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Entry: One, Two, Three - a Game of Convergence in the Space of Ideas - A883424
Author: HenryS - U156854

A cool little timewaster that should be more widely known of

I like it, well done! This has a certain place in the edited guide.

You might like to link to a few other similar games:

A732809 The Name Game
A225848 The Dictionary Game
A49808 I Can't Spy - the Game

That sort of thing.

Well done!

Tango

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Tango

Brilliant game; thanks for writing about it. I've been teaching my friends and family. It's interesting - when I play with some people it works really well, and with others, it just doesn't.

One might think it's a game about creativity, and one does sometimes have to be creative to think of links, but if one is too creative, then one gets too obscure! It's actually a point of strategy to go ahead and say obvious links when they exist. Avoiding obvious things because they seem too conventional will sabotage the game.

This is all based on only two days experience with it, of course...



GTB

BTW, you might want to shorten the title to something like "'One, Two, Three' - a Word Game", or something. Long titles stretch the page a bit in Goo.

I *like* the current title, but I'm () fond of the mathematical use of the word 'space', and I think that would throw some readers.


GTB

I dunno. It is very descriptive of how the game plays. 'A word game' doesn't sound nearly as interesting to me. Is there another way to phrase the idea without using the word 'space'? Or 'convergence'? Is that as well known a word as it seems to me?

I think 'convergence' is pretty clear to an average reader. I might be wrong about 'the space of ideas'. Maybe 'a game of convergence of ideas?' Or maybe leave it as it is. Some titles are longer than others. I didn't have to scroll left and right to read the entry; just the right-hand margin was pushed off the screen, with the info and links and stuff.

'Convergence in ideas' is more accurate than 'convergence of ideas' because the ideas themselves don't change, rather we're moving about between ideas. Maybe more accurate still would be 'convergence in words' (the metric is determined by ideas, but the elements are words, since sun and shark are idea-near to ray, but ray is 2 ideas and 1 word). What do you think?

It made me read it - I don't think I would have for 1, 2, 3 a word game. - and I'm glad I did, I can see this enlivening car journeys with the family.

Nice en'ry, 'Enry!

interesting game. Haven't tried it, just read your piece. I can imagine what GTB was saying about it working better with some people than others. In the first place, you're not really gonna play it with just *anyone*, i'd think.

Nicely written and guide-bound, i think. Interesting comparison between this and a recent disputed entry about a game i'd also never heard of. This one will sail through.

Title: All i've got so far is the longish and possibly obscure

- "1, 2, 3... A Game of Verbal Synchronicity"

though i do think that gets the content across succinctly, iissm,

Oh, and i thought you could simply transfer the rather good 'convergence in the space of ideas' into the intro. it would work well.

just my thoughts
spiff

Well, whatever title you settle on, it's a pretty good sign about the entry in general that the title is all we have to quibble about in PR!

One minor thing is to put the name of the game in quote marks (' '), like I did in the subject of this posting.

'One, Two, Three' - a Game of Idea Convergence?
'One, Two, Three' - a Convergence Game in the Space of Ideas?
'One, Two, Three' - a Game of Convergence in Idea-Space?
'One, Two, Three' - a Convergence Game in Idea-Space?

Or you could replace 'Idea' with 'Word' in any of those...

Or some other permutation that I missed?

Can anybody comment on whether 'Space' is a non-intuitive word to use for non-Math Geeks? Maybe a sentence in the entry that explains what you mean by the 'Space of Ideas'. That way you'll also explain the idea of abstract spaces, as a bonus!


GTB

I jumped to 'word' from 'idea' - its more accurate and maybe less offputting (and lets people know its a word game). Added a section explaining the 'space' way of looking at the game, and added a paragraph to the strategies section.

I was thinking about how it might be possible to play 123 on h2g2. You'd need to use two conversations, one for player A, one for player B, and when you think of a word, post it to your conversation then go over to the other person's to post there that you've got one. When theyve got one they post to your conversation, then you go look at the other person's conversation to find out the new words.

Seems a little clumsy, and doesn't work for 12many. Oh - easier way to do it, just have one conversation, and arrange a simulpost Players post to say theyre ready (just like the real life version of 12many) and agree to post just after the second person says theyre ready. The person who thinks of a word first would have to be ready to post when the other player thinks up something so it still wants the 'my conversations' box handy. Still might be a little slow.

Any other ideas?

'One, Two, Three - A Game' fits the standard formula quite nicely. The entry explains itself well enough without the need for a bigger title. methinks.



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Well done HenryS!

Yes the entry explains itself, I'm more concerned with people not reading the entry after reading the title.