New Game - Acrophobia

[Zorina]

Mr. Soy Boyo asked me to start a thread for this, so here we go. 

 

Acrophobia is an easy game, which is more about being creative and funny than about being right.  Each round, I will post a group of letters.  Players will then decide what they think that group of letters might be an acronym for, and then PM me with their answer.  For example, if the letters were FAM, you might send me "Figs and Mice" or "Forsaken Are Murderers" or "Fly A Mango" -- it doesn't matter what the phrase is, as long as it uses all the letters in the order given, and doesn't add any extra words. 

 

Each round will have a PM deadline, to keep the game from going on forever without moving.  At the deadline, I'll collect all the entries for the round and post them.  Players then come back to the thread and read the entries, and then PM me a vote for the entry they like the best.  You can vote even if you don't have an entry in the round. 

 

Each game will consist of 5 rounds.  The first round will have a three-letter group, the second a four-letter group, the third a five-letter group, the fourth a six-letter group, and the fifth a seven-letter group.  The person with the most points at the end of the 5 rounds is the winner.

 

Points are scored in a couple of different ways.  First, a player gets one point for each person who votes for their entry in a round.  In addition, the player who receives the most votes in a round gets bonus points equal to the number of letters involved in that round (so getting the most votes in the first round is worth three extra points, and so on).  Lastly, whoever has voted for the entry that receives the most votes in a round gets a point. 

 

IMPORTANT: Don't post your entries or your votes in the thread, PM them to the mod! 

 

Ready?  Okay. 

 

The letters for the first round are:

M S K

 

In order to have your entry counted for the first round, please PM it to me within 48 hours of the time on this post.  Be clever, have fun, and remember to keep it PG-13. ;D

[Alys Kinch]

Can we give only one answer?

[Zorina]

Only one answer from each player will go to voting.  So if you submit one, and then send me another one, I'll use the most recent.  Does that make sense?

[reyler]

Is punctuation okay?

[Zorina]

Punctuation is fine -- should have had that as an example. 

[Alys Kinch]

Was also wondering if this might turn into a popularity contest or if you only post the submissions and reward later.

[Zorina]

Nope, entries are posted without saying who submitted them, and votes are private.  Unless you start to submit a lot of entries that are all about the same thing ("Oh, Alys Kinch always writes about pasta, so that one about spaghetti must be hers"), it's hard to sort out who wrote what.  Points are posted at the end of each voting round.  (It will probably make more sense when we've finished this round...I hope so, anyway!)

[Alys Kinch]

I think I've got it now. I was just hoping you would say what you did. :D Nip it in the bud before it's a problem.

[reyler]

Alys. Pasta.

 

>:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

[Alys Kinch]

Don't make me dunk you in the pasta rey!! you know that's mine! Zorina even told you so. :p

[Guest Moridin-Mafia]

Tis all yours, deary. *dunks Alys in the pasta*

[Alys Kinch]

Get out of character!! take those clothes off!

[reyler]

Lasagna=pasta.  >:( >:( >:( >:(

[Alys Kinch]

I know. and that makes it my province. :-*

[GoodGrief]

*divests self of poncho, 1920s bathing suit, teacosy, knee-hi rainbow toe socks and sandals*

 

So we've got another day to submit, right? *plunges into the bolognaise sea* I hereby claim meatball island in the name of Meeeeeee! *does a number of ceremonial things involving cephalopods and windchimes*

[reyler]

*eats Australia and everyone in it*

[Zorina]

Annnnndddd.... We vote!

 

There are seven choices for best answer this round.  Please read them, and PM me with the one you like most (or dislike least, or whatnot).  Votes for your own answer will be cheerfully ignored  ;)  The person who submitted the answer that gets the most votes gets a 3-point bonus, and everyone who votes for the winning answer also gets a bonus point.

 

1. Multiple Sclerosis Kills

2. Marsupial Sauce: Kangaroo

3. Malevolent Singing Kangaroo

4. Must Save Kenny

5. Many Silken Knees!

6. My Soggy Kitten

7. Marauding Serial Killers

 

Please vote within 48 hours of this post, and I'll post the points from this round on Friday, along with a new acronym. 

[GoodGrief]

*shrugs* At least you're keeping the sun off. Hey, we have two kangaroo choices. The macropods are gonna take over the world  :)

[reyler]

Is that what it's going to take for you guys to find shoes that fit?

[SBoydW]

Guys let's try not to spam this into oblivion. :P

 

Also my vote is [glow=red,2,300]My Soggy Kitten[/glow]

[Naeann]

Psst Boyo... you are supposed to PM the votes. ;)

[Zorina]

Yup.  Votes in thread will also be cheerfully ignored.  :)

[SBoydW]

<.< >.>

 

I knew that.... :-[

[Alys Kinch]

I was thinking a little spam was o.k. to keep the topic visible since most of the game happens off thread.

[Zorina]

Yeah, it's okay to post stuff in the thread -- the thing is that if voting happens in the thread, people voting later can just lump their vote in with whatever looks like it's getting the most votes so that they're assured the point for voting for the winner.  So one vote in the thread doesn't affect the game, but it does affect the game if everybody votes in the thread.