Paper Telephone. - Page 17 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-17-2008, 09:45 AM

Folwren, I hope you realise that we're all now expecting your picture to be a masterpiece to rival the Sistine Chapel II.

Folwren · 03-17-2008, 10:38 AM

*snort* Don't be ridiculous. I hope YOU realize I have no possible way to do this by hand - which, I'll say, I could do a decent job doing - and therefore have no other choice but to do it on the computer - which, I will say, I am HORRIBLE at. So, I'll do my best, with what little time I have.

EDIT: What I meant to say when I got onto this thread was, I'll work on it this afternoon once I've cleared up all my other business and, if nothing else comes up, I will have it to Lommy this evening. Cross your fingers, though don't hold your breath.

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-17-2008, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Folwren

*snort* Don't be ridiculous. I hope YOU realize I have no possible way to do this by hand - which, I'll say, I could do a decent job doing - and therefore have no other choice but to do it on the computer - which, I will say, I am HORRIBLE at. So, I'll do my best, with what little time I have.

Don't worry. Sometimes the most hastily cobbled together pictures produced the best results further down the line.

Folwren · 03-18-2008, 09:33 AM

There! I did it! *Gasp*pant*gasp* I sent it to Lommy just a moment ago. My deepest apologies that it came so late - you people would not believe how busy I've become.

Thinlómien · 03-19-2008, 01:40 PM

I will be away from tomorrow evening to Sunday evening, so unfortunately we will have a few days' pause then (unless someone can think of a solution) but it shouldn't be a problem as I guess I won't be the only one busy with having a holiday...

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-20-2008, 02:05 AM

I've sent my picture in. Had to do it quick because I knew I'd be away for most of today, but I think it's okay.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 03-20-2008, 05:20 AM

When do you guys expect this round to be done with?

Everytime I check this thread I hope that there will be drawings and wonderfull oneliners for me to look at, but I am constantly disapointet.

Thinlómien · 03-20-2008, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

When do you guys expect this round to be done with?

Everytime I check this thread I hope that there will be drawings and wonderfull oneliners for me to look at, but I am constantly disapointet.

Seriously, no idea. If it took everyone three days to do their job, it would take as much as a month or so. But writers are often far faster than that, drawers are sometimes slower. So my guess would be three weeks, a little less if we're swift. (And more, if we're slow.

)

Now, I just got Hookbill's picture and Agan promised to respond before I (and she herself, for that matter) leave today, so I can send her sentence to Beregond today and he will have the remains of this week to draw. This is going quite smoothly now...

Folwren · 03-20-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

I've sent my picture in. Had to do it quick because I knew I'd be away for most of today, but I think it's okay.

That is not fair. Simply not, not, not fair.

Beregond · 03-20-2008, 04:59 PM

I guess I have a few days to work on mine. It'll take me that long, what with the sentence I was dealt.

The Might · 03-27-2008, 10:03 AM

I actually almost forgot about this but just realised that I'll be soon in line... fortunately just a sentence so it won't take long...

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-27-2008, 10:06 AM

Nogrod must be writing a novel!

I REALLY want to see what turned the sentence I sent into the sentence I received... I also wonder what is going to happen next...

Since we're getting close to the end o' this Paper Telephone, I think I'll say I'll mod the next one, unless someone else fancies it. Just remember to clear your diary for the next month or so.

Thinlómien · 03-27-2008, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Nogrod must be writing a novel!

He did write one, but I told him to cut it down (it was almost twice as long as the previous longest sentence the writer of which I told his sentence is almost too long

) so that's what's taking time...

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-30-2008, 09:29 AM

I think that, in the future, we should think of the writing more in terms of a caption than a long description. Rather than telling us what the picture looks like, instead let us know what 'should' be going on.

Give us a sense of the general concept; lengthy descriptions rarely turn up the weird and wonderful we all love.

If nothing else, we should probably put a two sentence limit on Nogrod.

Rikae · 03-30-2008, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

I think that, in the future, we should think of the writing more in terms of a caption than a long description.

