Comments on: Broken Picture Telephone

Broken Picture Telephone

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:20:29 -0800

In the spirit of Friday being game day, I give you Broken Picture Telephone; a pictoral version of the classic game of telephone (also known as Chinese Whispers.) Previously on MeFi.

By: evilangela

evilangela — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:21:37 -0800

To some people, this will also be familiar as the game "Eat Poop You Cat!"

By: oonh

oonh — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:24:13 -0800

we call this 'telephone pictionary'

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:26:30 -0800

This is hiliarious.

By: Sprocket

Sprocket — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:28:51 -0800

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

By: gcbv

gcbv — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:43:17 -0800

More random than telephone, I must say, and violently more hilarious. Here is one I just finished.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:03:46 -0800

Oh my, this is what the internet was made for.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:09:53 -0800

When playing Broken Telephone as a child, I could always tell which kids changed it into something "funny" on purpose and I hated them for ruining the game. I'm over it now.

By: betafilter

betafilter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:20:39 -0800

Wish I had a mouse right now! This is so hard on a touch pad! Loved Picard in a Jar, gcbv.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:21:36 -0800

Man this is AWESOME.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:26:31 -0800

Wow, right now this is my favorite thing ever. I ended this one-- which wasn't at all like is started but each one makes me happier than a Chicago hot dog.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:30:11 -0800

So one thing I haven't figured out... when do the games end? They all seem to be different lengths.

By: StrangeTikiGod

StrangeTikiGod — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:31:34 -0800

My kingdom for a digital tablet! the mouse keeps jittering too much for me to do these exactly how I want. But still, good times!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:33:41 -0800

Oh, I see... the starter chooses the number of rounds.

By: RogerB

RogerB — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:34:41 -0800

Eat Poop You Cat on MeFi: previously, and as an online game.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:46:41 -0800

"ET phone retirement home" is inventive, plausible, and delicious.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:49:50 -0800

A game which requires the participation of other people? Heresy!

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:52:01 -0800

This is great. Grab a cocktail (or, two, or three) and it gets even funnier!

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:57:11 -0800

Most people draw better giraffes than I do.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:58:35 -0800

Okay, list your usernames here and I'll start a MeFi game. I'm gnfti.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:02:56 -0800

bgm

By: betafilter

betafilter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:06:21 -0800

sarahemily

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:11:28 -0800

The way-too-verbose and trying-to-be clever ones are annoying and not fun to draw. Looks like I'm not over it after all.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:12:26 -0800

Okay, list your usernames here and I'll start a MeFi game. I'm gnfti. ericb (duh).

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:14:56 -0800

Actually, the opening ones read a lot like those Tiny Art Director commissions. "Three Chuck Norrises, but one of them has no beard, fighting a dinosaur with a robot on its back! But the dinosaur has six legs! In space! And the robot is on fire! Oh, and one of the Chuck Norrises is also a Viking! A metaphorical Viking!"

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:15:04 -0800

Most people draw better giraffes than I do. I was going to say "No I don't, Joey Michaels" but then I think I might be wrong. (I'm LogopolisMike there) Of course, all my other drawings suck. I wish I could choose just to guess text but that would, I suppose, be lame. Who are these freaks who can draw near perfect representations of animated characters with sub-MS Paint technology? And by "freaks" I mean skilled artisans.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:16:28 -0800

I'm amazed that somebody recognized my drawing of Lenin.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:17:15 -0800

Also, those progress bars look like they are pushing a whole bunch of data, even if you're just submitting text. They appear as if they just run for a fixed amount of time.

By: fermion

fermion — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:19:02 -0800

Telephone Pictionary (as I usually call it) is the world's best party game. It requires nothing more than a stack of paper and pens, and it is hysterically funny--I can't think of any other game that's resulted in as much tear-inducing, side-splitting laughter. It requires no skill. Indeed, it rewards poor drawings. Optimal number of people is between 4 and 10, I think; you can do it with more, but it gets a bit unwieldy.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:19:15 -0800

Way too hard to draw using a mousepad and javascript. But fun.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:21:13 -0800

The A Team's penises are magnetically attracted to bums. I don't remember that episode.

By: saffry

saffry — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:25:31 -0800

It looks like I'll have the same problem I had with Eat poop you Cat, which is that I can't draw anything that resembles anything. You may say that's the fun of it, but that's only because you've never seen me spend 10 minutes trying to draw a TV set and failing.

