BlizzForums Game Night: Acrobabble

Games: Acrobabble
Site: Acrobabble
Date/Time: June 3rd, 2009 @ 9:00 PM EST
Channel: Main Lobby
Rules: Easy, Easy. Read Below

Introduction to Acrobabble:

Welcome to June. June is a great month as it normally signifies the start of summer, and also right in the middle of it is my Birthday! So for the course of this month, we're going to be playing a few other games that I have enjoyed over the years and hope to introduce to the BlizzForums populace as a whole. This week's game is a reincarnation of one of my absolute favorite games from years ago of Acrophobia. The concept of this is to come up with a witty acronym using a series of random letters. For example: MMWDT(Money Makes Women Dance Topless). Each round people vote on their favorite, etc.. It's a TON and I mean a TON of fun with a large group of people.

Rules:

THE CONCEPT

acroBabble is a multi-player game where you try to outwit and outpace your opponents by concocting the funniest expansion to randomly chosen acronyms. The game consists of rounds in which you are presented a random acronym. The acronyms can be between 3 and 5 letters. You have 60 seconds to come up with a funny entry. Each round also has a category associated with it (like Sports, Politics, etc.). You should try to make your acronym match the category. At the end of the round, players vote for the funniest entry. Players get points for each vote. You also get bonus points for being the first to submit an entry.

SCORING

You win 1 point for each person who votes for your acronym. However, you MUST vote to get points for your own entry. Obviously, you cannot vote for your own entry. The winner gets bonus points equal to the number of letters in the acro. The first person to submit an entry (the fastest dude or dudette) who also gets at least one vote gets two speed bonus.

In addition, you get +1 bonus points for voting for the winner. So you do have an incentive to vote for the very best entry. When a player scores 30 or more points, he/she and the second placed player enter the "Face off" round.

If you don't vote for 3 consecutive rounds, you will be booted. Also, please keep the acronyms clean. The system will filter out some profanity, but we also ask that you generate some clean humor.

FACE OFF

The top two players after at least one player has scored 30 points go into a "face-off." The players get 3 rounds of acros consisting of 3, 4 and 5 letters with 30 seconds per round to create the acro. The rest of the players vote on the best acro. If a player fails to register an acro, all votes automatically go to the other player. The winner of the face-off round is the winner of the game. If Face-Off is a tie, then the highest scorer in the regular play is the winner.

How to Sign Up:

Registration is really easy. You can use your AIM account, Google, Yahoo! E-mails, etc.. http://www.acrobabble.com/register

I promise you, you will have some fun if you join us on this night. So see you tomorrow!
 

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.

There was trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
 

I would not rather be anywhere else!

(is that a sentence?)
(oh wait i got it)

There's no place I'd rather be!
 

Hey this looks like a lot of fun
 

This version is a lot harder than the one I used to.. It allows people to come up with their own categories or pick one from this massive list of like 100's. Going to be a lot of fun to see the BFers try to compete with these creative people.

I'll definitely keep a list of the best Acronyms from the BF people that do show up though.
 

Alrighty, it's that time...

http://www.acrobabble.com. See you in the world of Acronyms. If you arrive, join us in Acro #5. If the room is full bother me on AIM: KMcCrumb
 

the room is bloody full