Mad Libs

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:10 pm

OK, so I've just had a brilliant idea. Remember those good ol' Mad Libs? Well here they come – to the CC forums (in a topic quite near to you).

Anyway, here's how I think this should work:

One person (me, for the first time around), will write a short story. It doesn't have to be anything crazy necessarily. Then decide on a nice amount of blanks, and categorize them.

Acceptable categorizations:
1. NOUN
1A. PLNOUN (for plural nouns; usually you need to specify when you have one)
2. VERB
3. ADJ (adjective)
4. ADV (adverb)
5. INT (interjection)
6. NAME (for the name of a person or other things that have names)
7. NUMBER (with specifications on what kind of number it is)

Prepositions, pronouns, articles, and other such words shouldn't be blanks. I personally don't like using NAME and NUMBER either. Also, you shouldn't specify the form of the word (tense, number, etc). Change the word to be grammatically correct when you insert it.

So I would post something like this: 1. NOUN

Then anyone can respond with any noun. Then I say 2. VERB, and someone responds with a verb, etc.

Got it? OK:
1. NAME

EDIT: Also, I've decided you can't give more than two words in a row, just to let others contribute.

Also, I think the writer of the story should decide on the next writer. Obviously that has to be someone who wants to do it.

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:31 pm

No takers?

william18 · Post by **william18** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:26 pm

Mr. Burns

2. Verb

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:28 pm

william18 wrote:Mr. Burns

2. Verb

No no, you don't quite get it...

I've written a mad lib, with my own blanks. So Mr. Burns works, but the next word is actually
2. Verb

Hey wait a sec... are you psychic? :lol:

william18 · Post by **william18** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:29 pm

Please tell me what you wrote down.

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:33 pm

The point of the game is that you don't know what it is until afterwards, when I reveal everything at once. It usually turns out to be pretty hilarious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Lib

william18 · Post by **william18** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:36 pm

skipped

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:37 pm

william18 wrote:skipped

What?

william18 · Post by **william18** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:39 pm

InkL0sed wrote:
william18 wrote:skipped

What?

skipped is a verb. I think i've played a different version of Mad Libs.

whitestazn88 · Post by **whitestazn88** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:39 pm

2.verb

devise

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:43 pm

william18 wrote:
InkL0sed wrote:
william18 wrote:skipped

What?

skipped is a verb. I think i've played a different version of Mad Libs.

Oh, sorry. I guess I was being kinda slow.

So for 2. I'm using skip, since william answered first.

3. Adjective

william18 · Post by **william18** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:50 pm

lazely

whitestazn88 · Post by **whitestazn88** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:59 pm

dude... william18 can't answer everyone

adjective: magenta

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:12 pm

whitestazn88 wrote:dude... william18 can't answer everyone

adjective: magenta

Yeah, I'll make it a rule that you can't answer more than 2 consecutive words.

And be a little more... out there... with your words. The wackier, the better.

4. Plural Noun

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:25 pm

hobos

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:24 am

5. Plural noun

william18 · Post by **william18** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:43 am

gangsters

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:55 pm

6. Noun

william18 · Post by **william18** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:56 pm

pasta

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:02 pm

Since we already said no one can have two in a row, duck

william18 · Post by **william18** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:03 pm

strike wolf wrote:Since we already said no one can have two in a row, duck

Actually the limit is two. But Inkl0sed should use your noun anyway, it's better.

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:05 pm

william18 wrote:
strike wolf wrote:Since we already said no one can have two in a row, duck

Actually the limit is two. But Inkl0sed should use your noun anyway, it's better.

Oh sorry, I thought it said you can't answer two in a row but I obviously made a mistake.

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:16 pm

strike wolf wrote:
william18 wrote:
strike wolf wrote:Since we already said no one can have two in a row, duck

Actually the limit is two. But Inkl0sed should use your noun anyway, it's better.

Oh sorry, I thought it said you can't answer two in a row but I obviously made a mistake.

Well, since william said we should use yours, I'll put in duck.

7. NOUN

william18 · Post by **william18** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:22 pm

noodles

InkL0sed · Post by **InkL0sed** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:44 pm

william18 wrote:noodles

When I say NOUN, don't make it plural unless I say it should be (like I will in a sec). Just FYI.

It's inserted as a singular.

8. Plural Noun