PearlZenith
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- Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:01:37 +0000
We had this thread once before, and people seemed to have fun with it, so I thought it might be a good time to play it some more.
The description and rules are swiped from Entmoot, and the wonderful SGH.
Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words. Whoever identifies the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both posts the next one.
example: A_l/_h_t/_s/_o_d/_o_s/_o_/g_i_t_r
answer: All that is gold does not glitter, Gandalf's letter (or Bilbo Baggins)
Anything from The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game.
Suggestions for posting:
Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was.
Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up.
Even if you have no clue what the quote might be, try to guess a few words of it. You can win by just filling in the very last piece of information that was missing. I'm saying this to encourage more people to play, even if they haven't read all that much Tolkien.
DO NOT QUOTE THIS POST.
The description and rules are swiped from Entmoot, and the wonderful SGH.
Sister Golden Hair
Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words. Whoever identifies the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both posts the next one.
example: A_l/_h_t/_s/_o_d/_o_s/_o_/g_i_t_r
answer: All that is gold does not glitter, Gandalf's letter (or Bilbo Baggins)
Anything from The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game.
Suggestions for posting:
Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was.
Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up.
Even if you have no clue what the quote might be, try to guess a few words of it. You can win by just filling in the very last piece of information that was missing. I'm saying this to encourage more people to play, even if they haven't read all that much Tolkien.
DO NOT QUOTE THIS POST.