By: evilangela

evilangela — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:27:09 -0800

Same as my metafilter username... (for the private MeFi game)

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:27:51 -0800

Okay, list your usernames here and I'll start a MeFi game. I'm gnfti. ORthey. chococat, you drew an amazing version of comment with the dinosaur head and the chicken.

By: localhuman

localhuman — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:31:00 -0800

this one is quite awesome

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:33:57 -0800

Frankly, I'm pretty amazed at some peoples' drawing abilities. Some of these are truly genius. And you only get 10 minutes!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:36:32 -0800

Good, that's eight people (including JoeyMichaels, MCMikeNamara and myself). I'm going to give it say 15 minutes to see if we can get to 11, else I'll invite everyone we have and let the site find random users for the remaining slots. I think that's how it works. chococat we were just in a game together!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:41:49 -0800

Frankly, I'm pretty amazed at some peoples' drawing abilities. Some of these are truly genius. And you only get 10 minutes! Oh wow, yes. I can't draw to save my life, and there's something almost poetic about people creating something so... beautiful for something as seemingly disposable as a 5 by 5 inch drawing for random people on the internets.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:42:49 -0800

chococat, you drew an amazing version of comment with the dinosaur head and the chicken. chococat we were just in a game together! Ha! This one managed to keep on track really well until the very end.

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:43:59 -0800

I'm glad you all like this. I was sent this my a friend this afternoon and it made me laugh so hard I actually wept so I thought MeFi would like this too. I might have to join in...

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:44:33 -0800

Please do!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:45:28 -0800

I mean check out the last drawing in this one (that gnfti linked to). Amazing!!!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:47:12 -0800

ITYM this one. But yes, yes indeed!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:48:01 -0800

whoops! yeah, you're right.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:51:39 -0800

Oh man, enough. Gotta make dinner.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:52:24 -0800

Alright, no more bets, invitations are out. No spoilers till completion please, and godspeed!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:53:11 -0800

Alright, to be sure, this is set to 11 rounds, general (not mature), private, and make public on completion.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:57:53 -0800

Anyone else have trouble signing in? I want to play. Sadface.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:59:55 -0800

What goes wrong exactly?

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:01:49 -0800

Ok I've just joined. My username is satan.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:05:30 -0800

What goes wrong exactly? Is this directed at me? It won't let me sign in. Or maybe it won't even let me sign up. I do the whole username/password thing, and then it just redirects me to the home page, not signed in and not giving me any indication that it knows I've tried to sign up. Or in.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:07:06 -0800

Did you click sign up on the top right? Did you get an activation email?

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:07:13 -0800

I'm playing as Rhaomi, if it's not too late.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:08:07 -0800

Whoops, forgot to preview -- missed the last few comments. nvm

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:10:56 -0800

Did you get an activation email? No. And it's had plenty of time. Why does it hate me? (And I've given it two different addresses, so we don't have any spelling mistakes or anything.)

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:13:43 -0800

Strange, is all I can say.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:16:27 -0800

Meaning, restored!

By: localhuman

localhuman — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:24:36 -0800

so. much. fun. sorry metafilter. see you later. i've got better things to do now -

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:50:07 -0800

I told you I can't draw.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:26:37 -0800

So I thought it was a panda. I got the rest right, didn't I?

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:33:43 -0800

Let me know if you're doing another game. This is a lot of fun.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:35:49 -0800

MarisaS ... or am I late to this?

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:55:00 -0800

I'm in! (Through internet explorer. For some reason, it wouldn't let me sign up on firefox.)

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:16:08 -0800

Ha! Nice one, satan.

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:45:47 -0800

Cheers. Whoever said that this was violently hilarious was right. Case in point.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:49:57 -0800

Oh man invetro's Barney shotgun suicide ... I laughed way too hard at that.

By: chowflap

chowflap — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:50:00 -0800

I'm signed in, but I don't see how to play with you people. Having fun with strangers (well, non-Mefi strangers) just isn't the same.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:52:09 -0800

I haven't done this yet, but you can start a game, and invite only your "friends", so I guess you could add everyone in this thread. But you can't voluntarily join a game, I think. Looks like you get assigned randomly.

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:52:48 -0800

Yeah, I'm not sure how to do this, but gnfti knows...

