Am having a couple of days off to get over the flu.
I spent a couple of hours yesterday competing with online scribblers – playing “iSketch”. The way it works is you join a group of online players who have agreed to use a particular vocabulary (which may be English Easy, Intermediate or Difficult). There are ten timed rounds in which one person draws while the others guess what it might be. Once someone gets it right the time speeds up. You get 10 points for the first person who gets yours right. After that there’s one point for each extra correct guess. You get points for guessing, 10 if you’re the first, 9 if you’re second, and so on.
The game is a bit like a shockwave version of Pictionary.
All of the family are now likely to have addictive episodes with iSketch, though we can’t be more than one person from the same address in the same game at one time. All in all, good competitive addictive interactive fun.
http://www.isketch.net
not .com
Thanks Merrin, I’ve fixed up the link to http://www.isketch.net
How old are the other users of iSketch I wonder. Merrin reckons they are all younger, but I’ll betcha there are other word-addicted oldies too.
Ennis
Hi,
Users from the same network can still play together by creating a custom room. This setup is even better, as you can customize your game settings and select from an extensive set of wordlists- even those not shown on the first display. Fun, fun!
Demographics of iSketch players: Possibly young (most fall in the 16-25 range) however they populate the beginner level rooms such as English (Easy). You will find the older players in Advanced rooms such as English (Expert), Movies, Big Picture.