Post by deerslyr on Apr 17, 2020 23:33:58 GMT -6
I know that there's not much talk about the Quarantine here. I know its really beating people down. Fortunately, I've figured out a way to connect with my local friends. Literally, the furthest is 2 miles as the crow flies. We do use Zoom every Friday night, but we've kicked it up a notch and don't talk about the Quarantine or the issues we are experiencing because of it. We have one woman who runs the lab at a local clinic, a 911 Operator (who is also on a Fire Department) and a few teachers. It's frigging draining on everybody. So, I came up with a way to play a game based on the old show "Name That Tune".
I developed a spreadsheet. Each category can handle three songs, each with a difficulty rating of 1, 2, or 3. The difficulty rating is based solely on how much time is available to bid against (30 seconds, 25 seconds and 20 seconds). So, if someone picks a song, they can say "we can answer that in 12 seconds" and the 18/13/8 seconds that were shaved off are multlpied by a factor of 1, 2 or 3.5. It's weird, but it works. We have been playing it so that the group goes against me (the GameMaster). All the songs are on Spotify and I'm able to start and stop the songs very easily... go back and replay. It's very slick.
Anyways... if anyone wants to see the Spreadsheet I'd be happy to share. You can change the categories and songs very easily. Creating the Spotify playlist is easy. I can also share the Spotify playlist for this exact group. Zoom allows the moderator to share audio to the group.
This has helped us keep a semblance of sanity. We spent 3 hours on this tonight, and not once did anyone mention anything about the virus or quarantine. At the end, we talk about categories for next week. I'll build from there.
It's a tough time right now. Do what you can to keep a sense of normalcy.
I developed a spreadsheet. Each category can handle three songs, each with a difficulty rating of 1, 2, or 3. The difficulty rating is based solely on how much time is available to bid against (30 seconds, 25 seconds and 20 seconds). So, if someone picks a song, they can say "we can answer that in 12 seconds" and the 18/13/8 seconds that were shaved off are multlpied by a factor of 1, 2 or 3.5. It's weird, but it works. We have been playing it so that the group goes against me (the GameMaster). All the songs are on Spotify and I'm able to start and stop the songs very easily... go back and replay. It's very slick.
Anyways... if anyone wants to see the Spreadsheet I'd be happy to share. You can change the categories and songs very easily. Creating the Spotify playlist is easy. I can also share the Spotify playlist for this exact group. Zoom allows the moderator to share audio to the group.
This has helped us keep a semblance of sanity. We spent 3 hours on this tonight, and not once did anyone mention anything about the virus or quarantine. At the end, we talk about categories for next week. I'll build from there.
It's a tough time right now. Do what you can to keep a sense of normalcy.
and I sure miss baseball season. I really do.