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Collective Consciousness Hangman
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From the mind of Projoy via The Banter Page: "One person sets a conventional hangman problem, but only other players are allowed to reveal the letters or add lines to the scaffold. Other players take guesses in turn as to which letters are in the word. The players who arbitrate over what letters are in the word are not allowed to confer. The shape of the word can only emerge through tacit mutual consent - via, in other words, the collective consciousness." (Winning move is "hanged")
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valid words
Very amused to hear Ian Wright, commenting on a football match, describe the play as "effervescent, is that a word?"
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[IS,P!] Barry Cryer playing Scrabble:- "I've got A-W... O-R-D... is that a word?"
[Blob] But Projoy didn't set this, he just wrote out 9 dashes. The Collective Consciousness set it, and only the Collective Consciousness knows what it is. As for the extra F - well, the hangman didn't show two Fs immediately, and I thought the hangman's decision was final (otherwise we could just be changing letters around, or adding and discarding them, which would be a very different, if better, game). Anyway, no possible word exists in the language, even if there are two Fs. Unless it's something like the famed Astaire/Rogers vehicle, "O Funny Gal!"
From Martha, With Thanks
I play... u. I'll leave the Q for anyone daring enough.
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Does the Collective Consciousness consider that OFTOQUIAL might be a word?
Oftoquial
I believe it does, but what could it mean?
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