Maurog
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Off-Game: When you discover the rule, you will see it is pretty simple. Besides, it's obvious you aren't taking into account my previous hint. When I post #5 (I think in about 3-4 hours) it will hopefully clear some things out.

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ErikH2000
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#2: Cows are not fed, they will say "moo",
roll their brown eyes, poop on your shoe.

-Erik

[Edited by ErikH2000 at Local Time:12-01-2004 at 02:48 PM: Forgot my entry#.]

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#3: Who wrote that dumb song--that song when we all came along.
It was not me. It was not you. Then I ask you who?

-Erik

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Off-game: I feel like pointing out that with all these wrong guesses there are now 10 points in the pot that can be won.

-Erik

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Maurog
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#5
By now you already know you don't have to speak in rhymes.
I told you, there is only one rule. Poetry couldn't be it!

Off-Game: I bet it comes as a shock to some of you anyways.


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Krishh
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Off-Game: Erik, I think you should change the rules to not allow small changes to the original posts, as such posts can make it much easier to spot which change breaks the rule and which doesn't, thus very much possibly breaking down the whole game.

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#2
You truly are mischievious if this post follows the rule.

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ErikH2000
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Off-Game: Yeah, I see the game getting screwed up by making it into word replacement analysis. No offense, Tim--I tried the same kind of tactic a few times already. Hmm. Some new objective rule to protect against this:

Each entry must have at least three words in it that differ when compared to any of the preceding entries in the game.

Tim, let's just say your last entry was withdrawn and won't be modded. You can delete it or edit it if you want.

-Erik

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#4:
I will repeat: you truly are mischievious if this post follows the rule.

-Erik

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#5:
Pit traps aren't red, and spiders aren't blue.
Snakes won't continuously slither at you.

-Erik

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Maurog
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Off-Game: Erik is caught up, so he can actually start guessing the Invisible Rule now.

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Tim
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Off-Game: I have removed my post #2.

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#4
What will you do
If we keep rhyming at you?

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#6
Whose woods these are I think I know.
You can bloody well
stop speaking in rhymes
without any reason
though.

Off-Game: Rabscuttle's #4 was extremely close to following the rule.

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Krishh
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Off-game: Erik, I think that your #5 is good enough proof that unfortunately the three word rule is not enough to prevent word replacement analysis.

DiMono
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#3
This rule has me confused.
Is having multiple lines a requirement?

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trick
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#1 This rule so far's a depressing sight.
Almost none of you got it right.

Off-game: Yeah, I know you said we're not required to rhyme, but I wanted to

- Gerry

Maurog
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Off-Game: Wow, I'm really starting to regret picking this rule... it looked so simple to me when I chose it, but now it looks that it's pretty hard to guess, even though there are lots of good and bad examples .

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#1: I really have no idea about this rule.
Just wanted to get in on the game at some point.

Tim
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#2
One two three four,
five six seven eight?

[Edited by Tim at Local Time:12-03-2004 at 08:55 PM: #2]

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#2:
It's sitting right there
on the tip of your mind
Just out of your reach
but it feels like you're blind

Off-game: Yeah, I like to rhyme, it seems. Not very good poetry, but hey. It does test a little theory I have.

- Gerry

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#7 Believe it or not, this follows the rule.

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bdcribbs
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#2 Here's another rank point, for whoever gets the rule.

Off-game: Hopefully that statement is false...

DiMono
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#4
You followed the rule, Maurog, so I modded you up.

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Maurog
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#8 Please don't give up. Watch the previous posts and let me also give you a hint, math is somehow involved.

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bdcribbs
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#3 I have a theory. If this post gets a point it might be true. Just maybe.

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#4 Even though my last one hasn't been scored, I am posting another.

Maurog
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#9 Will nobody post anything because people are too attached to their points? There are more than twenty points in pool. Claim this prize by analyzing the structure of my posts.

Off-Game: By the look of the last few tries, people are starting to recognize some patterns. They are pretty close to solving it, one more step and they are there.

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bdcribbs
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#5 Well crud, my theory was useless. Happy birthday Maurog!

Tim
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#3 Happy birthday! Happy happy birthday!

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