http://bugofjustice.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bugofjustice.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fhplotterywheel2007-02-19 08:13 pm

Assemblies: S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G B-E-E

Yes, we're doing a spelling bee in a text-based RPG. Even I'm having trouble believing that we're doing this, but I'm the one who worked out how to do it, so I'd better start believing.

ANYWAY. For this Friday's assembly we will have a special guest host (that is, somebody who is around during the day to host the bee... so, not me) to lead a number of randomly picked students in the competition. There will, of course, be some odd rules. First of all, it will be a pop spelling bee. Nobody but The Tick and the guest host will know about it until Friday afternoon. The words will be a mixture of annoyingly easy and insanely difficult words. The participants will be chosen at random out of people who sign up in the comments to this post. They'll be alerted to their role on Thursday.

In order to make a spelling bee work in a text-based medium, the participants will ping into the thread for the first round, be assigned a word by our host, and will then have to spell it in classic spelling bee style. For example, "Tick. T-I-C-K. Tick." Obviously you'll know pretty quickly if your character spelled it right since, well, it's text. If they spell it right, go onto the next round and repeat the process. Remember, this is your character spelling and they can't read the words and cheat. :D

And then, because this could get far too complicated if it goes on for too many rounds, the spelling bee will be brought to an abrupt end in a classic Fandom way, so there may not be a winner. We'll see about that.

So, we need volunteers and suggestions as to who a good guest host would be. (We have a player to play the host, but I'm short on NPC suggestions, so I'm asking you the players.) Please use the appropriate OCD threads for stuff.

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] strongestgirl.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh oh oh! Mr. Kotter!

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Volunteers Naomi *cackles*

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] electric-sitar.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
I sign up Demyx!
nadiathesaint: (interested)

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2007-02-20 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
throw Nadia in there. Her spelling, as a non-native speaker, may be a bit interesting.

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] slr-mercury.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
me, me

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] surferboy-09er.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Dick!

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] sonofdragons.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Tannim!

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[identity profile] threeweapons.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Broots!
dark_slippy_thing: (Valentine)

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[personal profile] dark_slippy_thing 2007-02-20 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Valentine?
swerval_zero: (punk monky)

Re: Volunteer to participate!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2007-02-20 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Zero! Make Zero spell words! They don't even have to be real words 'cause this is Zero!

Re: Questions? Comments? COVERED IN BEES?

[identity profile] bookwormwood.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
M-A-T-I-L-D-A

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] strongestgirl.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
I would suggest Grover or somebody from Sesame Street.

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] a-phale.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
The Cat in the Hat?

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
SUGGESTIONS!

-- Cookie Monster
-- Gus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Guster) from Psych
-- The Lord of Dorkness (http://www.elfonlyinn.net/dorkness.html)

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] willbedone.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
I'm tempted to bitchily suggest Fergie since she loves spelling so much in her songs ;)

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
And now I will thwap you repeatedly in order to keep "Fergilicious" out of my head.

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] willbedone.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Could've been worse? Could've been Glamorous?
can_be_more: (chick with gun 3)

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[personal profile] can_be_more 2007-02-20 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
TASTY IS NOT SPELLED WITH A FREAKING "E". I JUST ISN'T. AT LEAST GWEN CAN SPELL "BANANAS."

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] willbedone.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
LET THAT BE A LESSON TO US ALL ABOUT THE DANGERS OF METH!

WELL THAT AND WHEN SHE PEED ON HERSELF.

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] surferboy-09er.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...Peggy Hill from King of the Hill, Mr. Crocker from Fairly Oddparents, or any fictional cheerleader. What? They have to know how to spell.

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Fozzie Bear from the Muppets

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] idontspeakfreak.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
heheheheh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee if anyone is musical enough to know this one then I'd be giggly. At the very least, there's some WEIRD words near the bottom that are in the show.

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[identity profile] bookwormwood.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It's got a lot of chances in it for good improv, and a few people in the audience dancing around on stage with the actors and spelling. A VERY fun show. Somewhat like A Chorus Line but with little kids. And the one in Chicago at Drury Lane is like 10 minutes from my house. Huzzah!
the_merriest: (ooc fairy squee!)

Re: I have a guest host for you!

[personal profile] the_merriest 2007-02-20 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Stupid Ideas Ahoy:

Gir from Invader Zim
Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hat from South Park
Professor Gumby from Monty Python
Strong Bad from Homestar Runner, so he can give people an F--

Re: Questions? Comments? COVERED IN BEES?

[identity profile] strongestgirl.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I like my coffee like I like my men...

COVERED IN BEES!

Re: Questions? Comments? COVERED IN BEES?

[identity profile] willbedone.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
*tucks you in*

Re: Questions? Comments? COVERED IN BEES?

[identity profile] surferboy-09er.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'd put Dick in but I imagine it would be a lot like Billy Madison.

"Rock? R-O-K?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"R-O-C-K!"
"Ohhh, the 'c' is silent!"

Re: Questions? Comments? COVERED IN BEES?

[identity profile] surferboy-09er.livejournal.com 2007-02-20 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you've convinced me!