Picture Hunt!

[milkshake]

Hi,

Welcome to Picture Hunt!. This game is based on the French board game Dixit. It is a game of creative thinking and intentional vagueness.

Here's how to play in five steps:
1. One player (the "hunt master") picks from anywhere in the world one picture, and creates one phrase to describe, caption, or otherwise relate to that picture. They post their phrase.
2. Everyone and anyone who wants to do so PMs the hunt master a picture of their own, with the phrase in mind. These pictures are intended to distract and deceive the other players.
3. The hunt master recieves the pictures and posts all of the pictures along with his own in random order.
4. Everyone votes by PMing the hunt master the number of the picture they think is his.
5. The hunt master reveals the votes and points are scored.

Here's how points are scored (it's important!):
1. If anyone voted for the hunt master's picture, that player/those players and the hunt master himself all get three points each.
2. If no one voted for the hunt master's picture, or everyone did, everyone (in the world! Yes, even the Dalai Lama) except the hunt master gets two points.
3. In any case, everyone except the hunt master gets one point for every person who votes for their picture.

Points are good! For now let's say we're playing to 20.

There's just two other rules I can think of: Cheating is prohibited, and keep it PG.

Traditionally the person whose birthday is the closest goes first. Since, as far as you know, it's my birthday right now, I'll start things off!

[milkshake]

Round Number 1-

Phrase (mine): Bananana!

Points-
Me: 0
You: 0
The Dalai Lama: 0

So, to start playing, PM me a picture that you think people will vote for given the phrase.

[Cordelia]

aw, sounds like fun :D

I'm in...I'll send you a Bananana...

I had previously read all about Dixit and would like to get a copy of it at some point.

[3iff]

Ok, HOW do I PM a picture?

[Jack_Ian]

/In
Picture sent

[Antrax]

So if 10 players are playing, and everyone guess the hunt master's picture, they get 2 points each and the hunt master gets 9?
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After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick!

[milkshake]

[3iff]

You should be getting an url for my picture.

[milkshake]

Got it, 3iff.

In response to a PMed question: Yes Bananana! with that many 'na's is the correct phrase.

[Dented Ford]

/picpmd

[milkshake]

Awesome, five pics other than mine already. I'll wait a little while longer to post them for voting in case some other people wanted to submit something. People can join in on any old round, though, so I think it should be fine for there to be a pretty quick turnaround!

[milkshake]

Great! Here are the candidates.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Commence voting! To vote, PM me the number of the entry you wish to vote for (you're trying to find mine, the one for which the phrase was created). Even those who didn't submit a picture of their own can vote if they wish.

Also if anybody wants to volunteer to be next round's hunt master, they can and should.

Remember: Bananana!

[Cordelia]

I'll volunteer :D

[milkshake]

Cool, start thinking about that phrase and picture! :D

[3iff]

I'm not seeing picture 6...is it just me?

[milkshake]

Hm, I can see it but here's an external link just in case (hopefully this works for you.)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002HMHQBA.jpg

[3iff]

Ah...my firewall problems I'm guessing...

[milkshake]

Only waiting for one last person's vote now.

[Jack_Ian]

Somebody poke the Dalai Lama and tell him to get a move on.

[milkshake]

Hm, yes, that darned Lama.

I suppose if he doesn't send in a vote by tomorow we should just press on without him. He will still get points if anyone voted for his picture.

[milkshake]

All the votes are in! Here we go...

7: Two people voted Cordelia's entry, number seven, the nana with bananas, bananana! Very witty (I was impressed), but not the original.
6: Unfortunately for Quailman, no one voted for Samantha Fox of Bananorama
5: One person voted for Dented Ford's entry, number five. Manamana!
4: Unfortunately for 3iff, nobody voted for bananagrams.
3: One person voted for Zag's highly unique photo.
1: One person voted for Jack_Ian's bananaman in shades.

And one, smart, knowledgeful person, Jack_Ian, voted for the correct entry: Number two, Beethoven:

He even provided this link! http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven_sym5_1.wav

What is Beethoven's favorite fruit? Ba-na-na-na!

Here's the score:
Jack_Ian: 4
milkshake: 3
Cordelia: 2
Dented_Ford and Zag: 1
3iff, Quailman, and the Dalai Lama: 0

So, Cordelia is up next. And that means I'll get to vote and make an entry so watch out.

[Quailman]

bah! I should've known it would be the one for which you could make no possible connection to a banana.

... and if you're familiar with Samantha Fox, you can understand why milkshake requested that I send a different photo than the first one - one on which the exposure had been adjusted.

[Jack_Ian]

I know the strangest things.
The picture I posted was of the artist Thomas Baumgärtel who is famous for spraying graffiti of bananas on walls of places he found worthy. He did one on a fruit stall near where I used to live in Germany. In retrospect, I should have posted a picture without a banana in it but that referenced him directly and let the user figure out the connection.
Also, I'm pretty sure Samantha Fox was never in Banarama.

[Undercover Monk]

I think I will join in this round
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Jack_Ian]

[milkshake]

[milkshake]

Now where did Cordelia get off to?

[milkshake]

Hm well does anybody else want to do it?

[Cordelia]

Yes, you'll have to wait a least a moment before you complain about where I've gotten off too :P

Okay, okay, here's my entry:

I Love You!

PM those pictures, so I can get my three points! :D

[milkshake]

Yay. Yeah I'm impatient sorry.

[Cordelia]

Just to clarify, I don't vote for any of them, right?

I've got 5 entries, I'll close it on Wednesday, I guess.

[3iff]

Question.

What would happen if the puzzle setter and a competitor were to choose the same picture? A long shot I know. Worth a bucket of points perhaps?

[Jack_Ian]

Sure you can vote Cordelia. Just remember to vote for yourself.

[Jack_Ian]

[milkshake]

[ralphmerridew]

In the dictionary game, a person who submits the correct definition as a fake only gets the points for "choosing correct definition". S/he doesn't get anything special for it, and loses the opportunity to get points for getting people to pick his/her fake definition. (The duplicate is removed from the voting.)

I'd say that a person who duplicated the hunt master's photo gets three points from rule 1, possibly two points from rule 2, but can't get any rule 3 points.

If two competitors choose the same photo, I'd say that the rule 3 points shoudl be split evenly between them.

[milkshake]

ralphmerridew's way seems smart.

Is this the part where I start asking Cordelia where he's gone again? ^^

[Cordelia]

I was just waiting for someone to resend their picture. Here are the results for voting! Also, quick note, some images may only be working in IE and not Firefox...curious? (if anyone knows how to fix that within the img tags, please let me know!

I Love You!

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

You're trying to find mine and pm to me the correct number. I believe even non-submitters of photos are allowed to vote. Good luck with that!

[milkshake]

Ooh, 9 entries very obfuscatiously nice.

Also if anybody wants to volunteer to be next round's hunt master, they can and should.

[Cordelia]

Thanks to whomever fixed the bad one :D