A Morse Game
You all know tennis: a player shoots a tennis ball to another player. The other player has to hit the ball so that it flies back and it’s the first player’s turn to hit the ball.
Morse tennis is just like that, except that it uses words instead of a ball. And a Morse key instead of a rack.
The game begins when the first player selects any word they like to send. The word has to be sent twice in a row exactly the same. If the player is able to repeat the chosen word, the imaginary tennis ball is hit and flies to the other player. The other player then has to copy the word and repeat it exactly as received and at the same speed as it was initially sent. If the player cannot repeat the word correctly, the „ball“ is missed and the first player gets a point. If the player is able to send the word, the imaginary ball is hit and nobody gets a point.
In any case, now it’s the second player’s turn to come up with a word that they have to send twice. This has then to be copied and repeated by the first player and so on.
So the tactic of each player might be to select complicated words in the hope that the other player cannot repeat it. Random combinations of e, i, s come to mind. But each player has to repeat the word themself so just sending random garbage is out of the question. Another tactic might be to choose shorter words but at higher speeds.
Starting the game
The game can be played using the Internet feature of Dahdidahdit. First connect to any network that seems fit, then select „Play Morse tennis“ from the menu. You can e.g. play the game over the internet using a MOPP server or using a broadcast address like 192.168.0.255 in your local network.
If you select a server-based network like the Morserino chat server, you might have to first connect to that server (in the given example by sending „hi“ and waiting for the reply „:hi“) before you can select the menu item to start the game.
The game is then started by either sending „cq mt de <yourname>“ or by replying to such a call (the „mt“ is for „Morse tennis“, of course). If a game is started between two parties, the names of the parties are shown at the bottom of the screen right above the buttons and along with the points each party has.
To end the game, send „<sk>“.