Subject: 100 Nouns (6) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 22 18
This round is brought to you by kyleisalive. He suggested a special theme for you all this time around: video games! However, don't feel as though you have to write about video games. There's lots to work with in other categories if we can just get our creative juices flowing. Good luck!
Here's a reminder on how the game works:
I will give two lists, each with 50 items. The first list will contain generic nouns that might be pretty easy to work into a question in many different ways. These would be words like clock, strawberry, or heart. The second list has much more specific words that are likely going to have to be directly about that topic (unless you can find an inventive way to make them about something else). This list would include things like Mount Kilimanjaro, Ulysses S. Grant, and barometric pressure. Some of the entries on this second list will be something you might need to research a little!
Authors must choose a word from each list, one generic and one specific, and write one question about each. Once you claim a word from a list, it is no longer available for other players to claim it. All nouns eventually have to be claimed before the series can end. Once you have written your two questions and submitted them to the queue, you are free to choose two more. It might be good manners not to keep choosing too many in a row too quickly, allowing others a chance at the list. Submitting and claiming words will mostly be on the honor system. You must submit the two questions to the queue before claiming any more. I will occasionally be checking the queue to make sure authors are actually submitting questions with their chosen nouns. Happy single questioning!
After some discussion with my fellow editors, we have established some more thorough rules to make the game run smoother. Please read them below:
1. Players may not have any remaining word pairs outstanding from the previous round if they want to claim any words this round. Word pairs from the previous round should be submitted to the queue before claiming any here.
2. In order to give everyone a fair shake at the word pairs, we are only allowing individual players to claim four word pairs per round. If many words have been sitting around unclaimed for a while (think 3-4 weeks), then we will open the round back up to everyone.
3. There will be no switching of words or word pairs of any kind. If you have decided to claim a word pair, please stick with it and submit it to the queue. If you absolutely cannot complete your word pair, it will be put back onto the word list and you may not complete any more word pairs for that round.
Happy single questioning!
List A (generic nouns)
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banana
bloodborne
borderlands
civilization
cosplay
donkey
drake
earthbound
elixir
ether
fable
fallout
fantasy
genesis
guitar
halo
hammer
infamous
journey
left
limbo
link
master
monster
mortal
necromancer
oblivion
phoenix
pitfall
pocket
portal
ratchet
reality
remote
revolution
rock band
simulation
smash
star
steam
super
tomb
twilight
tycoon
umbrella
uncharted
valve
virtual
zombie
List B (specific nouns)
Anna Torv
Arkham
Artificial intelligence
Atari
Ayn Rand
Baldr
Carmen Sandiego
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Cordyceps
Dante’s Inferno
Donald Duck
Downloadable Content
E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial
El Diablo
Electronic Arts
Grand Theft Auto
Guillermo Del Toro
Half-life decay
Harry Potter
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Icarus
iOS
James Bond, 007
John Madden
LEGO
Magic mushroom
Marvel Comics
Microsoft Windows
Minecraft
Nancy Drew
Okami
One-up
Penny arcade
Pikachu
Pripyat, Ukraine
Random Access Memories
Role-playing games
Samus Aran
Shambhala
Sonic
Sony
Tetris
“The cake is a lie.”
The Force
Tom Clancy
Tony Hawk
Vespene gas
World of Warcraft
Yoshi
Zelda
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 22 18
This round is brought to you by kyleisalive. He suggested a special theme for you all this time around: video games! However, don't feel as though you have to write about video games. There's lots to work with in other categories if we can just get our creative juices flowing. Good luck!
Here's a reminder on how the game works:
I will give two lists, each with 50 items. The first list will contain generic nouns that might be pretty easy to work into a question in many different ways. These would be words like clock, strawberry, or heart. The second list has much more specific words that are likely going to have to be directly about that topic (unless you can find an inventive way to make them about something else). This list would include things like Mount Kilimanjaro, Ulysses S. Grant, and barometric pressure. Some of the entries on this second list will be something you might need to research a little!
Authors must choose a word from each list, one generic and one specific, and write one question about each. Once you claim a word from a list, it is no longer available for other players to claim it. All nouns eventually have to be claimed before the series can end. Once you have written your two questions and submitted them to the queue, you are free to choose two more. It might be good manners not to keep choosing too many in a row too quickly, allowing others a chance at the list. Submitting and claiming words will mostly be on the honor system. You must submit the two questions to the queue before claiming any more. I will occasionally be checking the queue to make sure authors are actually submitting questions with their chosen nouns. Happy single questioning!
