I appreciate i'm new here and most of the forum probably don't know me as yet, i'm not trying to leap in the deep end here or jump on anyones toes, but i got a few days off and i'm not intending working for all of them which gives me chance to test out an idea i've had for a good while now, i'm posting this in pc gaming (although it covers all formats including retro games) as it only involves video games.
You may not believe this but the odd forum game can be fun, sometimes not for the game itself but the banter between members that it encourages, anyway i'm bringing this thread to overclockers forums, it's a couple of years old in this form (have ran it on other forums) but i have plans to maybe try and expand it to become an inter forum game maybe in the future.
For now i'll test it here like i have elsewhere and see what sort of response it gets, the more people who post the better and the greater chance of it evolving into an inter forum challenge, i'm warning you some peeps on other forums are a bit good, so you'll be needing a couple of months of practice.
The game
Ok just for fun i decided to open this thread, the idea is simple, the implementation not so, but this is how it works for now.
Someone thinks of a game, any game from say the last 25 yrs, we have to give a few clues to point people in the right direction of said game, whoever guesses correctly (and in the event of a few posting the correct answer obviously first correct reply) gets their username added to the scoreboard which is to be edited into the first post.
Afterwards someone else can try and i'll keep tabs on the scoreboard, sound like fun? probably not but it's something different and hopefully will get more people involved.
I'll kick it off with a few nice simple one's (to give you some idea of what could be used) and whoever can think of a game and a few clues first after the correct answers are posted can start off the next one, obviously there will be a need to verify correct answers and maybe verify the incorrect ones too after a few of those are posted.
Rules (rigorously enforced) :-
*Note initially red text was used to differentiate between waffle and correct answers, new clues, however due to forum colours this has now been changed to yellow*
1) If the correct answer is given please don't complain about the results.
2) Keep all game choices to english or Us titles only and make sure the game is correctly titled.
3) If after a correct guess you chose the game to be guessed, please make sure you'll be around within the next few hours (sleep allowed ) to verify a correct answer or maybe verify a few wrong ones too.
4) One guess per clue and no further guesses on that clue until someone else has posted.
5) Multiple clues can be running at the same time, this will keep the thread ticking over regardless of verfication by op, they must be numbered as clue 1, clue 2 etc both in op and responses to avoid confusion.
6) After a few incorrect responses or four or five hours (whichever is sooner) can the original clue poster maybe try editing their post with a further clue.
7) Mark all new clues and correct responses by using yellow text that way they'll be easy to find and we can kick off another.
8) Clue posters must state which company's machine they played the game on (If it's not a picture clue) along with the clue to whittle down the era.
OVERCLOCKERS GUESS THE GAME LEADERBOARD
(points and clues posted may differ, some clues may be worth more than 1 point)
THE TOP CORRECT GUESS POSTERS
01) Haggisman (09 points)
02) bigjimmyauk (08 points)
03) Chubb (05 points)
04) Haggler (04 points)
05) Tombstone (04 points)
06) Eva01 (02 points)
07) frapple (02 points)
08) Alpherah (01 point)
09) Masterdog (01 point)
10) Rikh (01 point)
11) spydermixx (01 point)
12) Blah (00 points)
13) Blah (00 points)
14) Blah (00 points)
15) Blah (00 points)
THE TOP CLUE POSTERS
01) Haggler (18 posted)
02) frapple (07 posted)
03) Haggisman (04 posted)
04) bigjimmyauk (03 posted)
05) Tombstone (02 posted)
06) Blah (00 posted)
07) Blah (00 posted)
08) Blah (00 posted)
09) Blah (00 posted)
10) Blah (00 posted)
11) Blah (00 posted)
THE TOP INCORRECT GUESS POSTERS (not in use yet)
01) Blah (00 incorrect)
02) Blah (00 incorrect)
03) Blah (00 incorrect)
04) Blah (00 incorrect)
05) Blah (00 incorrect)
06) Blah (00 incorrect)
07) Blah (00 incorrect)
08) Blah (00 incorrect)
09) Blah (00 incorrect)
10) Blah (00 incorrect)
You may not believe this but the odd forum game can be fun, sometimes not for the game itself but the banter between members that it encourages, anyway i'm bringing this thread to overclockers forums, it's a couple of years old in this form (have ran it on other forums) but i have plans to maybe try and expand it to become an inter forum game maybe in the future.
