FICTIONARY ARCHIVE

Fictionary is a game on the Games & Contests page

The first game of Fictionary

Players:
1. /dev/joe
2. snowgod
3. ThinMan
4. Guy Fawkes
5. breadbox
6. Malenkai
7. Habeous Corpus

The game, and /dev/joe's turn, began at Dec 6, 10:14 EST

/dev/joe posted the first Ing word, dornick, at Dec 6, 12:12 EST

/dev/joe posted the list of definitions at Dec 8, 13:17 EST

1. A miniature book, especially one that is finely crafted.
2. A flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides, sharp bow, and deep V-shaped transom.
3. A notch cut into the entryway or window frames of homes. Signified a secret code to identify those frenchmen loyal to the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte.
4. Suitable for use as adornment. Typically used in reference to jewelry, scarves, or other such accessories.
5. A small stone or chunk of rock.
6. A small metal plate attached to the breast of a suit of armor, usu. decorated with an identifying symbol.
7. A species of ground-nesting bird native to the Serengeti region of Africa, characterized by reddish plumage.

/dev/joe posted the voting and scoring results at Dec 9, 18:45 EST:

Player       Definition voted for  Definition written
snowgod               1                    1
Habeous Corpus        7                    3
breadbox              1                    6
Malenkai              4                    7
ThinMan               2                    4
Guy Fawkes            6                    2

Fictionary Scores:
Player        Score this round  Cumulative score
-------------  -------------     --------------
/dev/joe             2                 2
snowgod              1                 1
Thinman              1                 1
Guy Fawkes           1                 1
breadbox             1                 1
Malenkai             1                 1
Habeous Corpus       0                 0

snowgod is the next Brainiac.

ThinMan's definition, "Suitable for use as adornment", was not of the same part of speech as the Ing word and may be ridiculed by rule 5e.

snowgod's turn began Dec 9, 18:45 EST

snowgod posted the Ing word, Xyster, at 23:40 EST

snowgod posted the list of definitions at Dec 13, 05:30 EST

1) A mythological beast which combines parts of two or more real animals, such as a centaur, chimera, or manticore.
2) A highly skilled carpenter or cabinetmaker.
3) An instrument for scraping bones.
4) The short, padded stick used for playing a xylophone.
5) A Greek Orthodox cleric in the second of the major orders.
6) A vein of petrified wood.
7) A mussel-like shellfish found mainly in the waters of the north Mediteranian.

snowgod posted the results of round 2 at Dec 16, 04:56 EST:

Player          Definition voted for            Definition written
------          --------------------            ------------------
/dev/joe                  3                              1
Habeous Corpus            5                              7
breadbox                  3                              6
Malenkai                  6                              2
ThinMan                   1                              4
Guy Fawkes                6                              5

Player        Score this round  Cumulative score
-------------  -------------     --------------
/dev/joe             3                 5
snowgod              0                 1
Thinman              0                 1
Guy Fawkes           1                 2
breadbox             4                 5
Malenkai             0                 1
Habeous Corpus       0                 0

(Corrected for an error in scoring.)

ThinMan's turn as Brainiac began at Dec 16 04:56 EST

Thinman posted the Ing word, jipijapa, at Dec 16 12:41 EST

ThinMan posted the list of definitions at Dec 17 09:51 EST

1. A wood or stone image of an Indonesian god
2. A Central and So. American plant (Carludovica palmata) resembling a palm
3. A ceremonial polynesian wedding dance
4. A festive dance originating in colonial Jamaica
5. A spicy pepper grown primarily in Ecuador
6. A small, hairless dog, native to eastern Mongolia

Guy Fawkes submitted a correct definition.

ThinMan posted the results of round 3 at Dec 18 09:03 EST:

                Definition              Definition
Player           Written                Voted for
------          ----------              ----------
/dev/joe            5                       6
breadbox            6                       5
Habeous Corpus      1                       6
Malenkai            4                       5
snowgod             3                       2

Guy Fawkes's correct definition was: "A Central American grass, or a hat made from its straw"

Player        Score this round  Cumulative score
-------------  -------------     --------------
/dev/joe             2                 7
snowgod              2                 3
Thinman              0                 1
Guy Fawkes           4                 6
breadbox             2                 7
Malenkai             0                 1
Habeous Corpus       0                 0

Guy Fawkes's turn began at Dec 18, 09:03 EST

Guy Fawkes went on vacation and Techno is playing in his place, starting at Dec 19 14:30 EST.

At Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:01:56 -0600, Techno posted the ing word: zebub

At Tue, 24 Dec 1996 02:40:55 -0600, Techno posted the list of definitions:

1. The screw used for grounding electrical switches to 120v systems.
2. A garment worn by women in Eastern Africa.
3. A large noxioux fly of Abyssinia, which like the Tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.
4. A style of furniture popular in the United States, circa 1920.
5. A Mongolian temple bell.
6. A toy; a trinket; a small worthless item.
7. A middle eastern shrub.

At Sun, 29 Dec 1996 14:26:51 -0600, Techno posted the voting results:

Player          Def Written         Def Voted For      Points Scored
--------       ---------------    ------------------    -----------
Snowgod              1                     6                   0
HC                   2                     5                   2
Malenkai             4                     5                   0
breadbox             5                     2                   3
ThinMan              6                     5                   1
/dev/joe             7                     2                   0

No one voted for the true definition of

#3 zebub: a large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the Tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

Guy Fawkes scores 2 points as Braniac.

breadbox's turn as Brainiac began at Sun, 29 Dec 1996 14:26:51 -0600.

At Tue, 31 Dec 1996 10:01:16 -0800 (PST), breadbox posted the ing word: buddle

At Fri, 3 Jan 1997 14:16:16 -0800 (PST), breadbox posted the list of definitions:

1) To confuse a situation intentionally.
2) An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.
3) The pool of blood that forms under the body of a stabbing or gunshot victim.
4) A bolt of cloth.
5) To sneak to one's lover's residence under the cover of darkness.
6) A congenital growth or mark on the skin, such as a mole or birthmark.
7) A small, rare bird native to northern Scotland.

At Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:59:07 -0800 (PST), breadbox posted the results:

             Definition voted for  Definition written
/dev/joe              2                    1
snowgod               2                    6
Habeous Corpus        7                    4
Malenkai              2                    5
ThinMan               6                    7
Techno (Guy Fawkes)   1                    3

5a.i: Each Bluffer receives 1 Gamepoint for every player other than himself who voted for his definition.

/dev/joe, snowgod, and ThinMan receive 1 Gamepoint apiece.

5a.ii: A Bluffer receives 2 Gamepoints if he voted for the Actual Definition.

/dev/joe, snowgod, and Malenkai receive 2 Gamepoints apiece.

              Previous score  Score this round  Cumulative score
/dev/joe             7                3                10
snowgod              3                3                 6
Thinman              2                1                 3
Techno (Guy Fawkes)  8                0                 8
breadbox            10                0                10
Malenkai             1                2                 3
Habeous Corpus       2                0                 2

Malenkai's turn as brainiac began at At Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:59:07 -0800 (PST).

Malenkai posted the ing word, agrise, at Wed, 08 Jan 1997 00:19:42 -0500.

At Sun, 12 Jan 1997 09:27:20 -0500, Malenkai posted the list of definitions:

1. To coat or cook in oil.
2. To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.
3. Gunfire directed along the length of a target, such as a column of troops.
4.
5. To wander.
6. To examine a piece of land to determine its suitability for planting crops.
7.

At Wed, 15 Jan 1997 19:08:13 -0500, Malenkai posted the results:

2 was the real definition. The root, 'grise', is also the root of 'grizzily'.

Player Definition voted for Definition written ------ -------------------- ------------------ /dev/joe 5 6 Habeous Corpus 7 7 breadbox 1 1 snowgod 6 3 ThinMan 6 5 Techno (Guy Fawkes) 4 4

Malenkai score 2 points because nobody voted for the correct definition.

Previous score Score this round Cumulative score /dev/joe 10 2 12 snowgod 6 0 6 ThinMan 3 1 4 Techno (Guy Fawkes) 8 0 8 breadbox 10 0 10 Malenkai 3 2 5 Habeous Corpus 2 0 2

Habeous Corpus's turn as brainiac began at Wed, 15 Jan 1997 19:08:13 -0500.

At Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:08:35 PST, Habeous Corpus posted the Ing word, opinicus.

At Tue, 21 Jan 1997 01:52:29 CST, Habeous Corpus posted the list of definitions, minus Techno's correct definition:

1) Pertaining to snails; snaillike.
2) A mythological animal with and eagles head, wings and a tail.
3) A book of legal opinions.
4) an expert or advisor.
5) An asymptote that is shared between two hyperbolas.
6) A poem in which the poet or speaker mourns another's death.

Habeous Corpus left the game before posting the results, but the following was determined to have occurred (ThinMan's defn by process of elimination):

Definition 2 was the intended correct definition, but it does not correspond verbatim to a dictionary definition. As described previously, Techno submitted a correct definition. (maybe this is what Habeous posted?)