I agree. The sentences tend to get longer and longer, and a short caption giving the writer's take on the picture, rather than a description, gives more of a "twist" anyway.
*vows to write no more than twelve words when her turn comes*

Rune Son of Bjarne · 03-30-2008, 10:30 AM

I actually think it ruins the fun of drawing when you get a very detailed description, the fun lies in getting a sentance which has more than one interpretation.

Personally I love the challenge of finding just the right words for the caption. . . it all adds to the fun.

Nogrod · 03-31-2008, 12:36 AM

Uh-oh!

It's not that I'm writing a novel but that I had totally forgotten it after Lommy asked me to edit it.

I'm sending a shorter caption in a few minutes so that we get the ball rolling again.

Sorry. My bad.

Thinlómien · 03-31-2008, 02:14 AM

Nogrod - it's alright.

And to those who are worried by the funniness of the pt because the descriptions are too long - I assure you that although some descriptions have been long this round and no one has yet written a sentence shorter than the original one, it has been utter and non-restrcited madness this far...

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-10-2008, 08:11 AM

Ooh! We're already up to Volo, I notice!

Anyone wish to sign up for the next game while we wait for this one to come in?

Rune Son of Bjarne · 04-10-2008, 08:32 AM

Sure. . .it has beena while.

Thinlómien · 04-10-2008, 09:00 AM

Yes, count me in... but if there's someone who has no played for a while and the list is becoming too long, you can take me out...

Aganzir · 04-10-2008, 10:29 AM

You can count me in as well. If we're not doing doubles, I prefer drawing.

Beregond · 04-10-2008, 12:04 PM

I'm in too, this is too fun to pass up.

Nogrod · 04-10-2008, 12:09 PM

I'm in, obviously. This is a lot of fun.

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-10-2008, 12:15 PM

Okay, the NEXT game (when this one finishes) will begin something like this...

(Me)
Rune Son of Bjarne
Thinlómien
Aganzir
Beregond
Nogrod
Beef

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-10-2008, 03:40 PM

Hey, hey, wait, what's happening? I would like to sign up too, sir, don't leave me out, sir! (Unless, of course, there is not enough place and someone who had not participated for a long time, or ever, would like to join this time...)

Oddwen · 04-10-2008, 06:14 PM

*waves* I would like to join in the next as well if there's room, unless I get a three-part novel to illustrate on this go.

Thinlómien · 04-10-2008, 11:49 PM

Considering the current round, I've asked Volo to try to make his illustration today. (He was traveling early this week so he did not understandably have time or chance to do his pic and I doubt he's going to get anything done this weekend as Brinniel is coming to Helsinki...) So I hope he has time and manages to do it now for otherwise this will take ages (again)... But now you know why it might take time.

Volo · 04-11-2008, 02:48 AM

I'm currently working on it.

Please add me to the next game.

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-11-2008, 02:56 AM

Once Lommy's game is over, I'll probably begin this one right away, I have a perfect sentence.

Rune Son of Bjarne
Thinlómien
Aganzir
Beregond
Nogrod
Legate of Amon Lanc
Oddwen
Volo
The Elf-warrior
Kitanna
Eönwë

Any more?

The Elf-warrior · 04-11-2008, 06:48 PM

Count me in. If it is just one round, I'd prefer to write.

Kitanna · 04-14-2008, 07:01 AM

I would like to join. Though I'd also prefer to write, mainly because I have no way of drawing at the moment (hopefully that is changing soon).

Eönwë · 04-14-2008, 08:19 AM

Can I join? Pleeeeaaaase? (I don't mind whether I write or draw*)

edit:*Or do both

Rikae · 04-14-2008, 08:33 AM

Well, my sentence is 15 words (and only because I invented a word, too) - but I think that it's better than the 12 word version.

Thinlómien · 04-14-2008, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae

Well, my sentence is 15 words (and only because I invented a word, too) - but I think that it's better than the 12 word version.

But Rikae, it's perfect! I was beginning to be afraid that this will start to be the same all the time but you saved it!

