Telephone Pictionary: I Still Call Australia Home (ALL DONE)

TelephoNe · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:07 am

I was talking with Ether and she has decided I am to mod the next Telephone Pictionary. I'm not good at explaining how stuff works, so here's a link to the last game!

I'll start taking signups straight away. When you sign up, PM me a starting sentence.

TelephoNe · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:07 am

Also I'm just going to steal Ether's rules.

In post 1, Telephone Cat wrote:tl;dr: Fast chains get fast reveals. Slow players get replaced. And your chain had better not corrupt any innocent 13-year-olds.

New rules have been added in purple.

Game Flow:

Everyone signed up should start by PMing me with a sentence. It shouldn't be incredibly long, but it can basically be as silly as you want it to be. Some good examples can be found in these chains, but please don't copy those exactly.

When the game starts, each of these sentences will be sent out to a different player.
This player will have 72 hours
to portray that sentence in picture form and send me the result.

Once the picture is drawn, it will be sent to a third person as soon as that person has also sent its picture in. When you get a picture, you have have 48 hours to send in a sentence summarizing it.

I'll send you pictures to summarize as sentences as I receive them, even if you already have other things to draw/write. Please send in sentences promptly! It shouldn't take too long.

You'll only have one active picture to draw at a time. I might send you sneak peaks of future sentences, but you won't be under any deadline obligations for those until later. (But feel free to complete them early anyway!)

Each chain will continue for 13 of these rounds: 7 sentences and 6 pictures. Chains will be posted on the wiki as they are completed, which will probably vary wildly.

If you cannot meet a deadline, please notify me as soon as you've received the sentence (or picture)--or, better yet, tell me before you receive one. I will find somebody else and send it there. I will also do this automatically if you have not drawn it in 72 hours. In this way, it is possible for one player to have more than one sentence to draw at once.

Somebody who consistently fails to meet deadlines will be kicked out of the game at my discretion. Especially somebody who doesn't announce V/LAs beforehand. So don't do that!

Picture/sentence standards:

Any drawing program--Photoshop, Flash, MS Paint--will do. Drawing pictures by hand and scanning them will also do. Making a diorama with paper cutouts and silly putty and sending a photograph of that will do. The sky is pretty much the limit here. In fact, if you can get your hands on one of those airplanes that draws pictures out of fake clouds, then the sky is literally the limit here.

Having said that, please draw everything from scratch. You can use Google Images as a reference, but don't paste other people's pictures into your own.

Words are completely banned. English letters used to denote words, and codes (camel octopus dinosaur eagle snake), will also be sent back with a stern warning, although if it's relevant you can use them to portray the alphabet. Numbers and symbols and math are all fine.

Please don't intentionally mislead anybody--do the most accurate non-legalistic picture that you can. The chain will find a way to mutate anyway.

Pictures should be 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall. Please don't go too far over that--my laptop screen is tiny and I hate it when I have to scroll. Photographs are best saved as JPGs; otherwise, if in doubt, you should probably save as a PNG. Do not save as a BMP under any circumstances or I'll have to ask you to reformat it before sending it onward, and nobody wants that.

Please be mindful of where you upload your pictures to. Tinypic deletes its pictures without warning, and anything uploaded to the wiki is accessible by other players. Most people use Imgur these days. Photobucket's also a good bet, if you have that.

When you upload, don't save it under a name that will hint at its origins. This is something else that you'll need to reformat over.

Okay, on to sentences. Keep it to one sentence and don't be too legalistic about what you are summarizing. If you don't think the picture is about the fourth wall, don't break the fourth wall.

Please don't break the site rules. Keep it reasonably safe for work.

I am one of those spirit-of-the-game type hippies. If I'm forgetting a rule, I'll let you know. You might be asked to resubmit in light of this.

Miscellaneous:

Please don't talk to other players about the sentences/pictures you got. If somebody tells you anything about a chain you haven't seen yet, please let me know.

I will note in-thread if somebody is behind.

If you haven't sent a link in within 48 hours for a picture or 24 for a sentence, I'll send you a prod. Other actions may be taken if you're inactive for the full round.

Have fun! If you aren't having fun, you should talk to me about it, and I'll do my best to find you a replacement. You can also talk to me when you are having fun, of course.

TelephoNe · Post Post #11 (isolation #2) » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:10 pm

MTD and SC have sent me starting setences. Everyone else, get on it!

TelephoNe · Post Post #14 (isolation #3) » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:37 pm

Peer pressure works!

