RE: Post making contest
05-29-2016, 11:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2016, 11:17 PM by Akumu.)
Rules knowledge update:
1. All words must be conjugations of the thousand most commonly-used English words. In particular, they must not be flagged when put into https://xkcd.com/simplewriter/
2. Something judged on a per-word basis. The letters b c f h i k o n p s u v w y pass when on their own.
3. The first sentence of the post must start with words of lengths 3, 1, 4, 1, and 5 in that order, though if the sentence is shorter than five words the sequence can be truncated to the length of the sentence and still pass. Adding too many other words afterwards may break compliance somehow.
4. Most likely something to do with Scrabble scoring. Out of all the individual letters, q and z are the highest scoring in scrabble at 10 points each. Q and z are the only letters to pass rule 4 when posted on their own. On the other hand (related), they are the two least-frequently-used letters in English. That may also be relevant.
5. The number of unique letters that are used an odd number of times in the post must be exactly 13.
1, 3, and 5 are now pretty much nailed down.
1. All words must be conjugations of the thousand most commonly-used English words. In particular, they must not be flagged when put into https://xkcd.com/simplewriter/
2. Something judged on a per-word basis. The letters b c f h i k o n p s u v w y pass when on their own.
3. The first sentence of the post must start with words of lengths 3, 1, 4, 1, and 5 in that order, though if the sentence is shorter than five words the sequence can be truncated to the length of the sentence and still pass. Adding too many other words afterwards may break compliance somehow.
4. Most likely something to do with Scrabble scoring. Out of all the individual letters, q and z are the highest scoring in scrabble at 10 points each. Q and z are the only letters to pass rule 4 when posted on their own. On the other hand (related), they are the two least-frequently-used letters in English. That may also be relevant.
5. The number of unique letters that are used an odd number of times in the post must be exactly 13.
1, 3, and 5 are now pretty much nailed down.