From lojban-beginners+bncCIycn8S8DhCgpPzlBBoEazmDVg@googlegroups.com Wed Oct 20 09:00:58 2010 Received: from mail-qw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.216.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P8b5x-00042v-3H; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:58 -0700 Received: by qwk4 with SMTP id 4sf3658258qwk.16 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=uhLO2XQ73qEPA2DyH7vvubt/ZVcb0tiOwckls+2Xm/k=; b=IMfGachjBy+JJcS8TN4UuDETbAiSTncLVId9PHMyyfZTq32Oy1aRi7NY8hSzLQMHog crQjALI9KZwT6sWA2NIh/SbmHRhkIgQgs2ginRLHD5i89OcOMxd91e+5Ri5Bxoh4+OJb wOPGJX5P7TtnZDqX3pL3YXP4iD/jO/aUj4UCY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ml8SC+Ys02GqCrXWAwWvvk2xQ0TJs9q3GEBn7B7FCy6EFo3IEu+KgBV3bkCfqdv+AX FOHAunsnJKN9xTOKvoiQ4MC+QnPRFHfFcvOy+innGmhFykdqR2vIGTknVd/BKesw1r7V dRuKoHtHlfVQK+ViG89hx9PCJyCV6p2l3abKo= Received: by 10.224.200.134 with SMTP id ew6mr227005qab.26.1287590432190; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:32 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.138.15 with SMTP id y15ls234543qat.1.p; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.10.204 with SMTP id q12mr625214qaq.4.1287590430996; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.10.204 with SMTP id q12mr625213qaq.4.1287590430968; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vw0-f44.google.com (mail-vw0-f44.google.com [209.85.212.44]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id 3si182290qci.14.2010.10.20.09.00.29; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.44 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.44; Received: by mail-vw0-f44.google.com with SMTP id 12so2229428vws.31 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.229.199 with SMTP id jj7mr6604529qcb.130.1287590429523; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.89.67 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20101019014425.GA17975@alice.local> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:00:29 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] A word game. From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.44 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, .alyn.post. > wrote: >> >> In the improve community, I'm familiar with two variations of this >> game used as warm-up tools. >> >> One I know as word popcorn, where you say the first word that comes >> to mind, no matter what it is. =A0It is designed to break down self- >> censorship. >> >> The other I know as Word at a time, where each person says one word >> around the circle trying to tell a cohesive story. >> >> A variation of that game is a counting game, where as a group, with >> no pattern or clues, you try as a group to monotonically count to 20. >> If a number is repeated (say two people say '2') or a pattern developers >> (like the count going clockwise around the circle) you start over at >> 1 and try again. >> >> For your game, sufficiently clever players would need to ban use of >> the word 'si'! >> >> -Alan > > You're right. I hadn't thought about the magic words. This game is basica= lly > the word at a time one, although more simple. One of my friends compared = it > Mad Libs. (Speaking of, wouldn't a Lojbanic Mad Libs be great?) > We did actually do this at least once on #irc under the "exquisite corpse" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_Corpse) name (well, the lojban equivalent of it). One person secretly chooses a selbri, and each of the others in order, a sumti. Then all are revealed simultaneously, and the resultant bridi is read out. Hilarity ensues. --gejyspa >> >> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 07:20:11PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote: >> > =A0 =A0I recently came up with a very simple game that my friends find >> > highly >> > =A0 =A0addictive - we've been playing it in English, but I'm willing t= o bet >> > it'd >> > =A0 =A0be just as fun in Lojban too. >> > >> > =A0 =A0The rules of the game are simple: Get a bunch of people togethe= r, the >> > more >> > =A0 =A0the better, and make a sentence. Each person gets one word, goi= ng in >> > a >> > =A0 =A0circle, for as long as everyone is able to keep straight faces.= It'd >> > =A0 =A0probably be a good idea to not count gadri as a word when playi= ng >> > this in >> > =A0 =A0Lojban. >> > >> > =A0 =A0The best part is, it's nearly guaranteed that the resulting sen= tence >> > will >> > =A0 =A0be hilarious, without any effort to make it so. >> > >> > =A0 =A0-- >> > =A0 =A0mu'o mi'e .aionys. >> > >> > =A0 =A0.i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk= . mi >> > patfu >> > =A0 =A0do zo'o >> > =A0 =A0(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) >> > >> > =A0 =A0-- >> > =A0 =A0You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo= gle >> > Groups >> > =A0 =A0"Lojban Beginners" group. >> > =A0 =A0To post to this group, send email to >> > lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. >> > =A0 =A0To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > =A0 =A0lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> > =A0 =A0For more options, visit this group at >> > =A0 =A0http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. >> >> -- >> .i ko djuno fi le do sevzi >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s >> "Lojban Beginners" group. >> To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. >> > > > > -- > mu'o mi'e .aionys. > > .i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu= do > zo'o > (Come to the Dot Side! 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