FG: Hangman XII:

[Heresson]

OK, I'll post my very own Gypsum guess as soon as possible, he he he

[Paddy]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Guessing the word and guessing individual letters are entirely separate. Sorry if the rules don't make that clear enough.

Why, what do you think the word is?

as point 6 states, the word can be guessed at any time.

indeed this issue was looked into and discussed at some length many threads ago

so if the word is correct it is onto Duke...

if not then we need to get thinking as to what this little nutcracker could be

[Ljube]

Re: Hangman XII: The Forum Game

I suggest a modification to the rules to avoid ambiguities of this kind.



Rules

• 1. A maximum of 9 incorrect guesses.
• 2. Updates must be posted within 24 hours of each other, and will occur in sets of 2, except for the final 2 guesses, which will be updated individually. An update must also occur after each word guess.
• 3. Any guesses after 2 have occurred since the last update will be ignored, including word guesses.
• 4. You can only pick one letter for every two consecutive sets of guesses.
• 5. Guesses cannot be changed after being posted.
• 6. You can guess the word at any time, but guessing incorrectly eliminates you from play.
• 7. Incorrect word guesses also count as losing a life.
• 8. Words must be 5 or more letters.
• 9. Words must be standard English, and cannot be proper nouns.

[civman2000]

The word is indeed gypsum.

[Ljube]

So, what now?

[duke o' york]

Re: Re: Hangman XII: The Forum Game

How about:


Rules

• 1. A maximum of 9 incorrect guesses.
• 2. Updates must be posted within 24 hours of each other, and will occur in sets of 2, except for the final 2 guesses, which will be updated individually. An update must also occur after each word guess.
• 3. Any letters guessed after the first two, and before an update, will be ignored, and will not carry over to the next set of guesses.
• 4. You can only pick one letter for every two consecutive sets of guesses.
• 5. Guesses cannot be changed after being posted.
• 6. You can guess the word at any time, but guessing incorrectly eliminates you from play.
• 7. Incorrect word guesses also count as losing a life.
• 8. Words must be 5 or more letters.
• 9. Words must be standard English, and cannot be proper nouns.

I think that this is much closer to the spirit of the original rules. We can ask Joncha for a ruling later on though.

[Ljube]

OK, give the next word.

[duke o' york]

_ _ _ _ _

(A DrSpike word, of 5 letters)

(9)

(Ridiculously easy)

Go!

[Heresson]

A

[Paddy]

O

[Ljube]

Originally posted by duke o' york

(Ridiculously easy)

It must have E then.

[duke o' york]

_ _ _ _ _

AO

7

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Ljube-ljcvetko



It must have E then.

Your guess is not valid, so I'm asking for E

[duke o' york]

Your guess isn't valid either, because you guessed in the last round. You have to wait for another update before you can guess again Heresson.

[Heresson]

Damned rules.