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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:23 am

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, a team deduction game! because datisi wants to finally mod something in mishmash! completely plagiarized from lilith, who ran it here!

gameplay:

there are two teams. in each round, one person from each team acts as their team's psychic. i send the psychic a card that describes two opposites, and a wavelength spectrum with the numbers 0 to 100 and a target. their team will know the two opposites on the card, but not where the target is. the psychic has to give their team a clue that will lead them to guess where the target is on the 0-100 spectrum compared to the two words on the card. the numbers on the spectrum indicate how many points you receive for your guess - the closer you are to the target i sent, the more points you receive. before i reveal where the target is, the opposing team also has a chance to guess whether they think the true target is further to the left or further to the right than the playing team's guess. then i reveal the wavelength spectrum and award points based on how close the original team was to the target, and the opposing team gains 1 point if it guessed left/right correctly (but only if the original team did not win 4 points).

Spoiler: here's an example
i send the psychic a card that says "hot | cold" and the below wavelength spectrum:
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now the psychic has to think of something that is on the hot/cold spectrum that would put their team's guess close to where the 4 is on the spectrum. hot is on the left side of the card, so hot is represented by the left end of the spectrum; and cold is on the right side of the card, so cold is represented by the right end of the spectrum. the target is the gray area with the 4 on it, so here it is about 74-79 on the scale of 0 to 100. the psychic might say "ice water" as their clue, something that's pretty cold but not the coldest. i publicly show the team the hot/cold card and the psychic's clue, "ice water." they do not see the spectrum. now their team discusses where they think "ice water" lands on the scale of 0 to 100. let's say they guess it's at 70. once they lock in their answer, i ask the opposing team to guess whether they think the true target is further to the left (hotter) or further to the right (colder) than the original team's guess. let's say they think it's further to the right. the original team gains 3 points for guessing 70 based on the spectrum areas, and the opposing team gains 1 point for guessing correctly that the true target was further to the right. if the team had guessed 60 instead, they would have received 0 points, while the opposing team would still have gained 1 point for guessing left/right correctly. and if the original team had guessed 75, they would have received 4 points (and the opposing team also would not have gained 1 point for left/right).

we alternate teams guessing targets on the spectrum, with new cards for each round, until all players on both teams have been a psychic and both teams have played the same number of rounds. the team with the highest score wins!

other gameplay rules:

~ psychic role will be rotated based on order of joining the game. everyone on the team will need to be the psychic once before anyone can be the psychic a second time.
~ each psychic will get a unique card for their round.
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the psychic is not allowed to post in the thread once i have sent them their spectrum until their clue round is over. i will send them the card/spectrum via pm and they will respond to me with their clue in the same pm thread.

~ all other participants in the game can post during the guessing round.
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however, if you are posting outside of your team's turn, you must post in an easily differentiable shade of green.

~ please do not communicate about this game outside of this thread.
~ teams can be an unlimited number of people, so there is no queue! just /in and i will place you on a team.

how to guess:

~ 0 always represents the left end of the spectrum and the left word on the card. 100 always represents the right end of the spectrum and the right word on the card.
~ each of the point-scoring ranges have a width of 5.
~ point-scoring ranges are generated such that the entire 4 space is always visible.
~ provide a bolded guess like this:
guess: 75
(or
guess: left
if you're the opposing team)
~ only the first guess from each team in this format counts.
~ each team will be assigned a representative - whoever was most recently a psychic who is no longer a psychic. the representative changes each time the team gets a new psychic. the representative is in charge of making the team's official guesses, both numbers and left/right.

scoring:

~ teams start with 0 points
~ points for the guessing team are determined by the number shown on each area of the spectrum.
~ the opposing team gains one point for guessing left/right correctly, but only if the guessing team did not score 4 points.
~ rounds alternate between teams.
~ the game ends when all players on both teams have been psychic at least once, and both teams have played the same number of rounds. then the team with the highest score wins!
~ if there's a tie, i will be the psychic for a sudden death round. the team with the highest score from sudden death rounds wins.

timelines:

~ the psychic will have 24 hours once i pm them the card/spectrum to provide a clue.
~ the psychic's team will have 4 days to come up with their guess.
~ the opposing team will have 48 hours after this 4 day period ends to guess left/right.

important: rules about giving clues:

