Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon

[Outer Space]

Moderator: Outer Space (AKA Ariel) | Backup/Co-Mod Applications: Accepted
Rules | Completed Chains

Telephone Pictionary is a game of silly miscommunication. To get a better idea how this works on a forum, review the results of the most recent game here. Drawing--and drawing under 72 hour deadlines--is required, although talent isn't necessary. (Effort is still appreciated!)

NOTE: SIGNUPS HAVE CLOSED.

This game will have a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 30 chains.

Your /in will only be counted once Outer Space (or Discord: ariel.ace) receives a starting sentence from you.

Let me know when signing up if you would prefer prods/notifications on Discord in addition or instead of PMs.

Players

1. ORAM ✔Either
   
2. Mystic Sailboat ✔Discord
   
3. StrangerCoug ✔Discord
   
4. mallowgeno ✔Discord
   
5. DragonEater70 ✔Either
   
6. AniX ✔Site
   
7. Aureal ✔Site
   
8. N ✔Site
   
9. Nexus ✔Site
   
10. schadd_ ✔Discord
    
11. Cheetory6 ✔Discord
    
12. ambic ✔Discord
    
13. fireisredsir ✔Discord
    
14. biancospino ✔Site
    
15. Gamma Emerald ✔Discord
    
16. Skygazer ✔Either
    
17. VashtaNeurotic ✔Discord
    
18. GeorgeBailey ✔Discord
    
19. Who ✔Either
    
20. Bellaphant ✔Site
    
21. tris ✔Discord
    
22. bugspray ✔Site
    
23. RH9 ✔Either
    
24. Jake the Wolfie ✔Discord
    
25. Cheery Dog ✔Either
    
26. lendunistus ✔Discord
    
27. Ausuka ✔Discord

[Outer Space]

tl;dr: 72 hour picture deadlines. 24 hour sentence deadlines. Fast chains get fast reveals. Slow players get replaced.

Game Flow & Timelines

Basic Flow

• Starting sentence:
  Submit this to get /in. It shouldn't be incredibly long, but it can basically be as silly as you want it to be. Some examples can be found in chains from past games, but please don't copy those exactly.
  
• Receiving a sentence:
  When the game starts, starting 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. (Note: Please don't actually take the full 72 hours every single round. If you're busy sometimes, that's fine, but if you're consistently waiting until the last day, please keep in mind that other pictures/chains may be waiting on you.)
  
• Receiving a picture:
  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.
  
• And so on & so forth:
  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.

Deadline & Vacation Deets

• 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 96 hours.
  
• If you miss multiple picture deadlines, 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.

Picture & Sentence Standards

General

• Please don't break the site rules. Keep it reasonably safe for work, and preferably not too gross.
  
• These rules may not cover everything against the spirit of the game. If I'm forgetting a rule, I'll let you know. You might be asked to resubmit in light of this.

Pictures

• Submit .JPG or .PNG photos. Please no .BMP. Please use a nondescript file name. Ideally, max of 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall.
  
• Please be mindful of where you upload your pictures to. Most people use Imgur, Discord or Gyazo uploads these days. Tinypic deletes its pictures without warning, and anything uploaded to the wiki is accessible by other players.
  
• Any art medium (drawing program, hand drawn, diorama, etc.) should be fine as long as you can submit as a picture/scanned image of it
  
• Anything drawn should be drawn from scratch. You can use Google Images as a reference, but don't paste other people's pictures into your own or rely on AI.
  
• 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.

Sentences

• Keep it to one sentence, don't intentionally mislead, 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.

Miscellaneous

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

[Outer Space]

Completed Chains

Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon

Ursa Major: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain U
Jupiter: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain J
Parallax: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain P
Retrograde: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain R
Comet: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain C
Eclipse: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain E
Interstellar: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain I
Nebula: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain N
Kuiper Belt: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain K
Oort cloud: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain O
Fornax: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain F
Wavelength: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain W
Heliosphere: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain H
Luminosity: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain L
Meteor: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain M
Quasar: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain Q
Supernova: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain S
Tide: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain T
Voyager: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain V
Barycenter: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain B
Galaxy: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain G
Æther: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain Æ
Asteroid: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain A
Zenith: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain Z
Year: Telephone Pictionary: Shoot the Moon/Chain Y

[ORAM]

/in, sentence being sent soon

[Mystic Sailboat]

/in aaaaaaAAAAAAAA (prefer discord) (my discord is mysticsailboat)

[StrangerCoug]

/in

[Mystic Sailboat]

tl;dr: 72 hour picture deadlines. 24 hour sentence deadlines. Fast chains get fast reveals. Slow players get replaced.

oh so NOW i can corrupt the innocent????? amazing

[mallowgeno]

/in

[DragonEater70]

/in

[AniX]

/in

[Aureal]

I got an art video game after the last one of these, maybe I'll manage to draw something better (or at least not worse) with it this time.

[mallowgeno]

I would also prefer discord notifications if possible

[N]

2024 delivers

[Nexus]

/in

[schadd_]

ohh hsh shgit ghawah /in discord pleaze Thank you for running

[Cheetory6]

/in discord yeah lets do it

[ambic]

/in, discord please

[schadd_]

YIPPEE

[fireisredsir]

/in, discord!

[biancospino]

/in

[Gamma Emerald]

/in because I want to try and work on my art skills

[VashtaNeurotic]

/in with discord preference

[Skygazer]

/in, i'm chronically online so pick whichever between MS/discord is easier!

[GeorgeBailey]

/in with Discord pls

[Bellaphant]

/in ms if possible