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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30650 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Shiny new thread, please continue. And if it isn't obvious, say which game your post relates to. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Thank you Gary. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Looks like we've had some negative feedback on Julie's rule change for the Word Link game. I thought the ~ (tilda) added clarity to some of the posts, and sometimes a little commentray seemed appropriate, especially if the connection to the previous word was not obvious to some of us. But like I said earlier, it's Julie's thread, I can play by the new rule. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I think we are lucky to have Julie’s wise council. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
I admit to using the ~ but it felt wrong. If a word is not an obvious match I google it and have only found one time when I could see no link. I like the change. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30650 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Tilde this. I think the original intent was for compound words, those that are a single entry in the dictionary but are also two individual words, hyphenated or not. I think the intent was to show which word was the one being posted, the other being the previous post. A sort of not only can I post one word, but I got two words in one flourish. Maybe some examples: bad hand > ~full -- full doesn't really flow from hand, even though "handful" (note spelling difference) is a word. questionable soup > ~bowl -- bowl only flows through "soup bowl" acceptable soup > ~kitchen -- kitchen does flow from soup and "soup kitchen" also Unfortunately I don't know how to reduce this to a simple rule, if Julie was of a mind to allow it. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
The tilde is unnecessary. In each of your examples the link is obvious, but maybe a little devious. It is up to the person following to establish their own links between the words, and not be spoon-fed in a given direction. The real art is find a new word that will force the next person into a blind alley. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
The tilde is unnecessary. Exactly |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Try it and see ;-) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
I thought it was fun watching other peoples thought processes. That is now gone. Yeah, what fun a Pshrink might have reviewing the Word-link threads. Or some of the TLPTPW threads. (8{) I enjoyed many of the (asides) and (explanations), but I can still enjoy the game without them. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30650 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Wondering how Vic got mirror out of "looking glass tree" Noun: Large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
To be fair I would have said the same thing. And why multiple words for the last few posts. Or is this an anti-anti tilde protest? Edit~ Is every word now going to be googled before a person can play? [/quote] Old James |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
To be fair I would have said the same thing. And why multiple words for the last few posts. Or is this an anti-anti tilde protest? I thought it was "WORD" link, single linked words. I may be wrong as I have never seen the "rules". However it is really not a challenge to post more than one word. Looking glass tree, should have been just Tree, that would have got people thinking and is exactly the point of the game. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Or introduce a "challenge" rule - if you can't see the link challenge the poster to declare their hand, sorry link. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Or simply buy glasses maybe. So more rules you´ll implement so less users will play. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Chris - how a bout a game of MC? - I'm sure the colonials will enjoy that... (btw - Is John still in Nidd aft his abortive attempt to cross the Cam via Kings?) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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