On-Upsmanship Forum Game -- Mode 1 (PVP)

[Jumper_0]

Well, I just thought of this, so lets see who is interested. The plan is, I come up with an insult, and then the next person to post rates it on a scale of 1 to 100. 1 being the worst, 100 being the best. Then that person posts their own insult, but it has to be directly related to and in retaliation to the original insult. And then the next person to post will post their score of the insult above them, and then retaliates to the better scored of the two. However, if a retaliation is not better than the previous, then it gets excluded from the game. Example:

First post:
Insult A

Second post:
Insult B in retaliation to Insult A
Score of insult A (In spoilers)

Third post:
Insult C In retaliation to Insult A
Score of Insult B (Less than the score of Insult A, and in spoilers)

Fourth post:
Insult D in retaliation to Insult C
Score of insult C (Greater than the score of Insult A, and in spoilers)

and so on. I have an idea for a different kind of play, more of a battle royal type of play, but I will start a new forum in about a week or so, depending on the popularity of this one.

Final rules.

Rule One:
No making personal attacks on people, or things you know about people. Keep everything in good spirit, and dont set out to hurt someone specifically.

Rule Two:
If you feel that someone might hit a sore point, Such as daddy issues or a dead girlfriend, then do not post an insult. Just keep in mind that all insults should be as filthy as possible, no holding back, but dont use personal information. Do not say anything and mean it, it is all in good fun.

Rule Three:
Do not open any spoilers and check the scores until after you have rated the one above you, and dont try and chose one insult specifically. Just rate it fairly.

Rule Four:
Have fun. This is just for good laughs, no Flame wars. If someone says something truly insulting, Don't Respond. Don't yell at people or tell them they are stupid. This is all for jokes, and you cannot take anything said here seriously, or as facts about what that person believes.

Anyways, here is the first post. Remember, The responses are supposed to be RESPONSES. Make it in direct reply to that Insult. Also, dont use actions. try to keep it entirely words. say what you WOULD do if you absolutely need actions.

[Duke Gnome]

Yeah? Well you fight like a cow.

[Jumper_0]

[Amb]

+Awesome points for Duke Gnome. That made me laugh very very hard!

You never did know when to use that one

[novice]

I don't think this works well with profanity. Monkey Island style insults are fun though. I played a mafia game where one character was Guybrush Threepwood - his special daytime ability was to start an insult duel with another player, and whoever lost the insult duel was lynched (in addition to the normal lynch). (Players voted for whoever they found scummiest, or whoever had the best insults, depending on how into roleplay they were).

[The Potter]

Your legs are weak and your feet stink!
(Or is that too far below the belt?)
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[Jumper_0]

Well i guess this thread is dead if no one wants to actually reply...

[groza528]

I think the problem is that the starter has too many lines of thought associated with it. You can't really come up with a clever witty retort to a hodgepdoge, so this would quickly become a case of people saying a selection of random things intended to be insulting to a hypothetical person and following no particular thread.

For example, if someone were to propose that I was ugly, a lush, smelly, possibly a cheapskate, and not believably developed as a character, there's no logical way to respond. My illogical response would have to be that the attacker was uneducated, lazy, had an irritating voice, probably looks ridiculous in a tam-o-shanter, and will never quite master the challenge of talking to multiple people at the same time.

Repeat that process five or six times and you've got more patience than I do.

In order for this to work, the comments have to be brief and confine themselves to a single train of thought. And I agree, profanity should be discouraged. It's not classy enough to upstage somebody.

Also, it's spelled "one."

[Thok]

No, no, no. The proper response should have been.