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Hangman revisited - back to basics #880498
04/13/13 04:59 AM
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catrub By popular demand, a return to simpler days! Please read the instructions carefully as these are not quite the usual rules of the traditional game, but they seem to work better for an interactive on-line effort such as this. Hopefully everything is reasonably clear, but please do not hesitate to ask for help or clarification.

The rules

(i) The setter puts up a word or a short well-known expression in blank (so that all the players know is the number of letters in each word). The expression might be for example a book, play, film or music title or the name of a famous person or character, or perhaps a proverb or saying: it is entirely up to the setter. The setter should also consider giving a descriptive hint unless this is likely to make the game too easy.

(ii) Someone else posts at least two letters which he/she thinks might be in the word/expression.

(iii) The setter enters any correctly guessed letter in the position(s) in which it occurs in the word/expression, meanwhile starting to add the hanged person to the gallows with one step for each incorrectly guessed letter. Five steps are needed to complete the victim (head, body, both legs, both arms, face).

(iv) Someone posts another two (or more) letters, and so on. There is nothing to prevent the same person posting consecutive sets of letters, or even hogging an entire game, but please have some consideration for other addicts! snicker

(v) Ideally, you should probably wait for the setter to let you know whether a previous guess is correct before guessing again, but it seems to work okay if there are a couple of guesses oustanding at one time. However, tread carefully if only a couple of steps remain before the picture is complete! scared

(vi) At any stage anyone can try to guess the whole word/expression, but a wrong word/expression guess results in two steps towards the completion of the picture. evil

(vii) The setter wins if the picture of the hanged person is completed: otherwise the person to correctly guess the word is the winner, and hopefully then sets the next word/expression.

Note for setters on creating the picture of the gallows and hanged person

The picture steps (kindly contributed by Pandora) are in a photobucket album on the internet which are accessed by using one of the urls (web addresses) below, and here's how you do it:

In the full reply screen one of the option buttons across the top is "enter an image" which then offers you a choice of various image positions to insert followed by a dialogue box for a url.

You just copy and paste the url you need, deleting and replacing as you go through the game and want to change the picture.

I have been using the position "non-floating image" and have not fully understand the difference between that and the varous "floating image" options. Feel free to experiment as it's just a bit of fun!

The urls

The gallows, in place at the start of the game
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PandoraSD/Hangman/G4.gif

Step one, the head of the condemned person
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PandoraSD/Hangman/H1.gif

Step two, the body
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PandoraSD/Hangman/H2.gif

Step three, both legs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PandoraSD/Hangman/H4.gif

Step four, both arms
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PandoraSD/Hangman/H6.gif

Step five, the face of death eek
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PandoraSD/Hangman/H10.gif

Last edited by Lex; 04/20/13 09:06 AM.

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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880501
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Your starter for five:


Q U I R K Y (one word 6 letters) an adjective - guessed by Curly after the sentence had been commuted

Wrongly guessed letters: PCWOFL
Number of wrong guesses left: -1


Your fate awaits you... devil


Last edited by Lex; 04/13/13 10:47 AM.

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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880508
04/13/13 06:10 AM
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Only 6 letters! evil Methinks you're going to finally hang the man with this one.

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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880509
04/13/13 06:34 AM
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Good morning Jema!

Whilst I was hoping this might take a little solving, your first guess is disappointingly accurate... cry


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880510
04/13/13 06:56 AM
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It's too early to cry, Lex. lol It was a lucky guess. I still think you're going to hang the man this time. grin


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880516
04/13/13 07:33 AM
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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880519
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Sorry (but not very!) Remi: no score. smile


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880524
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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880529
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Two more misses!

Descriptive hint added.

The rope's getting shorter, but (if necessary) I'll let this run until it's solved to see whether there's a case for increasing the number of guesses.

Last edited by Lex; 04/13/13 09:07 AM.

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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880530
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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880537
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No luck, Flo! happydance

You were right Jema, the man is hanged, but as a matter of interest let's sse how many guesses are needed to crack it.

Last edited by Lex; 04/13/13 10:15 AM.

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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880540
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smirky or quirky??

Salut Lex.


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880545
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Quirky it is - merci Remi!

As that was quite a tough one I'll keep it at five steps for now and see how we go.

Here's another:


S M O K E S T A _ K * L I G _ T N I N G (two words 10,9) music title

Wrongly guessed letters: RU
Wrong guesses remaining: 3



There's only one way out of here... crazy


Last edited by Lex; 04/13/13 02:12 PM.

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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880548
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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880549
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Hi MxM: both on target.


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880551
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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880554
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Hi Flo: one good, one not.


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880574
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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880583
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Told ya! grin

BTW, Lex, thanks much for going back to this. happydance

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All good save U, and you are more than welcome Jema! smile

(I am still slightly hankering after the format where identical letters have to be guessed more than once...)

Last edited by Lex; 04/13/13 01:34 PM.

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Hi Sondi, correct on both counts: methinks you know the answer! smile


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880611
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I change all my passwords to "incorrect". So whenever I forget, it says, "your password is incorrect".

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Two more in the bullseye, Haroula.


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Re: Hangman revisited - back to basics [Re: Lex] #880820
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I change all my passwords to "incorrect". So whenever I forget, it says, "your password is incorrect".

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