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:57:40 -0800

I just started one inviting every user name I saw posted in here. Don't know if you get an email or what.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:58:47 -0800

That was a crazy one, Marisa! I was that game as well. Yeah, you're late to this round. ORthey mentioned not seeing anything indicating an invitation, so I'd like to know if anyone has. I can't see anything about it on my profile or anything, but I believe I invited at least bgm (chococat),sarahemily (betafilter), ericb, LogopolisMike (MCMikeNamara), evilangela, JoeyMichaels (Joey Michaels). I may have gotten something wrong. Or maybe it's secret by design? Like, games you're invited to appear just as any other game, and everyone is notified when it's done? Just speculating here. FYI, total known Mefite players so far: bgm (chococat),sarahemily (betafilter), ericb, uncleozzy, LogopolisMike (MCMikeNamara), evilangela, satan (ob), Rhaomi, MarisaS (Marisa Stole the Precious Thing), gnfti (goodnewsfortheinsane), JoeyMichaels (Joey Michaels)

By: chowflap

chowflap — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:01:27 -0800

There's me! I'm chowflap here and there. I just drew a terrible drawing of a weightlifter.

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:09:15 -0800

I got an email about Marisa's private game. I'm happy with my work.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:10:43 -0800

Did you invite me, Marisa?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:15:42 -0800

Yeah, I made a second one, updated with the names you provided - I missed a couple, and got a few wrong the first time.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:20:06 -0800

Correction: I erroneously omitted ORthey from both lists above. I did in fact invite him too. Sorry about that.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:22:15 -0800

Did ob mean like an automated email from the game server? I didn't get anything, FWIW.

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:22:59 -0800

Yeah, it's an automated email...

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:28:06 -0800

I didn't get anything, FWIW. Huh. I'll start a third then, seeing how I also think I missed ORthey.

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:35:31 -0800

I can tell you that the good news from my perspective is that I've started drinking...

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:35:55 -0800

Yeah, it's just my Gmail, and I checked the spam folder, to no avail.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:38:26 -0800

Here's one betafilter started.

By: chowflap

chowflap — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:43:22 -0800

Why do all of my games end up involving poop? (Not my doing, I swear.)

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:44:08 -0800

Here's one betafilter started. That one was wonderful.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:50:33 -0800

schkoo is me. I can't draw!

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:59:15 -0800

Opening a text file now to get all these names in one shot each time.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:54 -0800

I am crying with laughter.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:25:56 -0800

I'm muncadunc, and I just spent the last 4 hours drawing and waking my roommate up laughing.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:34:54 -0800

I'm in as Secretlife. Just ~~wasted~~ spent my evening doing this and now I am off to bed.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:40:22 -0800

I don't want to bang my own drum, but I am honestly amazed at how the core concept in this one that I linked earlier dissipated, then was restored.

By: PercussivePaul

PercussivePaul — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:41:03 -0800

Oooh! You guys should go look at The sentence game. Go here to sort by rating and see some past games.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:42:11 -0800

Anyone wanting to start their own game, the names I have so far are schkoo,ORthey,chowflap,bgm,sarahemily,ericb,uncleozzy,LogopolisMike,evilangela,satan,Rhaomi, gnfti,JoeyMichaels,muncadunc,Secretlife,MarisaS

By: Xezlec

Xezlec — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:43:29 -0800

Heck, toss me in too, if you would (as Xezlec of course).

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:46:12 -0800

I am psho!

By: Xezlec

Xezlec — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:59:14 -0800

Alrighty then, if no one else will start it, then I will. Hope some of you folks are still awake!

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:05:58 -0800

I've started one with you added and one with psho added as well.

By: liza

liza — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:10:44 -0800

yup. just look for liza :)

By: ob

ob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:12:01 -0800

I'm having a time out, but I'll be back in the morning...

By: theiconoclast31

theiconoclast31 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:15:07 -0800

This was posted to projects as Pictodash. But the online versions seem pretty cool too. Thanks!

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:26:13 -0800

!!!!!!! How do I find private games?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:28:59 -0800

You get invited to them.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:29:37 -0800

Also, the email alerts seem to come a few at a time.

By: Xezlec

Xezlec — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:32:25 -0800

Apparently, to get into a private game, you just say "join" and you get assigned to a private one if you've been invited. Right?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:36:07 -0800

ob got an email alert about a private game.

