What Were You Thinking VIII! (Q29 results ... and a WINNER!)

[RedCoyote]

Current Standings and Question

0 -

PrivateI

1 - CuddlyCaucasian; D3f3nd3r
2 - Cheery Dog; SleepyKrew
3 - animorpherv1; puzzledan; Xalxe
4 - DeasVail
5 - BlackPawn14; JDGA; KingdomAces; N
6 - Equinox
7 -

Aronis

;

DiplomatDC

Score Totals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
AcRv*	26	60	57	5	66	61	19	18	31	30	37	3	95	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
animorpherv1 X X	39	51	57	18	0	47	38	18	37	13	30	10	84	66	39	11	37	13	25	15	10	38	14	8	10	20	10	35	0
Aronis*	30	55	38	18	57	44	9	5	0	21	36	10	65	66	57	8	49	13	20	19	7	38	2	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
BlackPawn14 X	39	48	57	18	63	36	20	5	35	18	46	10	80	59	45	8	35	13	23	10	10	38	14	8	0	7	5	57	0
Burning_Earth*	33	49	45	5	62	32	39	5	38	20	0	10	95	66	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cheery Dog	26	22	57	18	65	47	17	18	27	12	32	10	75	72	25	11	46	4	32	17	10	38	14	7	2	17	5	54	33
CuddlyCaucasian	35	49	57	18	61	50	23	18	29	30	46	7	83	66	57	11	50	13	27	19	10	34	14	8	10	15	10	54	22
D3f3nd3r	29	53	45	18	46	43	35	18	25	24	44	10	95	69	50	11	48	13	22	17	7	29	14	8	10	10	10	47	29
DarkLightA*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51	33
DeasVail	31	26	40	18	68	60	9	18	27	28	44	3	95	70	40	11	51	13	27	18	7	38	14	7	2	20	5	57	29
DiplomatDC*	26	59	42	5	54	58	27	5	25	13	44	10	85	57	24	8	46	13	30	15	7	14	14	7	2	11	5	0	14
Equinox X	28	27	44	18	59	51	35	18	35	23	29	0	65	72	37	8	26	4	21	9	10	29	14	7	10	4	10	48	0
Faraday*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17	10	45	22
Fenchurch*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42	60	38	18	39	30	25	10	95	72	n/a	8	48	13	31	15	10	34	14	8	10	15	5	57	26
gamsimbre*	24	7	57	18	42	23	41	18	34	30	46	7	95	0	57	11	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
JDGA X	39	22	57	5	56	36	35	5	21	7	44	3	61	68	25	11	46	4	24	9	10	29	14	8	2	17	10	55	0
KingdomAces	8	53	27	18	51	51	23	18	36	20	30	7	95	72	42	11	34	13	27	18	7	38	2	7	10	15	10	54	27
Kublai Khan*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	95	70	n/a	0	28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10	10	10	n/a	n/a
Mac*	23	47	57	18	69	47	38	18	20	24	46	10	95	70	43	11	28	13	30	9	10	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
mallowgeno*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60	28	n/a	38	31	46	7	95	69	42	11	39	n/a	n/a	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mastermind of Sin*	41	35	44	18	60	52	41	18	42	22	44	10	84	68	55	8	0	0	25	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
N	40	43	57	18	40	28	35	18	38	18	30	7	83	70	17	8	43	13	27	14	7	34	14	7	10	15	10	57	33
PiggyGal15*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11	43	0	27	16	10	29	14	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Porkens*	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
PrivateI	41	33	57	18	48	50	41	18	37	30	44	7	95	60	40	11	46	13	27	12	10	24	14	8	10	20	10	55	28
puzzledan X X	33	55	45	18	61	48	18	18	0	21	35	10	78	18	44	11	48	13	27	18	10	34	14	0	10	11	5	41	32
RedCoyote*	41	55	57	5	72	50	41	5	30	30	27	10	84	72	41	11	49	0	22	16	10	38	14	7	10	13	10	57	26
SleepyKrew X	26	48	44	18	54	55	39	18	36	27	46	7	95	0	53	11	38	4	18	16	10	38	14	8	10	11	10	55	33
Svenskt Stål*	37	29	37	18	72	39	41	18	38	30	28	0	95	0	31	8	40	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Xalxe	13	42	57	18	64	52	35	18	47	23	46	7	95	70	43	8	52	13	31	0	7	34	14	8	10	17	10	51	31
xtopherusD*	18	58	57	5	43	26	37	18	0	23	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

