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Wed 21 Dec 11
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JMK
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Watch Your Language Sign-up Dec 2011
Welcome to the Watch Your Language Tournament
Yes it is that time again.
Consider yourself a language whiz?
Is language your forte?
Is your thesaurus your best friend?
Do you recite the dictionary in your sleep?
Are you an enigmatic etymologist or a recovering logoleptic?
Do you play ‘Name that Obscure Word’ at parties?
Does your spoon collection contain more spoonerisms than cutlery?
Or do you just want a bit of fun?
If you answered yes to any of the above, then this is the tournament for you.
The Watch Your Language Tournament will commence on Monday December 26th, 2011 at approximately 9.15 am GMT.
The rules are listed below. To take part, simply post “I’m in” in this thread. Sign-up closes 1am Monday December 26th GMT.
GENERAL RULES AND INFORMATION
Competition will consist of six (6) different Language subject brainoffs of 10 questions being sent everyday for five days - a total of 30 different Language subjects. You will receive brainoffs from ‘Tournament’. Only the Tournament Organiser and her Partner have knowledge of the subjects to be sent. Hopefully there will be something to suit everyone.
The competition will be an individual one but you will be playing in groups in a similar manner to the Decathlon. The individual with the highest cumulative total wins. A progressive Results Table will be posted in a public forum. In the case of a tie The Tournament Organiser or her Partner will send three (3) specific subject brainoffs to break the tie. Awards will be given at the end of the tournament for whatever takes the fancy of Tournament Organiser and her Partner.
Just to make it interesting!
We will be running a rally comp alongside the Language tournament. If you sign up for the Language Tournament you will be automatically entered in the rally comp, although if you don't play it won't affect your Language Tournament scores as these will be totally separate.
You will get one rally each day for the five days (if all goes to plan). The winner will be the person with the highest total for the 5 rallies. Scores will not be capped.
Interesting Words
Latin & Greek Word Roots
Old Occupations,
Prefixes
Animal Adjectives
In case the Factacular site hiccups, we will spring into action and resolve issues as soon as the site is up and running and continue with the competition. We do respectfully ask that everyone play their challenges as soon as possible after receiving them --- you will be less likely be affected if the site goes down. We will only replay challenges if the site is down for more than 12 hours on the last day of a challenge. We will not replay for anyone letting the challenge time out or for minor site glitches. If you drop through a challenge with no score recorded at all (not even a 0 ) let me know so I can fix it for you.
The Tournament Organiser or her Partner volunteer their own time, so have some patience with the resolution of any problems that you may encounter and expect that there may be delays in the immediate posting of results as these are updated manually. Please send a private message to JMK or Javalyne if you encounter problems or discrepancies. Decisions made by Tournament Organiser or her Partner are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
So…
Invite other members to come and play! Let’s see a spirit of fun and lots of friendly comments in the brainoffs. Remember - it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.
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Wed 21 Dec 11
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rmcmanus
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in... in a lacksidaisical way... in that my PC in the new house is the only one working so I'll probably be fighting with small person and her father for access to it, but I'm back in the office wednesday so should manage to finish it before I become a lady of leisure for a few weeks in the new year.
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Wed 21 Dec 11
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JMK
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Wed 21 Dec 11
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JMK
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Thu 22 Dec 11
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sally906
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In please - we are on cyclone watch and is forecast to form Christmas Eve. If it comes over us it should have been and gone by 26th and power back on :)
Yes I'm a 'glass half full' sort of person :)
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Thu 22 Dec 11
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JMK
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Hope it misses your place sally.
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Thu 22 Dec 11
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Proofreader (online)
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In please and Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noel, and Happy Hollydays to all!!!
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Thu 22 Dec 11
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shortbreadforme27
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pleeze let me in..........................
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Fri 23 Dec 11
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JMK
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Sat 24 Dec 11
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Bright But Idle
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I'm in
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Sat 24 Dec 11
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doczane
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in please and seasons greetings to all Factaculorians
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Sat 24 Dec 11
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JMK
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Seasons greetings to all.
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Sun 25 Dec 11
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Allan R. Matthes
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I am in
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Mon 26 Dec 11
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JMK
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Sign up is closed. Challenges will be sent shortly, sorry about the delay.
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Mon 26 Dec 11
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JMK
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Challenges sent. Scores can be found here
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