Re: [Dixonary] Digest for dixonary@googlegroups.com - 18 updates in 3 topics
And I joined because Dodi asked me. We knew each other personally though
the American Society of Journalists and Authors and I guess she thought I had the right stuff. I suppose I sorta did, except for an early deal of wapentake that earned me a D11. Miss Dodi. Nancy On Nov 8, 2017 4:44 AM, <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote: > dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/dixonary/topics> Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/dixonary/topics> > > - OT: How did you get here? <#m_-7659671223735944438_group_thread_0> - 10 > Updates > - Rnd 2848 OLHUNE - Vote <#m_-7659671223735944438_group_thread_1> - 7 > Updates > - OT email addresses for JohnnyB > <#m_-7659671223735944438_group_thread_2> - 1 Update > > OT: How did you get here? > <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/c62f8a9092c24329?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=emai l> > Ryan McGill <ryanmmcgill (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Nov 06 06:27PM -0800 > > Howdy, Dixionarians! > > I keep seeing in the running total that there's a lot of variance in how > long everyone has been here. If my information is correct, we're only a > couple years shy of the 30th anniversary of the game, and none of us have > been around since the very beginning. > > So how did you get here? And why? And were you familiar with the idea of > the game (commercial versions and such) before you got here? And so on. > "—Keith Hale—" <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Nov 06 11:24PM -0600 > > Great questions and curiosity! I'm one of the ... roughly 7 newest > players (?) but 'ive been here since my first game, 17 January 2011! > That was [Round 2174: EGGCORN] with Paul Keating dealahing. He > changed the word, (and corrected my n0ob's plural agreement goof) to > GANSEL - and i was off to these odd, wonderful races. > > You asked How, not When. I LOVED (still love) Balderdash. And i > think we played Dictionary a few times in my kidhood days (i was 47ish > when i started here) ... i think maybe i did too well, as the youngest > kid of 4 and we stopped playing. > > In the earliest 2010s - i had in mind a scheme VERY much like > Dixonary, (i had assumed that one dedicated volunteer would deal every > round) and so i searched the web for relevant info, and stumbled > (don't recall how) on these wonderful people! It has been a blast, > even though i just may be the player with the worst dealah goof of all > time: forgetting the real def in the list. (They were extremely kind > about it, and a few of us had a great laugh.) > > How did you find us, Ryan? > -Keith- > > Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net>: Nov 06 09:33PM -0800 > > I joined CompuServe back around 1992 and found myself spending time in the > chat (CB Simulator) and gaming (Entertainment Center) areas where I > befriended an absolutely wonderful lady named Froma Bessel (who went by the > handle “Typo”). She eventually introduced me to the “Fictionary” variant > of the game (played in the MPGAMES forum) and let me know several of the > players (Including Dave Cunningham and Toni Savage) were also playing in > the TAPCIS forum. Didn’t take me long to join both! > > > > I do chat on Facebook with Theresa Carey who *was* around at the > beginning… I could try to persuade her to make an appearance for a major > anniversary. ☺ > > > > > > From: <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> on behalf of Ryan McGill < > ryanmmcgill (AT) gmail (DOT) com> > Reply-To: <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> > Date: Monday, November 6, 2017 at 6:27 PM > To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> > Subject: [Dixonary] OT: How did you get here? > > > > Howdy, Dixionarians! > > > > I keep seeing in the running total that there's a lot of variance in how > long everyone has been here. If my information is correct, we're only a > couple years shy of the 30th anniversary of the game, and none of us have > been around since the very beginning. > > > > So how did you get here? And why? And were you familiar with the idea of > the game (commercial versions and such) before you got here? And so on. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > Hugo Kornelis <hugo (AT) perFact (DOT) info>: Nov 07 10:02AM +0100 > > Wow, good question. > > Somewhere in the early '90s, I joined CompuServe. I quickly became > involved in discussions on the Forums, and for various reasons (mostly > cost saving but also usability) I decided to use an "off-line reader" > program - TAPCIS. That brought me to the TAPCIS support forum (GO > TAPCIS) where, in one of its sections, a bunch of crazy people were > playing a word game that I had never heard of before (the commercial > versions of dixonary are totally unknown in the Netherlands). > > I've been lurking in that section for a long time, but never dared to > participate myself. I figured that not being a native English speaker > would give me a too big disadvantage. That changed in round 1000 when > players invited everyone who had an interest to play and try "just > once". I did not become a regular player directly after that, but the > seed was planted and some time later I did officially join. (Now, many > years later, I am absolutely not a regular player anymore, but I still > follow along and I'll occasionally play a round when I have time) > > Interesting fact: When I started participating, I was given special > permission to deal from a Dutch dictionary, so my first few (I think 3) > rounds as a dealer are the only words in the history of this game that > are not in any official or unofficial English dictionary. > > Cheers, > Hugo > > > Op 7-11-2017 om 03:27 schreef Ryan McGill: > Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>: Nov 07 07:26AM -0500 > > I don't remember exactly, but I think I joined the game at a time when > CompuServe was making some kind of change to its service, or, possibly > discontinuing it altogether. I decide to grab onto whatever might > endure, and Dixonary was one of those things. I think the game was one > of the CompuServe forums, or rather a section in one of the forums. > Possibly it was a section in the TAPCIS forum. Whatever the change was > to CompuServe, it would make TAPCIS obsolete and hence the TAPCIS forum > itself would be obsolete. > > Guerri > On 11/6/2017 9:27 PM, Ryan McGill wrote: > Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk>: Nov 07 04:57AM -0800 > > Like Hugo, I discovered Dixonary after I bought the TAPCIS off-line reader > in the days of 9600 bps modem connections. Dixonary was being played in > The > Parlour section of the TAPCIS forum. It must have been late1994 and round > 593. Of course, as a Brit, I was very familiar with - and loved - the TV > game show "Call My Bluff". That only had three defs per word and had much > longer-winded explanations of the word, but was the same idea. > > For those who don't remember TAPCIS, it was a wonderful tool. I'd not long > before got myself on line and joined CompuServe. I started lurking in a > few forums and racking up huge bills for my online time. The CS forums > used to tell you when other members entered and left the forum, and I > couldn't understand how people were entering and leaving again within 10 > to > 15 seconds - of course they were using an online reader. Using TAPCIS my > bills fell to a fraction of what they'd been before. > > Dan - it would be great if you could get Theresa (wasn't she "Rules > Mother"?) back here for an anniversary. The question is, which will we get > to first - 30 years or Round 3000? > > -- Tim L. > > . > Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk>: Nov 07 05:00AM -0800 > > >> of course they were using an online reader << > > Ooops - make that 'offline'! > > -- Tim L > Efrem G Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>: Nov 07 10:15AM -0500 > > Ryan, > > I joined in early June, 2012 - later than many of the long-term > participants who have posted replies already. My first definition was > "resulting from expansion or contraction due to temperature change" for > CATAGMATIC, which John Barrs posted for round 2311 on June 3. It got one > vote, from Bill Bensburg who is no longer active. I won round 2316, > MADREPORE, with "an herb, about 6" (15cm) tall with light blue flowers, > native to the British Isles." My first deal was a bit of a disaster, but > the other players cut this newbie a lot of slack and it got better after > that. > > I got involved after I had been answering questions from English learners > in Word Reference Forum for a while. One of its other members, Dodi Schultz > ("Parla" there) concluded from my posts that my mind worked in the right(?) > way for Dixonary and invited me to join. I had played similar > paper-and-pencil games with friends earlier, so I took to it and have been > hooked ever since. Sadly, Dodi passed away in mid-2016, but I think of her > when people discuss the "old days." At least one other Dixonary player is > also active in WRF's English forum now. I know this because his handle > resembles his real name. There may be others who aren't as easy to > identify. > > By the way, regarding "none of us have been around since the very > beginning:" I think Dave Cunningham, who started in round 63, comes pretty > close. Mike Shefler (162) and Chris Carson (215) aren't far behind. > > Efrem > > > > > Efrem G. Mallach > emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > "Johnb - co.uk" <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk>: Nov 07 03:30PM > > Ryan > > I have been in the computer 'game' in various ways since 1962. My early > years were in university doing research - I remember the joy when I was > connected to the computer by a land-line