ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HOW LONG WILL THE GAME LAST
January 25 ~ March 8
HOW DO I FIND OUT WHO IS IT ?
-- Go to the final page of this thread, and find the most recent message on who is it.
WHAT TYPE OF RECIPE CAN I TAG ?
-- Any recipe from the Best of 2012 cookbook is eligible from the IT person as no recipes will be deleted from the cookbook this year once they are tagged. The number of reviews/photos the recipe has is not relevant here. NOTE: You may find duplicate tags of the same recipe, but from a different player. This is OKAY, but you can not tag the recipe twice.
-You may altar a recipe for dietary restriction needs. You may altar a recipes serving size, but is highly recommended that you write the posting chef to see if it this would greatly altar the outcome of the recipe.
-You may altar the recipe based on the review of the chef whose cookbook it came from (meaning they omitted the green peppers, you could also omit the green peppers.)
-You may alter a recipe based on taste, but we ask that you try to stick as closely as possible to the original recipe.
I TAGGED A RECIPE, BUT CAN'T MEET THE 2 WEEK DEADLINE
-Request an EXTENSION. If you are unable to make one of the recipes you have tagged, you can post a message in the thread requesting an extension. No explanation is needed but please do let us know that you need to postpone the recipe deadline, and your name and tag will be moved to the Extensions Granted List. Extensions are granted for 14 days without question, but can not be granted once the deadline has passed. If you need more time than that please z-mail one of the game host.
WHAT IF I MISS THE DEADLINE, BUT I DON"T WANT TO REQUEST EITHER AN EXTENSION OR A SUBSITUTION ? I JUST DON'T WANT TO PLAY ANYMORE
- We really hope that this won't happen, but if you really won't be able to make a recipe you tagged, and you really don't want to extend or subtitute, then please let us know that you want out of your tag so we can un-tag the recipe, so someone else re-tag it If you miss a deadline, and don't choose an extension, or substitution, you will be placed on the Restricted List.
WHAT HAPPENS TO OVERDUE TAGS ?
-Your name and overdue tag will be moved from the Master Status to another depending on how late your tag is. If you requested an extension before the original due date, you will be moved to the extension granted list, for 14 days, and will not be considered late.
WHAT IS OH SO BLUE, YOUR TAG IS ON THE OVERDUE LIST ?
-Tags that are late, and an extension was not requested are placed on the
OVERDUE & OH SO Blue List. You can easily avoid this by requesting an extension before the original due date. The tag will be shown on this list for 10 days. If the tag is not completed in this time frame, then it will be moved to the RESTRICTED LIST.
WHAT IS THE RESTRICTED LIST
- Your name will be moved here if you have been on the BLUE list for 10 days. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY AGAIN UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE TAG AND CLEARED YOUR NAME ! This will be strictly enforced and the tagged recipes will be released to the tagged in the regular game.
WHAT HAPPENS IF SEVERAL PEOPLE IN A ROW TAG THE SAME CHEF ?
-This is all part of the fun of the game. You need to be quick and tag a chefs recipe before someone else does. The first chef to post a tag message in the thread wins the tag, and becomes IT>
CAN I CLAIM FIRST DIBS ON A PLAYER WHO IS IT ?
- NO .. Dibs are not allowed. If you really want to tag a particular chef, you need to be the first one to tag with a specific recipe. You can't say "Oh , I want to tag Jane. I am IT !!!. You must first have a recipe selected. Oh I want to tag Janes Meatloaf#xxxxx. I am it. This is not allowed.
I thought that I had successfully tagged a recipe, but when I came back to check in, I found out that my tag was declared invalid, or a mistag. What does this mean ?
A tag can be declared invalid or a mistag if:
a.) you mistakenly tagged a recipe that you had already tagged.
b.) you mistakenly tagged a recipe from a chef who was not it at the time.
c.) if a mistag is declared before someone else tags you, your tag is invalid, and you are no longer IT, and you do not need to do anything else.
d.) If a mistag is declared after someone else has tagged you, so that you are no longer IT, you will need to choose an eligible recipe from the chef who was IT, and the time of the mis-tag. This is called a re-tag. Please post a message to the thread stating you are re-tagging in the standard format. YOU do not become IT, again on the re-tag.
e.) Sometimes a player ahead of you mistags, affecting your tag as well as any subsequent tag before the original mistag has been found. In such cases, we try our best to preserve as many of the tags in the affected chain as we can. We will ask the chef who originally mistagged to re-tag another recipe. Please DO NOT continue to tag until this situation has been rectified. If you still would like to prepare the recipe you mistagged anyway, go ahead and make it, bout it will NOT count as a tag in this game.
WHAT IS A PITCH HIT ?
- A pitch hit is an emergency step used to correct a series of mistags that have occurred in a row. (see above). Usually this happens when a chef who has been IT, was accidently overlooked, and one of their recipes was never tagged. We may ask for a volunteer to become a Pitch-hitter by selecting and preparing a recipe from the overlooked chef. The pitch hitter will NOT become IT for this missing a tag, and would agree to meet the 2 week deadline.
BUT THE MASTER STATUS LIST IS SUPER LONG, HOW CAN I FIND THE RECIPE I AM LOOKING FOR ?
- Go to the beginning of the Master Status List, and press the CONTROL key and while still holding it down, press the letter "F"-a search window will pop up where you can type in the recipe name or your name and it will find that text for you.
In playing this game, you are implicitly agreeing to accept the necessity of a re-tag if you make a mistake and tag a recipe that is not eligible, or if you tag a recipe and then find you can't make it for any reason, or if you tag the wrong chef. This means that, for example, if by mistake you choose a recipe that for example, if by mistake you choose a recipe that has reviews, you agree to go ahead and choose another recipe by the same chef to replace the tag that is invalid. Another example :If you choose a recipe by Chef A when Chef B was the one who was currently due to be tagged, you agree to go back, and choose a recipe by Chef B to replace your tag of Chef A. Also, if you choose a recipe that has already been tagged, you agree to go back, and re-select a recipe by the chef you tagged.
This keeps the game from coming to a halt while people wait to see what happens. In addition, if the mistake is not caught before follow-up tags occur, the re-tag rule helps avoid a snarl where a string of people could find their tags invalid because 1 person drops the ball in the middle of the process.
EXCEPTION:
If you make a goof on your tag, but correct, or withdraw it before anybody else follows up, by tagging you, then you tag is simply ignored and does not count as a mistag. Be aware, however, that other players are not required to wait around and see whether you're going to do this at anytime, if you haven't withdrawn, they can go ahead and tag you because they know you have implicitly agreed to retag 
HOW DO I POST A PICTURE OF THIS RECIPE TO THIS THREAD ?
--We LOVE to see your pictures. Please post them ! ! ! If you need help to post a picture, just ask-- there are plenty of folks around to help.
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