Only four people to go anymore...

The Might · 04-15-2008, 01:52 PM

I'll go along as well, sign me up for another one...
It seems that eons have passed since the game started... when did it start btw?

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-15-2008, 02:02 PM

Quote:

It seems that eons have passed since the game started... when did it start btw?

The most recent game or the thread?

The most recent game began at the end of January (28th to be precise). The thread was started in June of last year.

Rune Son of Bjarne
Thinlómien
Aganzir
Beregond
Nogrod
Legate of Amon Lanc
Oddwen
Volo
The Elf-warrior
Kitanna
Eönwë
The Might
Finduilas

Aganzir · 04-15-2008, 02:06 PM

Hookbill, are we going to do doubles? I'd actually prefer not this time - there seem to be quite many players, and then it would take ages again.

Unless everybody else wants it, of course...

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-15-2008, 02:16 PM

I'm going to make the next game slightly different... So, if we're not doing doubles, I want as many players as possible!

Basically, descriptions are going to be limited to ONE SENTENCE, pictures MUST include more than two colours, time limits will be put on again and NO biting.

Finduilas · 04-15-2008, 02:26 PM

As long as your not doing doubles I would like to play, and write. If that doesn't work, then count me out. Don't let that stop you from doing doubles though. It wouldn't kill me, or even majorely disappoint me, if I didn't play.

03-17-2008, 09:45 AM	#641
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Folwren, I hope you realise that we're all now expecting your picture to be a masterpiece to rival the Sistine Chapel II. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-17-2008, 10:38 AM	#642
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	snort Don't be ridiculous. I hope YOU realize I have no possible way to do this by hand - which, I'll say, I could do a decent job doing - and therefore have no other choice but to do it on the computer - which, I will say, I am HORRIBLE at. So, I'll do my best, with what little time I have. EDIT: What I meant to say when I got onto this thread was, I'll work on it this afternoon once I've cleared up all my other business and, if nothing else comes up, I will have it to Lommy this evening. Cross your fingers, though don't hold your breath. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

03-18-2008, 09:33 AM	#644
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	There! I did it! Gasppantgasp I sent it to Lommy just a moment ago. My deepest apologies that it came so late - you people would not believe how busy I've become. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

03-19-2008, 01:40 PM	#645
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I will be away from tomorrow evening to Sunday evening, so unfortunately we will have a few days' pause then (unless someone can think of a solution) but it shouldn't be a problem as I guess I won't be the only one busy with having a holiday... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-20-2008, 02:05 AM	#646
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I've sent my picture in. Had to do it quick because I knew I'd be away for most of today, but I think it's okay. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-20-2008, 04:59 PM	#650
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	I guess I have a few days to work on mine. It'll take me that long, what with the sentence I was dealt. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

03-27-2008, 10:03 AM	#651
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I actually almost forgot about this but just realised that I'll be soon in line... fortunately just a sentence so it won't take long... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-27-2008, 10:06 AM	#652
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Nogrod must be writing a novel! I REALLY want to see what turned the sentence I sent into the sentence I received... I also wonder what is going to happen next... Since we're getting close to the end o' this Paper Telephone, I think I'll say I'll mod the next one, unless someone else fancies it. Just remember to clear your diary for the next month or so. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-30-2008, 09:29 AM	#654
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I think that, in the future, we should think of the writing more in terms of a caption than a long description. Rather than telling us what the picture looks like, instead let us know what 'should' be going on. Give us a sense of the general concept; lengthy descriptions rarely turn up the weird and wonderful we all love. If nothing else, we should probably put a two sentence limit on Nogrod. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-31-2008, 12:36 AM	#657
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Uh-oh! It's not that I'm writing a novel but that I had totally forgotten it after Lommy asked me to edit it. I'm sending a shorter caption in a few minutes so that we get the ball rolling again. Sorry. My bad. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

