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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 #12460 on: February 16, 2017, 01:54:03 AM »
1. Macbeth
2. SAT
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12461 on: February 16, 2017, 10:29:06 AM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12462 on: February 16, 2017, 10:30:45 AM »
"JS [is] a fetid cesspool of unvarnished linguistic manure, with lots of useless drivel and post-padding." -Moishebatchy

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12463 on: February 16, 2017, 12:33:12 PM »
Literature?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12464 on: February 16, 2017, 12:33:48 PM »
Literature?
Not what I was thinking.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12465 on: February 16, 2017, 01:07:14 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12466 on: February 18, 2017, 07:20:21 PM »
Study?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12467 on: February 18, 2017, 07:24:24 PM »
High school?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12468 on: February 18, 2017, 08:40:29 PM »
tragedy?    :)

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12469 on: February 19, 2017, 04:42:04 PM »
High school?
Sorry I missed this, you're up.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12470 on: February 19, 2017, 04:42:19 PM »
"JS [is] a fetid cesspool of unvarnished linguistic manure, with lots of useless drivel and post-padding." -Moishebatchy

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12471 on: February 19, 2017, 04:48:51 PM »
Sorry I missed this, you're up.
I'm thinking of one.

I just thought of a better link for yours ACT.


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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12472 on: February 19, 2017, 04:49:19 PM »
I'm thinking of one.

I just thought of a better link for yours ACT.
Too similar to SAT
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12473 on: February 19, 2017, 04:51:05 PM »
Too similar to SAT
What are you trying to say?
It would be too easy
Or, that it's not allowed?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12474 on: February 19, 2017, 04:51:56 PM »
What are you trying to say?
It would be too easy.
Or, that it's not allowed.
I just don't think it's a great link, it's much more connected to one word than the other.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12475 on: February 19, 2017, 04:59:03 PM »
1. SAT
2. Years

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12476 on: February 19, 2017, 06:05:45 PM »
I just don't think it's a great link, it's much more connected to one word than the other.
I like it
1. SAT
2. Years

score? as in "four score and seven years"?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12477 on: February 19, 2017, 06:06:39 PM »
score? as in "four score and seven years"?
Yes.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12478 on: February 19, 2017, 06:15:21 PM »
I like it
What does the ACT have to do with Macbeth?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12479 on: February 19, 2017, 06:17:38 PM »
What does the ACT have to do with Macbeth?
It's a play, you can Act it out
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