Re: [lojban-beginners] A word game.

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, .alyn.post.
> <alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org> 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.  It 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 basically
> 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:
>> >    I recently came up with a very simple game that my friends find
>> > highly
>> >    addictive - we've been playing it in English, but I'm willing to bet
>> > it'd
>> >    be just as fun in Lojban too.
>> >
>> >    The rules of the game are simple: Get a bunch of people together, the
>> > more
>> >    the better, and make a sentence. Each person gets one word, going in
>> > a
>> >    circle, for as long as everyone is able to keep straight faces. It'd
>> >    probably be a good idea to not count gadri as a word when playing
>> > this in
>> >    Lojban.
>> >
>> >    The best part is, it's nearly guaranteed that the resulting sentence
>> > will
>> >    be hilarious, without any effort to make it so.
>> >
>> >    --
>> >    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! Luke, I am your father. :D )
>> >
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>
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