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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.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12480 on: February 19, 2017, 06:21:08 PM »
It's a play, you can Act it out
Ah, didn't pick up on that. I really think links like those are too complicated, the link should be the exact same for both words.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12481 on: February 19, 2017, 06:58:07 PM »
Yes.
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Ah, didn't pick up on that. I really think links like those are too complicated, the link should be the exact same for both words.
act and ACT are pretty similar, though. All the same letters.

Word1: years
Word2:  nose

(I think this is an easy one)
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12482 on: February 19, 2017, 07:40:57 PM »
cool!act and ACT are pretty similar, though. All the same letters.

Word1: years
Word2:  nose

(I think this is an easy one)
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12483 on: February 19, 2017, 07:54:04 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12484 on: February 19, 2017, 09:22:51 PM »
Ah, didn't pick up on that. I really think links like those are too complicated, the link should be the exact same for both words.
When they are the exact same they tend to be super easy.  When there is a twist on words, you get a GESHMAKE feeling when you get it.  ACT would have been great!  Notice how 'score'  was used as two meanings.  This is exactly how this game stretches your mind and improves brain connections.  Maybe we can give more hints, more often to get the game moving, yet still use the twists that make this game so rewarding?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12485 on: February 19, 2017, 09:26:20 PM »
twos?  (2 year olds and NOs  :) )

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12486 on: February 19, 2017, 09:27:09 PM »
twos?  (2 year olds and NOs  :) )
nope!

Are you all ready for a hint?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12487 on: February 19, 2017, 09:29:19 PM »
nope!

Are you all ready for a hint?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12488 on: February 19, 2017, 09:30:01 PM »
Word1: years
Word2: nose
hint: link has nothing to do with the definition of word1.

(This may give it away)
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12489 on: February 19, 2017, 09:55:28 PM »
mouth? eyes?
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« Reply #12490 on: February 19, 2017, 09:55:54 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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« Reply #12491 on: February 19, 2017, 10:02:09 PM »
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« Reply #12492 on: February 19, 2017, 10:02:41 PM »
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no. you were closer with your previous guess
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12493 on: February 19, 2017, 10:05:39 PM »
Ears

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« Reply #12494 on: February 19, 2017, 10:07:42 PM »
ye ears is prob it
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12496 on: February 19, 2017, 10:18:03 PM »
1. Nose
2. Bar

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12499 on: February 19, 2017, 10:24:56 PM »
dive!
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