Originally Posted by John Lawrence Schick
Hey Michael, let every Mystery Tune provider make his own rules. Freedom Rules!

Best, John smile

Oh, goodie! (yes, I said that)...

Okay...Tag, I'm it...

Mystery song #26...

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Rules:

Like w/classic "Name That Tune" you will get a clue. If you think you've got the answer, you can bypass the bidding process and say some version of "I can name that tune in zero notes" and then you simply give one song title as your answer. If you are correct, YOU WIN! If you are incorrect, you cannot try again 'til a next round, which may or may not happen.

Otherwise, name a number of notes you believe you need to help you name that tune, and I will upload a solo, melodic piano of the songs melody the following afternoon (3 PM Pacific Time), based on the LOWEST BID (2 being lower than 3, 3 being lower than 4, etc.) The LOWEST BIDDER is then given 'til 2:59 PM Pacific Time, the next day, to respond. If he/she doesn't respond, at 3 PM Pacific Time I will prompt the NEXT LOWEST bidder to give an answer, adding the corresponding number of notes to the musical clue.

The bidding can start with as many as 9 notes and as few as zero notes, zero notes getting to make an immediate guess. Realize certain strategies might be bad, such as saying you can name the tune in one note, since the next player, in a given day, can "name that tune in zero notes" and simply "name the tune" at that point, beating you to the punch. After the first bid, a different person can make a bid with any smaller number, any fewer number of notes they think they need to get the answer correct.

Responding w/answer, bidding, etc. will proceed 'til Monday afternoon, specifically 3PM Pacific Time, at which point I post a musical clue, and that lowest bidder who gets to answer should be aware that they have 'til Tuesday 2:59 PM Pacific Time to respond with their answer, before the next lowest bidder will then have a chance to hear the melodic clue (with extra notes) and try to solve the puzzle .

I'll be flexible if folks think I am not allowing for enough time, or if there's a shortage of responses, I might post at the end of a day that I'm adding a day on, to allow for more interest in this round of play. IF 2 PEOPLE PLAY, game is ON!

Remember, responses/answers/bids in by 2:59 Pacific Time, Musical cues/clues will be posted at 3 PM Pacific.

Feel free to clarify the rules if I have been vague about anything.

For me, this is an exercise in "can a game be successfully played in a chatroom that was made to be played with the immediate feedback of people-together-in-a-room?" By the end of this round-of-play, I will have my answer. smile

Mike

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 03/05/23 09:29 PM.

Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)