Telephone Pictionary: Lost in Translation (Done!)

[Telephone Cat]

This year starts, I'm half-game of Pictionary phone. What is too much there? I want to play again! I do dolor sit amet, Pictionary and weak graphics. For my part, I mean the Mafia had waited to play, I would like to play a certain time to speak the truth, if you can, what shall I profit you, I think I in the mean time it is lawful. But the good is in my hand? What still bothers me.

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Oh well. You know the drill! If you don't know the drill, read on.

Telephone Pictionary (also called Eat Poop You Cat, Fax Machines and probably some other things) is a game of silly miscommunication. The results of the most recent game can be found here, and they'll give you a better idea of how things work than any description I can type. Drawing--and drawing under 72 hour deadlines--is required, although talent isn't necessary. (Effort is still appreciated!)

For reference, my main account is Ether, and she can be contacted via AIM at CaffieneDeity, or Skype at unvote. If I die, Amrun and petroleumjelly know the password to this account, so arrangements can be made from there.

Status:

This game is COMPLETE.

Players:

1. Shanba

(replaces ChannelDelibird)

2. ForWhomTheJellyRolls
3. Jopalopa
4. MattP
5. Plotinus
6. DrippingGoofball
7. lilith2013
8. Cheetory6
9. lalaladucks
10. Cheery Dog
11. notachipmunk
12. N

13. concvex

14. Natirasha

15. Marquis

16. StrangerCoug

17. Axxle
18. insanity018

19. DiamondSentinel

20. Mina

Chains:

20/20
ASL
Berber
Common
Draconic
English
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Klingon
Latin
Mandarin
Nahuatl
Orcish
Punjabi
Quechua
Russian
Swahili
Tamil

[Telephone Cat]

tl;dr: Fast chains get fast reveals. Slow players get replaced. And your chain had better not corrupt any innocent 13-year-olds.

Sentence deadlines are 24 hours this time.

• 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.
  
• Please don't actually take 72 hours every single round.
  If you're busy sometimes, that's fine, but if you're consistently waiting until the last day...just keep in mind that other people might be waiting on you. This isn't technically against the rules, but I'm asking you nicely here.
  
• 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 24 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.
  
• If you miss a picture deadline, future deadlines shrink by 24 hours. I might restore the full time after a few rounds, if I don't have to prod you under those conditions. (But please just try to not miss deadlines! That's the best approach.)
  
• 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; some of us have tiny laptop screens. 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--but make sure that the album that you put your pictures in is private.
  
• 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, and preferably not too gross. Please don't make chains about poop, okay?
  
• 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, 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 Cat]

I still need MattP's sentence!

[Telephone Cat]

I will.

[Telephone Cat]

Two slots remain!

Axxle, I still need your sentence. (And insanity's, but she signed up five minutes ago so she has a bit more leeway here.)

[Telephone Cat]

One slot now.

If I don't get Axxle's sentence by the time that fills, I guess I'm writing one for him!

[Telephone Cat]

Mina takes the last slot!

I still need sentences from DiamondSentinel and Axxle. I'll give them a bit longer while I line all the PMs up, but seriously, I need them now.

[Telephone Cat]

All starting sentences are out!

Some of you may have noticed that I asked you for sentences, not pictures. This is because I don't proofread my PMs. Send me pictures, please.

[Telephone Cat]

Round 2 is now halfway done!

[Telephone Cat]

With the support of ForWhomTheJellyRolls, N has broken the Round 4 barrier!

[Telephone Cat]

I liked all three of your pictures!

(Also, none of you get all your pictures passed to the same person. The chain map is much more twisted and tangled than that!)

[Telephone Cat]

On the backs of Cheery Dog and notachipmunk, concvex has broken the Round 6 barrier!

[Telephone Cat]

Round 2 is COMPLETE.

[Telephone Cat]

Eh, I'm not picky.

In other news, only five pictures are still on Round 4!

[Telephone Cat]

Natirasha has broken the Round 8 barrier!

[Telephone Cat]

With help from Axxle, Plotinus, Jopalopa and N, Cheetory6 has broken the Round 10 barrier!

[Telephone Cat]

Man. I don't want to wake up at 4 in the morning to look for subs for CDB and Mina. Neither of them have even picked up their prods.

If they haven't picked them up by midnight (in 2½ hours from this post), I'm just going to put the call out then.

[Telephone Cat]

Dosed off for a bit there!

So I still haven't heard back from either Mina or CDB. Anyone up for one of their pictures? As always, please don't volunteer to replace until you're ready to sit down and draw something--these chains have been held up long enough!

[Telephone Cat]

I have awakened again and passed both sentences to Shanba, as an apology for starting a game while his back was turned.

Aaaaaaaaaaand Marquis missed his deadline too. Dammit, you guys. Anyone want his?

Those eligible include {Cheery Dog, Cheetory6, DiamondSentinel, DrippingGoofball, MattP, N, notachipmunk} and anyone not in this game.

[Telephone Cat]

DGB takes Marquis's missing Round 6. Thanks, DGB!