teletype and could thus work in > my own office instead of typing cards and walking them across. When, > several years later, (1979) I eventually started earning money using my > computing skills, connections were then DOS based via acoustic couplers > to ordinary telephone lines and a local service like an ISP at some rate > like a few bits per minute. (come to think of it, almost everything was > DOS based) Later came compuserve and I must have been pretty early in > there. I didn't use TAPCIS as my reader but one called OZWIN which was > very good at controlling compuserve forums etc (part of my job then was > running a couple of support forums)- compuserve had a forum running a > dixionary like game (whose name I forget) which I played for several > years. When compuserve went graphic (based on an AOL type interface) and > got very slow and difficult then the person who had maintained ozwin > went over to tapcis and I followed him - he mentioned this game and I > joined then - I am not sure of date but it was round 1528 which is about > July 1995 (I think, Mike Shefler is the person who keeps all that kind > of data) and I have been here ever since > > *JohnnyB* > On 07/11/2017 02:27, Ryan McGill wrote: > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > France International/Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>: Nov 07 03:18PM > -0500 > > Yes, please do!! > > On 11/7/2017 12:33 AM, Daniel Widdis wrote: > > I do chat on Facebook with Theresa Carey who *was* around at the > beginning… I could try to persuade her to make an appearance for a major > anniversary. ☺ > Back to top <#m_-7659671223735944438_digest_top> > Rnd 2848 OLHUNE - Vote > <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/fb155d5a6f0955b4?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=emai l> > "Judy Madnick" <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Nov 06 03:48PM -0500 > > Regardless of the spelling, I'll vote for these since I'll be wrong anyhow > <sigh>: > > 9. a sculptured ornament representing an ox-skull > > 13. a large abalone (_Haliotis midae_) ranging from the coast of Normandy > to > parts of the Baltic sea > > Judy > > "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." > "Johnb - co.uk" <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk>: Nov 06 09:06PM > > Shani pointed out I have misspelled the word > "—Keith Hale—" <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Nov 06 03:30PM -0600 > > Numbers 8 & 11 please the voter within me. > (And i did see the corrected spelling.) > Much love~ > -Keith- > Ryan McGill <ryanmmcgill (AT) gmail (DOT) com>: Nov 06 02:39PM -0800 > > So seeing that obvious answers are a thing, I'm going to try these 2 & 7: > > 2. the gibbous moon > Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk>: Nov 06 02:46PM -0800 > > I'll go for the neck scarf and the ox-skull, 6 and 9 please. > > 6. a certain kind of neck scarf > > 9. a sculptured ornament representing an ox-skull > > -- Tim L > Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net>: Nov 06 11:28PM -0800 > > 2 and 5 please > Efrem G Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>: Nov 07 11:37AM -0500 > > Let's try Pacific Ocean. Of those, 4 and 10. > > Efrem > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Back to top <#m_-7659671223735944438_digest_top> > OT email addresses for JohnnyB > <http://groups.google.com/group/dixonary/t/a84debd48fecc4fb?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=emai l> > "Johnb - co.uk" <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk>: Nov 06 08:59PM > > Please remove any reference to my ntl..world address from your address > books > > I changed from that ISP some time ago because of the delays in it's > email checking procedures and it's decisions (over which I had no > control) to junk certain emails - even when the originator was in my > address book - and when I say junk, I mean it, these emails were not > even stored in their spam trap. > > At this point in time, I think - repeat think - that any mention of the > ntl..world address (even if not in the "to:" address list for the email > and only in the body) automatically goes to and is checked by that ISP > and as such gets lost in their checking and doesn't reappear for at > least 24 hours. As I no longer use them as an ISP I guess they have the > right to be slow with me but I do not appreciate that sending emails > that merely mention my old address (to another one of my addresses) gets > caught in their delays. Their delays when I was paying for their > services was one of the reasons that I changed ISP > > OK? > > Please make sure that you do not have that address in your address books > (there were actually 2 -<john.barrs@...> and <john.barrs02@...> > > > Thanks > -- > *JohnnyB* > Back to top <#m_-7659671223735944438_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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