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Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« on: April 19, 2019, 08:14:48 pm »

The Iron Pony Competition is this weekend, and only the ponies that can last the longest will have a shot at winning immunity.  But individual immunity challenges are boring, so since Friendship Is Magic you will be teaming up with your tribemates!  Only FOUR of you may participate in this challenge. Please select which four are competing based on whatever is the most convenient time for you all to do this challenge together.

Here's how it will work.

Each of you will receive a word posted in your confessional.  When your tribe is ready to start, one of you will post "#1 [WORD IN CONFESSIONAL]" followed by any other word.  The next player will post "#2 [WORD IN CONFESSIONAL]"  followed by another word.  A third player will post "#3 [WORD IN CONFESSIONAL]" followed by another word.  The last player will post "#4 [WORD IN CONFESSIONAL]" followed by another word.

Once all four players have posted their starting words, any player may now post "#1 [A WORD THAT both STARTS WITH THE LAST LETTER OF THE FIRST WORD IN THE PREVIOUS CHAIN #1 ENTRY AND MEANS THE SAME THING AS THE SECOND WORD IN THE PREVIOUS CHAIN #1 ENTRY] followed by a new word.  Now somepony can post "#1 [A WORD THAT both STARTS WITH THE LAST LETTER OF THE FIRST WORD IN THE PREVIOUS CHAIN #2 ENTRY AND MEANS THE SAME THING AS THE SECOND WORD IN THE PREVIOUS CHAIN #2 ENTRY] followed by a new word.

This will continue until one of the following things happens to end the challenge:
1) One player posts twice in a row in the thread.
2) One player posts twice in a row in the same word chain.
3) Any player posts a word that does not start with the necessary letter or mean the same thing as the necessary preceding clue.
4) Any player posts a word that has already been used in the challenge.
5) A word chain is extended out of order.
6) More than 60 seconds pass without anypony continuing a chain.

I know this is probably confusing so here is an example of what each individual chain might look like:

Princess Cadance has "Rabbit" in her confessional, so she posts
Quote from: Cadance
#1 Rabbit, big
When the challenge reaches Chain #1 again on turn 5, Princess Luna might post
Quote from: Luna
#1 Tremendous, tart
because "tremendous" starts with the last letter of "rabbit" and means the same thing as the word "big".  Four turns later on turn 9 Princess Cadance or Celestia can post
Quote from: Princess
#1 Sour, android
since "sour" starts with the last letter of "tremendous" and means the same thing as the word "tart".  While all this is going on, there are also Chains #2, #3, and #4 that need to be tended to.

The tribe that can keep this up for the longest will win immunity!  Good luck!

You have all weekend to start on this challenge thanks to Easter Sunday. TC will not start until Monday.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2019, 08:16:54 pm »
Whyyyyyyyy

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2019, 08:20:15 pm »
Whyyyyyyyy
is a letter that one of your words may end with, that is correct!

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2019, 08:21:40 pm »
As if this weekend wasn't going to be hell enough. Thanks mods 😑
When you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation.
You're a toy maker's creation, trapped inside a crystal ball.
And whichever way he tilts it, know that we must be resilient.
We won't let them break our spirits, as we sing our silly song.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2019, 08:24:01 pm »
..Can you please explain this to me like I'm five? Even with your example this is damn near impossible to parse.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2019, 08:28:56 pm »
Do people remember this challenge from Super Survivor Bros?  Basically imagine that, but instead of "animals" the category is "words that mean the same thing as the second word the last person said."

Also there are four games being played at once. And you can't doublepost in either the thread or the individual game.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2019, 08:39:41 pm »
Can I use the word snow ball?

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2019, 08:41:49 pm »
Luna, you want to field that one?

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2019, 09:28:28 pm »
Also, people are asking me if they can run practice sessions.

So here's the deal. You all are free to practice if you want. HOWEVER, you may not refer back to your practice games during the challenge. I don't want you all queuing up thirty rounds of synonyms.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2019, 09:30:59 pm »
I will destroy you puny mortals if you utter that word.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2019, 09:35:00 pm »
Good God this is confusing

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2019, 09:44:00 pm »
The tribe that can keep this up for the longest will win immunity!  Good luck!
The tribe that can go the second-longest will also win immunity! Haha we know how to read a schedule, yes we do!

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2019, 09:46:56 pm »
I think my confusion is just coming from never having used the word tart to mean sour.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2019, 09:47:17 pm »
The tribe that can keep this up for the longest will win immunity!  Good luck!
The tribe that can go the second-longest will also win immunity! Haha we know how to read a schedule, yes we do!
The third should as well.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2019, 10:58:10 am »
Just because there's so much you mods missed saying for this challenge, I figure I should ask, are outside resources (i.e. Google & dictionaries) allowed?
When you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation.
You're a toy maker's creation, trapped inside a crystal ball.
And whichever way he tilts it, know that we must be resilient.
We won't let them break our spirits, as we sing our silly song.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2019, 12:57:18 pm »
No. So offer wacky hyperscientific words at your own risk.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2019, 01:00:44 pm »
Lolol I shouldn't've asked 😂
When you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation.
You're a toy maker's creation, trapped inside a crystal ball.
And whichever way he tilts it, know that we must be resilient.
We won't let them break our spirits, as we sing our silly song.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2019, 02:17:46 pm »
Hmm...but what if I use a word that is a fairly normal word for me but unknowingly you Americans don't know what it means??? And visa versa

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2019, 02:19:02 pm »
That sounds like a problem!

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2019, 02:26:10 pm »
@ Mods: What are you using to determine if a word means the same thing as another word?
A combination of Merriam-Webster and common sense.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #20 on: April 22, 2019, 12:59:50 am »
Deadline extended since one tribe hasn't been able to get four people online at once.

We will notify everypony when we have results.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2019, 01:17:02 am »
They will have until 8 PM EDT to do the challenge.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2019, 12:30:56 pm »
Spoiler: our tribe lost

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2019, 12:44:51 pm »
Coco forgot to use spoiler tags! Does that mean it's not a real spoiler? Let's find out.

Going to TC tonight is...
Not Golden Oak Library! They made it 19 steps!

Both other tribes made mistakes. Who made their mistake first?

Fluttershy's Cottage went 14 steps!

Wonderbolt Academy went 1 step!

Golden Oak Library and Fluttershy's Cottage win immunity!  Wonderbolt Academy, see you tonight.
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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2019, 12:50:04 pm »
I thought you said there was 4 hours before you embarrassed me.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2019, 12:51:12 pm »
oh

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2019, 12:51:21 pm »
I did but then I figured may as well give extra time for TC and wrangle our deadline back a little bit.

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Re: Challenge 8: The Iron Pony Competition
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2019, 01:13:59 pm »
Listen here, you rabid rhododendrons! You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!