Just One - New Game Sign Up Thread

Necro

Hi folks,

This game is brought to you by well... me - and shamelessly stolen from another site (thanks for the PM Deja Boo )

Just One is a puzzle game - with some simple rules, outlined below:

To play the game, everyone on each team but one person is given a list of secret words for that round. Then everyone submits a 1-word clue to those secret words. The game mod removes any duplicate words and posts the unique clues and the one person from each team then guesses the secret words.

For each word the guesser gets correct, their team gets a point; if wrong, they lose a point. They can also pass on guessing a word, and the team's score is unchanged.

Example:
Secret Word: Michael Jackson

Clues submitted:
Thriller
Moonwalk
Superstar
Dance
Moonwalk
Thriller

Thriller and Moonwalk were duplicated so would be thrown out and the guesser would be given the clues:

Superstar, Dance

They would then either guess Michael Jackson (1 point) or Taylor Swift (-1 point) or pass (0 points).

I will go with 4 teams of 5 for the first game, to be reviewed depending on interest.

Further rules to follow in the next post, but honestly - it isn't complicated.


Sign Ups:

1. Clarabel
2. Kolido
3. BuileBeag
4. sKeith
5. Electric Nitwit
6. kitten_k
7. Trigger
8. Reberetta
9. Deja Boo
10. Also Starring Levar Burton
11. tusk
12. duffman13
13. lassykk
14. Mollyb60
15. Green&Red
16. Barney92
17. Homer J. Fong
18. mustang shelly
19. MicksJaguar
20. LadySkunk

Necro

Here are some additional rules:


What clues are allowable

The clue must be composed of a single word.

Note: a digit, a number, an acronym, an onomatopoeia, or a special character are all considered to be words.

Example: 007 is allowed to help someone guess Bond, just like Riiiiiinnng or SMS are allowed to help someone guess Telephone, and $ is allowed to help someone guess America.

If an acronym is used, the secret word may not be part of it. For example, AT&T would not be a valid clue if the secret word was telephone.

Also, hyphenated words are totally fine, as long as their existence predates this thread (see more below). "yellow-haired" and "tow-headed" would be valid clues for blonde. "not-brunette" would not be a valid clue for blonde.




What clues are not allowable

A clue may not be identical or similar to any of the other secret words. For example, if "fox" and "fire" are two of the secret words, then fire is not an allowable clue for fox, and fox is not an allowable clue for fire.

In addition:

1) The clue may not be the secret word written in a different language. Calamari is not a valid clue for "squid."

2) The clue may not be from the same family as, or have the same root as, the secret word. Prince is not a valid clue for "princess." Washroom is not a valid clue for "bathroom."

3) The clue must be a pre-existing word. That is, you cannot make up words for the sake of the clue, but words that are not in the dictionary but exist independently of this thread are valid clues. Example - yumyumjuice would not be a valid clue for "alcohol."

4) The clue may not contain a significant component of the secret word, even if the root is different. Grass is not a valid clue for "grasshopper," and grasshopper is not a valid clue for "grass."

5) The clue must refer to the word itself, and not a homonym of the word or a similar-looking word. If the word is "sun," then daughter is not a valid clue. If the word is "mind," then Kaling is not a valid clue.

6) The clue must relate to the meaning of the word rather than, for example, how the word sounds or how many letters it has. Leather is not a valid clue for "weather," and three is not a valid clue for "egg."



When will clues be duplicated:

Clues that are too similar to other clues will be duped at the moderator's discretion. I will try to be consistent and apply the duplication rules in good faith. I may solicit advice on what I perceive to be close calls. I may make mistakes, but I will try not to, and I ask for your forgiveness if I do.

Fundamentally, when words appear similar, I am looking to see whether cluegivers have distinct concepts in mind that do not share the same root. For example, if the secret word is "lawn," then grass and grasshopper would be valid clues that are not duplicates, because their root is different (grass and hopper, respectively) and they are conveying different things. Likewise, Superman and Supergirl would not be duped, because the roots are different (man and girl) and they are referring to different things. However, bite and bitten as clues for "eat" would be considered duplicates of each other, as would highway and freeway as clues for "road." Again, there will be judgment calls, but I will do my best to be consistent.

Clarabel

yes please

Kolido

I'm not out

Count me in please!

sKeith

In

Necro

Couple of things I forgot to mention:

I will randomise the teams from the sign up list.

Teams can then discuss amongst themselves and decide their guesser.

I'll mention the time limits for the clues to go up once the game thread is posted - most likely 24 hrs though.

Electric Nitwit

kitten_k

In

Trigger

Beam me up Nec... I mean I'm in!

Reberetta

I'm in.

Deja Boo

I've no clue...








...so I'm in

Trigger

Do we submit the clues by PM yeah? It's probably clear in the OP's but I'm having a brainfart :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Sign Me Up!

Necro

Trigger wrote:

Do we submit the clues by PM yeah? It's probably clear in the OP's but I'm having a brainfart

That's correct yes.

I'll supply the words to the teams and you each send me back a clue for the guesser.

I'll then post the non-duplicated clues on the game thread for the guessers.

tusk

gwan

duffman13

Sure why not, might have extra free time in the coming weeks

Necro

Up to 12 now, nice number where we could go with three teams of 4 players if needs be.

