TAG: The Acronym Game

We send a randomly-generated acronym of 3 to 7 letters. You reply with a funny, timely or creative phrase for that acronym. People then vote for their favorite. You score by writing popular answers.

How Do I Play TAG on Twitter? (play on Facebook)

In order to play, follow @play140tag on Twitter. A new game starts every ten minutes. Join us!

The game is played in three parts: the acronym, your answer, and then the vote.

THE ACRONYM

First, we tweet an acronym and a category.

play140tag Time for TAG! The category is EDUCATION. You have six minutes to reply to this acronym: E.T.R.

YOUR ANSWER

Then, you come up with a phrase that works with that acronym.

yourtwitter @play140tag Educate Teen Rodents.

THE VOTE

After a few minutes, you'll receive a tweet telling you it is time to vote for your favorite answers. Follow the link to vote. The voting page will show you three answers - just click the best of the three to cast a vote.

play140tag Here comes the vote for E.T.R. - visit http://play140.com/v/263/1 to vote for the best answers!

THE RESULTS

After a few minutes minutes, you'll receive a tweet telling you it is time for the final vote. This time, over Twitter, you vote for your favorite.

play140tag TAG E.T.R. (EDUCATION) is over! @yourtwitter won with: "Educate Teen Rodents." Results: http://p140.co/tag/263

Scoring

When you submit an answer, you earn 10 points. During the vote, your score goes up by three points when people vote for it, and down by one when people vote for another player instead. You usually score between 5 and 20 points for your answer, based on how people vote. With many people playing, the scores can go much, much higher.

When...	You Score
You submit a valid answer	usually 5 to 20 points
Your answer wins the vote	25 points
Your answer finishes second in the vote	10 points
Your answer ties the vote with one other player	15 points each
Your answer ties the vote with two other players	10 points each

Notes

Duplicate status errors. You can't submit the same status update to twitter twice in a row. If you answer a question "1b" and then answer the first question of the next game "1b", Twitter will reject the tweet. Some clients give a nice warning. Others just silently fail. In any case, you can just put several spaces after your answer and it'll go through.

There is a language filter. Assume our language filter is set somewhere just below “TV-14.”

You can also play on Facebook. Just visit TAG: The Acronym Game on Facebook to play! View the Facebook specific instructions here.