Seems like a good thread idea.

Is there any way to turn it into some sort of game?  I can't see that lasting very long as just a one topic thread otherwise.  It's sort of an anti-vent or anti-rant thread.  And yes, it will be subject to sarcasm because some people are just sarcastic; that's not really an enforceable rule, I don't think.

Maybe points for a non sarcastic post, which can then be traded in for something? Or every post made contributes to a grand total, and once a target number is reached something good happens? (At which point the total starts over)

Something good could be just about anything.

I was thinking more along the lines of the alphabet type game or continuing from the person above as if in a conversation.

That would work too... I think pretty much whatever would be fine.

This was my knee-jerk as well.

Maybe if we did a number sequence? 0-9 repeated as follows:

I'm thankful for no rain
I'm thankful for my one horse
I'm thankful for only two weeks until break
I'm thankful for my three family members
I'm thankful for four...
I'm thankful for five...
I'm thankful for six...
I'm thankful for seven...
I'm thankful for eight...
I'm thankful for nine...   (repeats here)
I'm thankful for no homework this week

and so on and so forth

I like it as a new general concept.  I can see it working nicely as a twist for all sorts of threads that we already have.  We'd have to test it to see how well it works for Giving Thanks.

We'll have to call it "Thanks Wasters"  or "Wasting Thanks" or something.  :)

ThanksCounting

FL closed the Ultimate Conspiracy Game.  I approve.

Cursed Genie Game has graduated from Testing status.  (FL's action)

Alphabet UNO Conversation

Play as the alphabet conversation, but before every post, a person must roll a 1d30, then they must copy/paste that result into the top of their reply, or at least the one word that corresponds to whatever was rolled.
1-22 Normal = Next letter of the alphabet as normal
23-24 Reverse = Reverse direction e.g. ZYX, etc.
25-26 Skip = Skip the next letter of the alphabet
27-28 Force = Post as normal, but at the end of your post you get to say what letter the next person's post will start with.
29 Wild = You get to choose to start your post with whatever letter you want.
30 Wild Force = You get to choose to start your post with whatever letter you want and at the end of your post you get to say what letter the next person's post will start with.

Right, so having finally returned, I'm thinking of replacing the Festival (which never did take off, though it seems to have had a chance during the juggling while I was gone), and would like some reactions to possible replacements.
My thought is that part of what went wrong with the festival is lack of focus - too much space, not enough to bring people together.


So, what I think might work:
Spaceship - we've done this a couple times, though I'm thinking something other than the H.M.S. Timewaster. This is good because it brings everyone into one spot, but allows infinite variety. This also has the advantage of offering an easy transition - something happens at the Festival, forcing everyone onto the ship.

Bowling Alley / Restaurant / Pool - returning to roots; these are the first three locations we have records of, and they eventually produced the others. I'm also considering a bar. The key is that it's a fairly restricted, focused environment, and one that might have regulars providing a sort of unique culture. Difficulty here is how to get everyone there.

Return of the Roadtrip - that crazy teleporting bus allowed all sorts of odd things to happen, and shares the easy transition of the spaceship.

Do any of these sound tempting to anyone? If not, does anyone have any other suggestions?


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For reference, these are the threads we've had since I started operating them (I used to remember where the start of each line came from, but I've since forgotten, and apparently never included it in my scratchpad. I consider some variation of any of them valid if people are interested (for other than nostalgia reasons) because I think its safe to say it would be all new to most participants at this time.

The Infinite Pantry (Time Waster Restaurant part II) -  883 Posts - Closed,
replaced with TWR part III                           -  806 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Infinite Pantry part III               -  644 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Infinite Pantry part IV                -  897 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Castle                                 -  841 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Studios                                -  Closed, merged to Festival

Time-wasters' Public Swimming Pool                   - 1318 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Pool II                                -  910 Posts - Closed,
replaced with pirate ship                            -  753 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Tundra                                 -  840 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Beach                                  -  808 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Construction Site.                     -  962 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Store                                  -  826 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Videogame Nexus                        -  Closed, merged to Festival

Mad Timewaster's Laboratory                          - 2518 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Hospital.                              -  817 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Jail                                   -  790 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Roadtrip                               -  886 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Mars??!                                -  832 Posts - Closed,
replaced with H.M.S. Timewaster II                   -  958 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Asylum II                              -  Closed, merged to Festival

Time-waster University  (You Time-waster U.)         - 3767 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Bowling Alley II                       -  881 Posts - Closed,
replaced with T.W.A.R.D.I.S.                         -  870 Posts - Closed,
replaced with T.W.A.R.D.I.S. II                      -  856 Posts - Closed,
replaced with Sliders                                -  840 Posts - Closed,
replaced with ASWoT Airlines                         -  Closed, merged to Festival

New game idea: last letter question tennis. Just like both the question tennis game and last letter game, but combined.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:54, Sun 30 Nov 2014.

I got an idea called "Icons" or "Name that..." how it is played is easy someone does a symbol using letters or number or things above the numbers to create a picture. the next person that posts tells what the pic is then does a new one....

ex: player a
:-)

player b

a smiley face

8=>

player a
a nerd with a smiley face with a runny nose

o.O'

...and so on.

Interesting.  I like the idea, but can we keep it going?  I'm afraid it's scope might be limiting and it would quickly die out.

well like anything on aswot i am sure we wont know until we give it a try huh..huh...huuuuh?

Okay. Give it a go.

I guess nobody liked my idea then. Fair enough.

And Heath, you'd be surprised by how many ASCII figures you can make.

You can start that thread if you want.  I actually didn't even see your suggestion.  It's been so dead around here lately.

Suggestions:

Whats on your playlist?

Just post the song you're listening to at the moment.

I know this isn't what you had in mind but I always thought a game of music based conversations would be fun. Sort of like on Who's Line, where they make up conversations with just song titles. Might be interesting.

We've had that in the past.

EDIT: Found it. Song Titles Game II
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:04, Fri 25 Dec 2015.

I don't know if we already have this, but how about adding 'The Yes or No Game'? It's basically where you have to ask a yes or no question, but the person who answers cannot answer with Yes or No.