[Telephone Cat]

Shanba has heroically drawn one picture, but won't be able to get to the other today! Those eligible to take it instead include {Axxle, Cheery Dog, concvex, ForWhomTheJellyRolls, insanity018, Jopalopa, MattP} and anyone not playing.

EDIT: Varsoon takes Nahuatl!

[Telephone Cat]

At last, Round 4 is COMPLETE.

Incidentally, that's also the 60th picture drawn. We are now halfway through!

[Telephone Cat]

WEEK ONE COMPLETE

61/120 pictures drawn
25% of chains are on Round 6.
5% of chains are on Round 7.
50% of chains are on Round 8.
10% of chains are on Round 10.
10% of chains are on Round 12.

A little slower than usual, but getting there!

[Telephone Cat]

Common is up!

[Telephone Cat]

So...CDB appears to have vanished. I'm going to give him until his Round 6 deadline tonight to come back officially. But in the meantime, I'm just passing his current sentence rounds on to chamber. They're starting to pile up, and one expired last night anyway.

[Telephone Cat]

Berber is up!

And so it is that all sin is washed away.

[Telephone Cat]

Still no sign of CDB. I talked to Shanba yesterday, and he's agreed to take over for him.

[Telephone Cat]

That's like asking how an Asian person can possibly be American. That's incredibly racist, Felissan.

[Telephone Cat]

Presumably France has become more enlightened by the year that this picture is set in.

[Telephone Cat]

Oh, right. Forgot to mention this earlier, but Round 6 is COMPLETE.

[Telephone Cat]

DiamondSentinel has requested replacement.

He has three pictures left, and two of them are already exposed. So if you want to take an extra picture, that's probably easier than finding a permanent replacement.

[Telephone Cat]

I just glanced at the spreadsheet and it says you're not eligible for any of the three.

And that's terrible. So I rearranged things until you were eligible. Please hold!

[Telephone Cat]

Those eligible for Orcish are {Axxle, concvex, insanity018, lalaladucks, lilith2013, N, Shanba} and anyone not in this game. I will cross the Draconic bridge when we get to it.

[Telephone Cat]

Thestatusquo takes Orcish!

[Telephone Cat]

Marquis has requested replacement. He's only got two picture prompts left, one of which is ready right now. Anyone want it?

Those eligible include {Cheetory6, Mina, N, Plotinus, Shanba, StrangerCoug} and anyone not playing. As always, please don't volunteer until you're ready to draw!

[Telephone Cat]

If it helps, it's looking increasingly likely that I'm going to need another for concvex in an hour, and you are eligible for that! He hasn't picked up his prod yet.

EDIT: Yimmy takes German.

[Telephone Cat]

Orcish is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Russian is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Japanese is up!

Alas, MattP. It was a noble effort.

[Telephone Cat]

Concvex technically has 11 hours or so to get his next prompt in, but it seems pretty clear to me that he's siteflaked, so I'm passing on his Round 10 to ZZZX.

He can claim his Round 12 if he comes back. Failing that, that makes three as-of-yet covered-up prompts to distribute later.

[Telephone Cat]

StrangerCoug has requested replacement! I've passed his Round 10 to Cheetory, and his Round 12 to notachipmunk.

[Telephone Cat]

At this current moment in time I need three replacements, by the way.

DGB and Cheetory6 are not eligible for any of these chains. This is because God has forsaken this game.

[Telephone Cat]

Tamil is up!

Cheetory is my favorite person.

[Telephone Cat]

French is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Italian is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Swahili is up!

DGB is also my favorite person. And history's greatest monster.

[Telephone Cat]

Those eligible to take Draconic, by the way, include {Cheery Dog, insanity018, lilith2013, Marquis, N, Plotinus, StrangerCoug} and anyone who isn't in this game and isn't implosion. This miiiiiiiiiight be the last replacement I need!

[Telephone Cat]

Nahuatl is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Draconic is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Mandarin is also up!

Tony doesn't have much staying power.

[Telephone Cat]

Quechua is up.

I set off a chain about pee. A

stable

chain about pee. I am so sorry, you guys.

[Telephone Cat]

Ew.

In other, NON-BABYSPERM-RELATED NEWS, Punjabi is up!

[Telephone Cat]

Latin is up!

[Telephone Cat]

She is!

I love lilith's and chamber's sentences on this one, too.

[Telephone Cat]

I don't think so! At this point only 3 people still have any pictures left to draw at all. All three of their deadlines expire sometime tomorrow, so this shouldn't be too long.

[Telephone Cat]

German and Hebrew are up!

Has anyone noticed that snails are a bunch of slimy little terrorists? Not that I'm a racist or anything.

[Telephone Cat]

English is up!

[Telephone Cat]

ASL is up!

Only one chain remains.

[Telephone Cat]

DGB stop corrupting innocent 13-year-olds. x_x

[Telephone Cat]

Klingon is up, and Telephone Pictionary: Lost in Translation is COMPLETE.