A game play suggestion
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A game play suggestion
If players post their answers using spoiler tags. then they won't be visible unless someone intentionally looks at them.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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Re: A game play suggestion
I agree wholeheartedly with this suggestion.eyégor wrote:If players post their answers using spoiler tags. then they won't be visible unless someone intentionally looks at them.
Just a thought.
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-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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Sounds like a good idea, but I can guarantee that many will forget to tag their answers.
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Holy cow! I barely got here, and Cal's disagreeing with me already!!TheCalvinator24 wrote:I don't understand why there is any greate problem than ever. Is the game host puts spoiler space in the question post, then the answers wouldn't be seen anyway.Spoiler
Sounds like a good idea, but I can guarantee that many will forget to tag their answers.
Just like old times.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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I'm not really disagreeing.SportsFan68 wrote:Holy cow! I barely got here, and Cal's disagreeing with me already!!TheCalvinator24 wrote:I don't understand why there is any greate problem than ever. Is the game host puts spoiler space in the question post, then the answers wouldn't be seen anyway.Spoiler
Sounds like a good idea, but I can guarantee that many will forget to tag their answers.
Just like old times.
Or I'm not really being disagreeable.
Or we're not really in disagreement.
Or something like that.
I do think it's a good suggestion.
I'm just not sure why it's a bigger problem her than it was before.
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Because there's no flat view, post to post. It's easy to go zooming with the speed of light into stuff you may not want to view in threaded view, even with spoiler space.TheCalvinator24 wrote: I do think it's a good suggestion.
I'm just not sure why it's a bigger problem her than it was before.
How come you changed your avatar back?
I'm gonna leave mine as The Purple Row until we win the Series, or don't.
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I wanted to, and I wasn't afraid.SportsFan68 wrote: How come you changed your avatar back?
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Sorry to be stoopid
But how do you do the spoiler thingie?
I see how to hide/unhide but how do you put that in your reply?
It is early over here.
I see how to hide/unhide but how do you put that in your reply?
It is early over here.
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Re: Sorry to be stoopid
When you open the reply window, there are a row of buttons under the subject line, starting with B i and u. The rightmost one is "Spoiler".christie1111 wrote:But how do you do the spoiler thingie?
I see how to hide/unhide but how do you put that in your reply?
It is early over here.
Type your text, highlight it with your mouse, then click the Spoiler button.
Spoiler
Like this.
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The object is to avoid seeing anyone else's answer, when the Bored only serves entire threads instead of individual messages. There have been three different suggestions to handle this.peacock2121 wrote: Okay - can someone tell me why this is better than responding by quoting?
1. Contestants responding using the spoiler button.
2. Host adding the old-fashioned spoiler space to the bottom of the thread
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3. Contestants responding by quoting.
The problem with the #3 is that one might still get an inadvertant glance at someone else's answer, particularly if the original message is short. #1 relies on each contestant remembering to use the spoiler button. #2 only relies on the host remembering to add the spoiler space.
But all three are reasonably workable solutions. if folks are consistent in using them.
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apparentlyBob Juch wrote:You apparently have a small screen size. Mine is 1920x1200.peacock2121 wrote:I don't think I have ever seen a second post in a thread without scrolling down.
Doesn't mean I haven't, just seems to me that the avatar and the header of the bored prevents that.
I have yet to find a post where I do not have to scroll down to see the second post in a thread.
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I see three at once.peacock2121 wrote:apparentlyBob Juch wrote:You apparently have a small screen size. Mine is 1920x1200.peacock2121 wrote:I don't think I have ever seen a second post in a thread without scrolling down.
Doesn't mean I haven't, just seems to me that the avatar and the header of the bored prevents that.
I have yet to find a post where I do not have to scroll down to see the second post in a thread.
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Trying this out for myself.
Did it work?
Yippee!
Now let's play some games . . .
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Did it work?
Now let's play some games . . .
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