February 2010
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It's a flaming potato!
Many people have written in asking about the “flaming piece of poo” that we’ve used in our iconography. It’s a flaming potato, people!
January 2010
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Buzzword in the hot tub!
Just got back from a great trip to vail where Buzzword Frenzy was the best thing to have on the lifts ever. Great way to pass the time on the lift and a cool way to start talking to girls on the lift with us.
After apres skiing, our ritual was to hit the hottub with beers. What would have been exception would have been some rousing games of Buzzword Frenzy. Unfortunately, iPhone/iPod touch...
March 2009
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New iPhone SDK... totally sweet
Very excited about the new iPhone SDK 3.0. Some of the features really open up the doors from exciting products. A lot of new ideas are springing up but a lot of ideas around excellent enhancements to BWF are also being formulated.
Good job, Jobs!
New iPhone SDK... totally sweet
Very excited about the new iPhone SDK 3.0. Some of the features really open up the doors from exciting products. A lot of new ideas are springing up but a lot of ideas around excellent enhancements to BWF are also being formulated.
Good job, Jobs!
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Buzzword Frenzy Rules
Rules by gametype:
Hot Potato Rules
Sprint Rules
Time Trial Rules
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Drinking games with Buzzword Frenzy...
Thought of a great variation on Hot Potato to make it a drinking game. The losing team for a round has to review the words and see which word took the longest to clear. The team then has to drink that number of seconds starting with the person who the the device ended on. Even better would be to take the longest time from either team. That way if the winning team really was the crappier...
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Stats - Coming Soon!
Check back here for interesting information on the games of Buzzword Frenzy played around the world like hardest words, easiest words, and comparisons of word difficulty by region…
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Tips - association of sounds
It is against the rules to say “sounds like” or “rhymes with”, but you can make your teammates say words out loud that you think will trigger their memory.
Example: Say the word that comes up is “Sony stereo”. I can get them to say “Sony” fairly easily - “this is the company that created the Playstation and Walkman”. When it comes to...
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Tips - acting things out
A lot of time when the pressure’s on, you get mental blocks that affect your ability to articulate. This is why you should always think about acting out words.
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Feature requests
We’d love to hear what new features you’d like to see in future versions of Buzzword Frenzy. Email us any crazy ideas at support@buzzwordfrenzy.com or visit us on our Facebook page and drop us a note!
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Tutorial - the end of a round (hot potato)
A couple details that should be clarified around the steps following a round of hot potato:
At the end of a round of hot potato, the team who won that round has 10 seconds to steal the last word. The team should discuss what they want to submit as their one guess and then tell person with the device. Because of this, players must resist the urge to react when their teammates don’t guess a...
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Tutorial - Playing with teams of different skill...
If one team turns out to be much better than another team, try playing sprint or time trial and setting a handicap for the better team by giving that team less time or more words.
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Tutorial - Playing with only 2 or 3 people
Buzzword Frenzy can be fun with as little as 2 or 3 people. Set Time Trial or Sprint to the “Best Overall” mode and play as one team trying to better your score every time.
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Full Moon
2 words. If I fill this glass up to the middl mark then this glass is half _____. “Full”. Ok and this is the heavenly body that orbits the earth. It’s visible at night. “Moon” . Full Moon
February 2009
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About the Game
Buzzword Frenzy was a labor of love out of the labs of Adamant Ventures.
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Support
For bug reports and support, please contact:
support@buzzwordfrenzy.com
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water bottle
H2O is the first word. “Water”. second word is a container for “water”. Not a can. It’s plastic
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Tip - Grammar Terms
When trying to describe words, it’s very useful to know terms that refer to parts of speech. For instance, if “The Wrestler” were the phrase you were trying to describe, you would probably concentrate on “wrestler” first. Once you got your team to guess “wrestler”, you would then have to make them say “the”. This is easy if you know that...
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Hot Potato - Handoff!
In the Options screen for Hot Potato, you have the option of allowing up to 3 handoffs per team. The handoff feature gives you the opportunity to pass the word to a person on your team who you think would do a better job of describing. If a word comes up that you are having trouble with, you can press the handoff button and pass it to any person on your team.
Note: Two handoffs cannot occur in...