By: Xezlec

Xezlec — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:40:22 -0800

Hmm I'm not getting those.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:46:21 -0800

Yeah -- I get notified of completed games, but no invites.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:49:23 -0800

Odd. Maybe we're strangling the email client with stamede of activity!

By: liza

liza — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:49:28 -0800

do get an email when you're invited? how does that work?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:52:12 -0800

do get an email when you're invited? Supposedly. Doesn't seem to be happening though.

By: Xezlec

Xezlec — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:56:27 -0800

Odd. Maybe we're strangling the email client with stamede of activity! Would explain why I haven't seen any completed games in a while.

By: twirlypen

twirlypen — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:18:32 -0800

My username is- wait for it- twirlypen.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:10:20 -0800

I love playing this game in real life, so I signed up. Of course yahoo would choose this time to crap out on me, so I can't verify my account yet. Once I can get into my email and finish the sign up process I'll leave my username here.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:03:00 -0800

Well, my email seems to be working now, but it looks like I'm still waiting on that verification code (maybe the same problem that has delayed the game emails has delayed that as well?). Anyway, I'm signed up as shamefuljenny, so you can go ahead and add me, and I'll add everyone else once I can properly log in.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:11:45 -0800

Alright, it looks like I can play now. I seem to have misread some comments in this thread, since I thought that there was some way to keep track/record users that you might play often with, but I guess you just have to keep a record of your "friends" offsite somewhere and then manually add each username when you want to start a new game. I'll stop cluttering the thread now.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:59:57 -0800

Judging by all the sudden switches to "A Tree", "Cock and Balls", and "Broken Telephone is Broken", I'm guessing Anonymous found this.

By: houseofdanie

houseofdanie — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:29:21 -0800

I'm missdanie and I long to interpret your artwork.

By: bookish

bookish — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:06:11 -0800

I'm ladycrappo if any more games go down. Also: this is totally sweet and addictive.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:13:07 -0800

I checked on it this morning (and I admit played ~~a few~~ seven more games) and even though I started two games and contributed drawings in three games none of those showed up in my completed games-- only the ones that I wrote in. I was dying to see how my drawings were interpreted.

By: chococat

chococat — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:13:51 -0800

Had to bail last night. There was a bunch of invite emails from Marisa this morning, so that works at least.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:35:34 -0800

OK, I've updated the Mefi Broken Picture Telephone user list. I checked on it this morning (and I admit played a few seven more games) and even though I started two games and contributed drawings in three games none of those showed up in my completed games-- only the ones that I wrote in. I was dying to see how my drawings were interpreted. I've been getting notifications of both games I've written in and ones I've drawn in, if it helps. Have yet to see the results of any of the ones I started and invited you all to, though. Going to check my e-mail now.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:45:48 -0800

Hmm... just signed up. Anyone up for a game?

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:46:17 -0800

username = defenestration ...surprising, right?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:55:53 -0800

Anyone up for a game? Sure! Here's the user list if anyone else is interested in starting a game (no spaces after commas): schkoo,ORthey,chowflap,bgm,sarahemily,ericb,uncleozzy,LogopolisMike,evilangela,satan,Rhaomi, gnfti,JoeyMichaels,muncadunc,Secretlife,Xezlec,psho,liza,twirlypen,shamefuljenny,missdanie,ladycrappo,defenestration You just Start Game and scroll down the left margin where your options are to make the game Public or Private. Private games are only for those you invite, but you can allow them to be displayed publicly once completed.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:56:21 -0800

Oh, I'm MarisaS.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:02:44 -0800

I'm...phunniemee.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:03:42 -0800

Cool, I started a game and sent out the invites. I hope I get to draw. I chose 11 steps and invited all of those people, to be safe. I have no clue how the rotation works.

By: localhuman

localhuman — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:07:17 -0800

you can add my username to the list too- it is 'localhuman'

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:12:47 -0800

Starting a new game with everybody included.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:14:11 -0800

And with localhuman, that's 26 users from here altogether.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:21:15 -0800

Where on the site does the invite for the private game show up? Or does it just appear in your email?