* = Not eligible to win

X

= A strike for no answer submission; three strikes removes you from competition eligibility
n/a = No submission (if not eligible to win)

Red

numbers are the lowest score in a round

Blue

numbers are the highest score in a round

Underlined

numbers are a perfect score (defined as scoring the maximum amount of points possible in a given round)

SETUP RULES

• A game will be played with as many players as would like to sign up. I require that there be at least 20 players signed up to play before we begin.
  
• Players are welcome to join whenever they'd like, but any player that starts after the first question will not be scored as a competitor that is eligible to win. These players will be denoted with an asterisk.

[RedCoyote]

GAME RULES

Object

• The player with the lowest position when one player reaches the highest position (position seven) is the winner. If more than one player is tied for the winning position, those who've reached position seven are out of the game and the rest will continue until there is a clear winner.

How to Play

• A category will be given each round such as "Name Five Pieces of Exercise Equipment" or "Which Player Reads the Most Novels." All players must then PM me their choices as answers for the current category.
  
• I will give a deadline for PM submissions of your answers and, at deadline, will post them all. The point is not to give the correct answer(s), but to give the most popular answer(s).
  
• Outside help (e.g. Internet searching and/or discussion of the current topic with other players) is disallowed; answers must be actual attempts to fit the category -- none of this giving of answers that don't fit just for laughs or to match others outside of the category.
  
• If a player plans to be away from the website for a period of time, they are allowed to PM me in advance so that I may send them upcoming question(s) to answer preemptively.
  
• Players that do not submit answers before the will automatically drop a position in addition to the player with the lowest score. All players are given three "strikes". If you do not submit your answers before the deadline on three occasions, you will be dropped from the competition officially (although you are still welcome to continue playing for fun).

Scoring

• All players start at the same position (position zero) and only move from this position if they have the lowest score in any given round.
  
• If there is a tie for least number of points, all those involved in the tie move forward (unless all players are tied, in which case there is no movement).
  
• Players score zero points if they give an answer that matches no other player during a round.
  
• Players that give the same answer score a total amount of points equivalent to the number of players that also gave that answer.

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Example Play

• Okay! Everyone, PM me five pieces of exercise equipment. Your deadline is 5 days... go!

  hmmm... my answers are

  dumbbells, stationary bike, barbells, treadmill, and pull-up bar

  !
  
  Thanks for bring this game back, btw. You're da man! USA #1

  does running late count as exercise lololol
  
  

  dumbbells, stationary bike, rowing machine, free weights, and swimming pool

  
  
  also, i know i've never said this publically, but you are the coolest person on this website i wish i could be just like you <3

  Hmmm, this is an interesting question. Let's go with

  Pull-up bar, Stationary Bike, Barbells, Dumbbells, and Rowing Machine

  .
  
  I bet you use them all, you big hunk you.

  All three players have got their answers in. Here are the totals.
  
  Dumbbells (3) - bubbajack8, SleepyKrew, goodmorning
  Stationary Bike (3) - bubbajack8, SleepyKrew, goodmorning
  Barbells (2) - bubbajack8, goodmorning
  Pull-up Bar (2) - bubbajack8, goodmorning
  Rowing Machine (2) - SleepyKrew, goodmorning
  Free Weights (0) - SleepyKrew
  Swimming Pool (0) - SleepyKrew
  Treadmill (0) - bubbajack8
  
  goodmorning scored 12 points.
  bubbajack8 scored 10 points.
  SleepyKrew scored 8 points.
  
  SleepyKrew moves down a position this round for having the lowest score.

[RedCoyote]

Okay! I stole this game from Mastermind of Sin (who, as I recall, stole this from MeMe).

Here is the game when MoS ran it. It's 90% the same game. I tweaked it a bit to fit to my standards though.

