(I have another forum game idea in mind, but it needs some work yet, and I'm curious if part of my plan will even fly, so I'm sort of testing it with this game. Presenting...)

~ Gnommernymn ~ [/I][/SIZE]

Objective: Beat your opponent in physical combat within the realm of Gnommernymn!

How to Play:
In many ways, this is like a glorified "bar fight" thread, with some exceptions:

1) For simplicity, this will be a 1-on-1 fight. Each fighter has 2 days after the previous fighter's attack post to post their own attack. They forfeit their turn if they do not post within that time.

2) Damage is dealt only by votes from other people. Each fighter may receive one point of damage per poster that voted. Total damage per turn is added after 2 days has passed since their attack post.

3) Normal attacks are not possible in Gnommernymn, thus, each fighter must use words unknown to us (read: nonsense words) to describe the attacks and items that are used - similar in spirit to the Jabberwocky poem. For example, the fighter's attack would be ineffective if it included the word "gun" in their post, even if "gun" did not describe the weapon it commonly describes.

For now, I'll need a couple brave players before starting. In the meantime, please ask any questions I'm sure you all have. The initial hitpoints of the players will be determined at the start of the match (read: I haven't decided yet).

Might be kinda slow, but I'm game.

why would you post this on a holiday weekend?

Hadn't even thought of that, Ford. Maybe I'll take until next Monday to judge how many people are interested in this? Comments, concerns, etc.?

I think people should be able to post 1 to 5 damage as a vote. This will speed up the game to keep people interested. Perhaps a max health of 25?

I was hoping someone else would want to play, but I suppose I have to after all.

My weapon of choice is the reciprocating panoogle; a long whip-like appendage made from the finest sascatans money can buy.

I might be in, but I will be gone for a while..not sure how often I will be checking.

It's unlikely a game like this would really benefit from a scale of points, but in interest of quick games, I'll probably keep the HP to 10 at most. Again though, we'll see.

Anyone besides JM and possibly JLee taking an interest in being the first two contestants?

I'm pretty interested but I don't think I can commit just yet, being in the middle of moving. I'm also unclear as to rule 3.

Let's see if an example clarifies.

UNACCEPTABLE = "Gebohq shoots a huge rocket at JM."

ALSO UNACCEPTABLE = "Gebohq dives an orange persistence at JM."

ACCEPTABLE = "Gebohq xeels a morven turl at JM."

Not every noun and verb in your attack needs to be replaced with a nonsense word, but the creative encouragement of imagining the unknown should exist, as with the example given with the Jabberwocky poem. "Vorpal" when first used in that poem, for instance, wasn't meant to replace "deadly" or "instant beheading" -- the reader had to decide the meaning for themselves.

This game will require a bit of poetic trial and error by the fighters, as the aim is essentially to entertain. The better the posts read, the more entertaining it will be.

Hope that helps understand my aim at this game a bit more.

Curious lookers-on enter the dark arena. A single spotlight illuminates the center, where Grismath stands, draped in blue sequins and spandex.

"TO COBLATHERAZE THE FIRST BATTLE IN THE GEBHOQ ARENA, I, GRISMATH, HEREBY CEREMONIOUSLY SELF-SIZXAXERATE BY MEANS OF PERBLOGULATION."

The nascent audience gasps.

The spotlight widens to reveal a blanket covering a mysterious object. Grismath pulls off the blanket with a flourish to reveal a PERBLOGULATOR. Before the audience can react, Grismath dives into the grosmanusy maw of the perblogulator, self-sizxaxerating as advertised for 25 damage.

Let the games begin!

Considering that the American Independence weekend ahead will likely be distracting for most everyone, I'm going to encourage anybody and everybody to post their "warm-up" rounds -- anyone can fight and vote (though the latter won't count for now) to get a feel for the game. We'll then start the official first match on Monday, July 6th, at 6PM Eastern US time between the javiel JM and the gnawzzly Grismath! (unless Tony, JLee, Jep, or others wish to fight, in which case we could either run multiple fights simultaneously or have a team battle)

JM: your weapon makes me think of something mathematical, or perhaps Italian. Not sure why. I'd have to see more of it in action before getting a clearer image in my head.

Gris: your post now makes me think of the Jabberwocky as envisioned in a monster truck show. + = my thoughts.

I assure you it is neither mathematical nor Italian, but merely gendandic. Grismath's septectical self-sizxaxerating has made me flourus and turned my bindulons to sassin. I am most unnerved.

Perhaps a backdrop for the fight would be nice:

In the realm of Gnommernymn, deep in the juhnorests of Tinnwoud,
where the lisks of the sorn echo and the tawer chrekles soft,
foolish foes face off with the smell of eyenol in the air...

Who will make the first move, I wonder...