(we're halfway full! tell your frienemies and send in your shit if you haven't already)

TelephoNe · Post Post #15 (isolation #4) » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:43 pm

Also I hope my new avatar is to everyone's liking! I made it myself!

TelephoNe · Post Post #31 (isolation #5) » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:12 pm

In post 26, mallowgeno wrote:Actually I'm gonna be gone for a week after next week, I might not be able to...up to the mod

That's fine, because that's actually when xtopherusD told me he was unavailable until after.

3 clots lot!

There's probably enough players now that I'll run this whether we fill or not, but I'll let the timer run out just because Easter.

TelephoNe · Post Post #33 (isolation #6) » Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:42 pm

In post 22, N wrote:
(expired on 2014-04-23 05:40:53)

to fill or we'll just start with 17, whatever.

TelephoNe · Post Post #38 (isolation #7) » Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:21 pm

I'm going to start sending out sentences RIGHT AWAY OMG

(Still waiting on a sentence from Shanba so I don't have anything to send RC yet sorry!)

TelephoNe · Post Post #39 (isolation #8) » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:03 pm

All sentences (except the ones for Shanba and RedCoyote) are now out!

some pictures are even back already, so DGB and Marquis should also have a new sentence to write as well!

TelephoNe · Post Post #41 (isolation #9) » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:05 pm

Also everyone please make sure you keep the chain's name (or at least the first letter) in your pm subject title.

TelephoNe · Post Post #48 (isolation #10) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:55 pm

Damn timezones! Sending out a whole bunch o' stuff right now.

TelephoNe · Post Post #54 (isolation #11) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:29 am

Shanba still hasn't picked up the pm I sent him before the game started asking for a sentence. I'm not sure whether I need to fully replace him, but is anyone willing to do his first picture prompt? The chain is {JacobSavage, Shanba, BipolarChemist, JerryArr, MTD, Micc, RedCoyote, Bicephalous Bob, YurikoJasmine, mallowgeno, Antihero, StrangerCoug, Marquis}, but I can try and do some of that witchcraft stuff for anyone except JacobSavage if I really need to.

TelephoNe · Post Post #55 (isolation #12) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:52 am

It's okay; I'm making Cheery Dog do it!

TelephoNe · Post Post #61 (isolation #13) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:12 pm

It's okay, you were the first to finish round 4!

TelephoNe · Post Post #62 (isolation #14) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:15 pm

but there's about seven chains still stuck on round 2! (my emotions are like a rollercoaster)

Prods going out for those seven (AND I WILL NAME YOUR NAMES) in a few hours!

TelephoNe · Post Post #64 (isolation #15) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:38 pm

Mist has asked me to replace her for her first picture. Anyone except {Marquis, Mist7676, MTD, Antihero, Nobody Special, RedCoyote, StrangerCoug, mallowgeno, Bicephalous Bob, Burning_Earth, JacobSavage, DrippingGoofball, GuyInFreezer} can take it, with Marquis being the only one that's actually seen the chain so far.

TelephoNe · Post Post #65 (isolation #16) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:47 pm

I just prodded Antihero, CuddlyCaucasian, Bicephalous Bob, YurikoJasmine, BipolarChemist, and Axxle. I know some of you posted in the thread that you'd be unable to complete the picture until near deadline but NO MERCY.

Also, if anyone would like to have the deadlines shortened to stop them from procrastinating too much, just ask.

TelephoNe · Post Post #66 (isolation #17) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:00 pm

caledfwitch has offered to fill Mist's prompt for us! Hooray!

TelephoNe · Post Post #68 (isolation #18) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:36 pm

In post 67, YurikoJasmine wrote:I'm sorry but I have to /replace this time coz I don't have my drawing device aka PC. Look forward to joining the next game!

Do you know when you'll be able to draw again, or is it not for a while?

TelephoNe · Post Post #69 (isolation #19) » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:00 pm

PSA: DeasVail is amazing.

TelephoNe · Post Post #79 (isolation #20) » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:16 pm

In post 74, RedCoyote wrote:N, I noticed your table. Out of curiousity, why did you add the list tags to it? It seems kind of redundant.

Also, why do I still have a countdown? You have everything from me, right?

I just left the list tags there without thinking about it.

I think I must have accidentally left it there. I can't find anything it should be counting.

TelephoNe · Post Post #83 (isolation #21) » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:06 pm

Oops, I got a little behind on prods because I was playing Hanabi. I think a few people are due for some right now. I'm gettin' to it right away (after some more Hanabi)!

