What Were You Thinking XIII! (Congrats D3f3nd3r!)

[Xalxe]

Current Standings and Question

0	D3f3nd3r
1	CaptainMeme, N, StrangerCoug
2	Morning Tweet, SleepyKrew
3	Cephrir, Datisi, Felissan, racefan12, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf
4	Ircher, pablito, Shadoweh, Save the Dragons
5	Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Nancy Drew 39
6	Noraa
7	Menalque, PookyTheMagicalBear

Q28: D3f3nd3r!

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-02-19 00:45:23)

Scoreboard

* = 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 15 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 round has ended will start on the same level as the player in last place.

Previous Iterations

What Were You Thinking XII!

(Mod: StrangerCoug/Aurathebirb; Winner: JerryArr)

What Were You Thinking XI!

(Mod: Xalxe; Winner: DeasVail)

What Were You Thinking (COTM Challenge)

(Mod: CuddlyCaucasian/xofelf; Winner: The Transclassroomental Railroad)

What Were You Thinking X!

(Mod: Xalxe; Winner: pablito)

What Were You Thinking IX!

(Mod: CuddlyCaucasian; Winner: n/a)

What Were You Thinking VIII!

(Mod: RedCoyote; Winner: PrivateI)

What Were You Thinking VII!

(Mod: Mastermind of Sin; Winner: ShadowLurker)

What Were You Thinking VI

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: pablito)

What Were You Thinking? 5

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: Kelly Chen)

What Were You Thinking IV

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: logicticus)

What Were You Thinking III

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: Mastermind of Sin)

WWYT 2

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: LoudmouthLee)

What Were You THINKING?

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: LoudmouthLee)

DA RULES

Wheaton's Law

Don't be a dick.

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 Fruits" 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 deadline 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).
  
• New this edition
  : At least one in every three questions will be a question with either a binary choice or a limited number of possible answers, to keep the game moving and hopefully provide more chances to even the playing field.

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, or fail to submit.
  
• If there is a tie for least number of points, all those involved in the tie move forward. If all players tie, all will move forward.
  
• 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 fruits. Your deadline is 3 days... go!

  hmmm... my answers are

  apple, banana, cherry, grape and pineapple

  !
  
  Thanks for bringing this game back, btw. You're a great mod and I love you.

  As the god of freedom I think everybody should be free to eat as much fruit as they wish.
  
  

  Pineapple, apple, banana, strawberry and blueberry

  lmao fruits are hard
  
  Let's go with

  Apple, grape, banana, cherry and kumquat

  .
  
  nom nom fruit flies

  All three players have got their answers in. Here are the totals.
  
  Apple (3) - Desna, Eloritu, Hylax
  Banana (3) - Desna, Eloritu, Hylax
  Cherry (2) - Eloritu, Hylax
  Grape (2) - Eloritu, Hylax
  Pineapple (2) - Desna, Eloritu
  
  Non-Scoring Answers
  Blueberry - Desna
  Kumquat - Hylax
  Strawberry - Desna
  
  Eloritu scored 12 points.
  Hylax scored 10 points.
  Desna scored 8 points.
  
  Desna moves down a position this round for having the lowest score.

[Xalxe]

After a four-year hiatus, the smash hit game that's got everybody talking is back! Signups are open now; simply PM me your answer to this question to join.

Q1: Name three countries where you wouldn't want to live.

Once I have 15 signups, a 48-hour timer will start; once it concludes, round 1 will be closed. Future rounds will have at least a 72-hour timer; with the upcoming holidays, deadlines will be adjusted to accommodate.

[Xalxe]

I now have the requisite 15 entries, so I will set the deadline for this round at 72 hours after the thread was posted, or (expired on 2021-11-17 20:27:00) from now. Don't delay, submit today! The more the merrier!

[Xalxe]

Just under six hours left to submit your answers! Don't delay!

[Xalxe]

Round 1 Results

Scoring Answers

North Korea (13)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

United States (9)

- Aronis, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Afghanistan (7)

- CaptainMeme, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, N, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12

China (7)

- Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Felissan, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Russia (7)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, pablito, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Iraq (3)

- Haschel Cedricson, pablito, racefan12

Saudi Arabia (3)

- CaptainMeme, Datisi, VashtaNeurotic

United Kingdom (2)

- Ircher, N

Syria (2)

- Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet

Venezuela (2)

- Aronis, Morning Tweet

Non-Scoring Answers

Africa - Aronis Modnote: what, the whole continent?
Brazil - CaptainMeme
France - VashtaNeurotic
Iran - Morning Tweet
Japan - Ircher
Mexico - Save the Dragons
Yemen - PookyTheMagicalBear
Zimbabwe - Ircher

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (29)

- North Korea, United States, Russia

Commentary

Welcome to the game, everyone! We currently have 21 lucky players, all vying for the title of "Best Thinker," which is a title I just made up! Glad to see we started off with a serious answer in first position and a joke-but-also-is-it answer in second place, well done everybody.

This round we had five perfect scores, likely in part to the three-way tie for third place: Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug! On the smaller end, our first drop is

Ircher

, earning just two points for the United Kingdom. Alas!

I'm including screenshots of both the overall scoreboard and the individual scoring for this round; in the future it'll just be the overall scoreboard, but as I built this spreadsheet from scratch, I wanted to give the eagle-eyed among you a chance to check my work. (I don't know why the scoreboard image is so big but I'll beat it into shape for future rounds)

[Xalxe]

Q2: Name five fictional families.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-11-20 23:21:14)

[Xalxe]

Did you PM me an answer to the first question?

After a four-year hiatus, the smash hit game that's got everybody talking is back! Signups are open now; simply PM me your answer to this question to join.

