Stirge's Game (Party Line)

Haha, wow, I haven't made one of these in a long time!

Alright! Come one, come all, welcome, welcome! This thread is dedicated to a little game I call Stirge's Game! The idea for this game came from a game called Neverwinter Nights. In the game, there is a prison escapee named Stirge, who you are seeking to turn in (dead or not) to collect a ransom. When you find Stirge, he challenges you to a nifty little game. If he wins, he cuts off his ear and gives it to you (the ear is marked with the prison's symbol; the authorities only require the ear as proof of death), and you get your ransom and he lives. If he loses, you settle things the old fashioned way and fight to the death.

The game was pretty simple, but could be very complex. The rules were straightforward: Someone starts by saying a word. Then, the other person says another word which defeats the first word without being its opposite (giving an instance of how it is defeated, of course). Once that's done, the first person does the same with the new word, and play continues until someone uses an opposite. So for example, a game might go like this:

Person 1: Darkness
Person 2: Candle (sheds light where there is none)
Person 1: Wind (blows out the flame of the candle)
Person 2: Wall (breaks the wind)
Person 1: War (destroys structures like walls)
Person 2: Love (stops war from occurring)
Person 1: Hate
* At this point, person 1 has lost, because hate is the opposite of love.

Now, I'd like to start this very same game on these here Hip Forums for us! However, since things aren't all fine and dandy, I have to lay down some ground rules for everyone to follow to play! So here are the rules!

(1) Only nouns! No proper nouns (like names!), no phrases (one word only!), and strictly nouns!

(2) Any number of people can play any time. But you may not take 2 consecutive turns (that is, play by yourself, haha).

(3) Whenever you state a word, you must also provide a description of how it is defeated! You only need ONE description for it to be a correct answer, even if your opponent can think of a hundred reasons why it won't work. If you can think of at least one, then you win.

(4) You can't make shit up! If you use an old, irregular, or arcane definition/word, you must provide the definition from a dictionary, abridged or unabridged, it doesn't matter.

(5) Only words in the ENGLISH language! This includes "borrowed" words, like "katana" (Japanese for sword, but also English for a particular kind of sword) and "champagne" (which is ... French, but also a type of wine, right?). But please don't use words like "gemutlichkeit" or "sayonara," since they are not English words.

(6) No using deities or numinous concepts! That means, no God, no Satan, no Zeus, no Ra, no gods/goddesses period! IF YOU CLAIM TO BE GOD, YOU MAY NOT USE YOURSELF! NO PROPER NOUNS ANYWAY!

(7) You lose if you violate one of these rules, or if you state an opposite. If someone loses, then whoever spots the loss gets to start a new round by saying a new word!

And remember! This is supposed to be a game for fun! You can keep track of your points, or whatever, but it's just for fun in the end.

Please don't post nonsense or be an asshole either, you just ruin the game for everyone.

And other than that ... ENJOY!



Seeing as this is the first post, I'll start the first round. My word is:

Water

 

Interesting idea

1. Water
2. Dam (blocks the free flow of water)

 

bomb (blows up the dam)

 

finger (plucks the fuse from the bomb)

 

knife (cuts off fingers)

 

stone (blunts knfe)

 

slingshot

 

Well, that's the end of that round. =P Remember, you lose the round if you don't say how your word wins.

Next round:

dollar

 

How is that the end? I guess that's what I don't get, how do you end a round?anyways, here goes:

1. dollar
2. fire (destroys dollar)

 

"(7) You lose if you violate one of these rules, or if you state an opposite. If someone loses, then whoever spots the loss gets to start a new round by saying a new word!"

The trick is to win the round by coming up with a word that is impossible for your opponent to defeat without using its opposite.

 

Dirt (smothers fire)

 

Water (washes away dirt)

 

sponge (soaks up the water)

 

acid (break's sponge apart)

 

Baking soda (neutralizes acid)

Anyone get the feeling this could go on forever? This might work at a party, but online, you have so much time to think about it that it's too easy to not mess up.

 

broom (sweeps up baking soda?)
sorry if this one sucks, but it works

 

Apocalypse.

Destroys everything.


HAHAHAHA!!!!

 

God's mercy (prevents devestating apoclylpse)

 

logic and time (prevents God's mercy from occuring since apocolypse preceded God's mercy).