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NEW GAME - MISSING LINK - A Creative Thinking Game of Associations

(NOTE: This thread is for THIS game ONLY.  All other games can be played here: http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=34043.0)

Rules:
1.  You need to figure out the ONE or TWO word Missing Link which connects two separate game words, word1--> Missing Link--> word2.

2.  The Missing Link must be somehow associated to word1 AND to word2.  (see examples below)

3.  Any member can guess the Missing Link by posting this:  link="Missing Link guess"?

4.  The Poster of the correct Missing Link gets to post the new word2 in the following format:
  • word1= "old word2"
  • word2= "OP's new word"
5.  The Poster of word2 is encouraged to give hints if members have difficulty finding the Missing Link (until it is so easy that a member gets it).

6.  In case the current OP of the riddle is offline or not responding, any logical Missing Link guess that is posted and then seconded
     by another member is good enough to win that riddle.  The OP member who thought of the link can CMIIW.  This way we don't have to wait.

7.  3MR=The 3 Minute Rule:  The member correctly guessing the Missing Link has 3 minutes to post word2, otherwise any member may post it in order to keep the game flowing.



This is not just a free flow association game, but rather, each pair of words is its own new, challenging riddle to be solved before continuing.

Example:   If Riddle#1 were "Sunday-->Superbowl-->cereal"   then   Riddle#2 could be "cereal-->spoon-->fork"
       In Riddle#1, if a member correctly guesses the Missing Link for word2 of "cereal", then "cereal" now becomes new word1 in Riddle#2.
       The member then thinks of a Missing Link to a new word2 and posts the new word2.   (The guessed link DOES NOT become word2.) 

Possibilities:
Word1Word2LinkLevel
cereal,fork-you eat cereal with a spoon, which is a utensil just like a fork (easy)
cereal,cow-you eat cereal with milk, which comes from a cow (easy)
cereal,soup-you eat cereal in a bowl, as you do soup (easy)
cereal,lane-you eat cereal in a bowl, and you bowl down a lane (moderate)
cereal,hear-cereal starts with "see", which is one of the 5 senses, as is hear (moderate)
cereal,bounce-cereal ends with "roll", which is an action like bounce (moderate)
cereal,trout-cereal sounds like "sole", which is a fish, like trout (hard)
cereal,celery-cereal is crunchy, just like celery (hard)

Ready?  I propose we start off with easy/moderate until members feel comfortable joining.

NOTE: Players agree to ignore any posts that do not comply with the rules, and instead, to refer those posters to the wiki.
« Last edited by srap on February 10, 2017, 02:55:52 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6400 on: July 17, 2014, 12:30:43 AM »
You're close...
Link is a noun

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6401 on: July 17, 2014, 12:31:44 AM »
ball, bowl

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6402 on: July 17, 2014, 12:42:33 AM »
Closest so far was "saucer"

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6403 on: July 17, 2014, 12:54:48 AM »
Closest so far was "saucer"
sauce?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6404 on: July 17, 2014, 12:55:38 AM »
plate?  dish?   sir/saucer?   sauce/saucer?   I just can't think how any of these fit Malibu at this hour.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6405 on: July 17, 2014, 12:58:09 AM »
Something very similar to a saucer in look and in practical use... but the word connects to where Malibu is located.
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« Reply #6406 on: July 17, 2014, 12:58:48 AM »
Something very similar to a saucer in look and in practical use... but the word connects to where Malibu is located.
Did I give it away yet??
Coast + Coaster... !   :)
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6407 on: July 17, 2014, 12:59:15 AM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6408 on: July 17, 2014, 01:00:44 AM »

1 = cup
2 = penguins
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6409 on: July 17, 2014, 01:02:55 AM »
1 = cup
2 = penguins
2009, 1992, 1991

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6410 on: July 17, 2014, 01:04:04 AM »
2009, 1992, 1991
true - so what's the link?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6411 on: July 17, 2014, 01:26:30 AM »
true - so what's the link?
Years that the Penguins won the Stanley Cup

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6412 on: July 17, 2014, 01:29:15 AM »
Years that the Penguins won the Stanley Cup
good, the link is Stanley. you got it
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6413 on: July 17, 2014, 01:35:54 AM »
Coast + Coaster... !   :)
Excellent (and thanks for not losing your patience!!)

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word 1 = penguins
word 2 =      ?           <--You think of a link and fill in word 2 for us.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6414 on: July 17, 2014, 01:41:40 AM »
smurf got the link, "Stanley".

so it's his turn:  word 1 = penguins
                       word 2 =  ??
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6415 on: July 17, 2014, 01:47:05 AM »
Oops.  I had omitted his name. 

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6416 on: July 17, 2014, 02:04:22 AM »
word 1 = penguins
word 2 =  Lefty

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6417 on: July 17, 2014, 02:06:48 AM »
word 1 = penguins
word 2 =  Lefty
write?  writing?   hand?
Uh-oh.  Is Lefty sports related?  Then I'm out.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6418 on: July 17, 2014, 02:21:15 AM »
word 1 = penguins
word 2 =  Lefty
malkin, fleury (both hockey players are lefty)
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6419 on: July 17, 2014, 02:48:39 AM »
What have I gotten myself into. Am I supposed to stay awake now until someone guesses it?
write?  writing?   hand?
Uh-oh.  Is Lefty sports related?  Then I'm out.
Sports sourced but not very specific