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Subject: Re: i want to play lingo Author: Anonymous [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:07:38 03/21/12 Wed >>>>>>>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 >>>>gett >>>>>>>a Lingo card. It has 25 numbers, a number of >>which >>>>>>>are already marked off. The numbers that are >>>marked >>>>>>>i want to play lingo now and i want to play game >>show so put me there now or i will kick your ass i am >9 >>>>>>> >>>>>>>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 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]