discussion of a new game: lists

Category: Game Parlor

Post 1 by fastfinge (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 14:34:59

I just had an idea for a game we could play here, and it won't result in unending threads with hundreds of comments! Here come the rules:
1. One person will start a topic on this board, called list: something. Something should be a type of thing, for example countries, rock groups from the 80s, fast food chains, african animals, flavours, whatever.
2. Players will post types of this thing (for example, if the topic was list: colours, players may post red, green, blue, etc). Players may only post one thing per comment, and they may not post two comments in a row. Players must read previous comments, to make sure the thing they're posting is unique (nobody else already thought of it); any player posting a duplicate entry will be disqualified.
3. There will be two categories of winner for each list: endurance and quantity. The quantity winner will be the player who has managed to post the most things in the list. The endurance winner will be the player who posted the last valid entry to the list.
4. Winners will be decided at a time indicated by the person who started the topic. This indication must be given in the first message of the topic; for example, "This is a list including all colors; I will figure out the winners in 2 days. Here we go: blue.". After that time, the person who started the topic should post a message letting everyone know who won in both categories. All topics must remain open for at least 1 day.
5. Any question about the validity of an entry is to be decided by the person who started the topic. This person may or may not insist on correct spelling, etc. She is also responsible for determining things like if Briton and England are two seperat entries in a list of countries.

When all is said and done, we'll wind up with two winners, hopefully several vaguely amused people, and a big long list of stuff on one particular subject that everyone can use as they like. What does everyone think? Too hard? Too easy? Too much work? Does anyone see any problems I didn't think of when writing the rules? If it looks interesting to you, go ahead and start a game of your own. I just figured I'd post these for discussion, to see if anyone is interested, and to see if there's anything I didn't think of.

Post 2 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 16:15:40

okay then. list of animals. winner will be anounced friday

Post 3 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 16:37:29

cat

Post 4 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 16:52:22

horse

Post 5 by fastfinge (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 17:04:59

dog

Post 6 by BB (move over school!) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 17:39:52

dog

Post 7 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 18:15:00

human being

Post 8 by fastfinge (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Wednesday, 10-May-2006 19:12:43

monkey

Post 9 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:18:35

bird

Post 10 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:18:46

cow

Post 11 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:18:52

pig

Post 12 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:19:26

rat

Post 13 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:19:51

mouse

Post 14 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:20:03

chicken

Post 15 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:20:32

sheep

Post 16 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:20:37

goat

Post 17 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:21:02

bear

Post 18 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:21:08

rabbit

Post 19 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:21:15

monkey

Post 20 by spfan15 (O&A Party Rock!!!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 0:22:20

snake

Post 21 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 6:00:04

lion

Post 22 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 7:02:29

tiger

Post 23 by Harp (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 8:02:33

well, by my reckoning, O&AFan567 is out because he repeated monkey, which had already been mentioned in post 8 by fastfinge. Bill AKA blind-bandit is also out because he was second on the list with dog. Again fastfinge mentioned dog first. Now I'll carry on with cat. O bum, that's already been said too. Smack me. I'm out.

Post 24 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 8:09:36

aardvark

Post 25 by fastfinge (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 9:07:17

turtle

Post 26 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 12:10:32

coyote

Post 27 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Thursday, 11-May-2006 15:12:16

Also, I thought the same person wasn't supposed to post more than one time until someone else posted... anyways, lepard

Post 28 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Friday, 12-May-2006 8:36:29

case closed

firstly harp, blind-bandit and o and a fan you are out.

the indurence winner is maria (aqa hermione granger) the other winner is fastfinj

Post 29 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 12-May-2006 11:37:17

Okay... Next category: names of bands.

Post 30 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Friday, 12-May-2006 12:09:51

air force marching band

Post 31 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Friday, 12-May-2006 12:18:02

I thought the winner was supposed to post the next topic?

Post 32 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Friday, 12-May-2006 12:18:55

Harry Potter characters. Ends in five days.

Post 33 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Friday, 12-May-2006 13:33:49

voldimort

Post 34 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 12-May-2006 13:38:34

Okay, sorry. I didn't mean to start a new category, if I wasn't supposed to, but I just read the rules again, and it doesn't say in there that one of the winners is supposed to start the new topic, but if this is the way it's going to be, then I apologize. the rules should've been more clear on that.

Post 35 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 12-May-2006 14:27:13

Also, if it's going to be a rule that one of the winners is supposed to post the next category, then, which winner will it be? The endurance winner? Or the quantity winner?

Post 36 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Friday, 12-May-2006 15:42:34

snape