Q1: Name three countries where you wouldn't want to live.

[Xalxe]

I said USA not UK!!!! I got perfect score tyvm

So you did! This will affect total scores but does not affect the lowest score; scoreboard will be updated with this round's results.

[Xalxe]

Round 2 Results

Scoring Answers

Simpsons (17)

- Aronis, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Addams Family (12)

- Aronis, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, N, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Starks (8)

- CaptainMeme, Datisi, Ircher, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Brady Bunch (7)

- Aronis, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, pablito, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug

Flintstones (5)

- Cheery Dog, Datisi, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, VashtaNeurotic

Griffins (Family Guy) (5)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, MorningTweet, StrangerCoug

Lannisters (5)

- CaptainMeme, Nancy Drew 39, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Jetsons (4)

- Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Save the Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Parrs (The Incredibles) (4)

- Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, N

Sopranos (4)

- Aronis, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, xofelf

Capulets (3)

- Cephrir, N, StrangerCoug

Weasleys (3)

- N, pablito, racefan12

Corleones (2)

- D3f3nd3r, PookyTheMagicalBear

Skywalkers (2)

- Felissan, SleepyKrew

Targaryens (2)

- CaptainMeme, Nancy Drew 39

Non-Scoring Answers

Baggins - Ircher
Baratheons - CaptainMeme
Belchers - pablito
Bennetts - Nancy Drew 39
Dunphys - pablito
Dursleys - Cheery Dog
Everdeens - Ircher
Flanders - N
Greyjoys - CaptainMeme
Griffith - Felissan
Jeffersons - VashtaNeurotic
Malfoys - Cheery Dog
March - Aronis
Modern Family characters - Save the Dragons
Montague - Cephrir
Munsters - racefan12
Partridges - StrangerCoug
Proud - Haschel Cedricson
Robinsons (Lost in Space) - Save the Dragons
Robinsons (Meet the Robinsons) - Morning Tweet
Swiss Family Robinson - Morning Tweet
Tanners - VashtaNeurotic
Turners - Ircher
Von Trapp - Haschel Cedricson
Wayne - SleepyKrew
Winslows - VashtaNeurotic

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (40)

- Addams, Brady Bunch, Parrs (Incredibles), Simpsons, the crew from the Fast & the Furious franchise

Commentary

For all the comments I got about this being a hard round, you all did alright! Lots of matches, even if it was for a few points, and everybody did at least manage to get five fairly logical answers. A surprising amount of love for Game of Thrones, considering its current status in popular culture.

xofelf is the highest scorer with 46 points, though no perfect scores this round. VashtaNeurotic, with three non-scoring answers, is our lowest scorer this round and drops to level 1 with Nancy Drew 39 and Ircher. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll all have company after this next round...

[Xalxe]

Q3: Choose a friend.

Rocktopus	Harevocado

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-11-23 23:32:47)

Credit to PrivateI for the images! If you have future question ideas, feel free to PM them to me.

[Xalxe]

Q3: Choose a friend.

Rocktopus

Harevocado

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-11-23 23:32:47)

Credit to PrivateI for the images! If you have future question ideas, feel free to PM them to me.

[Xalxe]

Round 3 Results

Scoring Answers

Rocktopus (13)

- Aronis, CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Ircher, N, Nancy Drew 39, racefan12, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Harevocado (9)

- Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (9)

- Harevocado

Commentary

As I was hoping, a close vote! Shame on all of you who incorrectly chose Rocktopus, but it's fine, enjoy your time in the lead while you can.

Everybody who chose Harevocado, sadly, moves down a level. This drops

Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, and StrangerCoug

to level 1, and

VashtaNeurotic

breaks the ice on level 2. Never fear, there's plenty of game to play yet!

[my in-laws' internet is terrible and fighting me on image uploads so scoreboard to come later]

[Xalxe]

Q4: Name three signs you see while driving.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-11-28 12:00:58)

Extending deadline by 24 hours due to American Thanksgiving. Enjoy stuffing yourselves full of food, as the Pilgrims intended!

[Xalxe]

Easy mistake: I did in fact say "choose," not "chews."

[Xalxe]

Round 4 Results

Scoring Answers

Stop Sign (22)

- Aronis, CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Speed Limit (15)

- Aronis, CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, N, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Yield (14)

- Aronis, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, pablito, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

One Way (3)

- PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Construction/Road Work (3)

- N, racefan, Shadoweh

Street Name (3)

- Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, PookyTheMagicalBear

Non-Scoring Answers

Billboard - DeasVail
Driving on Main - Datisi
No Left Turn - Nancy Drew 39
No Parking - Nancy Drew 39
Roundabout - CaptainMeme
Wrong Way - Shadoweh

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (39)

- Stop Sign, Yield, Road Work Ahead

Commentary

I was surprised at how in-sync you all were! We had 10 perfect answers and every player (predictably) answered a Stop Sign. I elected to group the construction signs together; the only real change this made was to get N 3 points, Shadoweh and racefan12 would've been together even if I did not do this.

Nancy Drew 39

, with only one scoring answer, is our lowest score and falls to Level 2 with VashtaNeurotic.

[Xalxe]

Q5: Name five nice smells.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-01 13:07:31)

[Xalxe]

I forgot what give way signs were called over there (other than knowing it wasn't "give way"), otherwise I might have gone perfect.

in my submission, i called it "give way" since it was the only name for it i knew. and then i described the sign as well because i wasn't 100% sure if it really was the name >_>

And I'm glad you did because otherwise I would not have connected the dots!

I don't think the US has an equivalent for your other submission though.

