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Another Rules game: MNOWAX and 3iff
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:42 am    Post subject: 121 Reply with quote

No matter how I try to say 'Yank' it does not sound like it starts with ee...
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:01 pm    Post subject: 122 Reply with quote

Wen Elur auLl Nonbackwards selUr Must eVah eHt boLd
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:02 pm    Post subject: 123 Reply with quote

like my previous rule, you can't be buzzed for tag errors when it you intended to bold the correct word.
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Zag
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:12 pm    Post subject: 124 Reply with quote

Amb* wrote:
No matter how I try to say 'Yank' it does not sound like it starts with ee...

Try saying "ee ank" as two syllables. Then say it faster and faster until that first syllable has collapsed into just a modifier of the a in ank.

This process is possibly clearer in the similarity of the English word "we" and the French word "oui." The W sound of we is really just an abbreviated "ou."

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like my previous rule, you can't be buzzed for tag errors when it you intended to bold the correct word.

I don't think it is quite the same. This rule specifically has to do with tags. The other rule was about punctuation, and then a tag got accidentally inserted at the end, which the forum software does if you had left one of the tag buttons still in the open state. I would say that the latter error (that is, an extra close tag at the end) is still not to be buzzed, as long as the bold is in the right place. But this doesn't exempt all tag mistakes.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:32 pm    Post subject: 125 Reply with quote

MNOWAX wrote:
Wen Elur auLl Nonbackwards selUr Must eVah eHt boLd
I doubt this will be sustained, but I prefer to read the rules much more strictly.

Buzz: You state that nonbackwards rules must be bold (pretty sure you meant to say words), but your rule is not backwards and is only partially bold.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:56 pm    Post subject: 126 Reply with quote

Zag wrote:

I don't think it is quite the same. This rule specifically has to do with tags. The other rule was about punctuation, and then a tag got accidentally inserted at the end, which the forum software does if you had left one of the tag buttons still in the open state. I would say that the latter error (that is, an extra close tag at the end) is still not to be buzzed, as long as the bold is in the right place. But this doesn't exempt all tag mistakes.


In the previous quote tage rule, i stated if you screwed up the quote tag, you couldn't be penalized for it. ( ie [/quote ) The same holds true for bold tags ( if for instance in the rule you see [b]aLl[/b} That wouldn't be a buzzworthy offense, becasue the intent was to bold it)
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:25 am    Post subject: 127 Reply with quote

Unfortunately, "uall" and "nonbackwards" are both not correctly spelled. On you last rule, you used "non-backwards" and then removed the hyphen. So there was two capital letters in it. This time, only one capital letter was used.

Sorry, I cannot allow it to go one way once and another way the next time. "non-backwards" would require two capital letter and you failed to capitalize anything in the "backwards" portion. buzz

And 3iff is the winner!
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:29 am    Post subject: 128 Reply with quote

And the after-the-fact addition of broken bold tags would not have been legal; it wasn't part of your rule. Not that it matters.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:33 am    Post subject: 129 Reply with quote

Grats, 3iff! Well done!
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:59 pm    Post subject: 130 Reply with quote

Congrats 3iff!

Fungah! Foiled again! I got really lucky most of the game anyway, every time it came to my turn the rules reset, so i give no credit t myself getting this far.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:35 am    Post subject: 131 Reply with quote

Congrats 3iff! Hopefully I'll last longer in the next rules game Enthusiastic Grin
Congrats also to Zag for successfully screwing my pronounciation of the word 'yank'
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3iff
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:10 am    Post subject: 132 Reply with quote

Well, I'm stunned. First time player and I actually win...although mostly thanks to players knocking themselves out.

Really enjoyed that and I'm definitely in for the next one... If there's interest in a new game then I'm happy to have a go at moderating it...

Thanks to my competitors who were perhaps not totally on their game this time.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:20 pm    Post subject: 133 Reply with quote

You are welcome to run one. I have run more than enough.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:40 am    Post subject: 134 Reply with quote

I will be interested.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:24 am    Post subject: 135 Reply with quote

Well, I seem to be starting up another quiz...but I think I'll have a go at moderating a rules game...

It'll be likely to start next week as I get next Mon/Tue off thanks to a bank holiday. Watch out for a new thread soon and sign up there...
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