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Loresilme
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Sep 26 2014, 1:10pm
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Hey folks :) did we ever come to a decision...
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In our discussions about discussions a few months back, we had lots of good ideas and suggestions and were thinking we'd regroup on the idea later in the year. Well it's September now, almost October, so I thought I'd re-link to that thread and get the conversation going again.
In addition to the ongoing very popular and entertaining Title Contest discussions (*bows to BlackFox  *), are there any additional discussions anyone would like to have here?
I would also like to add that this is not a trick question, as sometimes happens in other situations, where if you come up with a great suggestion, everyone will look at you and expect you to take charge of it  . No, no, no !
This is a fun place and no one will put that kind of pressure on anyone here  . If you have a discussion suggestion and would like to run it, that's great! But you don't have to be hesitant to suggest a discussion you'd like to see because you feel you must then run it  . You can if you like of course! But there may be someone else who might like to handle it, or people might like to rotate, etc. Those details, how to post, formats, how often to post, etc., can always be worked out later on. For now let's work on some ideas and suggestions, all are welcome, and anyone is free to volunteer or not, as they like.
So what say you  ?
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Loresilme
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Sep 30 2014, 5:07pm
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We likes crickets, Precious, yes mmm crunchy crickets like birdses....
But games, we love games better, yes Precious!
Does it like games? Does it? Word games? Discussion games? Picture games? Does it, does it  ?
Just tossing it back out there for suggestions, don't be shy !
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BlackFox
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Sep 30 2014, 5:51pm
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... reintroducing the movie trivia game I've heard about?
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Arwen's daughter
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Sep 30 2014, 7:59pm
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I'd been considering it myself
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In the past I believe that Magpie has used the Trivial Pursuit questions as a basic template and I happen to have the game around. I could do something like Friday questions before Fiesta and then answers posted on Monday? It would be self-scoring, though, to keep things simpler I think.
Thoughts?
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DanielLB
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Sep 30 2014, 8:18pm
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I've had this idea for a while - Ringwind.
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I like games, and I like tallies. Two things to start off with:
(1) I don't have the time to take the idea any further. But I would participate/host occasionally.
(2) Anyone is more than welcome to take this idea and run with it. It's a shell, so feel free to add to this idea. If someone does want to take this idea further, I'm happy to clarify any points (I'm typing this far too quickly, so I apologise for any mistakes! I've used the Royal "We" as well.)
This game is not aimed at any critical analysis or discussion of the film. Quite simply, it's for fun. It's also aimed to make the participants *watch* the movie. Admittedly, I rarely watch the scene when I'm commenting on a SCOD or CHOW thread. It is, for the most part, from memory. So let's get people watching the three movies again.
The basis of it is quite broad, all three game elements could in themselves be separate threads. But I wonder if we have more of a party/play atmosphere, then it might keep interest up?
"Ringwind" is a working title. Please, someone who is a better wordsmith might be able to come up with a better title.
Each Ringwind follows the DVD chapters chronologically (like CHOW and SCOD). Each thread has three games, and each user earns points in each game.
Game 1: Find the Slice
Quite simply, you have to find the still in which the slice comes from. Slices might be reversed, rotated and/or flipped, or even edited to be black & white. Scoring tallies will be kept for all games and as we progress through the movies. Promotional images might be easier than any still from the movie, as options would be limitless. First person to find the image/still gets the most points, second person gets the next most etc etc.
So for instance, we would start with Ringwind - The Fellowship of the Ring - "Prologue". Where is this slice from in that chapter?
Game 2: Odd one out?
Which of these doesn't happen in this chapter? I think this should be kept quite tricky, so that you have to watch the movie, rather than already knowing the answer to it. Gramma's geeky observation list might be a massive advantage for this game. It might be fun to mix in a bit of book canon here, to get the grey cells thinking. I think 5 facts should be enough, but any number can be true or false.
For instance,
Ringwind - The Fellowship of the Ring - "The Council of Elrond"
Difficult example:
A. There are three Elves present at the Council of Elrond.
B. Gimli is sat on the 10th seat from the left
C. Gimli has his legs crossed at one point
Every person with a correct answer gets a point, and their total added from the other games. (Only one is correct above.)
Easy example:
Gimli breaks his axe
Bilbo offers to take the Ring to Mordor
Gandalf recites the Ring verse
(Two are correct above.)
Game 3: Connection
We'll connect this chapter to another chapter, through some kind of link. It might be a common sentence, or noise; a common character or actor pairing; similar shot etc. Multiple chapter connections are allowed. Connections could be limitless, which make this game fun - you might spot a connection that we didn't intend. Only the correct connection will earn you a point.
So, for instance, if were on Ringwind - The Fellowship of the Ring - Gift-giving in Lothlorien, one question might be: What connects "Gift-giving in Lothlorien" chapter to "The Black Gate" chapter?
Answer: The Elven cloaks.
A step further could be, what connects the chapters "The Black Gate", "Elven Rope" and "On the Trail of the Uruk-hai" and "Shelob"?
Answer: Members of the Fellowship are shown to use their gifts from Lady Galadriel.