[Xalxe]

Round 5 Results

Scoring Answers

Flowers/Roses (13)

- Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, N, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Perfume (7)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Felissan, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh

Cinnamon (6)

- D3f3nd3r, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, racefan12, xofelf

Lavender (6)

- CaptainMeme, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, Save the Dragons

Rain/After the Rain (6)

- Datisi, Morning Tweet, racefan, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

New Car (5)

- Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Haschel Cedricson, SleepyKrew

Vanilla (5)

- Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, Save the Dragons, xofelf

Baking/Baked Goods (4)

- CaptainMeme, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Shadoweh

Chocolate (4)

- Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, N, SleepyKrew

Books (3)

- Cephrir, Datisi, Shadoweh

Clean Laundry (3)

- Cheery Dog, Felissan, Shadoweh

Cooking (3)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, StrangerCoug

Fresh Cookies (3)

- Cephrir, pablito, Save the Dragons

Gasoline (3)

- Cephrir, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew

Mint (3)

- N, pablito, racefan12

Bread (2)

- DeasVail, N

Citrus (2)

- SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Coffee (2)

- Datisi, StrangerCoug

Ocean (2)

- Datisi, racefan12

Pie (2)

- Ircher, PookyTheMagicalBear

Soap (2)

- DeasVail, PookyTheMagicalBear

Non-Scoring Answers

Aftershave - CaptainMeme
Barbecue - racefan12
Cake - Felissan
Campfire - xofelf
Cherry - Ircher
Coconut - VashtaNeurotic
Deodorant - PookyTheMagicalBear
Grass - DeasVail
Honey - VashtaNeurotic
Hydroxide - Ircher
Musk - Nancy Drew 39
Napalm - VashtaNeurotic
Pizza - PookyTheMagicalBear
Popcorn - pablito
Roast Chicken - Cheery Dog
Sandalwood - Nancy Drew 39
Shampoo - Felissan
Xalxe - xofelf
Yankee Candle - Ircher

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (12)

- Vanilla, Citrus, Fresh Cut Grass, Clean Laundry, Ocean

Commentary

An extremely spread-out round this time! This was also the first time I had to make some judgement calls on grouping answers together. I grouped Roses & Flowers together, as well as Rain/After the Rain/Petrichor. Baking got folded into Baked Goods, but unfortunately because one person submitted both Baked Goods and Bread, I couldn't fold specific baked items into the general category. For the same reason, "Cooking" didn't absorb any specific foods. If you don't like my judgement calls, oh well.

None of them impacted our lowest score, which was

Ircher

(hydroxide???). They drop a level along with Aronis, who gets our first activity strike. No perfect scores this time, but

D3f3nd3r

got very close with a 34!

[Xalxe]

Q6: Which two Monopoly tokens do you choose: dog, thimble, top hat, car, battleship, cannon, wheelbarrow or shoe?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-04 18:00:22)

[Xalxe]

Please do not discuss the current question (even jokingly) until after!

EDIT: Also, just as a heads-up, it helps me out if you include either WWYT or What Were You Thinking in the subject line of your PM so it gets sorted into my folder for the game, thanks!

[Xalxe]

Round 6 Results

Scoring Answers

Dog (15)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Felissan, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf, Menalque

Car (11)

- Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, racefan12, Save the Dragons, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, Menalque

Top Hat (8)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew

Battleship (4)

- Datisi, DeasVail, Ircher, PookyTheMagicalBear

Shoe (3)

- D3f3nd3r, Felissan, xofelf

Thimble (2)

- D3f3nd3r, SleepyKrew

Non-Scoring Answers

Cannon - Datisi

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (24)

- Dog, Top Hat

Commentary

The correct ranking of Monopoly tokens, in order, is: Dog, Top Hat, Thimble, Battleship, Car, Cannon, Wheelbarrow, Shoe. This is based entirely on their animations from the PC version of Monopoly I had as a child and I will be taking no questions at this time.

Eight perfect scores of Dog/Car this time, including our newest player,

Menalque

! Sadly,

Datisi

is the only cannon lover, and falls down a level.

Aronis

also drops, their second activity strike. If they fail to submit again, they will be removed from the game entirely.

[Xalxe]

Q7: Name something most people only do once in their lifetime. (one answer)

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-08 01:45:06)

[Xalxe]

Commentary
The correct ranking of Monopoly tokens, in order, is: Dog, Top Hat, Thimble, Battleship, Car, Cannon, Wheelbarrow, Shoe. This is based entirely on their animations from the PC version of Monopoly I had as a child and I will be taking no questions at this time.

i wonder if we had the same game

https://youtu.be/llcVa-RjobQ

Is that the one? If so I had it too lol

no, but i found mine in the video suggestions from here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN8bFQwNQuU

That's it!

[Xalxe]

Round 7 Results

Scoring Answers

Die (14)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Be born (4)

- D3f3nd3r, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, SleepyKrew

Get married (2)

- PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12

Non-Scoring Answers

Graduate - N
Lose virginity - pablito

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (0)

- Skydive

Commentary

You all think you're so clever, don't you.

Obviously, everybody who sent me a death threat scores a perfect score this time around.

N

and

pablito

, as the two who did not match anybody else, drop a level.

[Xalxe]

Q8: Name five breakfast foods

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-11 02:05:31)

[Xalxe]

i for one have never heard of being born twice

Clearly you haven't heard the good news of our lord and savior Jesus Hieronymous Christ!

[Xalxe]

Was I in that one?

