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Date Posted: 18:34:21 10/02/06 Mon
In reply to:
's message, "Re: i wanna play" on 18:32:59 10/02/06 Mon
>>>>>>>>>>>I'll need four players for a game of Lingo.
>>>>>>Here's
>>>>>>>>>>>how it works.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>You'll be divided into two pairs. Each pair
>>>>will
>>>>>>>>get
>>>>>>>>>>>a Lingo card. It has 25 numbers, a number of
>>>>>>which
>>>>>>>>>>>are already marked off. The numbers that are
>>>>>>>marked
>>>>>>>>>>>are arranged so that no line of five in any
>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>has more than two marked.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I'll toss a coin to determine which team goes
>>>>>>>>first.
>>>>>>>>>>>When it's your turn, I'll give you the first
>>>>>>letter
>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>a five-letter word, like this:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>[font=Courier New]L _ _ _ _[/font]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>You'll have 24 hours to S-P-E-L-L your guess
>>>for
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>word. I'll then give you color-coded clues
>as
>>>>to
>>>>>>>>how
>>>>>>>>>>>close you are to the word. For example, if
>>the
>>>>>>>word
>>>>>>>>>>>were "lingo", and you guessed "L-O-N-E-R",
>I'd
>>>>>>give
>>>>>>>>>>>you this clue:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>[font=Courier New]
>>>>>>>>>>>[COLOR=red]L[/COLOR] [COLOR=green]O[/COLOR]
>>>>>>>>>>>[COLOR=red]N[/COLOR] E R
>>>>>>>>>>>L _ N _ _
>>>>>>>>>>>[/font]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The red letters are in their correct places.
>>>>The
>>>>>>>>>>>green letters are in the word, but not in
>that
>>>>>>>>>place.
>>>>>>>>>>>The black letters aren't in the word at all.
>>>If
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>word isn't gotten within five guesses, it
>goes
>>>>>>over
>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>the opp
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>If you get the word, you earn a point and the
>>>>>>right
>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>pick up to two balls from your bowl. To
>start
>>>>>>off,
>>>>>>>>>>>there are 20 balls. Most of them have
>numbers
>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>your
>>>>>>>>>>>card. The others are blank, and they'll
>cause
>>>>>you
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>lose your turn if you draw one. If you get
>>>five
>>>>>>>>>>>numbers in a row, either across, up and down,
>>>or
>>>>>>>>>>>diagonally, that's a Lingo! You earn two
>>>>points,
>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>you get a new card and a new set of balls.
>>>>(Wait
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>minute, that doesn't sound right...)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>PENALTIES: You will lose your turn and your
>>>>>>>>>opponents
>>>>>>>>>>>will get the next letter in the word if A)
>you
>>>>>run
>>>>>>>>>out
>>>>>>>>>>>of time guessing a word, B) you don't get the
>>>>>word
>>>>>>>>>>>within 5 guesses, or C) you guess a word that
>>>>>>isn't
>>>>>>>>>>>legal (see below).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>LEGAL WORDS: Any five-letter word that's in
>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>[i]Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, 3rd
>>>>>>>>>>>Edition[/i] is OK to guess, but as a rule,
>the
>>>>>>word
>>>>>>>>>>>you're trying to guess will never be a very
>>>rare
>>>>>>>>>word.
>>>>>>>>>>> If a team guesses an illegal word, it won't
>>be
>>>>>>>>>>>judged, and they'll lose their turn.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>WINNING: The team with more points when time
>>>is
>>>>>>>>>>>called wins and goes on to the Bonus Round.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>BONUS ROUND: Your aim here is to guess
>enough
>>>>>>>words
>>>>>>>>>>>correctly to get a Lingo within 12 guesses.
>>>>With
>>>>>>>>>each
>>>>>>>>>>>new word, you'll start with the first letter
>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>another letter already given to you. Each
>>word
>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>>>>>guess correctly lets you draw a ball. If you
>>>>>>>>succeed
>>>>>>>>>>>in getting a Lingo within 12 guesses, you win
>>>$V
>>>>>>>>>>5,000.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Just post to play
>>>>>>>>i want to play
im ready to play lingo
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