TelephoNe · Post Post #84 (isolation #22) » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:18 pm

Okay, so I prodded MTD, BBob, and GiF.

Also, completely unrelated (and actually unrelated): I made some sort of error and now have two pictures for the same prompt. Who wants to make an extra chain??

TelephoNe · Post Post #90 (isolation #23) » Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:51 am

I fiddled with some things and now I'll just need four volunteers that aren't {Marquis, Mist7676, JerryArr, Burning_Earth, Kazekirimaru, BipolarChemist, Axxle, CuddlyCaucasian, Micc, caledfwitch, MTD, Antihero, Nobody Special, RedCoyote, StrangerCoug, mallowgeno, Bicephalous Bob, Shanba, JacobSavage, DrippingGoofball, GuyInFreezer} to take a few picture to sentence prompts further down the track. These should be easy to find on scumchat or similar when I need them.

There are a few sentence to picture prompts that are now needed in other chains, but I'll ask for them closer to when they're needed.

TelephoNe · Post Post #92 (isolation #24) » Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:27 pm

I fear that GuyInFreezer has flaked on me, so I'm going to replace him with Hanasawa.

TelephoNe · Post Post #94 (isolation #25) » Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:37 pm

Also I prodded BBob, Mist, and Axxle.

TelephoNe · Post Post #98 (isolation #26) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:07 am

prodded MTD

TelephoNe · Post Post #100 (isolation #27) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:53 pm

prodded CC, Antihero and Hanasawa

TelephoNe · Post Post #101 (isolation #28) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:44 pm

and mallowgeno

TelephoNe · Post Post #102 (isolation #29) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:08 am

I think CC doesn't likes me. I've seen him posting elsewhere but hasn't even picked up prompts.

So I'm replacing him! Lots of shit coming your way, xtopher!

TelephoNe · Post Post #103 (isolation #30) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:32 am

In post 102, TelephoNe wrote:Lots of shit coming your way, xtopher!

Actually I sent one of the four prompts CC was holding up to Ether (because xtopher had already done something for me in that chain), so not quite as much shit as originally anticipated.

TelephoNe · Post Post #109 (isolation #31) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:20 pm

You gotta talk to me if you're not feeling up to completing your prompts! (I ain't a mind reader)

TelephoNe · Post Post #111 (isolation #32) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:40 pm

prodded BBob (again) and SC, and I may as well do DV a little b it early. Also Antihero seems to have flaked as well.

TelephoNe · Post Post #112 (isolation #33) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:57 pm

Oh shit, I just remember mallowgeno said he'd be gone for a week. Who wants his prompts while he's gone?

TelephoNe · Post Post #115 (isolation #34) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:58 pm

proddin' Mist

TelephoNe · Post Post #116 (isolation #35) » Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:50 pm

BBob has informed me he is currently unable to draw, so I need a volunteer from

outside of {DrippingGoofball, Nobody Special, Axxle, RedCoyote, JerryArr, Bicephalous Bob, Marquis, JacobSavage, Hanasawa, StrangerCoug, Burning_Earth, BipolarChemist}

and another outside of {JacobSavage, Cheery Dog, BipolarChemist, JerryArr, MTD, Micc, RedCoyote, DeasVail, mallowgeno, Antihero, StrangerCoug, Marquis}

. Plus more, possibly, depending on how long it take BBob to fix his mouse.

In good news, though, two chains have reached round 10!

TelephoNe · Post Post #118 (isolation #36) » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:21 am

Thanks for letting me know.

TelephoNe · Post Post #125 (isolation #37) » Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:15 pm

In post 122, Micc wrote:
In post 116, TelephoNe wrote:BBob has informed me he is currently unable to draw, so I need a volunteer from
outside of {DrippingGoofball, Nobody Special, Axxle, RedCoyote, JerryArr, Bicephalous Bob, Marquis, JacobSavage, Hanasawa, StrangerCoug, Burning_Earth, BipolarChemist}
I can take this one if it is still needed. Planning on getting my current drawing done sometime tonight.

I'll send it to you as soon as your finish your current picture.

TelephoNe · Post Post #126 (isolation #38) » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:11 pm

prodded Jacob.

TelephoNe · Post Post #127 (isolation #39) » Fri May 02, 2014 2:40 pm

Sorry, I had computer probems yesterday and I don't think I managed to send any new prompts or prods out to people. Hopefully my computer has had time to think about its actions and will send things today!

TelephoNe · Post Post #128 (isolation #40) » Fri May 02, 2014 3:36 pm

I just prodded a bunch of people.