Every correct answer (i.e the original intended connection/s) gets a point.
Ideas for games could be limitless. It could be run once a week. I can't imagine someone taking this up on themselves. Perhaps users host a Ringwind chapter, like CHOW and SCOD. Scores are tallied each week, with an "ultimate" winner at the end of the trilogy. Thoughts? Suggestions?
(Concerns - a lot of hard work. Too many games for the LOTR board? Participation ...)
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CuriousG
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Sep 30 2014, 9:05pm
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The Difficult Example. That would get me watching the movies again.
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Magpie
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Sep 30 2014, 9:09pm
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In the past, I scheduled a few discussion posts on Fridays but found this place clears out about 2 pm US Central!
But there's no reason you can't try it out on that day though and see how it work currently.
You are very welcome to scour my old posts for questions. I found a lot of the questions in the game to be too hard or even a little inaccurate. So I did a LOT of sorting. If using my selections helps you... feel free. (no need to acknowledge you've done so)
Here's a search for my old posts (these might include Music Trivia which was a different game)
Edit to add... it's interesting to read some of those threads that took place when Hobbit and LOTR movie discussion was held on the same 'movie board'.
I hated that time and it shows in the threads during that time.
But I don't recommend anyone but A-d reads those old threads. It would be cheating for anyone else!
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Arwen's daughter
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Sep 30 2014, 9:44pm
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These games look like fun, but what about timezones?
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My only issue with any of these would be the scoring of game 1 based on who finds the image first. Those of us who are able to surf from work or school or those who are asleep when the post goes up could be at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, it might make people quicker to post if they know there's a time element to their score, which would lead to people checking the boards more often, posting instead of thinking about it and then wandering off and forgetting, etc, so it may work in the game's favor. So I'm not sure which would be better.
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Arwen's daughter
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Sep 30 2014, 9:49pm
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Your old posts will be a big help as I put together a pool of questions.
I appreciate the heads up about scheduling. My intention with Friday posts was, I think, to stay out of everyone's way and just keep some posts flowing on the board. But with SCOD on hiatus or gone and the other posts popping up on a more random basis that may not be necessary any more.
Maybe a Monday questions/Friday answers plan would be more appropriate.
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cats16
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Sep 30 2014, 11:50pm
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I'm in to participate/host as time allows.
Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!
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DanielLB
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Oct 1 2014, 9:22am
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It would be unfair to penalise someone just for being late to the game. Maybe we can just user two or three slices, and *every* correct answer gets a point.
I am wondering whether the trivia game could become Game 4, with each set of trivia questions just for that particular movie chapter?
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Loresilme
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Oct 1 2014, 10:14pm
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I'd agree, Monday questions/Friday answers
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Folks seem to be on the board more during the week.
Thank you for jumping in, Arwen's daughter! This is going to be fun!
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Loresilme
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Oct 1 2014, 10:22pm
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I think they're both great ideas for games
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I would suggest keeping the Trivia game separate, so that it can cover different parts of the films or be on different topics. This way, we'd have the Ringwind thread focusing on a particular chapter, while the Trivia game can be about anything.
Thoughts?
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Magpie
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Oct 2 2014, 1:44am
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The concept when we did the Trivia game was to type up questions from the Trivial Pursuit game. That alone still took a lot of work (for me, anyhow) as I sorted through a lot of questions that were either way too easy or way too hard.
To have to find questions that would fit into a chapter of the movie would be impossible.
I'm speak before A-d even has a chance to consider! :-)
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Arwen's daughter
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Oct 7 2014, 7:51pm
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FWIW, I'd prefer to keep them separate as well
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Sorry, very late thoughts coming in!
As Magpie mentioned, it does significantly change the way that questions would be chosen to link it with the Ringwind game or narrow it down to any particular chapter.
But also, my preference would be that the trivia game be something that can sort of fill in a gap in the board now while it's quiet, in the hopes that it can help draw some traffic in here and maybe be retired once discussion gets going again (if it ever does). In my mind, linking it to a larger game might be more intimidating for those who come to the board later on who might discover this long, ongoing game that they might not feel comfortable coming into the middle of. A one-off game might be a little easier for newbies or lurkers to join. I don't know if that would be the case or not, but my preference would be to keep it separate and see what happens.
If the Ringwind game gets off the ground and someone wants to include a trivia element to it, I'd be more than happy to either retire Movie Trivia so that it's not stepping on any toes or hand it over to someone who'd like to work with the Ringwind game a little more closely.
My intention at the moment is to kick-off Movie Trivia this upcoming Monday, October 13, unless anyone else wants to add some thoughts.
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DanielLB
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Oct 7 2014, 9:06pm
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Go for the easiest and most feasible option, I was just putting it out there. I am looking forward to the trivia game. There's no reason to clump the games together.There's enough room on the board for them all.
If it helps anyone with the decision taking the lead on Ringwind, I am more than happy to create the slices for game 1 each time. I can do that in seconds. Games 2 and 3 (and putting the posts together) would take more time and thought which I can't afford, unfortunately. I'm happy to help if someone wants it.
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