I'll lay down the purpose behind this thread in plain English, to anyone who didn't manage to process the roleplay in the first post.
This thread was not made to cater to the casual exchange of riddles and answers that many of you have been pushing to implement because the activity in this forum has picked up so much. This is a game. This game has rules. You will play the game as it was meant to be played, or you will take your business elsewhere.
As it stands, you have to have been the first to answer a riddle correctly before you're permitted to post your own. These riddles must be your own creation.
I had reasons for laying down these playing rules. I wanted to give every piece of original writing the due attention that every writer desires. Other writers waiting to take their turn on the stage would have incentive to take effort in appreciating and deciphering each riddle, and would recieve as much participation when they posed theirs. The competition and the small victories in a friendly battle of wit and wile don't hurt, either.
The Riddle Room was also not meant to be run without a host. If someone should forfeit, have to give the answer because the riddle was too difficult, or take too long to return and there were too many players waiting for the stage, it was the host who had been expected to kick things off again. I don't come around as often as I used to though, so I handed the baton to SleekGeek.
As of now there I see one additional factor which might restore order to this thread. We need a clearly stipulated time limit. Should the players who answer not be able to return within that time limit, they would have to state so when they answered, or before they took leave.
Henceforth, a winner (or the riddle's writer) must take the stage 12 hours from the last post he/she made in the thread, or the position is forfeit, and the thread regulars can help to keep track.
