Fictionary Game 4

Fictionary is a game in the Games & Contests Rule Suite.

Game 1 || Game 2 || Game 3 || Game 4

Players:
1. Vynd
2. Slakko
3. Robin Hood
4. Rambo R Minuteman
5. two-star
6. Alfvaen
7. K 2
8. Studge
9. Altra the FireCat
10. JT
11. Anathema
12. /dev/joe
13. Eris

The game, and first round, began Fri, 02 Oct 1998 01:34:17 -0400. Vynd was the first Brainiac.

Vynd named decollate as the Ing word at Sat, 03 Oct 1998 20:20:55 -0400.

One player provided a correct definition, the list of 12 definitions was published at Wed, 07 Oct 1998 00:11:26 -0400:

1. A revealing blouse.
2. To be sad to an extreme.
3. To separate groups of sequentially ordered items into another order, such as sorting them into groups of like items, or arranging them randomly.
4. To separate a group of objects.
5. To deconstitute and separate into fractions, as with whale oil.
6. Of low quality, poor.
7. Chinese interior design.
8. To mix up, opposite of collate.
9. To remove the bark from a tree.
10. Behead.
11. To remove the neck, as of a bird before cooking.
12. Randomize.

The results of the round were announced at Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:03:11 -0400:

The correct definition is 10: Behead. JT submitted the correct definiton, and recieves 4 points (I recieve none).

The definitions submited by risE (6. Chinese interior design.), Studge (1. A revealing blouse), Altra the Firecat (2. To be sad to an extreme), and Slakko (4. To seperate a group of objects) all recieved no votes at all. Not a single one. Cooincidentally, none of the players involved recieve any points. Perhaps not so cooincidentally, risE's and Stidge's definitions were not the correct part of speech.

Rambo R. Minuteman's definition, 6. Of low quality, poor, is also the wrong part of speech, but two-star voted for it so Rambo gets 1 point.

Robin Hood's definition (8. To mix up, opposite of collate) was voted for by Rambo R. Minuteman. As Robin Hood also voted for the correct definition, he recieves a total of 3 points.

A Mean Hat's definition (12. Randomize) was voted for by /dev/joe. He recieves 1 point. two-star likewise recieves 1 point, as Alfvaen voted for definition 5: To deconstitute and seperate into fractions, as with whale oil. K 2's definition (9. To remove bark from a tree) gets 1 point for Studge's vote.

/dev/joe's definition (3. To seperate groups of sequentially ordered items into another order, such as sorting them into groups of like items, or arranging them randomly.) recieved the votes of Altra the Firecat, K 2, and risE. So /dev/joe gets 3 points.

Alfvaen's definition (11. To remove the neck, as of a bird before cooking.) was voted for by Anathema and Slakko. So Alfvaen recieves 2 points. 

At Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:11:49 -0400, Slakko announced that e was too slow in providing an Ing word, and hence that the ing word was ing by default.

At Tue, 20 Oct 1998 03:42:09 -0400, Slakko announced the results of Round 2:

The round has ended prematurely because more than 1 person submitted the correct definition. However, everyone who did submit the correct definition did so in the _exact_ form given by the rules, and the rules of Fictionary prohibit using _any means_ to look up the meaning of the given word. Coincidence? Game Misconduct? You make the call.

JT, Vynd and risE all submitted:

ing: A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.

This was the correct definition - they all get 3 points.

Alfvaen submitted:

An attempt to voluntarily handicap oneself in a game or contest so as to give other players a half-decent chance to come at least close to winning.

No-one else submitted a move in time, so all players other than these three and myself lose 1 point for performing the default action and submitting "".

At Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:31:49 -0400, Robin Hood announced that osier was the ing word.

At Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:56:17 -0500, A Mean Hat. pointed out that Robin Hood had failed to provide a list of definitions. The round therefore ended, with Robin Hood losing 5 points.

At Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:59:37 -0500, Gromit announced that the ing word was janizary.

At Thu, 05 Nov 1998 15:16:40 -0500, A Mean Hat. pointed out that Gromit had failed to provide a list of definitions.
The round therefore ended, with Gromit losing 5 points.

At Fri, 06 Nov 1998 01:10:38 -0500, two-star announced that the ing word was treen.

 At Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:11:17 -0500 the correct list of definitions was finally posted:

1 Covered with trees; forested
2. Small woodenware -- called also treenware
3. Pertaining to trees
4. A member of the finch family of birds, native to Madagascar
5 Wooden
6. A ring, attached to the gunwale of a ship of the Vikings, for holding oars rowed by crew; archaic
7. A high, warbling squawk. Especially of a bird
8. A small multicellular sea creature
9. A gap in vegetation on the side of a hill or mountain, caused by a landslide or avalanche
10. ""

At Tue, 17 Nov 1998 02:00:32 -0500, two-star announced the results.

Definition 1: /dev/joe.
Definition 2: real. Voted for by /dev/joe, K 2
Definition 3: K 2 (Robin Hood duplicate).
Definition 4: Slakko. Voted for by Alfvaen.
Definition 5: JT. Voted for by JT, SIRe, Robin Hood.
Definition 6: Studge. Voted for by Pol Pot, r-attila the farce, Slakko, Thomas Jute (Studge).
Definition 7: eirs. Voted for by Vynd.
Definition 8: r-attila the farce
Definition 9: Alfvaen.
Definition 10: Pol Pot.

Penalties: Pol Pot, Vynd, Gromit each lose 1 point for failure to submit a definition.

At Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:09:27 -0500 Alfvaen attempted to name callithump as the word, but was too late.

The game was declared an Exhibition by JT at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 02:34:26 -0500.
JT left the game at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 02:34:26 -0500.
Pol Pot left the game at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 03:10:47 -0500.
Vynd left the game at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:26:20 -0500.
Alfvaen left the game at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:34:02 -0500.
/dev/joe left the game at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:02:00 -0500.
Gromit left the game at Tue, 24 Nov 1998 13:01:36 -0500
r-attila the farce left the game at Thu, 26 Nov 1998 03:33:11 -0500.

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