~ you may not use google/other search engines or any outside resources when giving a clue.
~ convey a single thought - there shouldn't need to be explanatory context or multiple ideas contained in one clue.
~ don't "invent" something - although the clue can refer to something fictional, it has to already exist in the universe. you can't make up an idea just for the clue (e.g. "draco malfoy" is acceptable while "draco malfoy if he was rewritten with neville longbottom's personality" is not).
~ stay on topic - if the card says hot | cold, you have to provide a clue that can be considered hot, cold, or somewhere in between (e.g. "thunder" would not work as a clue).
~ don't use the words on the card or synonyms/alternative forms of those words - you can't use "heat" as a clue for "hot."
~ no numbers - you cannot use numbers, percentages, ratios, or anything similar to sneakily provide the location of the target (e.g. "3/4").
~ no puns, rhymes, homonyms, etc. that try to get around the topic of the card.
~ using proper nouns as clues is highly encouraged!

the first game will start when we have 6 people! (3 per team)

there’s no limit to the number of players on a team, so you can join the game at any time! you can /in to a specific available team (marked in the team list as "available for new members") or simply /in and i’ll place you on a random team.


please let me know if you have any suggestions for changes to the allotted times, scoring limits, etc. definitely open to suggestions!
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:47 am

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/in
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:28 am

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/in!
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:53 am

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/in on lili’s team
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:38 pm

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/in. No team preference.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:53 pm

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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:17 pm

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can I snag Farren for the team I’m on?
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:26 pm

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No objections on my end. :)
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:03 am

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/in (to join xalxe and sirius9121 on a team, i believe)

our team could be named 'eight and a xalxe' if that is okay with xalxe unless someone has a better team name idea (or unless i am unwanted)
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:42 am

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okay that's 6, that's enough to start. reminder that teams can be joined even while the game is in progress.

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  2. Sirius9121
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sending a spectrum card to Xalxe. he may not post until the clue round is over.
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:46 am

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here's the card for
eight and a xalxe
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relaxingpanic-inducing


and the clue that your psychic, Xalxe, provided is:
A massage from a newly-licensed masseuse


your team has (expired on 2021-06-27 22:00:00) to guess where the target is. it’s now up to you to discuss and determine where
A massage from a newly-licensed masseuse
is on the spectrum from 0 to 100. 0 represents “relaxing” and 100 represents “panic-inducing".

gelsomina
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guess: x
where x is between 0 and 100.
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:17 am

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In post 10, Datisi wrote:
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:18 am

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sorry i am terrible; fixed
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:23 am

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In post 10, Datisi wrote:
A massage from a newly-licensed masseuse
going to think of this as the expected impression if it was a scene in a television show as opposed to for myself

so massage puts us firmly to the relaxing side of 50 but newly-licensed seems meant to keep us from going too much further than that - first instinct is 35-40

pedit: nono it is okay i noticed you fixed the first one but left the second that's the only reason i went to find the gif
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:10 pm

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i thiiiiiiink it's somewhat closer to the 27-32 side :|
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:15 pm

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guess: 33
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:27 pm

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eight and a xalxe
has locked in
33
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relaxingpanic-inducing


clue:
A massage from a newly-licensed masseuse


0 represents “relaxing” and 100 represents “panic-inducing". please place your guess according to whether you think "
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:32 pm

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I’d put massage around like 15-20 maybe, and then knock off 10-20 points for the masseuse being new. That puts me at 25-40 which 33 is smack in the middle of. I feel like it might be slightly more likely to be left, like if xalxe thinks massages are the most super relaxing thing ever.
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:36 pm

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Yeah, having the masseuse being new doesn't exactly make me think panic should be involved; it might just shave a few points off it. I'd also be inclined to aim left of 33.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:37 pm

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I'm inclined towards left tbh

I would say that like a non-licensed new masseuse would be quite panic inducing, but I have a friend who's licensed and I remember him telling me he had to do like A LOT of practice to qualify

so it's not maybe quite as relaxing as a super experienced masseuse which would be like, 10 or so I'd say, but I don't think I'd knock off that much for the new license as opposed to like, "first time masseuse"
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:37 pm

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I think 33 is quite likely to be like, 3 point range, just not 4

I reckon the real answer might be like 25
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:38 pm

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Sounds like we all agree, then. :)

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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:46 pm

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alright, left has been locked in.

card:
relaxingpanic-inducing

Clue: A massage from a newly-licensed masseuse

Spoiler: drum roll please...
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eight and a xalxe's guess of
33
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team 2's guess of
left
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team eight and a xalxe
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  2. Sirius9121
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:51 pm

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we could call ourselves "gelsomnia" in honour of dats' spelling :P

or more seriously how about errr... "ermine rainfall" (an anagram of farren/lili/mena)
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:54 pm

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In post 23, Menalque wrote:or more seriously how about errr... "ermine rainfall" (an anagram of farren/lili/mena)
This sounds cool. And it beats "the team that starts with -12 points", which is probably what we'd get if we didn't pick something.
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