Finale Part 3: Chain Letter

[CuddlyCaucasian]

{FINALE ~ PART 03}

Chain Letter

"""You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretsky" - Michael Scott" - CuddlyCaucasian

Rules

This challenge is a more difficult version of Password.

Each member of your team will be given

five words

. The first player's words will be numbered #1-#5, the second player's #6-#10, etc. All words start and end with a different letter of the alphabet. When placed in the correct order, these 25 words will form a

chain

where the last letter in each preceding word is the same as the first letter of the word that follows. There is only one order the words can be placed in that will fulfill these requirements.

For example, the chain could contain:

• plethora
  
• abstract
  
• trivial
  
• lobotomy
  
• yellow
  
• whale

You will be attempting to complete the chain as quickly as possible by giving your teammates clues as to what your words are.

The game will take place in 5-minute rounds. On the first round, everyone will give a one-word clue for each of their words, specifying which clue applies to which numbered word. This clue must be a word in the English language, and cannot be a proper noun or a hyphenated combination of multiple words.

Outside sources are prohibited.

On all following 5-minute rounds, you may choose between

only one

of the following actions:

• Give a clue:
  following the same rules as for the first round, give a one-word clue for one of your words, specifying which numbered word it's for. If you think you've figured it out, it is possible for you to give a clue for a word that isn't yours.
  
• Request help:
  at any time during the 5 minutes, you can ask a teammate to give more information on a specific word you're unsure on.
  
• Submit a guess:
  to make a formal guess for the chain of 25 words, you must send your guess privately to a moderator. After you submit your guess, you'll be told how many connections in the chain were correct.

The game ends once

all members of your team

have correctly submitted guesses with all 25 connections correct. The team who does it the fastest wins. Contact a mod when you are ready.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

The clue you give for a word must relate to the meaning of that word and should not be intended to indicate position in the chain or what the first or last letter is. Planning out a code for the clues to follow or anything of that nature is not allowed.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

This is it. This is where the ultimate champions will be decided. Let’s see how everyone did individually.

implosion...

Spoiler:

successfully completed all 24 links.

Haschel Cedricson...

Spoiler:

also completed the chain. We’re tied up.

SleepyKrew...

Spoiler:

finished the chain.

Errantparabola...

Spoiler:

finished the chain as well. Still tied up.

randomidget...

Spoiler:

could only complete 23 links. That’s one ding against Fire & Brimstone.

panthaleon...

Spoiler:

was also 1 away from finishing. We’re still tied up.

Radja...

Spoiler:

was 2 links away from finishing.

D3f3nd3r...

Spoiler:

successfully completed the chain.

mallowgeno...

Spoiler:

was 2 links away.

Irrelephant11...

Spoiler:

successfully completed the chain!

Fire & Brimstone

are the winners of Clash of the Mash 2018!

Congratulations to D3f3nd3r, Errantparabola, implosion, Irrelephant11, and randomidget. An additional congratulations to your teammates who have fallen before you; if only they could have been here to celebrate.

Thank you to everyone for playing, and celebrating the great array of challenges we have to offer in Mish Mash and in our Large Social Games.