For now i'll test it here like i have elsewhere and see what sort of response it gets, the more people who post the better and the greater chance of it evolving into an inter forum challenge, i'm warning you some peeps on other forums are a bit good, so you'll be needing a couple of months of practice.
The game
Ok just for fun i decided to open this thread, the idea is simple, the implementation not so, but this is how it works for now.
Someone thinks of a game, any game from say the last 25 yrs, we have to give a few clues to point people in the right direction of said game, whoever guesses correctly (and in the event of a few posting the correct answer obviously first correct reply) gets their username added to the scoreboard which is to be edited into the first post.
Afterwards someone else can try and i'll keep tabs on the scoreboard, sound like fun? probably not but it's something different and hopefully will get more people involved.
I'll kick it off with a few nice simple one's (to give you some idea of what could be used) and whoever can think of a game and a few clues first after the correct answers are posted can start off the next one, obviously there will be a need to verify correct answers and maybe verify the incorrect ones too after a few of those are posted.
Rules (rigorously enforced) :-
*Note initially red text was used to differentiate between waffle and correct answers, new clues, however due to forum colours this has now been changed to yellow*
1) If the correct answer is given please don't complain about the results.
2) Keep all game choices to english or Us titles only and make sure the game is correctly titled.
3) If after a correct guess you chose the game to be guessed, please make sure you'll be around within the next few hours (sleep allowed ) to verify a correct answer or maybe verify a few wrong ones too.
4) One guess per clue and no further guesses on that clue until someone else has posted.
5) Multiple clues can be running at the same time, this will keep the thread ticking over regardless of verfication by op, they must be numbered as clue 1, clue 2 etc both in op and responses to avoid confusion.
6) After a few incorrect responses or four or five hours (whichever is sooner) can the original clue poster maybe try editing their post with a further clue.
7) Mark all new clues and correct responses by using yellow text that way they'll be easy to find and we can kick off another.
8) Clue posters must state which company's machine they played the game on (If it's not a picture clue) along with the clue to whittle down the era.
OVERCLOCKERS GUESS THE GAME LEADERBOARD
(points and clues posted may differ, some clues may be worth more than 1 point)
THE TOP CORRECT GUESS POSTERS
01) Haggisman (09 points)
02) bigjimmyauk (08 points)
03) Chubb (05 points)
04) Haggler (04 points)
05) Tombstone (04 points)
06) Eva01 (02 points)
07) frapple (02 points)
08) Alpherah (01 point)
09) Masterdog (01 point)
10) Rikh (01 point)
11) spydermixx (01 point)
12) Blah (00 points)
13) Blah (00 points)
14) Blah (00 points)
15) Blah (00 points)
THE TOP CLUE POSTERS
01) Haggler (18 posted)
02) frapple (07 posted)
03) Haggisman (04 posted)
04) bigjimmyauk (03 posted)
05) Tombstone (02 posted)
06) Blah (00 posted)
07) Blah (00 posted)
08) Blah (00 posted)
09) Blah (00 posted)
10) Blah (00 posted)
11) Blah (00 posted)
THE TOP INCORRECT GUESS POSTERS (not in use yet)
01) Blah (00 incorrect)
02) Blah (00 incorrect)
03) Blah (00 incorrect)
04) Blah (00 incorrect)
05) Blah (00 incorrect)
06) Blah (00 incorrect)
07) Blah (00 incorrect)
08) Blah (00 incorrect)
09) Blah (00 incorrect)
10) Blah (00 incorrect)
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