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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 #6420 on: July 17, 2014, 02:49:42 AM »
Short handed?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6421 on: July 17, 2014, 09:02:54 AM »
Southpaw

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6422 on: July 17, 2014, 09:10:25 AM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6423 on: July 17, 2014, 09:44:05 AM »
Word #1 lefty
Word #2 insurance

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6424 on: July 17, 2014, 11:56:15 AM »
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Hey @Smurf--that was GOOD!  Nice feeling when someone guesses your answer, right?
(and of course leave it to @Sport to be able to figure it out)

@Novo, welcome, welcome to our game!  Please read the wiki, then don't be afraid to ask your questions here and we all will help you along. 

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6425 on: July 17, 2014, 12:45:05 PM »
Word #1 lefty
Word #2 insurance
Underwriter / write?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6426 on: July 17, 2014, 12:50:38 PM »
Nope

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6427 on: July 17, 2014, 01:09:29 PM »
starter?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6428 on: July 17, 2014, 02:35:33 PM »
starter?
Wow.  These left-handed creative responses just come out of left field!

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6429 on: July 17, 2014, 02:50:17 PM »

starter?
Nope, think of other type of lefties, not just in terms of dominant hand.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6430 on: July 17, 2014, 02:53:30 PM »
Nope, think of other type of lefties, not just in terms of dominant hand.
Person's  name?  Lefty....

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6431 on: July 17, 2014, 02:54:00 PM »

Person's  name?  Lefty....
No

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6432 on: July 17, 2014, 02:54:30 PM »
policy? (leftist)

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6433 on: July 17, 2014, 02:56:43 PM »

policy? (leftist)
Right idea, wrong link.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6434 on: July 17, 2014, 03:06:29 PM »
Obamacare?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6435 on: July 17, 2014, 03:18:15 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6436 on: July 17, 2014, 03:18:33 PM »

Obamacare?
Nope here's a big hint: a more difficult game would have had snapshot as word#2

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6437 on: July 17, 2014, 03:25:53 PM »
progressive :)

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6439 on: July 17, 2014, 03:39:05 PM »
Word 1: Insurance
Word 2: Championship