Offtopic Any topics not related to the games we cover. Doesn't mean this is a Spam-fest. Profanity is allowed, enter at your own risk. |
 Forum Chinese Whispers |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,377
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nottingham, England
|
Forum Chinese Whispers -
03-24-2003, 10:34 AM
Yes, I'm bored.
This is a simple game that I thought would be a bit of a laugh (although not that much of a laugh, really, but there you go - I'm at work).
Everyone is familiar with the game Chinese Whispers? If you aren't it involves a group of people that each whisper a single phrase to the person next to them in order, starting with one person who makes up a sentance.
You can only say it once so eventually it will get distorted and supposedly the final sentance will be wildly different and everyone can fall about laughing at the fun of it all... I suppose.
Anyway, forum chinese whispers would have me make up a sentance and I'll PM it a random member who actively posts. So, someone who has posted more than 5 times at least in the last 2 days on this forum (Off-Topic).
He/she then changes one or two words, no more and then passes it on to another random person.
The format would be (using a theoretical 4th message):
Title: Chinese Whisper
Message 4: This is the message I have received
Ydiss
Zoner
Bazooka Joe
Slinky
Innoxx
All you have to do when you get a message in your inbox is change one or two words (no more than 2), add 1 to the message number and then add your name to the bottom of the list. Then send the message onto another random person who actively posts (and who isn't already on the list, of course).
So the next message could look like this:
Title: Chinese Whisper
Message 5: This is the car I have stolen
Ydiss
Zoner
Bazooka Joe
Slinky
Innoxx
YOUR NAME
Remember to keep the sentance reasonably sensible (grammar doesn't matter, you can ignore or change that however you like, and that means removing or adding commas and periods/full stops etc - Just make sure it makes reasonable sense). Don't indicate what word(s) you have changed to the person you send it to, keep to the above format.
If you absolutely have to you can remove a word instead of replacing it, but it'd be best if you don't remove too many words otherwise we'd end up with a very short sentance. Use your discretion.
Whoever gets the 19th message will alter their word(s) and then come here and post it for all to see (including the full list of who actually took part in the game as well). I will then post the original message.
Then we can see what a wonderful and amazing experiment this was and laugh and all that.
Or maybe not. You can humour me if you like biggrin:
I'll start this so long as I don't get too many people telling me I'm an arse and it's a dumb and worthless game.
If enough people post here in support then I don't see the problem with including everyone who does post in the game (but the game should end at 20 messages, otherwise it'll go on forever and be a little too removed from the original message). So, if you'd actually like to play then say so and I'm sure we can all keep that in mind when choosing who next to PM.
Here's an example of something I might (but won't) start with, btw:
Message 1: "Humans were originally apes, or so it is said. Now I know bananas taste nice but I'm glad we don't live on them. No wonder they lived in trees, the kind of diarrhoea they must have suffered would mean for lots of hanging about!"
Ydiss
Post (or flame) away...
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Guest
|

03-24-2003, 10:45 AM
Meh, I'm in.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,377
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nottingham, England
|

03-24-2003, 12:24 PM
14 views and 1 reply, I'll take that as a no biggrin:
I'll let this post slide into obscurity then, hehe. After this post, of course...
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,345
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Detroit, MI
|

03-24-2003, 01:10 PM
I think its a good idea
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 12,585
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Staten Island, NY, USA
|

03-24-2003, 01:46 PM
Sure, why not. This is a kindergarden game, isn't it called telephone or something?
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Guest
|

03-24-2003, 02:13 PM
I'm in
... I know this game by the name of broken telephone
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Guest
|

03-24-2003, 02:14 PM
Oh, lol. like we have anything better to do?
|
|
|
 |
|
|
General of the Army
Posts: 18,895
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
|

03-24-2003, 02:21 PM
......Fairly Complicated......I Want In.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,377
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nottingham, England
|

03-25-2003, 07:08 AM
Ok, I just got into work and checked this.. I'll send the first message right away...
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,377
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nottingham, England
|

03-25-2003, 07:17 AM
Right, I've sent the first PM.
By the way, try to keep it reasonably clean.. Not too many swear words biggrin:
Remember, whoever gets the 19th message, edit your two words and post the final PM here on this thread.
I've just thought of something else, too... Add a link to this thread in your PMs in case the person who gets it doesn't have a clue what you're doing oOo:
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Guest
|

03-25-2003, 07:36 AM
Count me in.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,377
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nottingham, England
|

03-25-2003, 08:13 AM
It's on its way now. Frankly, I'll be amazed if it makes it to the 20th message.
|
|
|
 |
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.12 by ScriptzBin Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
vBulletin Skin developed by: vBStyles.com

© 1998 - 2007 by Rudedog Productions | All trademarks used are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
|