Also I need a replacement that's not {JerryArr, Marquis, StrangerCoug, CuddlyCaucasian, DrippingGoofball, Shanba, Mist7676, Nobody Special, MTD, DeasVail, Burning_Earth, JacobSavage, Antihero} to draw a picture.

TelephoNe · Post Post #134 (isolation #41) » Sun May 04, 2014 4:36 pm

I think both Antihero and Mist have flaked, so I think I'm going to need lots of replacements!

TelephoNe · Post Post #135 (isolation #42) » Sun May 04, 2014 4:50 pm

Cheery Dog is replacing Antihero, but I need someone to take Mist's prompts!

TelephoNe · Post Post #137 (isolation #43) » Mon May 05, 2014 4:34 pm

PiggyGal my hero!

TelephoNe · Post Post #138 (isolation #44) » Mon May 05, 2014 7:20 pm

All chains are at least halfway now, and I think we'll have our first finished chain within a day or two!

TelephoNe · Post Post #141 (isolation #45) » Wed May 07, 2014 4:42 pm

TelephoNe · Post Post #143 (isolation #46) » Thu May 08, 2014 2:52 am

Fairy Penguin is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #144 (isolation #47) » Thu May 08, 2014 3:23 am

The competing F chain, Frilled Neck Lizard, finishes soon after!

TelephoNe · Post Post #149 (isolation #48) » Thu May 08, 2014 6:38 pm

From the highs of chains completing to the lows of two more people flaking!

I'm not gonna bother looking for full replacements. In a moment, I'll post the chains which are affected and it can be whoever wants them.

TelephoNe · Post Post #150 (isolation #49) » Thu May 08, 2014 7:10 pm

Bad news: Burning_Earth and xtopherusD have flaked, so I need:

Immediate sentence->picture replacements

Dingo

outside of {StrangerCoug, MTD, CuddlyCaucasian, Micc, Axxle, DeasVail, Bicephalous Bob, xtopherusD, Cheery Dog, RedCoyote, mallowgeno, DrippingGoofball}
and

Piping Shrike

outside of {Nobody Special, mallowgeno, JacobSavage, BipolarChemist, Marquis, xtopherusD, CuddlyCaucasian, Axxle, Burning_Earth, Mist7676, Shanba, Micc, MTD, JerryArr, DeasVail}

Immediate picture->sentence replacement

Echidna

outside of {Mist7676, StrangerCoug, Bicephalous Bob, Hanasawa, Hanasawa, Cheery Dog, mallowgeno, BipolarChemist, MTD, JacobSavage, xtopherusD, JerryArr, Shanba, Nobody Special, Micc}

Future sentence->picture replacements

Dingo

outside of {StrangerCoug, MTD, CuddlyCaucasian, Micc, Axxle, DeasVail, Bicephalous Bob, Feirei, xtopherusD, Cheery Dog, RedCoyote, mallowgeno, DrippingGoofball}

Jacky Winter

outside of {BipolarChemist, DeasVail, YurikoJasmine, Cheery Dog, StrangerCoug, Antihero, RedCoyote, Burning_Earth, PiggyGal15, Hanasawa, Marquis, Shanba, DrippingGoofball, MTD}

Kangaroo

outside of {RedCoyote, BipolarChemist, Burning_Earth, Mist7676, xtopherusD, CuddlyCaucasian, Nobody Special, DeasVail, Cheery Dog, JerryArr, JacobSavage, Micc, Lucky2u} (okay, this one is actually for BBob, but it doesn't look like he'll have fixed his mouse by the time it gets to him)

and

Quokka

outside of {DrippingGoofball, Nobody Special, Axxle, RedCoyote, JerryArr, Micc, Bicephalous Bob, mallowgeno, Marquis, JacobSavage, Hanasawa, Lucky2u, BipolarChemist}

And future picture->sentence replacements

Hairy Nosed Wombat

outside of {Burning_Earth, JerryArr, Mist7676, Bicephalous Bob, Micc, RedCoyote, JacobSavage, Marquis, DrippingGoofball, StrangerCoug, BipolarChemist, mallowgeno, Hanasawa}

and

Numbat x2

outside of {Axxle, JacobSavage, RedCoyote, Burning_Earth, StrangerCoug, Hanasawa, Shanba, MTD, BipolarChemist, Nobody Special, PiggyGal15}

TelephoNe · Post Post #152 (isolation #50) » Thu May 08, 2014 7:30 pm

Good news: Stonefish is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #164 (isolation #51) » Fri May 09, 2014 5:00 pm

In post 156, StrangerCoug wrote:But you accepted my submission from later in the chain. I'm confused.

