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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FatherSteve 
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All J. Wellington Wimpy allusions gladly accepted here. Reply #21. Sep 30 18, 11:49 PM |
gracious1
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This is fun. For my second pair, I'll take "ether" and "Penny arcade". :-) Reply #22. Oct 01 18, 1:03 AM |
| FatherSteve
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I uploaded Carmen Sandiego to Television this morning. That puts the fifth offering n my queue so I will have to wait a bit to upload banana, which is also written. Reply #23. Oct 02 18, 7:22 AM |
| FatherSteve
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Yay! I am pleased to report that banana has been uploaded to Movies, as one of the permitted five slots opened up in my queue this early evening. That's my fourth set so now I will sit back a bit and cheer on the rest of you. Reply #24. Oct 02 18, 7:24 PM |
1nn1
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It would be criminal if I did not select "phoenix" I should also like to do Zelda as well. Thank you Reply #25. Oct 03 18, 6:24 PM |
| gracious1
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In the second "column" the nouns are capitalized. Must we use our choice as a proper noun, or is it permissible to use it in its common sense? (e.g. Sonic vs. sonic) Reply #26. Oct 05 18, 10:02 PM |
looney_tunes
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The second list is titled Specific Nouns, the first Generic Nouns. I would understand that to mean you must use them as proper nouns, Sonic the Hedgehog, for example, rather than sonic boom. Reply #27. Oct 05 18, 10:35 PM |
| gracious1
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Actually, I reread the directions, and we aren't required to use them as proper nouns necessarily. I quote: «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. » In short, hooray, no need to re-submit a question. (Whew!) Reply #28. Oct 06 18, 12:41 AM |
| gracious1
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In contrast: «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.» Reply #29. Oct 06 18, 12:43 AM |
| 1nn1
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Phoenix and Zelda have been submitted, the former having being accepted. The latter is pending editor review Reply #30. Oct 06 18, 12:58 AM |
trident
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This game is more or less on the honor system. I do check in and see if players are following the general rules, but I think players can feel free to take a little liberty when it comes to the clues they choose. And especially for a round such as this, Kyle wrote many of the clues so that players didn't have to stick with video games. Reply #31. Oct 06 18, 1:25 AM |
kyleisalive
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Re: "The second list is titled Specific Nouns, the first Generic Nouns. I would understand that to mean you must use them as proper nouns, Sonic the Hedgehog, for example, rather than sonic boom." I didn't put 'Sonic the Hedgehog' on the list. ;) Sonic could be a restaurant. Reply #32. Oct 06 18, 1:42 AM |
LadyNym
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"Elixir" just submitted in Humanities, and "okami" in Animals (though I am not 100% sure it is the best category for my question). For my fourth and final pair, I'll gladly take "avatar" and "Shambhala",.please! Reply #33. Oct 06 18, 7:10 AM |
spanishliz
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I should get writing again, as all of mine from the last round are now in play! May I have 'journey' and 'Nancy Drew' please? Reply #34. Oct 06 18, 11:54 AM |
Shadowmyst2004
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Ill take earthbound and marvel comics? Reply #35. Oct 07 18, 12:04 AM |
Joepetz
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I'll take hammer and Yoshi Reply #36. Oct 07 18, 8:43 AM |
| kyleisalive
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I'll step in and help you guys out by taking 'Reality' and 'Vespene Gas', the latter one being what I think it a bit of a trickier VG-specific choice. ;) Let's see if we can knock these all out before November. Reply #37. Oct 07 18, 8:48 AM |
| Joepetz
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Hammer has been submitted to Literature and Yoshi to Entertainment. Reply #38. Oct 07 18, 8:55 AM |
celvet
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zombie has been submitted to animals and Donald Duck has been submitted to sports. Reply #39. Oct 07 18, 9:37 AM |
| celvet
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I think I'll pick master and "magic mushroom" for my next two (another set that could be combined). Reply #40. Oct 07 18, 9:49 AM |
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