[Xalxe]

Round 8 Results

Scoring Answers

Eggs (20)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Pancakes (18)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Bacon (17)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Cereal (17)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Toast (10)

- Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, Shadoweh

Waffles (10)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Ircher, N, racefan12, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Sausage (5)

- Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, xofelf

Oatmeal (4)

- Cephrir, Nancy Drew 39, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug

Hash Browns (2)

- N, StrangerCoug

Non-Scoring Answers

Apple - Felissan
Bagels - Menalque
Coffee - Felissan
French toast - Save the Dragons
Granola - Nancy Drew 39
Juice - Cephrir
Yogurt - Menalque

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (70)

- Eggs, pancakes, waffles, sausage, bacon

Commentary

Some interesting scoring facts about this round:
- Until Menalque submitted as the final submission, Cephrir (who currently has the highest overall score) was going to be the lowest score this round.
- Two people had two misses this round, but Felissan ended up fourth from the bottom instead of dropping
- Fact: Waffles > French Toast > Pancakes

A total of nine perfect scores this round, likely owing to the fact that two answers tied for fifth, meaning you could choose either as your fifth and as long as you have the top four, that's a perfect score. With the lowest score,

Menalque

drops to level 3.

[Xalxe]

Q9: You have won the lottery jackpot! Do you take the (smaller) lump sum payout or the gradual payout over 20 years?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-14 13:42:05)

[Xalxe]

Round 9 Results

Scoring Answers

Annuity (12)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Lump Sum (10)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Ircher, Menalque, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (12)

- Annuity

Commentary

This score was literally as close as it could be without a tie! Twelve financially wise players, the Gallants if you will, stay afloat, while ten reckless Goofuses drop a level. And just like that, we've got from a 9-way tie for the lead down to just three. What a game!

[Xalxe]

Q10: Name three animals that would be very bad pets.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-18 01:10:10)

[Xalxe]

Apologies, I was traveling this weekend and have just now had time to compile answers. Extending deadline to (expired on 2021-12-20 22:46:12) to account for my not sending a prod until just now.

[Xalxe]

Round 10 Results

Scoring Answers

Tiger (10)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug

Bear (9)

- Datisi, Felissan, Ircher, Morning Tweet, pablito, racefan12, Save the Dragons, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Lion (9)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, Ircher, Morning Tweet, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Shark (5)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, Felissan, pablito, Shadoweh

Alligator (3)

- Cheery Dog, Datisi, N

Whale (3)

- Cheery Dog, N, xofelf

Wolf (3)

- Cephrir, Datisi, Save the Dragons

Elephant (2)

- Menalque, racefan12

Gorilla (2)

- Felissan, SleepyKrew

Skunk (2)

- Menalque, PookyTheMagicalBear

Snake (2)

- Cephrir, Shadoweh

Non-Scoring Answers

Cat - DeasVail
Chimpanzee - SleepyKrew
Crocodile - N
Flea - xofelf
Fox - Save the Dragons
Mosquito - Cheery Dog
Poison tree frog - xofelf
Porcupine - VashtaNeurotic
Raccoon - VashtaNeurotic
Rat - DeasVail
Spider - DeasVail

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (2)

- Monkey, elephant, Komodo dragon

Commentary

Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Three perfect scores for

Ircher

,

Morning Tweet

and

StrangerCoug

relying on the old favorites. On the other end of the scale,

DeasVail

drops a level for not matching a single answer, and

Haschel Cedricson

fails to submit and also drops.

[Xalxe]

Q11: Name five places you would find a book.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-24 00:14:07)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Library (21)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Bookstore (18)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Bookshelf (14)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

School/Classroom (14)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Bedside/Nightstand (4)

- Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Shadoweh

Backpack (3)

- Felissan, pablito, SleepyKrew

(Coffee) Table (3)

- Cephrir, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Someone's House/My House (3)

- D3f3nd3r, racefan12, xofelf

Bedroom (2)

- Haschel Cedricson, Save the Dragons

Church (2)

- DeasVail, Morning Tweet

In My Hands (2)

- Cheery Dog, Save the Dragons

Museum (2)

- D3f3nd3r, xofelf

Online (2)

- Cheery Dog, Felissan

Waiting Room (2)

- Felissan, racefan12

Non-Scoring Answers

Attic - Ircher
Bathroom - VashtaNeurotic
Bed - Morning Tweet
Bookcase - CaptainMeme
Chair - VashtaNeurotic
Department Store - N
Desk - PookyTheMagicalBear
In the maximum security wing of the Library of Unseen University, where it sits in its own room with a large, carved stone arch reading NECROTELICOMNICON, just in case anybody forgets why they wanted to go in the room in the first place. - CaptainMeme
Locker - SleepyKrew
Storage closet - Ircher
Thrift Store - Save the Dragons
University - Menalque

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (56)

- Bookshelf, library, school, backpack, bedside table

Commentary

Usually I don't call people out but, uh, hey CaptainMeme, you alright? No I'm not talking about your long answer, but why'd you submit both bookshelf

and

bookcase? I just wanna talk.

This is an interesting round because

Felissan

has the lowest score, six points below VashtaNeurotic, but all 5 of Felissan's answers scored and two of Vash's didn't! Math, how about it? Additionally,

Shadoweh

and

Datisi

both manage perfect scores, which was very tough to do this time around, so well done!

Nancy Drew 39

also drops due to their first activity strike.

[Xalxe]

Q12: Which is your favorite finger? (one answer)

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-28 00:29:18)

Deadline extended 24 hours due to the Christmas holiday.

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Middle (13)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Pointer/Index (6)

- Cheery Dog, Datisi, Felissan, Ircher, racefan12, VashtaNeurotic

Thumb (2)

- Cephrir, PookyTheMagicalBear

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (0)

- I forgot to answer lmao

Commentary

You're all terrible. As several people pointed out, yes I have now asked you to tell me to die and flip the bird at me. I do so enjoy when players hate me, I guess. My therapist will have a field day with that one!