                Prev. score  This round  Total score  Defn written Defn voted
/dev/joe            12           3           15            3           6
snowgod              6           1            7            6           6
ThinMan              4           0            4            4           3
Techno (Guy Fawkes)  8           4           12            -           -
breadbox            10           0           10            5           3
Malenkai             5           0            5            1           3
Habeous Corpus       2           2            4            -           -

At Wed, 5 Feb 1997 04:08:33 -0600 (CST), /dev/joe posted the next Ing word, curr.

At Fri, 7 Feb 1997 09:11:42 +0200 (EET), Niccolo Flychuck declared this instance of Fictionary to be an exhibition.

At Mon, 10 Feb 1997 22:58:29 -0600 (CST), /dev/joe posted the list of definitions:

1. To coax or encourage.
2. Cheese made from yak's milk.
3. to make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, to crow
4. to make a murmuring sound (as of doves)
5.
6. A bead of molten glass, prior to its shaping by a glassblower

At Fri, 14 Feb 1997 05:13:53 -0600 (CST), /dev/joe posted the results:

ThinMan voted for #4. Malenkai and breadbox voted for #6.
Guy Fawkes quit Ackanomic before voting this round, and sheeped by default.
snowgod didn't vote within the time limit, and sheeped by default.

ThinMan scores 2 points for voting for the correct definition, and 2 more points for two other players voting for his definition.
Everybody else is shut out this round.

Malenkai's and ThinMan's definitions are subject to ridicule, though I wouldn't ridicule ThinMan's much, considering the votes. :-)

                Prev. score  This round  Total score  Defn written Defn voted
/dev/joe            15           0           15            -           -
snowgod              7           0            7            5           5
ThinMan              4           4            8            6           4
Guy Fawkes          12           0           12            3           3
breadbox            10           0           10            1           6
Malenkai             5           0            5            2           6

Guy Fawkes is removed from the playing order, and it is snowgod's turn to be Brainiac.

At Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:23:59 -0900, snowgod posted the Ing word: felly.

At Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:30:20 -0900, snowgod posted the list of definitions:

1) Demoniacally
2) The exterior rim or a segment of the rim of a wheel supported by the spokes
3) A young female antelope.
4) A cloth belt or sash sewn with colored beads or ornaments.
5) To gather amber after a storm.

At Sun, 2 Mar 1997 00:49:14 -0900, snowgod posted a partial, overdue list of results:

The Actual Definition was #2.

Bluffer Def. Written Def. Voted For

breadbox 3 1 /dev/joe 1 2 Malenkai 5 3 ThinMan 4 Didn't Vote

Malenkai reposted ThinMan's vote, for #3.

/dev/joe posted the scoring:

       old score  this round  new score
/dev/joe  15          3          18
snowgod    7          0           7
ThinMan    8          0           8
breadbox  10          2          12
Malenkai   5          0           5

Two definitions were not the same part of speech as the Ing word, so they are subject to ridicule:

1) Demoniacally
5) To gather amber after a storm.

At Fri, 7 Mar 1997 11:04:16 -0500, ThinMan announced the Ing word, encomiast.

At Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:41:47 -0500, ThinMan posted the list of definitions:

1. The part of a pencil sharpener which holds the shavings.
2. A chrysalis.
3. A linguist who specializes in sign languages.
4. One who praises.
5. A strumpet.

At Thu, 20 Mar 1997 10:49:38 -0500, ThinMan posted the results.

The real definition was number (4).

Malenkai sheeped (with apologies).

Voting summary:

         defintion   definition
Player    written    voted for
/dev/joe     1           2
breadbox     2           4
Malenkai     3           3
snowgod      5           1

Scoring: /dev/joe 1; breadbox 3.

       old score  this round  new score
/dev/joe  18          1          19
snowgod    7          0           7
ThinMan    8          0           8
breadbox  12          3          15
Malenkai   5          0           5

breadbox reported on IRC that one of the dictionaries for the game is down and may be down for a long time.

On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 06:48:58 -0800, breadbox posted the Ing word: elver:

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997 06:04:04 -0800 (PST), breadbox posted the list of definitions as one of his three messages from Gaol:

1. A tulip grower.
2. British slang for a game of epic proportions.
3. A tendril of a vine that attaches to or wraps around objects.
4. Ever.
5. A young eel.

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997 18:09:19 -0800 (PST), breadbox posted the results.

Definition 5 was the actual definition.

