Okay, I've tried to come to up with several new competition ideas in the past and none of them have really caught anybody's attention but I recently came up with an interesting new idea.
This new idea came to me while I was buying some new screws for my car. I'd just baught 8 shiny screws and a quarter pint of flat black paint. I was trying to think of a way to paint the top of each screws without a paintbrush. Essentially, I had created a sort of simple logic puzzle: how would one go about painting 8 screws given a quarter pint of paint and only house-hold items (assuming a paintbrush is not one of them)? Many solutions came to my mind, but only one stood out to be the best. The first idea was to screw each screw into a cork and dip it into the paint, but this would require 8 corks (and I didn't have that many corks and chopping them up would require some effort). Then, I thought, maybe I should try aliminum. This would be good because I could form a base and set the screws down to dry after I was done dipping them into the paint. So this was my best idea and, to my avail, it was a success--the paint dried perfectly, covering only the top. But...
...how in the world does this apply to my competition? Well, the idea is quite similar. A logic puzzle is presented and the players must determine the best solution. The winning player determines the best (most beneficial and least item-requiring) solution. Here are the rules:
Granted, there's no such thing as a perfect solution but the point of the game isn't necessarily to find the perfect solution... just the best one you can think of. It's seems pretty simple and given the right logic puzzles, I really think this could be fun... especially for all you adventure gamers who love solving logic puzzles!
BTW, I tried to find the closest thing to this competition and here's what I found... http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=22085.0. At first, I thought my idea was taken, but then I realized this is not a "logic" puzzle and therefore its rules are flawed. It's just one guy giving a pointless puzzle that makes no sense. No solutions are logical and the entire thing is a mess. So, that idea didn't work. Here's proof:
Did I stress the importance of "logic?" It's the only thing that keeps order in the competition!
So if you like this idea, please ask for a sample round and I will continue one on this thread. Otherwise, if you would like to request a meaningful, slight variation of these rules, please do so. If a sample round is requested, the previously stated rules may be pended with notification if one or more rules are subjected.
This new idea came to me while I was buying some new screws for my car. I'd just baught 8 shiny screws and a quarter pint of flat black paint. I was trying to think of a way to paint the top of each screws without a paintbrush. Essentially, I had created a sort of simple logic puzzle: how would one go about painting 8 screws given a quarter pint of paint and only house-hold items (assuming a paintbrush is not one of them)? Many solutions came to my mind, but only one stood out to be the best. The first idea was to screw each screw into a cork and dip it into the paint, but this would require 8 corks (and I didn't have that many corks and chopping them up would require some effort). Then, I thought, maybe I should try aliminum. This would be good because I could form a base and set the screws down to dry after I was done dipping them into the paint. So this was my best idea and, to my avail, it was a success--the paint dried perfectly, covering only the top. But...
...how in the world does this apply to my competition? Well, the idea is quite similar. A logic puzzle is presented and the players must determine the best solution. The winning player determines the best (most beneficial and least item-requiring) solution. Here are the rules:
- Upon the beginning of each round, the winner of the previous round instantiates:
- A Feasible Logic Puzzle (must be realistic and solvable... ex: not associated with fictional elements such as ghosts, monsters, or fairy-tales and must require tool(s) to be solved)
- A Single-Categorical List of Items (generally associated with one common place... a garage, house-hold, bedroom.. etc. but item names are still specified)
- A Tested Sample Solution (to prove the validity of a given puzzle. Must be easily duplicable by all participants)Ã,Â
- Each player then attempts to solve the logic puzzle and is voted for his/her:
- Conservation of Given Items
- Techniques Used (postives/negatives)
Granted, there's no such thing as a perfect solution but the point of the game isn't necessarily to find the perfect solution... just the best one you can think of. It's seems pretty simple and given the right logic puzzles, I really think this could be fun... especially for all you adventure gamers who love solving logic puzzles!
BTW, I tried to find the closest thing to this competition and here's what I found... http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=22085.0. At first, I thought my idea was taken, but then I realized this is not a "logic" puzzle and therefore its rules are flawed. It's just one guy giving a pointless puzzle that makes no sense. No solutions are logical and the entire thing is a mess. So, that idea didn't work. Here's proof:
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I hereby declare the puzzle competition dead. It was only Eggie and Ginny who used to enter regularly, anyway....Ã, Ã,Â
-SSH
Did I stress the importance of "logic?" It's the only thing that keeps order in the competition!
So if you like this idea, please ask for a sample round and I will continue one on this thread. Otherwise, if you would like to request a meaningful, slight variation of these rules, please do so. If a sample round is requested, the previously stated rules may be pended with notification if one or more rules are subjected.
