Forum Hide and seek
 

Why not do a forum version of hide and seek? Except this time we take a paticular word or phrase, plonk it into a post or topic, and send everyone on a wild goose chase for it. It would make for some good devling into old places just to find it :P much like that game Ronn just did :P

Sifting through 25,000 posts sounds a bit daunting O__o

Ok, maybe not that many, you couple me specific as to where the word or sentance is, like in the Doctor Who forum, episode disscussion :)

RV can't go into the Episode Discussion forum as he's been locked out (so he doesn't spoil the episodes before he sees them).

Still, not a bad idea. Although the search function on the forums kind of misses the point. :P

I think its a great idea ! Could be really fun ! :D

Exactly what I was thinking.

Turn it off - problem fixed. :P

Hey its a good idea I'm up for it.

You could make changes to the posts other than the addition of text.

Changing a post's text colour, for example.

Hmm. That wouldn't show up in search results.

Well, lets find a word, hide it and there we are :P

That's the whole point...

Yes, exactly. I was emphasizing your point to the other members. :P

And here I was thinking you'd taken the mantel of Captain Obvious.

^^He thought you were Captain Obvious Danny!

*Goes back to air-drumming*

Do we say what word we're hiding/

Heh, we haven't really done anything with this since the idea was submitted.

It could be "I've hidden a red word in the General Chat forum - find it....THAT'S AN ORDER PRIVATE!"

At which point, you would say "YES SIR!!" and find it. :)

I'd make it a whole post. And setting it between 2 dates would probably be a good idea.

Haha, I like giving people near-impossible challenges. However, it's only impossible if you can't be arsed to look. ;)

Do I say Yes Sir now?

You can if you like. I've edited a whole post so that it is in pink. If you have difficulty, I'll narrow down the hunt by stating the member who first posted it.

Post the URL to either the thread or the post itself (in the top right hand corner of each post, there is a number. The page that number links to is the post URL) and you'll get......umm.....

*OOC: Psst, guys, what are we giving them for finding these things?*

Good huntin'!

Damn. Who posted it? Or you can be less exact and say if it's a moderator or a normal member.

A normal member. :)

Posted by Ben Dawson. :P

Searching all memory banks of all posted transactions in the last 30 days.

Way before that. :P

Searching memory banks for the last 200 years of human history (this may take a while).

For me: Scratching head thinking about the last 200 years of human history (done in a jiffy, but with no certain results) ;)

Do you want this quickly, or properly? Hmm?

MWAHAHAHAHA! I've found it! But only by cheating, I admit. It helps to own the web site, because then I can search my SQL database for the use of [color] tags in posts by Ben Dawson. :D

But I won't end the contest by revealing the post. Good luck to someone with more patience than I. :P

HAHAHA, Nice going Danny. :P

Haha, that's good. Danny's just confirmed that it does exist and I haven't sent you all on a wild goose chase. ;) :D

Yes Sir! sorry just sort of came out.

This is still going. It's not over until someone posts the post.