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Guess the Location Thread Rules thread

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  • #102
    Fred Swanson
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  • #103
    Pawwed Rig
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Yeah I would have thought that was obvious. I saw the back and forth on the thread but there was not actually any pic from outside of Ireland so didn't see any reason to act on it.

    The clue is in the thread title :pac:
    Also in the OP
    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    There's a popular thread in this forum called Guess the Location (town or village) and the locations are always in Ireland.

    So I was thinking, might be fun to have a parallel thread where you can guess the location around the world.


  • #104
    Fred Swanson
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  • #105
    Pawwed Rig
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    Report any that you see and we will sort it.


  • #106
    Fred Swanson
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  • #107
    enda1
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    The pitch one is truly taking the piss all right.

    The 1 guess rule has also been flagrantly disregarded by the new and the old.


  • #108
    Pawwed Rig
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    enda1 wrote: »
    The 1 guess rule has also been flagrantly disregarded by the new and the old.

    Report any that you see and we will sort it.


  • #109
    Pawwed Rig
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Agreed but in general I think it has turned into little more than a guessing game. First guess continent then country then city.


  • #110
    enda1
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    Could I suggest that a brief restatement of the rules be made in line with the thread at this stage by a mod, just to cut down on the uncertainty and chatter?


  • #111
    Pawwed Rig
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    enda1 wrote: »
    Could I suggest that a brief restatement of the rules be made in line with the thread at this stage by a mod, just to cut down on the uncertainty and chatter?

    Done and title updated pointing everyone to post 1


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  • #112
    Pawwed Rig
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    How do we feel on this rule?

    OP doesn't confirm/deny the country for the first 30 guesses;

    This one has been ignored by everyone. Will we abandon/enforce/reduce??


  • #113
    Fred Swanson
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  • #114
    enda1
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    I think that's fair enough in the end.
    The country/continent confirmation in hindsight has ruined it somewhat.


  • #115
    Pawwed Rig
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    We'll see how it goes with the rules highlighted anyway. Please report any issues including off topic posting and bickering. Thanks.


  • #116
    JCX BXC
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    I think the first 30 posts is excessive. 20 should be correct in my opinion.


  • #117
    Red Hare
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    Yeah , I think 20 posts is better than 30, its much more realistic to get people to stick to


  • #118
    jmayo
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    How do we feel on this rule?

    OP doesn't confirm/deny the country for the first 30 guesses;

    This one has been ignored by everyone. Will we abandon/enforce/reduce??
    Red Hare wrote: »
    Yeah , I think 20 posts is better than 30, its much more realistic to get people to stick to

    Can there also be a time limit on this ?

    Some pics are not descriptive enough to narrow it down to a few countries and it could be any of dozens of countries.
    And yes I have been guilty of this.
    And before some get on their high horses, some prominent long term posters have put up some questionable ones too.

    Anyway after 24 hours if you are going to have hints why not allow country guesses ?

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • #119
    GBX
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    jmayo wrote: »
    Can there also be a time limit on this ?

    Some pics are not descriptive enough to narrow it down to a few countries and it could be any of dozens of countries.

    After 24 hours if you are going to have hints why not allow country guesses ?

    I'm agreed on this. Current pic being an example http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=96063827&postcount=4009


  • #120
    Fred Swanson
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  • #121
    Red Kev
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    Personally I think country guesses should be allowed straight away as it keeps the thread moving along a lot quicker.

    If not, at a bare minimum after 24 hours or 10 guesses. Some photos (including ones I put up), could be literally anywhere in North America or Europe.


  • #122
    Pawwed Rig
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    If they could be literally anywhere then it is little more than a guessing game whereas I would have thought the point of the game was to closely look at the pics and discover clues that allow 'educated' guessing rather than a scatter gun approach.

    I'll amend to 20 guesses or 24 hours.


  • #123
    Fred Swanson
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  • #124
    JCX BXC
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    As someone who did play the game for a while, I found all players, especially Fred very welcoming. Maybe if some people read the rules it would seem more tolerable?

    Also, why delete any posts at all? It leads to a HELL of alot of confusion.

    Rules are rules. You can't just decide not to follow them and get annoyed when people cite you for it!

    I played the game for a while and I'm sure I may have missed one or two of the rules, but it went on anyway. I don't think people are nit picky


  • #125
    Pawwed Rig
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    Haven't been following the thread myself recently but I count 20 deleted posts from 1 user in the last 3 days. Surely it can be understood how confusing that makes the thread?


  • #126
    josip
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Haven't been following the thread myself recently but I count 20 deleted posts from 1 user in the last 3 days. Surely it can be understood how confusing that makes the thread?

    Could you PM that 1 user asking them not to delete posts? That will avoid any open confrontation and we'll all be hunky dory once more in some small forgotten corner of Cambodia. Tx.


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  • #127
    black_frosch
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    Red Kev wrote: »
    Personally I think country guesses should be allowed straight away as it keeps the thread moving along a lot quicker.
    I second that.
    It's a game, make it easy, dynamic and fun.


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