Our leaders take a hit as

Cephrir

falls from the top rung down a peg!

PookyTheMagicalBear

also drops, and

Haschel Cedricson

gets their second strike.

[Xalxe]

Q13: Name five fictional creatures you would like to ride on.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2021-12-31 00:48:43)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Unicorn (22)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Dragon (20)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Pegasus (15)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Griffin (11)

- Cheery Dog, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Centaur (9)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Haschel Cedricson, N, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Hippogriff (6)

- Cheery Dog, DeasVail, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12

Direwolf (3)

- Cephrir, DeasVail, Save the Dragons

Phoenix (3)

- Cheery Dog, Nancy Drew 39, Shadoweh

Loch Ness Monster (2)

- Datisi, StrangerCoug

Yoshi (2)

- Cephrir, Felissan

Non-Scoring Answers

Asterius - CaptainMeme
AT-AT - StrangerCoug
Chimera - VashtaNeurotic
Chocobo - Cephrir
Dinosaur - D3f3nd3r
Falkor - Haschel Cedricson
Giraffe - VashtaNeurotic
Horse - Ircher
Hydra - SleepyKrew
Oliphaunt - xofelf
Pokemon - Morning Tweet
Sand worm from Dune - Menalque
Sphinx - racefan12
Tauntaun - Menalque
Warg - xofelf
Werewolf - Save the Dragons

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (57)

- Unicorn, dragon, hippogriff, centaur, Captain America

Commentary

Everybody who went "teehee Xalxe would be a funny answer" is a

coward

, either submit it or don't! Aside from that, not surprised that Unicorn's at the top, but shoutout that Yoshi actually got a match? I figured that one would surely not. Also, which of these is your favorite fictional creature: dinosaur, giraffe or horse? #TeachTheControversy

Well, the hits start coming and they don't stop coming,

Cephrir

is our lowest score for the second round in a row and drops to level 2!

PookyTheMagicalBear

has the highest score with 74, but for the first round in quite some time we have no perfect scores!

[Xalxe]

Q14: Choose your starter.

Bulbasaur

Charmander

Squirtle

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-03 02:16:03)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Charmander (13)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Squirtle (7)

- D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Menalque, N, PookyTheMagicalBear, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Bulbasaur (2)

- Haschel Cedricson, pablito

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (7)

- Squirtle

Commentary

Water type 4 lyfe

Our two Bulbasaurs,

Haschel and pablito

, are coincidentally on the same level and both drop to join Menalque on level 4!

[Xalxe]

Q15: Name three common New Year's resolutions.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-06 02:16:20)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Exercise more (13)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Menalque, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Lose weight (13)

- Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, StrangerCoug

Diet/eat healthy (6)

- CaptainMeme, pablito, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Drink less (alcohol, I assume) (5)

- Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, xofelf

Quit smoking (5)

- Felissan, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, StrangerCoug

Learn a new language (3)

- Menalque, N, pablito

Stop a bad habit (3)

- Ircher, Shadoweh, VashtaNeurotic

Be a better person (2)

- D3f3nd3r, DeasVail

Get a (new) job (2)

- DeasVail, SleepyKrew

Learn a new skill (2)

- Ircher, Morning Tweet

Read more (2)

- CaptainMeme, VashtaNeurotic

Treat people better (2)

- Felissan, racefan12

Non-Scoring Answers

Budget - StrangerCoug
Clean more - Cheery Dog
Enter a relationship - Datisi
Go out more - Cephrir
New hobby - Haschel Cedricson
Not take a resolution because you know you'll break it anyway - Felissan
Talk to someone you haven't talked to in a long time - Shadoweh
To NOT lay face-down in the middle of a bunch of paper trash I was trying to clean up and refuse to move because "I belong in a pile of garbage." - Haschel Cedricson (hey buddy...you okay? you doing alright?)

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (20)

- Exercise more, quit smoking, get a new job

Commentary

It's interesting (for me, not you all) to not only look at what answers match, but what order they get submitted in. For almost everybody who submitted "lose weight" it was the first answer they listed, which I am assuming means they thought of it first or thought it would be the best match. That's pretty unusual! In most cases the answers get scattered around unless there's one or two very obvious ones (like Library for "where are books").

With a score of just 7,

Felissan

drops to level 3, so it's a good thing they didn't take a resolution of "not dropping any more levels," huh? No perfect scores this time but both

PookyTheMagicalBear

and

Nancy Drew 39

were one off!

[Xalxe]

Q16: Name three non-American world leaders.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-09 02:29:00)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Boris Johnson (15)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Menalque, N, pablito, racefan12, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Vladimir Putin (14)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Justin Trudeau (13)

- Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Menalque, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, racefan12, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Kim Jong-un (7)

- D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, StrangerCoug

Emmanuel Macron (3)

- CaptainMeme, racefan12, xofelf

Queen Elizabeth II (3)

- Morning Tweet, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug

Xi Jinping (3)

- Cephrir, Ircher, N

Non-Scoring Answers

Gandhi - PookyTheMagicalBear
Hitler - PookyTheMagicalBear
Jacinda Arden - Cheery Dog
Angela Merkel - Save the Dragons
Pedro Castillo - Haschel Cedricson
Scott Morrison - Cheery Dog
Stalin - PookyTheMagicalBear

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (3)

- Bolsonaro, Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Merkel

Commentary

5 perfect scores of 42 this time, well done! Unfortunately, PookyTheMagicalBear's tactic of historical leaders didn't pan out, and they drop to level 4.