             Definition voted for  Definition written
/dev/joe              5                    3
snowgod               5                    2
Malenkai              4                    1
ThinMan               3                    4

Scoring:

              Previous score  Score this round  Cumulative score
/dev/joe            19                3                22
snowgod              7                2                 9
Thinman              8                1                 9
breadbox            15                0                15
Malenkai             5                0                 5

ThinMan's definition is subject to ridicule.

At Fri, 28 Mar 1997 22:16:36 -0500, Malenkai posted the Ing word, Tonnihood.

At Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:12:48 -0500, Malenkai posted the list of definitions:

1. An organization that practices discrimination with respect to age.
2. Obesity.
3. ""
4. The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
5. A lightweight hooded cloak.

At Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:21:05 -0500, Malenkai posted the results:

Player     Written   Voted For    Score   Cumulative
------     -------   ---------    -----   ----------
/dev/joe      2          5           1         23
snowgod       3          3           0          9
ThinMan       5          1           1         10
breadbox      1          2           1         16
Malenkai      4          -           2          7

At Sun, 6 Apr 1997 15:45:43 -0500 (CDT), /dev/joe posted the Ing word, greaght.

At Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:52:42 -0500 (CDT), /dev/joe posted the list of definitions.

1. A fermented beverage once produced in Scandinavia.
2.
3. To graze.
4. Ointment made from the roots of elm trees.
5. Greatness.

At Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:52:30 -0500 (CDT), /dev/joe posted the reuslts:

Player     Written   Voted For    Score   Cumulative
------     -------   ---------    -----   ----------
/dev/joe   3=actual      -           2         25
snowgod       2          4           0          9
ThinMan       1          5           1         11
breadbox      5          4           1         17
Malenkai      4          1           2          9

All the bluffers' definitions are subject to ridicule.

At Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:06:12 -0900, snowgod posted the ing word: crambo.

At Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:19:09 -0900, snowgod posted the list of definitions:

1) A type of ration eaten by U.S. soldiers during World War II.
2) A dish made from deep-fried insects, esp. beetles.
3) A game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
4) A kind of seafood stew popular in Jamaica.
5) A soup or stew containing a variety of meats.

At Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:21:58 -0900, snowgod posted the results:

Player     Written   Voted For    Score   Cumulative
------     -------   ---------    -----   ----------
/dev/joe      1          3           3         28
snowgod    3=actual      -           0          9
ThinMan       4          5           0         11
breadbox      5          1           1         18
Malenkai      2          3           2         11

At Thu, 17 Apr 1997 09:21:47 -0500, ThinMan posted the ing word, farctate.

At Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:45:03 -0500, ThinMan posted the list of definitions:

1. Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp.
2. To plagiarize.
3. To merge or become assimilated.
4. To polish a cut stone into a finished gem.
5. A twisting roadway, often in a state of ill repair.

At Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:07:23 -0500, ThinMan posted the results:

Player     Written   Voted For    Score   Cumulative
------     -------   ---------    -----   ----------
/dev/joe      4          3           0         28
snowgod       5          3           0          9
ThinMan    1=actual      -           0         11
breadbox      3          1           4         22
Malenkai      2          1           2         13

At Mon, 21 Apr 1997 23:38:18 -0700, breadbox/xebra bod posted the Ing word, ceratine.

At Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:17:52 -0700, xebra bod posted the list of definitions:

1. Possessing a wavy or ruffled edge; wavy or ruffled.
2. An explosive mixture in the form of a colloid, often used by British construction crews in the late 19th century.
3. Sophistical.
4. A type of brick, characterized by its yellowish color.
5. A bright blue semiprecious gem.

At Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:00:06 -0700, breadbox posted the results:

             wrote  voted for  Previous   Round 16   Total
/dev/joe       5        2         28          0        28
snowgod        2        4          9          2        11
Thinman        1        4         11          0        11
xebra bod   3=actual    -         22          2        24
Malenkai       4        2         13          2        15

At Thu, 24 Apr 1997 22:35:03 -0400, Malenkai posted the Ing word, korin.

At Sat, 26 Apr 1997 08:50:19 -0400, Malenkai posted the list of definitions:

1. The gazelle.
2. An underwater coral reef of dark coloration.
3. A former unit of currency of Pakistan.
4. A traditional West African tribal drum.
5. A raft used in polytheistic Middle Eastern mythology to ferry god figures down a river.

At Mon, 28 Apr 1997 20:10:25 -0400, Malenkai posted the results:

          Written   Voted     Score    Final Score
          -------   -----     -----    -----------
/dev/joe     3        1         3          31
snowgod      5        1         3          14
ThinMan      4        3         0          11
xebra bod    2        5         0          24
Malenkai     1        -         0          15

The game ended at this point. /dev/joe wins.