After some discussion with my fellow editors, we have established some more thorough rules to make the game run smoother. Please read them below:
1. Players may not have any remaining word pairs outstanding from the previous round if they want to claim any words this round. Word pairs from the previous round should be submitted to the queue before claiming any here.
2. In order to give everyone a fair shake at the word pairs, we are only allowing individual players to claim four word pairs per round. If many words have been sitting around unclaimed for a while (think 3-4 weeks), then we will open the round back up to everyone.
3. There will be no switching of words or word pairs of any kind. If you have decided to claim a word pair, please stick with it and submit it to the queue. If you absolutely cannot complete your word pair, it will be put back onto the word list and you may not complete any more word pairs for that round.
Happy single questioning!
List A (generic nouns)
List B (specific nouns)
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LadyNym 
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Wow! I get the first pick this time. Can I have "bloodborne" and "Arkham", please? Reply #1. Sep 23 18, 6:38 AM |
apathy100
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I would like 'tycoon' and 'Pripyat, Ukraine' please! Reply #2. Sep 23 18, 7:35 AM |
celvet
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I'd like zombie and Donald Duck! Maybe I could combine the two. . . Reply #3. Sep 23 18, 8:30 AM |
FatherSteve
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"Night of the Undead Anatine Horror" ... coming soon to a theatre near you! Reply #4. Sep 23 18, 9:52 AM |
| celvet
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("Night of the Undead Anatine Horror" ... coming soon to a theatre near you!) Very good, but I was thinking more like Donald Duck turning film goers into zombies. . . Reply #5. Sep 23 18, 12:51 PM |
| LadyNym
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"Bloodborne" submitted in Sci/Tech, and "Arkham" in Literature. That was quick :-)! Reply #6. Sep 23 18, 2:22 PM |
| LadyNym
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I apologize to the Literature editors for the double submission. It is due to a computer glitch! Reply #7. Sep 23 18, 2:59 PM |
Godwit
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Borderlands and The Force, please :) Reply #8. Sep 23 18, 8:17 PM |
| FatherSteve
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May I have, please, Icarus and donkey (neither of whom is a zombie)? Thank you. Reply #9. Sep 25 18, 2:48 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Icarus uploaded to General and donkey uploaded to Religion. Reply #10. Sep 25 18, 3:04 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Now may I please have Baldr and limbo as my second pair? [I am at a convention with too little to occupy my time.] Reply #11. Sep 25 18, 7:01 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have uploaded Baldr to Religion and limbo to Humanities. [And now I am off to a "banquet" which will answer the timeless question "How many ways are there to serve rubber chicken?"] Reply #12. Sep 25 18, 7:17 PM |
| LadyNym
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For my second pair, I'll take "tomb" and "Dante's Inferno", please! Reply #13. Sep 26 18, 5:17 AM |
| Godwit
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Hmmm..tomb and inferno, eh? The Force is in the building. Reply #14. Sep 26 18, 11:24 AM |
| FatherSteve
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For my third pair, may I please have Ayn Rand and umbrella? [I am home from the conference and cooking my OWN supper.] Reply #15. Sep 26 18, 8:53 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Ayn Rand uploaded to Literature and umbrella uploaded to Television. [Made beef porcupine meatballs in a sour-cream and dill sauce atop hand-cut egg noodles ... and she liked it.] Reply #16. Sep 27 18, 4:54 PM |
| LadyNym
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"Tomb" submitted in World and "Dante's Inferno" in Literature. For my third pair, I'll take "elixir" and "okami", please! Reply #17. Sep 28 18, 5:28 AM |
gracious1
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I'll take "drake" and "Cordyceps". Reply #18. Sep 29 18, 3:31 PM |
| FatherSteve
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May I please have, as my fourth and final pair, "banana" and "Carmen Sandiego" (what with gracious1 having pulled into line ahead of me and carried away "drake", doubtless quacking all the day, drake, that is, not gracious1)? Reply #19. Sep 29 18, 9:51 PM |
| Godwit
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Borderlands is in World. Pair #2 May I have Guillermo Del Toro and virtual? I would gladly pay you Tuesday. Reply #20. Sep 30 18, 8:43 PM |
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