[Xalxe]

Q17: Name three sports that don't involve balls.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-12 16:59:40)

[Xalxe]

Something appears to have gone wrong with the scores from Q7. it looks like the numbers I've seeing as equal to the results from question 9

looks liek that problem happened all the way back at Q9, but I haven't gone looking at the scores that closely until now. (I don't think I'd loaded this thread up on the computer)

Thanks, I've fixed it!

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Swimming (14)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Hockey (12)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Running (10)

- CaptainMeme, Datisi, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, N, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Boxing (5)

- Cephrir, Datisi, Felissan, Morning Tweet, Save the Dragons

Gymnastics (4)

- Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, Nancy Drew 39, racefan12

Wrestling (3)

- DeasVail, Shadoweh, xofelf

Chessboxing (2)

- Haschel Cedricson, Save the Dragons

Curling (2)

- PookyTheMagicalBear, VashtaNeurotic

Cycling (2)

- Menalque, SleepyKrew

Figure Skating (2)

- racefan12, VashtaNeurotic

Non-Scoring Answers

Archery - xofelf
Badminton - Nancy Drew 39
Cheering - Ircher
Climbing - CaptainMeme
Fencing - Save the Dragons
Horse Racing - Cheery Dog
Marching Band - Ircher
Pole Vaulting - Felissan
Race Car Driving - Shadoweh
Ultimate - D3f3nd3r

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (18)

- Swimming, ice skating, cycling

Commentary

Considering the people in this game, I'm surprised chessboxing got matches, but I'm also surprised curling didn't get

more

matches.

Three perfect scores this round from

N, pablito and StrangerCoug

.

Save the Dragons

has the lowest score and drops a level, which means that D3f3nd3r is alone at the top! Can he keep that spot long enough for someone else to drop to level 7? Only time will tell!

[Xalxe]

Q18: Where are you taking your all-inclusive vacation: beachfront resort or mountainside ski chalet?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-15 20:34:12)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Beach (20)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Mountain (2)

- Datisi, DeasVail

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (20)

- Beach

Commentary

Sometimes I write questions and I think "ah yes, I've got them this time, right down the middle" and I'm completely wrong. This is one of those times. I was honestly hoping for a full unanimous agreement but alas!

As the only two interested in cooling off,

Datisi

and

DeasVail

both drop a level.

[Xalxe]

Q19: Name five famous works of art.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-18 23:16:38)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Mona Lisa (22)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Starry Night (13)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Felissan, Haschel Cedricson, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

David (12)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, xofelf

The Scream (12)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

The Last Supper (9)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, Ircher, N, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug

The Thinker (7)

- Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Felissan, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

The Creation of Adam (6)

- Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Morning Tweet, racefan12, Shadoweh

The Birth of Venus (3)

- Datisi, Nancy Drew 39, StrangerCoug

American Gothic (2)

- pablito, VashaNeurotic

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2)

- DeasVail, pablito

Guernica (2)

- Datisi, Felissan

Saturn Devouring His Son (2)

- Felissan, xofelf

Water Lillies (2)

- PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons

Non-Scoring Answers

Boy with Apple - DeasVail
Circle Limit I - Ircher
Dogs Playing Poker - N
Garden of Earthly Delights - Menalque
Girl with Balloon - Cheery Dog
Meltan's Entire Scrapbook - CaptainMeme
Persistence of Memory - racefan12
Self Portrait (Van Gogh) - Menalque
Space Needle - Cheery Dog
The Dream Of The Fisherman's Wife - Haschel Cedricson
The Night Watch - CaptainMeme
The Wave - Save the Dragons
Venus de Milo - Shadoweh
Whistler's Mother - VashtaNeurotic
Xalxe - xofelf

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (49)

- Mona Lisa, Sistene Chapel Ceiling, David, The Last Supper, Nighthawks

Commentary

Unsurprising to see the Mona Lisa at the top, that's basically the textbook image for "art." Here is the only fact I absorbed from my art history class in Italy: when the built the gallery where Il Davide now stands, they specifically built it to make him look bigger. No, not like that, but the way the space is designed, his head appears to break the plan of the bottom of the dome in the ceiling, tricking your eye into thinking the statue is larger and more impressive than it already is. Share this fun architecture fact with your friends to create stronger bonds, guaranteed!

Anyway, unfortunately

Cheery Dog

struggled mightily with this one, and it shows as he drops a level. No perfect scores this time, unsurprisingly, but D3f3nd3r and SleepyKrew both get close with 66.

[Xalxe]

Q20: Name three robots.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-22 01:23:40)

[Xalxe]

the thinker seems to be missing from the answer list. I'm assuming it had 7 people?

Whoops, yes it did.

[Xalxe]

sorry, had a busy couple of days, results incoming

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

R2-D2 (15)

- Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, N, Nancy Drew 39, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

C-3PO (12)

- Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Ircher, Menalque, N, Nancy Drew 39, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

WALL-E (11)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, Datisi, Felissan, Menalque, Morning Tweet, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shadoweh, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

HAL 9000 (4)

- Felissan, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, SleepyKrew

Rosey (The Jetsons) (3)

- Cephrir, pablito, StrangerCoug

Bender (2)

- DeasVail, pablito

Roomba (2)

- racefan12, StrangerCoug

The Terminator (2)

- CaptainMeme, Shadoweh

Non-Scoring Answers

Alpha 5 - Save the Dragons
BB-8 - D3f3nd3r
EVE - Datisi
Jarvis - Morning Tweet
Johnny 5 - Shadoweh
K-9 - Cheery Dog
Marvin - N
Optimus Prime - PookyTheMagicalBear
Robocop - CaptainMeme
Ultron - Ircher

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (27)

- C-3PO, R2D2, Siri

Commentary

Surprisingly, three perfect scores with our top 3 Hollywood robots! Sadly,

racefan12

is indeed the lowest scorer and drops. We also have to say goodbye to Haschel Cedricson, who got his third strike and is eliminated from the game. I'll miss his joke answers.

