No harm intended.
You are right that in this chat thread I mentioned toying with the idea that a Match ends after 10 rounds, or the 2nd last day of the month, whichever comes first.
I have yet to implemente this into the rules, because it was just an idea, and I was going to play out this month, before I made a final decision.
It occured to me that, we could start a new round on the last day of the month, even up until 11:59 pm.
What would happen is that there would be 2 active PYRAWORD threads simultaneously for a day or so.
Players could play in both threads, without contradicting the rules regarding 12 hrs between posts.
It's getting complicated, but I have yet to find the best way to end the MATCHes.
This new idea of allowing rounds to continue , even to start, up until the last possible minute, seems like the best I've come up with.
Ending at 10 rounds does sound easy, but what if we only reach 9 rounds in a month? Or we reach 10 rounds with a week left?
Anyways, sorry Sypher. My intention here was not to trick you into laying off, and then throwing another round on, which could knock you out of first place.
I am/was honestly just trying to solidify the rules, by simply playing out these first few MATCHES, and learning as we go.
You will also note that I mentioned another idea in the aforementioned thread.
quote:
I may amend the rules this month sometime.
my ideas:
1. Match ends after round 10 or the 2nd to last day of each month, whichever comes first.
2. players can start new rounds themselves. as soon as 24 hrs elapse, first one to post a new (their choice) 3 letter word, starts the round, and gets a point for that entry.just thinking aloud here.
for now no changes
I do like rule #2, because it takes the pressure off me to always keep checking in at random times every day.
I would still be responsible for coming in and updating the scores.
Now, I really do appreciate the extra effort Sypher made these last couple weeks, with me being busy hosting company, and I can't think him enough.
But you will see that I suggested a player posts a 3 letter word, and that's it. They get a point for it, and the new ROUND has begun. I don;t expect others to update scores, include links etc..
As long as 24 hrs has elapsed, then a player could legally simply post like:
quote:
*END OF ROUND X*MATCH Y - ROUND Z will begin with:
SEX
See what I mean? Then eventually, at some point during that day, I would pop in and update scores, and play myself or not, but regardless the end result would be that the scores wouldn't be so nice and set at the beggining of the ROUNDS like they are in the current version of play.
whew, I think this is probably the longest post I have ever made at funtrivia in the year I've been here.
please excuse my typos =)
oh and before I go,
These are not rules, until i put them into the "RULES & GAMEPLAY" thread. 
just thoughts, looking for feedback
[ 04-28-2001: Message edited by: Jabberwock ]
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