By: ob

ob — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:19:41 -0800

I have joined our game and I feel that my work is masterful.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:23:26 -0800

I just did an epic drawing and didn't save. Bummer.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:24:22 -0800

There is definitely something odd going on. I think some of the games never get completed but just evaporate for some reason. Counting last night, I've participated in 17 games, yet only 8 of them show up as finished. I can't find out any information on the site as to why that might be. For example one game I started this morning (Guitar plays tennis with saxophone) at 10:30 has had three hours to complete the 11 entries, yet it never showed up as completed. Could there be a moderator yanking games for some reason?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:34:25 -0800

Could there be a moderator yanking games for some reason? Not sure about that, but it's possible - Anon found these games last night/earlier today and was doing some pretty unimaginative trolling.

By: riane

riane — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:37:19 -0800

I'm in as riane. And I am addicted.

By: ob

ob — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:37:58 -0800

Anon found these games last night/earlier today and was doing some pretty unimaginative trolling. How so?

By: ob

ob — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:43:07 -0800

And I am addicted. Of course you are. It's like internet crack.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:53:32 -0800

How so? Every picture, no matter what was drawn, was described as "Tree". ~sigh~ I guess I am not going to the gym today.

By: chowflap

chowflap — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:54:56 -0800

Is it wrong that I want to buy a tablet just so I can play this game better?

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:02:00 -0800

This is fun. I gotta get in on these MeFite games. If I click join game, will it automatically pipe me into private games to which I've been invited? I don't think so, but I also don't see invites anywhere. Maybe it does it by turn and it only invites you when it's your go—with a large game, I could see that taking a while. I wish this was better organized/more clear. I guess I'll just play whatever it gives me for now.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:03:42 -0800

SLoG, I wonder if it has to do with people using the "skip" function? So certain prompts/images might get passed over multiple times in a row by different users, thus extending the length of the game. And I guess the turn limit could also extend that time period. According to the site blog it looks like it's just the owner doing the modding right now. He talks about trolling, but doesn't say whether he's been deleting games because of it. For my part I've played 39 games, and all but 7 have been completed, and I received emails for all the completions. I've started a new game, set to 25 rounds, and added all the people on MStPT's list, plus those who commented after his comment (on preview: but before SLoG's comment. Sorry guys!) This game is crazy addictive. On preview, I guess if a private game has a turn limit that is equal or more to the number of players continue until everyone has had a turn. Which means that a private game could stretch out for much longer periods of time, or even just die. Since you're dependent on the next person in your group getting the email and responding in a timely fashion. I am I understanding this correctly? Or does everyone in the private group all receive the initial email invite?

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:09:23 -0800

I have yet to receive an invite, so I don't think they send out an initial email invite.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:09:43 -0800

Also, I noticed the "tree" on a couple completed games as well, though it hasn't popped up in any of mine (yet). There has been at least one genuinely entertaining game response to the trolling though.

By: ob

ob — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:10:11 -0800

Every picture, no matter what was drawn, was described as "Tree". Oh. That is the very definition of unimaginative trolling!

By: bookish

bookish — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:11:59 -0800

Would any mefites be interested in a real (well, real-er) game of Eat Poop You Cat? People could make pictures in paint or photoshop or scan in a paper-pencil drawing. It would take longer, but would also be mightily awesome. I'd be willing to orchestrate the thing if enough people are up for it.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:17:36 -0800

I'm down bookish. Just MeMail me if you get it set up. I do sort of like the time limit, though. I find the obstruction makes the game interesting. If more time and thought goes into the drawings, I think the captions should have more to them as well. Perhaps instead of captions people could write very short stories (or small parts of a larger story), and the drawings could be illustrations.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:19:06 -0800

Thanks Bookish, but I am out-- having better tools would just underscore how dreadful my drawings are, besides I really do need to accomplish something today.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:44:19 -0800

That sounds like fun, bookish. I'm interested, and I kinda like the idea of it being it more thought-out and eleborate. But at the same time, the more skillful a drawing is, the more recognizable it is to the next player. Which would take a lot of the fun out the game I think, since we could just wind up going around in circles. There would be less opportunity for the game to evolve off in funnier and stranger ways. I agree that sticking with some sort of deadline/timelimit would be good though. For my procrastination-prone own sake, at least.

By: Kimothy

Kimothy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:21:23 -0800

I'm kimothy there (and here, obviously) if anyone's still making lists...