[Xalxe]

Q21: Would you rather know the TIME or METHOD of your eventual demise?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-26 00:31:37)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Time (14)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Method (8)

- Cephrir, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Noraa, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (14)

- Time

Commentary

I am pretty sure that last time I used this question I made the same recommendation, but if you're like me and enjoy thinking about death, I enjoyed the two Machine of Death titles, which are collections of fictional stories about people who know how they will die.

Naturally, everybody who picked Method drops a level, which leads to three people ending up on Level 5 for the first time this game! Special shoutout to Noraa, who has joined the game only to immediately drop. Sorry!

[Xalxe]

Q22: Name five places you might take a first date.

Question courtesy of Noraa

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-01-29 00:59:54)

[Xalxe]

how is my score that bad lmao

Actual score doesn't matter, it's just for fun. New players start tied with the bottom group.

[Xalxe]

The correct answer is probably still neither.

In ten years when we're doing what we're you thinking XVII, I will rebel and not give a choice to this question.

I, too, would prefer to know the Xalxe of my demise.

Thank you for my new signature quote!

[Xalxe]

Sorry for the delay! Have had an extremely busy few days.

Scoring Answers

Movie (21)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Restaurant (20)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Park (15)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, N, Noraa, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Coffee Shop (11)

- Cheery Dog, Datisi, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save the Dragons, Strangercoug, VashtaNeurotic

Bar (7)

- Cephrir, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Your Home (7)

- CaptainMeme, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Shadoweh

Museum (5)

- Menalque, Nancy Drew 39, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Bowling (3)

- DeasVail, pablito, xofelf

Sports Game (3)

- D3f3nd3r, Felissan, racefan12

Amusement Park (2)

- Noraa, racefan12

Beach (2)

- CaptainMeme, racefan12

Concert (2)

- Felissan, VashtaNeurotic

Shopping (2)

- D3f3nd3r, Shadoweh

Non-Scoring Answers

Arcade - Noraa
Art Gallery - Nancy Drew 39
Bookstore - Save the Dragons
Dancing - Shadoweh
Fair - Datisi
Hotel - PookyTheMagicalBear
Ice Cream Shop - Cephrir
Strip Club - Save the Dragons
Their Home - Ircher
Zoom - N

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (0)

- Forgot to answer

Commentary

I can confirm that Ice Cream Shop as a first date gets you a husband, it has a 100% success rate for me. Some of you are very bold - starting at a hotel? a

strip club

? Choices!

Impressively, two perfect scores this time from Cheery Dog and StrangerCoug!

Save the Dragons

narrowly drops with the lowest score.

[Xalxe]

Q23: Name three things that might be full of holes.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-02-04 00:13:10)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Cheese (22)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Sponge (7)

- CaptainMeme, Felissan, N, Noraa, pablito, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Golf Course (6)

- DeasVail, Ircher, Menalque, pablito, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Plot/Story (6)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, N, racefan12, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh

Boat (2)

- Cephrir, Morning Tweet

that's not how boats work

Clothing (2)

- D3f3nd3r, DeasVail

Jeans (2)

- Datisi, Ircher

Murder victim (2)

- Cephrir, Save the Dragons

Socks (2)

- Morning Tweet, xofelf

Strainer/sieve (2)

- Felissan, StrangerCoug

Non-Scoring Answers

Barely Survivor - Cheery Dog
Construction site - VashtaNeurotic
Grater - PookyTheMagicalBear
Ground - SleepyKrew
Mine - Cheery Dog
Moon - Nancy Drew 39
Old rotten wood - racefan12
Shoes - Noraa
Showerhead - PookyTheMagicalBear
Sweater - Menalque
Universe - Nancy Drew 39

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (34)

- Cheese, mini golf course, story

Commentary

Some interesting choices in this one! I think "murder victim" is my favorite answer that's gotten points, and it might've gotten one more if VashtaNeurotic hadn't swapped away from "Batman's parents" at the last minute.

Mirror images this time, we have 3 perfect scores (

CaptainMeme

,

N

and

pablito

) and 3 people all tied with the lowest score at 22!

Cheery Dog

,

Nancy Drew 39

and

PookyTheMagicalBear

all failed to match anything but cheese and so drop a level. This puts Pooky at level 6, or the DANGER ZONE!!! As a reminder of the game's rules: once a player hits the 7th level, if there is exactly one player on the highest level, that player wins. If not, the game continues until there is exactly one player alone at the highest level.

[Xalxe]

Q24: Which will happen first in America: an openly gay male President, or a female President?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-02-07 19:53:00)

(don't @ me non-Americans, I'm not asking you to name

who

it will be)

[Xalxe]

You sure the scores are right there? It looks like I only have one submission in the list there.

Somehow, I mixed you and Vash up for two of the responses. Fixed!

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Female President (20)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Gay Male President (2)

- Cheery Dog, Shadoweh

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (20)

- Female

Commentary

The gays continue to be losing.

Naturally, Cheery Dog and Shadoweh both drop a level, and everybody else can rejoice in their perfect scores.