03-31-2008, 02:14 AM	#658
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Nogrod - it's alright. And to those who are worried by the funniness of the pt because the descriptions are too long - I assure you that although some descriptions have been long this round and no one has yet written a sentence shorter than the original one, it has been utter and non-restrcited madness this far... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-10-2008, 08:11 AM	#659
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Ooh! We're already up to Volo, I notice! Anyone wish to sign up for the next game while we wait for this one to come in? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

04-10-2008, 09:00 AM	#661
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Yes, count me in... but if there's someone who has no played for a while and the list is becoming too long, you can take me out... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-10-2008, 10:29 AM	#662
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	You can count me in as well. If we're not doing doubles, I prefer drawing. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

04-10-2008, 12:04 PM	#663
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	I'm in too, this is too fun to pass up. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

04-10-2008, 12:09 PM	#664
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	I'm in, obviously. This is a lot of fun. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

04-10-2008, 12:15 PM	#665
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Okay, the NEXT game (when this one finishes) will begin something like this... (Me) Rune Son of Bjarne Thinlómien Aganzir Beregond Nogrod Beef __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

04-10-2008, 03:40 PM	#666
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Hey, hey, wait, what's happening? I would like to sign up too, sir, don't leave me out, sir! (Unless, of course, there is not enough place and someone who had not participated for a long time, or ever, would like to join this time...) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-10-2008, 06:14 PM	#667
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	waves I would like to join in the next as well if there's room, unless I get a three-part novel to illustrate on this go. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

04-10-2008, 11:49 PM	#668
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Considering the current round, I've asked Volo to try to make his illustration today. (He was traveling early this week so he did not understandably have time or chance to do his pic and I doubt he's going to get anything done this weekend as Brinniel is coming to Helsinki...) So I hope he has time and manages to do it now for otherwise this will take ages (again)... But now you know why it might take time. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-11-2008, 02:48 AM	#669
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	I'm currently working on it. Please add me to the next game. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

04-11-2008, 02:56 AM	#670
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Once Lommy's game is over, I'll probably begin this one right away, I have a perfect sentence. Rune Son of Bjarne Thinlómien Aganzir Beregond Nogrod Legate of Amon Lanc Oddwen Volo The Elf-warrior Kitanna Eönwë Any more? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 04-14-2008 at 09:57 AM.

04-11-2008, 06:48 PM	#671
The Elf-warrior Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia. Posts: 952	Count me in. If it is just one round, I'd prefer to write. __________________ Fenris Wolf: WW LXXX.

04-14-2008, 07:01 AM	#672
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	I would like to join. Though I'd also prefer to write, mainly because I have no way of drawing at the moment (hopefully that is changing soon). __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

04-14-2008, 08:19 AM	#673
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Can I join? Pleeeeaaaase? (I don't mind whether I write or draw) edit:Or do both __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place Last edited by Eönwë; 04-14-2008 at 10:15 AM.

04-14-2008, 08:33 AM	#674
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Well, my sentence is 15 words (and only because I invented a word, too) - but I think that it's better than the 12 word version.

04-15-2008, 01:52 PM	#676
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I'll go along as well, sign me up for another one... It seems that eons have passed since the game started... when did it start btw? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

04-15-2008, 02:06 PM	#678
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Hookbill, are we going to do doubles? I'd actually prefer not this time - there seem to be quite many players, and then it would take ages again. Unless everybody else wants it, of course... __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

04-15-2008, 02:16 PM	#679
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I'm going to make the next game slightly different... So, if we're not doing doubles, I want as many players as possible! Basically, descriptions are going to be limited to ONE SENTENCE, pictures MUST include more than two colours, time limits will be put on again and NO biting. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

04-15-2008, 02:26 PM	#680
Finduilas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Home. Where rolling green hills and clear rivers are practically my backyard. Posts: 595	As long as your not doing doubles I would like to play, and write. If that doesn't work, then count me out. Don't let that stop you from doing doubles though. It wouldn't kill me, or even majorely disappoint me, if I didn't play. __________________ One (1) book of rules and traffic regulations, which may not be bent or broken. ~ The Phantom Tollbooth