NiroZ
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#1
Well I think I will try to get this one.

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#1: New round, new rule. Hope to figure it out and not be a fool.

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#1. Are your speakers working properly?

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#1: Later I will check this thread.
#2: In the woods, a snowman is melted yesterday.
#3: Craig is going to sing softly.

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That's a +1 for jamesdenem's; -1 for the rest (-3 for Beef Row's, that is).

Also, just to keep things clear, I'll be posting in blue italics when I'm not (necessarily) following the rule. No more rule-following sentences from me for now, though.

EDIT: Thanks to Schik, I've got a few mod points to spare. So I will be modding posts, you know, just 'cause I can.

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#2: No hints needed here, unless I'm wrong, I fear.

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#2 Indeed, I say. Will this one pay?

#3 Ye gods that was bad, and it makes me sad.

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#4: Hmm--did I do something to suggest that rhyming is important?

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#2: Random guess
#3: Guess what this is? It's another random guess!

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#3: Of course not, though it seemed to work for my first guess. Then it didn't for my second.

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#5: Just a reminder that the game here is still afoot.

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#4: It may be afoot, but no clue for an answer.

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#6: If you still can't get the rule, listen to your favorite Bananarama song.

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Clearly, that didn't help.

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#5: Of course, since I have no idea what Bananarama is...

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#1. bipolarize
#2. caricature
#3. decelerate
#4. metafemale
#5. monopolize
#6. perogative

The secret rule is that the guess must contain a ten letter sequence of consecutive letters matching the pattern CVCVCVCVCV where C is any consonant and V is any vowel.

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And that's correct! +12 for the previous wrong guesses, though I have to say that I can't bring myself to give the +6 for the six correct guesses, insofar as Chris (a) didn't put in the effort to form sentences around the words and (b) misspelled "prerogative" (though of course the correct spelling would have met the rule as well).

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Tahnan wrote:
And that's correct! +12 for the previous wrong guesses, though I have to say that I can't bring myself to give the +6 for the six correct guesses, insofar as Chris (a) didn't put in the effort to form sentences around the words and (b) misspelled "prerogative" (though of course the correct spelling would have met the rule as well).

Guesses don't have to be sentences, and don't have to be spelled correctly. Are you making up rules as you go along? I'm sure it took more effort to find my 10 letter words than it would to have just made up 6 sentences each containing the word Bananarama.

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Chris wrote:
Guesses don't have to be sentences, and don't have to be spelled correctly. Are you making up rules as you go along? I'm sure it took more effort to find my 10 letter words than it would to have just made up 6 sentences each containing the word Bananarama.

Well, no, they don't. (Though see Rule 4: "Each entry must have at least three words in it that differ when compared to any of the preceding entries in the game.") All the same: I can be ornery if I want to.

(If you're feeling particularly hurt by not getting those extra six points, feel free to mod me down by six points and call it even.)

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Well, if nobody minds, I think I will start us off with the next round of The Invisible Rule.

#1: Once the dust settles from people rushing to this topic, we can see if anyone figures this out.

#2: On the road of discovery, many miles must be trod to find this rule, perhaps.

#3: I don't think it will be worth it to destroy your computer if you can't solve the rule.

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#1 I wouldn't bet on this being right.

#2 After all, trying to guess a rule can drive you a little loco.

#3 But you only live once, so I might as well guess.

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1# I can't believe there is a new rule.
2# This is a fun rule.
3# I might have to go underwater to find out the answer to this rule.

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#4: Your second guess, Jason, was correct. But then your other two were a waste of a guess, since they were both wrong. Whether or not this helps is yet to be seen.

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#4 Well, I figured it out, but I don't need a large number of rank points, so I'll leave it for people to guess.

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#5: Tahnan, you could also try to solve the bonus rule I have hidden. If your knowledge pans out, you could have a present, or something.

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1. Uhh.... this is a weird rule.
2. I wish I were at home, snug in my bed.
3. I don't remember, is the internet a bunch of tubes or a bunch of pipes?

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#1 Someday I'll understand why Tahnan's #3 was correct...

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1. Tim - someday you will indeed have lived long enough to figure it out.
2. It may have something to do with choice of Satan.
3. I hope my post helps you eke out your understanding.

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4# My thumbs are cold.
5# Trams are cool. Tahnan's guess 3 was right because "live" is an anagram of evil.

Rule: the smilie name has to be in or anagramed in the sentence.

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Jason gets the Invisible rule I was looking for, but there still is the hidden rule to find, for those who want to.

The Prize is a total of +3, for 3 wrong guesses.

The bonus can be worth at least that much...

If I were modding based on my bonus rule, everyone would have negative points.

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