[Xalxe]

Q25: Name three things that most people would find it difficult to give up for 40 days.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-02-11 01:22:33)

[Xalxe]

there are more women than openly gay men

[citation needed]

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Phone (11)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Felissan, Ircher, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew, xofelf

Internet (10)

- Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Ircher, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew

Eating (9)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Morning Tweet, N, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear

Drinking (7)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, DeasVail, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, VashtaNeurotic

Coffee/Caffeine (5)

- Nancy Drew 39, Save the Dragons, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug, xofelf

Sex (4)

- pablito, Save the Dragons, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic

Television (4)

- D3f3nd3r, Datisi, racefan12, StrangerCoug

Breathing (2)

- N, VashtaNeurotic

Chocolate (2)

- Menalque, xofelf
*clears throat*

Self-Pleasure (2)

- Menalque, Shadoweh

Smoking (2)

- Menalque, Shadoweh

Non-Scoring Answers

Car - Ircher
Electricity - Felissan
Going outside - Cheery Dog
Human interaction - SleepyKrew
Partner - Felissan
Shelter - Cephrir
Sleep - Cheery Dog
Sugar - Save the Dragons

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (21)

- Internet, alcohol, cell phone

Commentary

Answers all over the place on this one! Everybody who chosen literal physical necessities is weak and will not survive the winter.

Impressively,

Noraa

and

PookyTheMagicalBear

both got perfect scores this round. While we got close to a multi-way drop,

Menalque

is alone at the bottom with 6 points, meaning we now have two players waiting on the precipice of level 7!

[Xalxe]

Q26: Name five iconic villains.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-02-14 18:28:17)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Darth Vader (15)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, Felissan, Menalque, Morning Tweet, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

The Joker (11)

- Cheery Dog, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Felissan, Morning Tweet, Nancy Drew 39, Noraa, pablito, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Shadoweh, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Thanos (10)

- CaptainMeme, D3f3nd3r, DeasVail, Felissan, Ircher, Menalque, Morning Tweet, PookyTheMagicalBear, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Voldemort (7)

- Datisi, DeasVail, Morning Tweet, N, pablito, SleepyKrew, StrangerCoug

Bowser (6)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, Datisi, Ircher, racefan12, Save the Dragons

Scar (6)

- Cephrir, Cheery Dog, N, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Cruella de Vil (5)

- Cheery Dog, DeasVail, N, Noraa, StrangerCoug

Maleficent (4)

- DeasVail, N, Noraa, xofelf

Ursula (4)

- Felissan, Noraa, Save the Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Ganon(dorf) (3)

- CaptainMeme, Datisi, racefan12

Lex Luthor (2)

- Menalque, Shadoweh

Professor Moriarty (2)

- Datisi, Nancy Drew 39

Emperor Palpatine (2)

- Menalque, PookyTheMagicalBear

Satan (2)

- pablito, xofelf

Sauron (2)

- Cephrir, Menalque

Sephiroth (2)

- Felissan, Ircher

Smaug (2)

- Morning Tweet, StrangerCoug

Team Rocket (2)

- Cheery Dog, racefan12

Xalxe (2)

- Cephrir, xofelf

Non-Scoring Answers

Amy Dunne - Nancy Drew 39
Annie Wilkes - Nancy Drew 39
Cersei Lannister - Shadoweh
Donald Trump - Save the Dragons
Elvarg - Ircher
Harley Quinn - Shadoweh
Kim Jong Un - D3f3nd3r
King K Rool - Save the Dragons
Lavos - Ircher
Lord Farquaad - N
Magneto - pablito
Nicol Bolas - PookyTheMagicalBear
Nurse Ratched - Nancy Drew 39
Russell Hantz - D3f3nd3r
Snape - StrangerCoug
Tai Lung - CaptainMeme
Thanatos - Shadoweh
Tom Brady - D3f3nd3r
Wicked Witch of the West - xofelf

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (28)

- Darth Vader, Evil Queen, Voldemort, Maleficent, Sauron

Commentary

Remember kids, evil doesn't pay, but it is fun!

One perfect score, impressively, from

SleepyKrew

, well done! And we actually have a tie at the bottom, so

Nancy Drew 39

and

Shadoweh

both drop one level.

[Xalxe]

Q27: Board games or video games?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2022-02-19 00:45:23)

[Xalxe]

Scoring Answers

Video Games (12)

- CaptainMeme, Cephrir, D3f3nd3r, Datisi, Felissan, Ircher, Morning Tweet, N, Nancy Drew 39, pablito, Shadoweh, StrangerCoug

Board Games (10)

- Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Menalque, Noraa, PookyTheMagicalBear, racefan12, Save the Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic, xofelf

Non-Scoring Answers

n/a

Irrelevant Players

Xalxe (10)

- Board

Commentary

This question was fiendishly designed to finally get us an even split, and it worked! By gods it--

[SIRENS BEGIN BLARING]

Uh oh, you know what that means! Both Menalque and PookyTheMagicalBear have dropped to level 7, which means...

[Xalxe]

D3f3nd3r is the champion of What Were You Thinking XIII!

Your name shall be enshrined in the Hall of Thoughts forevermore!

Thank you all for playing, and congratulations to D3f3nd3r on a flawless victory! He maintained sole control of Level 0 for ten consecutive rounds, no easy feat! Honorable mention goes to SleepyKrew, who holds the highest overall score with 829, as well as StrangerCoug, N and Captain Meme who all finished on Level 1, waiting for D3f3nd3r to slip up. Please cast your votes for Mx. Congeniality on your phones; text messages are $0.99 per message, other fees may apply.

We'll see you next time! I don't own this format and in fact lifted it wholesale, so WWYT XIV is open to whoever snags it first in the future. Hope you all enjoyed, and remember: the answer is always Xalxe, except when it isn't.

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