Summon the frog, get the peep 🤷‍♂️

[Crease]

@carverofchoice

You can’t add new rules, willy-nilly in the middle of the thread without a vote, unless you want to do a poll about it.

Where did I miss that? This seems exactly like making up a rule in the middle of the topic.

[peepeep]

Appointing myself the umpire reveals something about me. Usurping it from me says something about you! :emojis_fail_me:

[carverofchoice]

@Crease

This seems exactly like making up a rule in the middle of the topic.

Hey, I’m gaming hard over here in this thread. Let other people slip on my contradictions and hypocrisy.

[Crease]

Does that count as an answer?

[peepeep]

@carverofchoice

slip

Lubricious

[carverofchoice]

Obviously this thread is TRICKY. It says no questions will be answering the thread, but it doesn’t forbid responding to statements that are not questions.

So when a statement and a question are part of the same topic…how do we decide whether someone was “responding” to a statement vs “answering” a question? And must it be an intentional answer or does it count if it is a substantive answer of any kind, even if not directly addressing the question?

For example, if I ask a question of “Who is viewing this thread?” and someone responds in the thread, they’ve substantively answered the question. Do we allow this?

[peepeep]

I appoint carver’s daughter as umpire, I am the league commissioner, my decisions are final!

Post #24 & #26 you guys are so freaking nuts, I love you guys!

[Crease]

@carverofchoice

There is no such thing as 3 strikes in this thread.

[peepeep]

Omigod, you changed the BACKGROUND from white to black, you are are MAGIC!

hE DID, CARVER, HE DID, HE IS MAGIC!

[peepeep]

They should send us as the team to negotiate something. Nothing important, but something. We deserve a chance!

[carverofchoice]

I don’t see any magic. My background is still all white. Why did yours turn black?Which part of it is black besides the striped shirt and pupils in the foreground?

[peepeep]

The background behind ref, but I have Dark Reader extension active, so maybe due to that. It truly was magic, though, notwithstanding…

I still think crease was fiddling. He’s always fiddling…

[carverofchoice]

GOT YA!!! FIRST BLOOD goes to Carverofchoice! FINALLY

@carverofchoice

Which part of it is black besides the striped shirt and pupils in the foreground?

@peepeep

The background behind ref,

[peepeep]

We’re going to need therapy to work out the repression we just invoked upon ourselves.

[carverofchoice]

I thought this kind of thread IS my therapy, isn’t it yours?

[peepeep]

Still going for strikes, you ARE eveilllll…

Not that anyone asked (answering a question no one asked removes 1 strike from my tally) but I have NEVER played ANY video game of ANY type EVER.

i believe this qualifies me as OUTMATCHED.

…in this contest ( which I am not contesting…)

PUTNCHING ABOVE MY WEIGHT!

Woozily doddering about the ring…

…about to slap the canvas

DIVE!

[peepeep]

GoPro Frog Swimming (Underwater Footage)

[carverofchoice]

@peepeep

I have NEVER played ANY video game of ANY type EVER.

LIES!!!

I don’t believe that for one minute. Even if you believe it, you prideful, stubborn old frog friend, I am confident I could out-semantics you into being wrong on this one, particularly from a neurological standpoint.

The definition of a video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device—like a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device—to generate visual feedback on a display device, usually as a form of entertainment, etc. Not all of them require images. There are TEXT based games, RPGs, etc that are still video games, for example. Not all are zero-sum games either.

In theory, while social media platforms aren’t traditionally classified as video games, they are often game-like, including, but not limited to, this very thread. The feedback loop of posting content and receiving validation can be nearly identical that rewards of systems found in games, and it is using video on your phone or computer to interact with it, albeit more of a social game, but there are lots of social video games too.

Any fitness trackers (whether watch, or step counters on your phone) can do this. Stock Trading can be gamified. So many things people don’t think about.

Gamification (even on phones and computers) is EVERYWHERE. Points systems, likes, tokenization, lots of stuff. Have you never played a slot machine somewhere?

Come on, you REALLY haven’t ever played ANY video games? Didn’t you invent Bertie the Brain (oldest video game ever)?

[peepeep]

Lol, but I’m already hiding. It’s green and dark and soft and safe. ::peep::

peep: Carver’s daughter, do you know what Dad’s talking about?

carver’s daughter: Not a clue, dad goes off sometimes. Well, all the time.

[Crease]

Do I at least get the assist for this?

Edit: Can’t blame a guy for tryin’, right? I just wish I hadn’t stepped away for a while and missed the deleted posts . Thanks for giving me something fun (and funny as !) to come back and read! I’ve definitely had some laughs tonight, thanks to you guys!