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- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: New Games
- Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
- Replies: 129
- Views: 17633
Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Spectating game 2, saw all the NMRs, wondered what was going on. I had a thought just now and wondered what others think of it... for these kind of games, does anyone think it would be worth implementing some sort of "power selection" mechanic where the lowest GR rated player gets to pick their powe...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
- Topic: Bot Talk
- Replies: 56
- Views: 46238
Re: Bot Talk
I'd be interested in seeing your statistics. I had exactly the same impression about the Mos-StP opening, which seemed to amount up to 50% when I draw England (out of a very small sample of max 10 games as England, which I used to play on play.webdiplomacy.org, i.e. the games haven't been archived)...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: XX Questions - Game CXLV
- Replies: 60
- Views: 33969
Re: XX Questions - Game CXLV
Was this person part of the military of the Confederate States of America?
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:11 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: XX Questions - Game CXLV
- Replies: 60
- Views: 33969
Re: XX Questions - Game CXLV
Ok, I'll take the bait...
Free guess: Adm. David Glasgow Farragut?
Free guess: Adm. David Glasgow Farragut?
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty questions: the gross round
- Replies: 80
- Views: 48119
Re: Twenty questions: the gross round
Thanks! From the list that Jamiet99uk posted (of questionable reliability given that Gerolamo Cardano is described as a "South African Politician and Zulu Tribal Leader Who Was Home Minister of South Africa from 1994 to 2004") it was pretty straightforward to narrow it down by process of eliminatio...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:25 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty questions: the gross round
- Replies: 80
- Views: 48119
Re: Twenty questions: the gross round
Nice one, Jamie. I was looking for a similar list but my Google-Fu was not up to the task.Spartaculous wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:21 pmYes.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:17 pmDoes he appear on this list?
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/italian-physicians.php
FIVE GUESSES REMAINING.
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:50 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty questions: the gross round
- Replies: 80
- Views: 48119
Re: Twenty questions: the gross round
Did this person's views on or methods of practicing medicine put him at odds with the Church?
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty questions: the gross round
- Replies: 80
- Views: 48119
Re: Twenty questions: the gross round
Free guess: Andreas Vesalius
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:45 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
So we seek a male duck, goose, chicken or turkey (but probably a duck since it's a semi-common household pet) Postscript: The only one of those four that we haven't raised here at my house is goose. I've heard of guard geese. But really, indoors? No, outdoors. "At my house" means "in the coop/barn/...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:00 am
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty questions: the gross round
- Replies: 80
- Views: 48119
Re: Twenty questions: the gross round
Was this person born after Jan. 1, 1800?
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:00 am
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
I had never heard of Count Duckula before this round. But, Wikipedia has everything, including a "list of fictional ducks in animation" (!). Yeah, I googled "list of cartoon ducks" and he was on the list (most were Disney characters). I was considering giving the clue of "ketchup" at some point... ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:18 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:16 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
Guess: Count Duckula. In the halls of Transylvania In the vampire hall of fame, yeah There's not a vampire zanier than DUCKULA He won't bite beast or man 'Cause he's a vegetari-an And things never go to plan for... DUCKULA Yes, Count Duckula the vampire duck, first appearing as a villain in Danger ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:42 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
An excellent guess, but, no, not Woody Woodpecker. You had a free guess already, so this counts as question 19. One question left.JustAGuyNamedWill wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:31 pmGuess: Woody Woodpecker??? The options get slimmer by the hour
Woody does not have a mythical/non-mundane aspect to him...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:03 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:08 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
That would seem to me to run into the same oversized duck problem. Is Daffy oversized? Duck Dodgers is bigger than Marvin the Martian, certainly, but Marvin is exceptionally small. Some ducks are really quite large As I posted above , "Daffy Duck is as tall as Elmer Fudd". No real duck (forgive me ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
Free Guess: Darkwing Duck Disney character Not Darkwing. Let's get dangerous Here's something to ponder... Would Duck Dodgers be a character in his own right, or would he be covered by Daffy Duck? Surely Duck Dodgers is a character, played by the actor Daffy Duck, no? So they are separate in the sa...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
...except for the fact that 'ol Foghorn, I say, 'ol Foghorn was portrayed as being a bit bigger that a real rooster.
So it's not him.
Jamie already used his free guess, so that's Q17. Three left.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:50 am
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
Yes!
Yes!
I think that's 16 questions. Four left!
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:31 pm
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 143
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48026
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 143
I like this guess, but sadly, no.