[Mastermind of Sin]

/in. 20 players might be ambitious, though. 10 is enough imo

[Cheery Dog]

/in

[CuddlyCaucasian]

/in ahhh

[PrivateI]

/in

[xtopherusD]

So, to clarify for myself. You score points based on how many people said each of your answers. If it's only you, the answer's worth 0; otherwise, it's the total number including yourself. Player with the lowest score for that round moves (presumably) one position up/down. When someone gets the lowest score in seven rounds, the person who's had the lowest score in the least amount of rounds wins. Anything I'm missing?

Also, in the example, shouldn't SleepyKrew get 8 points, and bubbajack 10? (That doesn't exactly change the standings

here

but I think I can see how it might)


All that aside,
/in. Something tells me I won't not join based on the answers to these.

[gamsimbre]

/in

[BlackPawn14]

/in

[CuddlyCaucasian]

/in

YAAAAAAAAY <3 <3

[AcRv]

/in

Answer questions, trash talk in thread periodically. Seems simple enough.

[N]

/in

[Equinox]

/in

[Svenskt Stål]

/in to shine and step on fools

[RedCoyote]

/in. 20 players might be ambitious, though. 10 is enough imo

Really? I think I can get 20. 1 vs 100's first game was 49.

So, to clarify for myself. You score points based on how many people said each of your answers. If it's only you, the answer's worth 0; otherwise, it's the total number including yourself. Player with the lowest score for that round moves (presumably) one position up/down. When someone gets the lowest score in seven rounds, the person who's had the lowest score in the least amount of rounds wins. Anything I'm missing?

Also, in the example, shouldn't SleepyKrew get 8 points, and bubbajack 10? (That doesn't exactly change the standings

here

but I think I can see how it might)


All that aside,
/in. Something tells me I won't not join based on the answers to these.

Admittedly the way the "position system" works is a little convoluted at first, but once you grasp the concept it's not hard to understand. I think it adds an interesting element to how the game is scored rather than just who scores the most points.

Okay, after that first question, SK would be in the 1st position while goodmorning and bubbajack remain at the 0 position. If SK were to get the lowest score again, he would move again to the 2nd position. If one of the other two players had the lowest score, they would join SK instead. This would continue in this manner until one person hit the 7th position. At that point, whomever is in the lowest position would be the victor.

And, no, SK would get 10 points:

Dumbbells = +3
Stationary Bike = +3
Rowing Machine = +2
Free Weights = +1

Swimming Pool = +1

Total Points = 10

If you're still confused, go back and read through a few pages of MoS's game. Honestly though, you don't even have to really worry about the scoring part as I will manage all of that. All the players have to do is submit answers.

[RedCoyote]

I'll probably put out the first question tomorrow, and with a deadline until ~Saturday evening. I'll speed up a game after the first question.

[DeasVail]

/in

[Xalxe]

/in

[KingdomAces]

/in

[Aronis]

/in

[JDGA]

/in

[Burning_Earth]

In

[Mac]

/in

[Cheery Dog]

So, to clarify for myself. You score points based on how many people said each of your answers. If it's only you, the answer's worth 0; otherwise, it's the total number including yourself. Player with the lowest score for that round moves (presumably) one position up/down. When someone gets the lowest score in seven rounds, the person who's had the lowest score in the least amount of rounds wins. Anything I'm missing?

Also, in the example, shouldn't SleepyKrew get 8 points, and bubbajack 10? (That doesn't exactly change the standings

here

but I think I can see how it might)


All that aside,
/in. Something tells me I won't not join based on the answers to these.

Admittedly the way the "position system" works is a little convoluted at first, but once you grasp the concept it's not hard to understand. I think it adds an interesting element to how the game is scored rather than just who scores the most points.

Okay, after that first question, SK would be in the 1st position while goodmorning and bubbajack remain at the 0 position. If SK were to get the lowest score again, he would move again to the 2nd position. If one of the other two players had the lowest score, they would join SK instead. This would continue in this manner until one person hit the 7th position. At that point, whomever is in the lowest position would be the victor.

And, no, SK would get 10 points:

Dumbbells = +3
Stationary Bike = +3
Rowing Machine = +2
Free Weights = +1

Swimming Pool = +1

Total Points = 10

If you're still confused, go back and read through a few pages of MoS's game. Honestly though, you don't even have to really worry about the scoring part as I will manage all of that. All the players have to do is submit answers.

He's referring to your third rule in the scoring area.

Players score zero points if they give an answer that matches no other player during a round.