Also, what is NM doing? Worst play I’ve ever seen.
I can't remember the last N_M post that wasn't bland, unimaginative and lame. Some shitposters are at least somewhat funny. You are the epitomy of the type of poster that nobody would miss if you were to suddenly disappear. You never add anything of value.
I'm guessing you haven't read the game and probably never will? Why even sign up to play?
I will straight up disregard all reason if you have a PR dream again. You can come back and be like, “I dreamt that Locke is a N2 Bulletproof Multitasking Cop and Self-Targeting Doctor,” and I will go, “Okay, Locke kill it is then.”
Also, can finally point this out: "x-ray" is hyphenated, and thus illegal; hyphenated clues aren't one word unless the appropriate flexible rule is in play. None of Nancy's opponents called it out, though, and if none of her opponents call it out then by the rules her team isn't penalized for it afterwards; it becomes legal after-the-fact.
Good reminder to everyone playing to keep an eye out for enemy spymasters trying to get away with things. (And that anyone not playing needs to keep quiet during the game if they see it, as it's the opponents' responsibility to catch illegal clues, not the mod's or anyone else's.)
I thought x-ray qualified as a single word. Where in the rules says that it isn’t?
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We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
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Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
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Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
In post 0, Cat Scratch Fever wrote:You are expected to have read through the Official Rules booklet and know what clues are legal and what aren't (keep in mind that the flexible rules on page 7 are not in play)
From the rule booklet, page 7:
Compound Words
English has three ways to write a compound
word. Greenhouse is one word. Pack rat is two
words. Mother-in-law is hyphenated. Technically,
only greenhouse can be a one-word clue.
I couldn’t find it either in post 0 or in the link I just clicked. The only part I could corroborate was this:
But if no one notices that a clue is invalid, it counts as valid.
But now I know for next time. I did think x-ray was a valid clue though. I would have chosen something else otherwise such as maybe “medical” or “science”, so I 100% wasn’t trying to get away with anything.
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We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
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Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
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Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
In post 7512, lilith2013 wrote:The rule about compound words says that words with hyphens or spaces aren’t valid clues, unless we’re playing with flexible rules.
How does that work exactly - flexible rules?
Perhaps CM1 can just add to post 0 a list of illegal clues and explain how the flexible rules figures into all of that? Most people aren’t going to look beyond post 0 for clarification I don’t think.
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We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
*******
Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
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Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
We don’t play with flexible rules unless it’s agreed on before the game starts. So by default, hyphenated words, pronouns, acronyms, and anything else listed in the flexible rules section aren’t allowed. Usually you don’t need to know the flexible rules so there’s no need to have a list of them in this thread unless we play a game with flexible rules, but in this case we’re citing it to show that hyphenated words are explicitly not allowed in the non-flexible ruleset because they’re specifically part of the flexible rules, which we’re not using. The gist of the basic rule is “only one word that is related to the meaning of the words on the board,” and flexible rules are only there as exceptions to the basic rule if the people playing decide they want those exceptions. By default there aren’t any exceptions to “only one word.” Hyphenated words are more than one word.
the flexible rules would come into play most often in casual settings, especially in-person with a crowd that doesn't appreciate nitpickery, whereas online that sort of behaviour is generally encouraged
In post 7515, lilith2013 wrote:So by default, hyphenated words, pronouns, acronyms, and anything else listed in the flexible rules section aren’t allowed.
Pronouns are totally valid, although I don't think I've ever seen someone clue one. "She" would be a valid clue.
We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
*******
Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
*******
Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
generally, any noun that starts with a capital letter (unless it's only capitalized to begin a sentence), which in most cases is a name of a person, place, or thing, like Alfred or Mexico or Windex.
this rule would also extend to any capitalized adjectives, Mexican for example
generally, any noun that starts with a capital letter (unless it's only capitalized to begin a sentence), which in most cases is a name of a person, place, or thing, like Alfred or Mexico or Windex.
this rule would also extend to any capitalized adjectives, Mexican for example
I think NM used “Thatcher” as a clue in a previous game (but I don’t remember whether or not he capitalized it or not) and I used “Moby” in this one.
So is that illegal? And if so, what if you gave the exact same clue all in lowercase such as for example “mccartney” or would “beatles” be fine because they are also bugs?
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We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)
~the worst
*******
Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl
~CheekyTeeky
*******
Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.
thatcher is allowed because it means someone who builds a type of roof
Moby is an illegal clue as far as I'm aware
mccartney would be illegal, even if you write it in all lowercase
the bug is spelled "beetle", and I'm not sure if "beatle" has a different meaning, but I feel like beatle would technically still be allowed if its understood that it was a misspelling
Proper Nouns is basically the name of something, technically the capitalized is only important if there is a definition of that word that isn't about the name.
For example the word "trump" is a valid clue if you're talking about beating someone at something, or talking about games...it wouldn't be a valid clue if you're trying to talk about presidents.
For your example: beatles wouldn't be fine but beetle would be (it's a different spelling), beatles is the band and beetle is the bug
Keep in mind that Proper Nouns is a flexible rule and as such, if people want to allow them then I'm happy for people to discuss it and if there's a consensus then we can allow them. It is probably the one flexible rule that gets broken the most so I could understand if people want to change this one.
Also, I've now written up the Legal/Illegal clues into Post 0 including the Flexible rules
I have also added in a couple of bullet points on prodding:
-All players may send prods/reminders to anyone on their team. You can only prod each player once per round and when you do so you must post in the thread that you have done it to avoid multiple prods. A prod must consist of the phrase: "It's our teams turn" and nothing else. If a player hasn't checked in then the game should still continue and the other players should guess words instead.
-It is not my responsibility to prod your players, I will not interfere with an ongoing game unless it is a rules clarification.
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