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'''Acrophobia''', commonly referred to as '''Acro''' for short, and also known as '''Acromania''', is a multi-round, multiplayer online Internet Relay Chat game. The game was originally created by Anthony Shubert in the mid 1990s and has since been been ported by a number of different developers. | '''Acrophobia''', commonly referred to as '''Acro''' for short, and also known as '''Acromania''', is a multi-round, multiplayer online Internet Relay Chat game. The game was originally created by Anthony Shubert in the mid 1990s and has since been been ported by a number of different developers. | ||
A player tells [[Roger]], the #ags bot, ''rog acro'', whenceforth he spews a random acronym, and then players compete to make the most coherent or humorous sentence from it (a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym backronym]). After a set amount of time expires, each player then votes via Roger on which they preferred most, and points are awarded to the most popular backronym. Usually, nonsense backronyms will score low and the most humorous sounding backronym which effectively makes a sentence from the initials will win. | A player tells [[Roger]], the [[AGS IRC|#ags]] bot, ''rog acro'', whenceforth he spews a random acronym, and then players compete to make the most coherent or humorous sentence from it (a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym backronym]). After a set amount of time expires, each player then votes via Roger on which they preferred most, and points are awarded to the most popular backronym. Usually, nonsense backronyms will score low and the most humorous sounding backronym which effectively makes a sentence from the initials will win. | ||
== Example round == | == Example round == | ||
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entry number 2! (Fastest entry wins in a voting draw.) | entry number 2! (Fastest entry wins in a voting draw.) | ||
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== Statistics == | |||
There is an [http://americangirlscouts.org/acrostats/stats.txt acro statistics page], but it appears to not have been updated in ages. | |||
== Etiquette == | |||
It is considered bad form to make entries that just use the letters. Rlacey and Hotspot appear to be the worst culprits of this. Sometimes people vote for such entries just to find out who is doing it. However, Hotspot is still awesome. | |||
Some people also frown upon entering, but not voting. Some entrants also deliberately vote for a bad entry because they think that no-one else will vote for it and they will still win, although this can backfire. This is also seen as cheating. There is talk from time to time to change the rules so that a punishment is meted upon those resorting to these tactics. | |||
[[Category:AGS Competitions]] | |||