This game is run as a challenge between multiple people, in an environment where conversation occurs through typing text (like here).
All interactions are monitored. Repetition of the same word eliminates that competitor. Last man standing wins. Points get awarded based on discussion length. After reset, interactions continue, involving every entrant. Bouts may be surprisingly short! Nevertheless, scores accumulate, allowing ongoing entertainment.
Challengers indicate reuse by buzzer or hooter.-- pocmloc, Aug 23 2022 BBC Just A Minute https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5dpRead thr rules then listen to an episode [xenzag, Aug 24 2022] Yikes, much too difficult. Ctrl-f abuse permitted?
[Case in point: arguably a1 disqualified for re-use of "for"]-- calum, Aug 23 2022 Additionally, women can compete strongly.-- DenholmRicshaw, Aug 23 2022 Best idea ever! Punctuation reusable, obviously.-- Sgt Teacup, Aug 23 2022 This should be a board game with an AI text-to-speech intermediary to act as the judge. The real problem is that any discussion will devolve into nonsense even faster.-- Voice, Aug 23 2022 [Calum] wins 1 point for a successful challenge, and [a1] is now on -1. The entire game resets after such play, hence permitting me to say "for".
Yes, use of control-F encouraged.-- pocmloc, Aug 23 2022 Brilliant! Might one fall short regarding prepositions? Methinks true.-- not_only_but_also, Aug 23 2022 Things would go downhill fast when the auxiliary verbs ran out.-- pertinax, Aug 23 2022 Smart players perhaps invoke foreign languages?-- neutrinos_shadow, Aug 23 2022 talk caveman give idea-- Voice, Aug 24 2022 You guys never specified whether participants need constrtrain themselves about protocol.Are metaphors allowed?Is slang forbidden?-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 24 2022 This is somewhat similar to Just A Minute, which has been running for at least 30 years and is totally brilliant. Thank you most excellent and most supreme BBC.-- xenzag, Aug 24 2022 <bzzt> Repetition of "is".
Next round begins.
I think foreign languages are not permitted, except loanwords. Maybe use the standard Scrabble dictionaries.
Metaphors and slang encouraged.-- pocmloc, Aug 24 2022 [xen] yes I thought about JAM. This one's technically narrower; hesitation or digression fine.-- pocmloc, Aug 24 2022 Repetition should be picked up strictly as the result of an opponent's challenge, and then, a subsequent check against the written record (or audio search?). If you can remember every word that's been said and challenge successfully, you're a genius, or a practiced kibitzer with a limited vocabulary.-- 4and20, Aug 24 2022 Chinese speakers would be able to keep this going much longer, I suspect. So would speakers of heavily- inflected languages, like Latin.-- pertinax, Aug 24 2022 Unbelievable! Utterly execrable high jinks without discernible purpose. Exemplary fun.-- UnaBubba, Aug 25 2022 + yeah, was gonna axe about slang, but already answered.-- xandram, Aug 25 2022 User, unchallenged, merrily sallies forth. Bonus!
Your move, [UB].-- Sgt Teacup, Aug 25 2022 Browser plugin could auto-detect pre-used vocab; also integrated thesaurus app provides alternatives.-- pocmloc, Aug 25 2022 Drat! Player3 [poc] enters chat, pulls ahead. Quelle surprise!-- Sgt Teacup, Aug 25 2022 Shirley you can't be serious?-- 21 Quest, Aug 25 2022 <squints at [21], checking if this comment is sarcasmic, ironical or similar>
<notes that all of [Sgt]'s annos except for this one have been Playing The Game as outlined in this superiorilly entertaining idea>
<notes for clarity that [Sgt] DOES participate in the Ooloongftangftang banking scheme, and DOES NOT participate in flame wars or similar>
<end aside>-- Sgt Teacup, Aug 26 2022 Do brackets count?-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 26 2022 ( (( (( (((( () ()( ()(( ()((( ))( )(
Not very well-- pocmloc, Aug 26 2022 random, halfbakery