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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 #11380 on: April 19, 2016, 12:09:07 AM »
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If you don't care why would you comment?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11381 on: April 19, 2016, 12:14:49 AM »
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You get that from mouth ? the spoken word? not exactly.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11382 on: April 19, 2016, 12:20:10 AM »
An exercise in intelligence is lost on those that lack it.

Fine.

Existence
You will find that this game exercises that part of your brain.
Our standard form is:

word1=mouth
word2=    ?              Are you saying that you want word2 to be 'existence'?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11383 on: April 20, 2016, 06:43:35 PM »
You will find that this game exercises that part of your brain.
Our standard form is:

word1=mouth
word2=    ?              Are you saying that you want word2 to be 'existence'?
Looks like "existence" it is.

Taking a stab in the dark... money?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11384 on: April 20, 2016, 06:51:09 PM »
Looks like "existence" it is.

Taking a stab in the dark... money?

well you cant live without money but not quite

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11385 on: April 20, 2016, 07:49:46 PM »
Life?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11386 on: April 20, 2016, 10:24:42 PM »
Breath?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11387 on: April 21, 2016, 08:15:13 AM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11388 on: April 21, 2016, 11:57:12 AM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11389 on: April 21, 2016, 06:08:35 PM »
I'm not having any 'existence' related associations. So next round is up for grabs.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11390 on: April 25, 2016, 06:23:20 AM »
I'm not having any 'existence' related associations. So next round is up for grabs.

Word 1 - Existence.
Word 2 - Wheelchair.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11391 on: April 26, 2016, 01:03:18 AM »
Word 1 - Existence.
Word 2 - Wheelchair.

rolling along / cycle / cyclical
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11392 on: April 26, 2016, 02:58:10 AM »
rolling along / cycle / cyclical
Nope.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11393 on: May 01, 2016, 11:23:10 PM »
Word 1 - Existence.
Word 2 - Wheelchair.
Old person.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11394 on: May 01, 2016, 11:46:18 PM »
Old person.

No, but in that direction.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11395 on: May 02, 2016, 12:15:02 AM »
No, but in that direction.
handicapped? disabled? aged?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11396 on: May 02, 2016, 11:41:19 AM »
handicapped? disabled? aged?

No, but the right direction.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11397 on: May 02, 2016, 01:29:27 PM »
cycle?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11398 on: May 05, 2016, 08:39:28 AM »
No, but the right direction.
Can we get a hint?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #11399 on: May 05, 2016, 09:32:40 AM »
Crippling?