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Time Trial - Scoring
In “Round by Round” mode, the team with the fastest time at the end of each round scores a point. The team with the most points wins!
In “Best Overal” mode after all rounds are played, the team with the fastest time in any one round wins!
If during the round any rules are (i.e. saying all or part of the word), the game can be paused and the round ended in disqualification.
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Time Trial - Gameplay
Each team takes turns trying to guess the pre-selected number of words as fast as possible
The player holding the game must get his teammates to guess his word without saying all or part of the word, spelling, or refering to rhyming words.
Once someone guesses the word correctly, the player presses the center button and passes to the player next to him.
After finishing the round, the other...
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Time Trial - Setup
First organize two teams. The numbers for the two teams do not have to be even.
Choose the word categories for the game.
Select gameplay options. Here you have the ability to change the number of words to clear per round, the number of rounds, the scoring format, and sound (on/off).
Next, Team 1 forms a circle while Team 2 watches and waits for their turn.
Hand the device to a player...
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Sprint - Scoring
In “Round by Round” mode, the team with the most words guessed at the end of each round scores a point. The team with the most points wins!
In “Best Overal” mode after all rounds are played, the team with the most number of words guessed in any one round wins!
If during the round any rules are (i.e. saying all or part of the word), the game can be paused and the round...
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Hot Potato - Scoring
When time runs out, the team whose turn is up loses and the other team is awarded a point (Tip: remember to tap the word before passing!)
At the end of the round, the winning team has 10 seconds to submit one guess for the last word and steal an additional point.
If during the round any rules are broken (i.e. saying part of a word or spelling), the game can be paused and the round ended early...
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Sprint - Setup
First organize two teams. The numbers for the two teams do not have to be even.
Choose the word categories for the game.
Select gameplay options. Here you have the ability to change time lengths for each round, the number of rounds, the scoring format, and sound (on/off).
Next, Team 1 forms a circle while Team 2 watches and waits for their turn.
Hand the device to a player from Team 1...
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Sprint - Gameplay
Each team takes turns trying to guess as many words as possible in the allotted amount of time.
The player holding the game must get his teammates to guess his word without saying all or part of the word, spelling, or refering to rhyming words.
Once someone guesses the word correctly, the player presses the center button and passes to the player next to him.
After time is up, the other team...
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Hot Potato - Reverse!
In the Options screen for Hot Potato, you have the option of allowing up to 3 reverses per team. The reverse feature gives you the opportunity to throw a word back on to the other team and reverse directions. If a word comes up that you are having trouble with, you can press the Reverse button and pass it to the person on the other team that came before you.
Note: Two revereses cannot occur in...
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Dollop
this is like a measure word for cream. it’s an informal measure word. it means a whipped amount. you usually put a BLANK of cream on a pastry. cabbage patch kids and barbies are types of BLANK. little girls play with BLANK and have a BLANKhouse which is like a miniature house they.
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Hot Potato - Gameplay
The player holding the game must get his teammates to guess his word without saying all or part of the word, spelling, or refering to rhyming words.
Once someone guesses the word correctly, the player presses the center button and passes to the player next to him.
When a reverse is initiated, the game must be passed to the previous player (on the opposite team) and the passing direction should...
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Hot Potato - Game Setup
First divide into two teams with even numbers of people. (Tip: if you have an odd number of people, have two people play together as one!)
Next, setup a circle with players alternating between the two teams.
Choose the word categories for the game
Select gameplay options. Here you have the ability to change the length of time for each round, how many points a team needs to score, the number...
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multivitamins
your mom tells you to eat these everyday. They’re pills. Centrum is brand of them. “Blank”national companies are companies that are in many countries. so Blank - ….
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Duvet Cover
This is the thing that you put over a comforter in order to protect it. You wrap the comforter in this so you don’t have to wash the actual comforter.
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Pirates
This is the guys on ships that go “yarrr” and wear eye patches. They have pegged legs. Parrots on their shoulders. the baseball team for Pittsburgh…
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Inspiration
The minds behind Buzzword Frenzy wanted to create a competitive word game that took advantage of the processing power and flexibility of the iPhone. The result is a wonderfully fun game with automated scoring, systematic time keeping, and many smart details that keep the game fresh and exciting.
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