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carson
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response 600 of 1032:
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Apr 10 00:28 UTC 1996 |
I think it's just an order thing, and a way to keep the person with
the word from being swamped with guesses. I'm not sure that there's a
continued need for the rule, but it really did make sense at the time.
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signet
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response 601 of 1032:
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Apr 10 13:14 UTC 1996 |
But some of us only connect during certain times of the day and sometimes this
does not coincide with the current word owner having given counts.
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rcurl
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response 602 of 1032:
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Apr 11 18:42 UTC 1996 |
Unlimited guesses give a less fair advantage to the first person to read
this just after the answers to 100 guesses ( 8^{ ) is posted. It serves to
smooth out the play for more participants. The particular number, 5, was
arbitrary. In the original version of this game, there are a fixed number
of players, and everyone took turns. That is not feasible here, so the
guesses limit was substituted. Many games have arbitrary numbers: 9
innings, 5 (or 7) cards, 2 dice, 1 ball, etc. This particular game is "6
Letter, 5 Guess, LetterMatch (tm)"; "5 Letter, 5 Guess" is played in
another item. If there is enough interest, additional versions could be
started, though at some risk of diluting the clientele.
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orinoco
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response 603 of 1032:
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Apr 11 21:37 UTC 1996 |
phooey 0 (rcurl)
spanks 0 (albaugh)
wether 0 (rywfol)
banana 1 (aruba)
limber 0 (carson)
Respecting the 5-guess limit, although I am not sure I agree with it, I stop
here
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asp
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response 604 of 1032:
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Apr 12 04:43 UTC 1996 |
breach
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rcurl
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response 605 of 1032:
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Apr 12 18:18 UTC 1996 |
faring
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orinoco
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response 606 of 1032:
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Apr 12 22:14 UTC 1996 |
Sorry, there was an error in the previous entry. The scores are thus.
phooey 0
spanks *1*
wether 0
banana 1
limber 0
breach 0
faring 1
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rywfol
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response 607 of 1032:
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Apr 13 04:28 UTC 1996 |
landau
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orinoco
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response 608 of 1032:
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Apr 13 13:12 UTC 1996 |
landau 2 (rywfol)
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rcurl
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response 609 of 1032:
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Apr 13 17:13 UTC 1996 |
caddis
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asp
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response 610 of 1032:
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Apr 13 21:20 UTC 1996 |
streak
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rywfol
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response 611 of 1032:
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Apr 15 05:20 UTC 1996 |
tannin
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signet
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response 612 of 1032:
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Apr 15 13:34 UTC 1996 |
corral
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orinoco
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response 613 of 1032:
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Apr 15 20:09 UTC 1996 |
caddis 2 (rcurl)
streak 2 (asp)
tannin 1 (rywfol)
corral 2 (signet)
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rcurl
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response 614 of 1032:
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Apr 16 04:39 UTC 1996 |
caveat
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orinoco
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response 615 of 1032:
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Apr 17 01:14 UTC 1996 |
caveat 2 (rcurl)
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rywfol
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response 616 of 1032:
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Apr 17 03:34 UTC 1996 |
sawyer
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orinoco
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response 617 of 1032:
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Apr 17 20:04 UTC 1996 |
sawyer 1 (rywfol)
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asp
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response 618 of 1032:
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Apr 18 01:32 UTC 1996 |
carnal
by the way, how do you access that file with all the previouw guesses?
I am not familiar with the commands on this system at all!!
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rcurl
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response 619 of 1032:
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Apr 18 02:16 UTC 1996 |
I don't think orinoco has made one yet - it would be (if tradition is
followed) /u/orinoco/letter.match
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asp
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response 620 of 1032:
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Apr 18 21:01 UTC 1996 |
but given that name for the file, how do I read it? (I live in
fear of the day that I have to make one myself -- assuming I
guess right one of these days!)
anita
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rcurl
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response 621 of 1032:
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Apr 18 22:00 UTC 1996 |
You an read an earlier one, which I left in my directory, with the
command (entered at an Ok: prompt): !more /u/rcurl/letter.match
If you want to create such a file yourself, you can use the pico editor
with the command !pico letter.match (you don't need the path -
the /u/rcurl/ part, because it is your own directory).
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aruba
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response 622 of 1032:
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Apr 19 04:20 UTC 1996 |
I've been through the scores twice now, and each time I reach a contradiction.
orinoco, would you check them over? I think you may have made an error.
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rcurl
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response 623 of 1032:
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Apr 19 06:28 UTC 1996 |
I have the same sense, but I have not been able to frame a specific
contradiction (allowing any letter combinations as a word).
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signet
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response 624 of 1032:
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Apr 19 13:55 UTC 1996 |
garret
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