I'll leave sign ups open across the weekend anyways.

lassykk

I'd give this a go too if it doesn't throw numbers out

Mollyb60

Yeah count me in. Could need the entertainment over the next week.

Obviously teammates can't confer on their clues? Hence the duplicates.

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote:

Obviously teammates can't confer on their clues? Hence the duplicates.

Yeah no conferring. I'll just have to trust ye

Green&Red

Yes please

Barney92

In too please, if there's still room.

Necro

Up to 16 now, again a nice round number if we can't get a full 20

Sure count me in, I've no qualm with messing up your nice round total.

Tauriel

Sure I'll throw my hat into the ring if there's still room

Necro

Up to 18 now. I can do three teams of 6 if needs be...

*Waits for someone to sign up and wreck my perfect number planning again*

(Jokes, 2 more sign ups and I can start to kick this thing off )

Necro

And we have 20 players

I will now randomise the teams... be back shortly!

LadySkunk

In

Necro

Ok folks, my randomiser has produced the following 4 teams:


Team 1:
LadySkunk
Electric Nitwit
duffman13
Deja Boo
mustang shelly


Team 2:
Homer J. Fong
Trigger
Also Starring Levar Burton
Mollyb60
Reberetta



Team 3:
Barney92
Kolido
MicksJaguar
sKeith
BuileBeag


Team 4:
tusk
Clarabel
Green&Red
lassykk
kitten_k


You can give yourselves a name if ye like

Teams now have until Monday evening at 6pm to decide on their guessers, I can randomise the guesser if teams wish also.

After that I will PM the other 4 members of the team the keywords and they can PM me back their clues.

tusk

Necro wrote: »

Team 4:
tusk
Clarabel
Green&Red
lassykk
kitten_k

This does not bode well...

Sorry in advance team

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Team 1:
LadySkunk
Electric Nitwit
duffman13
Deja Boo
mustang shelly

Whoo! Go Team 1!



I've no preference on who guesses or doesn't...

Clarabel

what the **** are we doing?
Green are you te boss? Kitten the brains? lass the looks and well Tuskabel the messers

Deja Boo

Team 1 has got this

Guessing is not my strong point ...just stayng :pac:

Tauriel

I have a habit of not thinking within the box...... Could cause issues

Trigger

Necro wrote: »

Team 2:
Homer J. Fong
Trigger
Also Starring Levar Burton
Mollyb60
Reberetta

I have a good feeling about this one!

So who is good at Pictionary/charades any games like that? :pac:

tusk

Clarabel wrote: »

what the **** are we doing?
Green are you te boss? Kitten the brains? lass the looks and well Tuskabel the messers

does it matter that i haven't read the instructions?

Electric Nitwit

tusk wrote: »

does it matter that i haven't read the instructions?

You're in the team coming fourth, that's all you really need to know

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Necro wrote: »

Team 2:
Homer J. Fong
Trigger
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Mollyb60
Reberetta

Trigger wrote: »

I have a good feeling about this one!

So who is good at Pictionary/charades any games like that? :pac:

Yeah, we seem to have a pretty stacked team alright - hopefully it'll translate well to this type of a game.

I feel I'd be pretty good with coming up with clues as I've seen variations of this game play out before which is probably an advantage. My general knowledge is fairly decent too though, and that's probably an important trait for whoever our guesser ends up being.
What I'm saying is, I'm easy either way really...

Clarabel

tusk wrote: »

does it matter that i haven't read the instructions?

i did and I still am not clear what is going on. Where is our adult?

I think we have to name theteam, pickthe person who guesses, tell Necro and then he sends a PM to everyone else and there is no further team conferring.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

If it was just you and me on the team Trig our team name could be Only Fools & Star Trek (we should remember that one if there's ever a duo comp and we're paired up), but since there's five of us, any ideas for a Team Name anyone?

Also, should we be discussing our team names and who are guesser will be in thread or elsewhere?

Necro

Discuss em here is grand I think

lassykk

I'm not the best guesser but I'll have a good craic at giving a clue

No idea on team names!

Reberetta

Necro wrote: »

Homer J. Fong
Trigger
Also Starring Levar Burton
Mollyb60
Reberetta

The Trigger-Happy Rebels and Mollywood Stars!!!

Green&Red

Green&Red

Green&Red

That’s I think we should call our team


“I’m a four, baby”

Green&Red

I’m happy to guess for our team

kitten_k

Sounds good to me G&R!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Reberetta wrote: »

The Trigger-Happy Rebels and Mollywood Stars!!!

I absolutely love it, but just to incorporate Homer into it a bit too (because if he's already included, I'm not twigging it), how about...

The Trigger-Happy Rebels and Yellow Mollywood Stars

or

The Trigger-Happy Rebels and Mollywood J. Stars

There's at least a reference to each of us in there now, if not a name drop... I quite like the second option. Rolls off the tongue nicely.

My team should be called 'BuileBeagIsAmazingAndAlsoVeryBeautiful'.

All in favour.... AYE.... Motion passed.

Not my fault none of the rest of my team have bothered to show up and therefore missed this very democratic vote!!!