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)
avatar
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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angikar 
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Let me claim 'portal' and 'Microsoft Windows'. Reply #101. Dec 04 18, 8:48 AM |
| angikar
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Windows went to Science and Technology. Reply #102. Dec 05 18, 8:22 AM |
| angikar
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'Portal' is in Sci/Tech. Reply #103. Dec 06 18, 8:25 AM |
kyleisalive
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Only three pairs left! Reply #104. Dec 06 18, 8:44 PM |
| angikar
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Group A words can be written about easily. In Group B, the words 'Minecraft' and 'Role playing games' are very specific. It is impossible to write about something else, like one could for 'random access memories'. I just wonder, what is a one-up? The internet gave an explanation I didn't understand Reply #105. Dec 07 18, 7:01 AM |
| kyleisalive
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You could go for the VG interpretation and look at a one-up as an extra life or you could talk about one-upmanship. As for RPGs, as niche as it is, I don't think it's less niche than 'Random Access Memories' as a specific Daft Punk album. And regarding 'Minecraft', that empire is further-reaching than most people would think. Did you know there's a 'Minecraft' LEGO set? Reply #106. Dec 07 18, 7:20 AM |
| angikar
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Well, Random access memories can also be about the computer thingy. Reply #107. Dec 08 18, 6:41 AM |
| kyleisalive
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In that case, RAM is, to my knowledge, never plural. RAM (or Random Access Memory) is the same both singular and plural, kind of like 'Moose' and 'Moose' (instead of 'Mooses'). More than one RAM device would be RAM devices instead of RAMs. 'Random Access Memories', likely, would refer only to the media title of the Daft Punk album. (Unless someone knows something I don't, which is also likely.) Reply #108. Dec 08 18, 7:18 AM |
| angikar
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All right, I claim 'Minecraft' and 'guitar'. Reply #109. Dec 17 18, 3:34 AM |
| kyleisalive
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I'm breaking all of my rules and I'm submitting more. Role-playing games is in Hobbies. Simulation is going to Music. Reply #110. Dec 17 18, 8:14 AM |
| kyleisalive
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'One-up' and 'Fantasy' are both in Entertainment. That's a wrap. Reply #111. Dec 17 18, 8:41 AM |
FatherSteve
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Ego te absolvo. Reply #112. Dec 17 18, 8:45 AM |
| angikar
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I am feeling bad that Kyle had to finish his words on his own.:-( Reply #113. Dec 18 18, 10:09 AM |
| kyleisalive
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Don't feel bad-- I picked some tough ones, and for the occasion I doubled my question output. It was time I picked up the slack. ;) Reply #114. Dec 18 18, 1:30 PM |
trident
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I'll be posting the next list relatively soon. Reply #115. Dec 19 18, 1:05 AM |
celvet
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I finally submitted Master (to hobbies) and Magic Mushroom (to mythology). I'll probably have to work with an editor on these, as the answer blocks were too small for my selections. What's up with this? If I make my answers fit into the selections, then the questions will be harder -- and they're supposed to be easy/intermediate questions. Reply #116. Dec 28 18, 11:25 AM |
looney_tunes
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Single questions are also, and more importantly, required to be relatively quick to read, as they are used only for timed games. There is a strict limit to the characters so that all players, including those on phones, will see them clearly. It's sometimes really frustrating, but part of the challenge of writing them. Reply #117. Dec 28 18, 7:19 PM |
| angikar
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I am kinda late, but 'Guitar' is submitted in Music. Will submit 'Minecraft' soon, before splurging on Round 7. Reply #118. Jan 05 19, 1:18 AM |
| angikar
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'Minecraft' went to General, because I didn't know which category to submit it in. Am I the last one to turn their questions in? If yes, finally, this round is truly complete! Off to Round 7! Reply #119. Jan 05 19, 2:45 AM |
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