Well, shit. I made a mistake there.

TelephoNe · Post Post #168 (isolation #52) » Sun May 11, 2014 5:18 am

I now need someone for Jacky Winter asap

not {BipolarChemist, DeasVail, YurikoJasmine, Cheery Dog, StrangerCoug, Antihero, RedCoyote, Burning_Earth, PiggyGal15, Hanasawa, Marquis, Shanba, DrippingGoofball, MTD} though

TelephoNe · Post Post #169 (isolation #53) » Sun May 11, 2014 5:56 am

Irukandji Jellyfish and Lyrebird are up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #175 (isolation #54) » Sun May 11, 2014 4:02 pm

Redback Spider is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #177 (isolation #55) » Sun May 11, 2014 4:16 pm

As is Mulgara!

(I only just realised when I was uploading the pictures that Lucky's picture had letters in it.)

TelephoNe · Post Post #179 (isolation #56) » Mon May 12, 2014 3:53 am

Bandicoot is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #190 (isolation #57) » Mon May 12, 2014 6:48 pm

Cassowary is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #192 (isolation #58) » Tue May 13, 2014 7:21 pm

Another day, another flake.

I need replacements for Micc in

Ornamental Snake

(phrase->picture)

not {Nobody Special, mallowgeno, JacobSavage, BipolarChemist, Marquis, xtopherusD, CuddlyCaucasian, Axxle, Burning_Earth, PiggyGal15, Mist7676, Shanba, Micc, MTD, JerryArr, DeasVail}

Kangaroo

(picture->phrase)

not {RedCoyote, BipolarChemist, Burning_Earth, Mist7676, xtopherusD, CuddlyCaucasian, Nobody Special, DeasVail, Cheery Dog, JerryArr, JacobSavage, Micc, DrippingGoofball, Lucky2u}
and

Echidna

(picture->phrase)

not {Mist7676, StrangerCoug, Bicephalous Bob, Hanasawa, Hanasawa, Cheery Dog, mallowgeno, BipolarChemist, MTD, JacobSavage, PiggyGal15, xtopherusD, JerryArr, Shanba, Nobody Special}

TelephoNe · Post Post #193 (isolation #59) » Tue May 13, 2014 7:30 pm

Thylacine is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #197 (isolation #60) » Wed May 14, 2014 3:10 am

thanks. all replacements filled now

TelephoNe · Post Post #199 (isolation #61) » Wed May 14, 2014 5:28 am

Quokka is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #201 (isolation #62) » Wed May 14, 2014 6:28 pm

Echidna and Great White Shark are up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #207 (isolation #63) » Wed May 14, 2014 9:44 pm

Guess what everyone! I need two more replacements!

both phrase->picture

Antechinus

not {CuddlyCaucasian, Antihero, Micc, Cheery Dog, mallowgeno, RedCoyote, Marquis, PiggyGal15, BipolarChemist, DrippingGoofball, mallowgeno, Shanba, Axxle}

Ornamental Snake

not {mallowgeno, Axxle, Shanba, DeasVail, Mist7676, Cheery Dog, Antihero, JacobSavage, Lucky2u, RedCoyote, DrippingGoofball, Bicephalous Bob, JerryArr}

TelephoNe · Post Post #211 (isolation #64) » Thu May 15, 2014 6:53 pm

Ornamental Snake is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #213 (isolation #65) » Thu May 15, 2014 9:55 pm

Hairy-Nosed Wombat is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #214 (isolation #66) » Thu May 15, 2014 10:25 pm

Also Piping Shrike

TelephoNe · Post Post #216 (isolation #67) » Thu May 15, 2014 11:58 pm

I need one more replacement (hopefullt the last).

someone other than {BipolarChemist, DeasVail, YurikoJasmine, Cheery Dog, StrangerCoug, Antihero, RedCoyote, Burning_Earth, PiggyGal15, Hanasawa, Marquis, Shanba, DrippingGoofball, Nobody Special, MTD} to draw a picture please.

TelephoNe · Post Post #218 (isolation #68) » Fri May 16, 2014 5:27 pm

Numbat is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #220 (isolation #69) » Sat May 17, 2014 5:17 pm

Antechinus is up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #221 (isolation #70) » Sun May 18, 2014 6:19 pm

Jacky Winter and Kangaroo are up!

TelephoNe · Post Post #225 (isolation #71) » Sat May 31, 2014 4:30 pm

At long last, Dingo is up and we're finished!