thing that is different here is those
"resources". Well, if someone has a dictionary with more and obscurer
words, the game might run longer if they are "it", but it will end,
and someone with fewer resources will play. Still, a dictionary is
essential to this version of the game, and I suggest a good one. Go
to a Kiwani's sale, or a Library sale, and pick up a good one for $1.
thusly
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kentn
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response 287 of 1008:
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Aug 13 07:06 UTC 1994 |
You all miss my point...but fuck it.
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carson
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response 288 of 1008:
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Aug 13 11:58 UTC 1994 |
(this all becomes much nicer when we stop bickering over moot points and just
play the game. Remember: FUN.)
bicker
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aruba
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response 289 of 1008:
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Aug 13 13:39 UTC 1994 |
Agreed, Carson.
giggle
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brighn
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response 290 of 1008:
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Aug 13 14:38 UTC 1994 |
IMHO, it already is becoming a club for those with large physical
resources or large vocabularies. Why can't common words be the answers?
It would be just as fun, go faster, and bring more people in.
jujube
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srw
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response 291 of 1008:
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Aug 13 14:51 UTC 1994 |
I have tried to use simple words when I have had the con.
I was hoping to start a movement in that direction which would bring in
others and give them a chance to win. So far I have noticed two things:
(1) Few have followed my lead, and (2) The same people win anyway.
One advantage of using other words, especially since we generally
go to the trouble of discussing them when they're off the beaten path,
is that we all get a bit of vocabulary enhancement out of it.
I'll wait for an answer to the above guesses before guessing again.
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carson
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response 292 of 1008:
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Aug 13 16:54 UTC 1994 |
(my theory is that a simple word with many other words that are one letter
away would be much more difficult to guess, but I haven't had a chance to
test that theory yet. 'tis what happens when you screw up a letter count
while you are "it". really!)
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aruba
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response 293 of 1008:
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Aug 13 21:48 UTC 1994 |
I agree with Steve. I like it when the word is one I recognize. However
I recognize that my opinion is not universal, and at times I have run across
unusual words that I thought would be neat to use, and used them.
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flem
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response 294 of 1008:
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Aug 13 21:59 UTC 1994 |
(In honor of dang a while ago...)
stupid
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kentn
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response 295 of 1008:
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Aug 14 01:59 UTC 1994 |
bicker 0 (carson)
giggle 1 (aruba)
jujube 0 (brighn)
stupid 0 (flem)
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aruba
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response 296 of 1008:
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Aug 14 03:15 UTC 1994 |
Kent, you skipped "scream", "orient", and "thusly" in responses 284-286.
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srw
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response 297 of 1008:
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Aug 14 04:47 UTC 1994 |
engram
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rcurl
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response 298 of 1008:
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Aug 14 04:56 UTC 1994 |
glossy
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srw
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response 299 of 1008:
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Aug 14 05:12 UTC 1994 |
glossa (certain insect parts)
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