h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Hamster Throwing - a game - A724394
Author: purple dragon - U173090

It was suggested that this might be a suitable guide entry, so I've submitted to see what other people think.

It will be interesting to find out.

I thought it was great six weeks ago, and I just had another read and still think it's great!

I can't, of course, find the appropriate smiley to express hamster throwing. Maybe...



...is the closest thing?

Tee hee hee. How about

Although you really need something like

Kindof (although that means something entirely different.

Oh, I didn't realize we had ! That's a good one.

Don't you just love smiley abuse?

I like this too, it is very interesting, as well as well written, and informative. It may be short, but it is to the point, which is a good thing in my book.

Well done purple dragon.

Ditto I liked this too!

The titles of the two threads commenting on the entry pretty much sum it up.

The only complaints are that I don't like the :- s (I'm not sure what the editors would say about them either) or the last header.

*drop kicks the hamster*

Excellent entry I must admit I'm a little disappointed you don't use the real thing though

>>>>

Great entry! Concise and fun.

The ':-' after each header will be taken out by the sub, if not before then. No real problem there.

Dunno about the last header either.


-researcher in disguise; at least the BGS login from n2g2 works!

While I did like this entry, I do feel that it needed a touch of tweaking. While it says 'never use a live hamster', my immediate thought was of people chucking a *real* dead hamster around, rather than an imaginary hamster. Then I read 'give it a stroke to show that it is alive and happy', and assumed that rule #1 was somehow ironic, and it was a real and alive hamster that was being thrown around. I wondered when the miming was going to come in and whether the hamster was going to be asked to play a game of charades after being caught or something...

Anyway, clearly I was being stupid, but I do wonder if the start of the 'to play' section could be reworded to be more in line with how mime is normally described. EG:

--
A player produces a 'hamster'. For example, sie might put hir hand in hir pocket and slowly withdraw it, palm up, as if holding a small furry animal. Or sie might get the 'hamster' out of a jogging bag, or spot it running around the floor. They hold it in their cupped hand to show where it is and give it a stroke to show that it is alive and happy. The player then moves hir hand in an underarm motion to mime throwing the hamster to another player.
--

From there, carry on as is. But I think in initially you do need to make it a little clearer that the hamster is a mime hamster - I'm not the only one to get a logical disconnect on this, judging from the entry's threads...

Fun stuff, though. Very pickable

-Martin

Sorry, Lucinda, seems to be my day for disagreeing with you. Well not quite, because the entry does need some clarification, but I liked the fact you don't figure out exactly what's meant until the end.

Suggestion: say "real hamster" instead of "live hamster".

I looooovvvvvvveeeee this entry. Very funny but factual (i've played a variation on this game at drama school). I love to see this in the edited guide.
Oberon2001

Thanks for the comments. I've removed the ':-'s (I had to go and re-read the article before I understood what you meant - I thought I had inadvertantly included some half finished smilies)

I've also changed 'live' to 'real' as it does seem to be causing some confusion, which is understandable really. It is not always easy to tell how something was meant to be read. Glad to see that in general the game is liked.

Gosh - just that single word change makes all the difference. Yep - love it. Three cheers for hamster throwing...

-Lucinda

*waves hands at the scouts*

hip-hip, hooray!
hip-hip, hooray!
hip-hip, hooray!
and one for luck (and an opportunity to throw another hamster)
hip-hip, hooray!
Oberon2001

Your Guide Entry has just been picked from Peer Review by one of our Scouts, and is now heading off into the Editorial Process, which ends with publication in the Edited Guide. We've therefore moved this Review Conversation out of Peer Review and to the entry itself.

If you'd like to know what happens now, check out the page on 'What Happens after your Entry has been Recommended?' at EditedGuide-Process. We hope this explains everything.

Thanks for contributing to the Edited Guide!

*lowers tired arms*

Congrats, Purple Dragon!

This throughly deserves to go in the EG. Well done


Oberon2001