By: MsVader

MsVader — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:22:44 -0800

I'd love to join in on some MeFi private games. Username is msvader. I've participated in few, and I can't figure out how I've gotten a -2 rating already, after just one or two drawings. I'm not THAT bad. Sheesh...

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:28:53 -0800

BTW, thanks for posting this. I've loved EPYC since the first time I played it and this is a nifty online version—the best I've seen thus far. Fun fun fun.

By: Jonathan Harford

Jonathan Harford — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:44:30 -0800

I'm a huge fan of the playable on Facebook version.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:47:23 -0800

I'm getting loads of completed games, but the two I started haven't finished yet. I'm recognizing some mefites from some of the completed games, though!

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:02:12 -0800

psho: have you received any invites to private games yet?

By: ob

ob — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:24:31 -0800

BTW, thanks for posting this. You're welcome! I'm more than happy to facilitate time wasting!

By: darksasami

darksasami — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:04:25 -0800

I can't believe how much this game is teaching me about how to draw badly! Still, I haven't received a single invite, even from yesterday. Technology, go fig.

By: h00py

h00py — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:07:45 -0800

I woke up to 39 completed games this morning and my stomach hurts from laughing. I'm hoopy by the way, and I draw with a mouse very, very badly.

By: headless

headless — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:46:28 -0800

Goodbye the rest of today.... SO FUN.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:49:20 -0800

psho: have you received any invites to private games yet? No!

By: headless

headless — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:06:44 -0800

My username is kps2420 btw. ADDICTED.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:05:15 -0800

Started a new game with the updated user list. I'm curious to see who gets invites from these.

By: theiconoclast31

theiconoclast31 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:22:32 -0800

My username is 'yaymukund'.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:28:27 -0800

I have yet to receive any invites. I really have no clue how the private game/invite system works.

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:29:57 -0800

I've been playing all afternoon. This is crazy fun. My name's lowkey.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:37:25 -0800

I haven't been getting any invites either, just completed games. They arrive via email notification, and they could land in your spam folder; a couple of mine did.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:40:42 -0800

Hey, there we go! I just got an invite and contributed a terrible drawing.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:22:53 -0800

FWIW, no invites for me yet, either.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:33:53 -0800

Okay, I strongly suspect I may have just participated in a Metafilter game -- no spoilers from me though. Seems to support the notion that you might sort of randomly "roll into" a game you're invited to (doesn't solve the puzzle of some people getting emails and some not, however). Surely we will report back here when a MeFi game is completed, right?

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:30:55 -0800

Some of my games get completed, show up for a while on the site and in my email, and then disappear. When I try to look at them later, I get this message: Whoopsies! Doesn't look like the game you're looking for can be shown. Either it doesn't exist, or it's just not complete yet. Try again later! This seems to happen to about a third of my games. Anybody else experiencing this?

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:34:56 -0800

I'm down with participating in Metafilter games. My wife and I both laughed ourselves silly looking at some of the "best of" games. Invite away. :D

By: darksasami

darksasami — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:31:24 -0800

Secret Life of Gravy, it appears that the admin deleted all the games that were trolled by the tree-drawing guy.

By: Lotto

Lotto — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:41:27 -0800

I'm in for a Metafilter game! Username is Lotto.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:07:04 -0800

Because this game is clearly the most significant thing to happen in the history of MetaFilter/the internet, I have taken it to the gray.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:24:18 -0800

I'm in as Ampersand.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:50:08 -0800

I'm in, username Dejah.

By: Pater Aletheias

Pater Aletheias — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:11:29 -0800

I'm in: PaterAletheias

By: minifigs

minifigs — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:58:31 -0800

I'm also in, : minifigs

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:18:26 -0800

notondisplay be my usernamr, arrr.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:46:16 -0800

Note to all players [crossposted from MetaTalk] : I started a little page on the Wiki for players to add their accounts. It is adapted from spiderskull's latest version upthread, so the BPT links go to the players' drawing pages. I'd suggest keeping it that way for now, as they're pretty neat to browse. I would urge all players to add a link to their account, and include a link to their Metafilter profile while they're at it (especially if your MeFi and BPT usernames differ from one another).

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:49:17 -0800

I got an invite -- but now the site is broken. Waaaaaa.

By: sarcasticah

sarcasticah — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:02:15 -0800

Finally got the site to work! I'm MaryEllen!