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Gunther Schmidl

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Jan 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/31/00
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You've probably been waiting for this, but someone has to do it.

I'm reviving the lost art form of the mini competition.

The premise: write a game, any game you like. Throw in whatever puzzles you
want. But the only verb allowed to solve puzzles is "USE". The more standard
verbs you replace with "USE" (like "TAKE", "EXAMINE", ...), the better.

You have two weeks. Send submissions to me via e-mail.

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Iain Merrick

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Jan 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/31/00
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Gunther Schmidl wrote:

> You've probably been waiting for this, but someone has to do it.
>
> I'm reviving the lost art form of the mini competition.
>
> The premise: write a game, any game you like. Throw in whatever puzzles you
> want. But the only verb allowed to solve puzzles is "USE". The more standard
> verbs you replace with "USE" (like "TAKE", "EXAMINE", ...), the better.
>
> You have two weeks. Send submissions to me via e-mail.

Woohoo! Great idea.

>PUT ON THINKING CAP. WRITE GAME
...

Gunther Schmidl

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Jan 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/31/00
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> Woohoo! Great idea.
>
> >PUT ON THINKING CAP. WRITE GAME
> ...

No, no, no.

>USE THINKING CAP ON HEAD.
>USE IDEAS ON EDITOR.
>USE COMPILER ON SOURCE CODE.

etc.

Iain Merrick

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Jan 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/31/00
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Gunther Schmidl wrote:

> > Woohoo! Great idea.
> >
> > >PUT ON THINKING CAP. WRITE GAME
> > ...
>
> No, no, no.
>
> >USE THINKING CAP ON HEAD.
> >USE IDEAS ON EDITOR.
> >USE COMPILER ON SOURCE CODE.

>USE EYES TO LOOK FOR BIG POINTY STICK
>USE HANDS TO GET STICK
>USE STICK TO THWAP GUNTHER

Carsten Sørensen

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Jan 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/31/00
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"Iain Merrick" <i...@cs.york.ac.uk> wrote in message
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That's probably useless... *ducks*

Carsten Sorensen


L. Ross Raszewski

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Jan 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/31/00
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:08:53 +0000, Iain Merrick <i...@cs.york.ac.uk> wrote:
>Gunther Schmidl wrote:
>
>> You've probably been waiting for this, but someone has to do it.
>>
>> I'm reviving the lost art form of the mini competition.
>>
>> The premise: write a game, any game you like. Throw in whatever puzzles you
>> want. But the only verb allowed to solve puzzles is "USE". The more standard
>> verbs you replace with "USE" (like "TAKE", "EXAMINE", ...), the better.
>>
>> You have two weeks. Send submissions to me via e-mail.
>
>Woohoo! Great idea.
>
>>PUT ON THINKING CAP. WRITE GAME
>...

ITYM "USE THINKING CAP ON GAME"

--
--Where am I?
--In the village.
--What do you want?
--Information.
--Whose side are you on?
--That would be telling. We want information... information... information.
--You won't get it.
--By hook or by crook, we will.
--Who are you?
--The new number two.
--Who is number one?
--You are number six.

Gene Wirchenko

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Feb 1, 2000, 3:00:00 AM2/1/00
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"Gunther Schmidl" <gsch...@xxx.gmx.at> wrote:

>You've probably been waiting for this, but someone has to do it.
>
>I'm reviving the lost art form of the mini competition.
>
>The premise: write a game, any game you like. Throw in whatever puzzles you
>want. But the only verb allowed to solve puzzles is "USE". The more standard
>verbs you replace with "USE" (like "TAKE", "EXAMINE", ...), the better.
>
>You have two weeks. Send submissions to me via e-mail.

Remember the Textfire hoax and the game Verb!. The hero of the
story was the verb "take".

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

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