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Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:24 pm
by Szpoti
damo666 wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:22 am
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:20 am
Kakarroto wrote:
Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:37 pm


[...] the discussion is kinda distracting from the game, I think? I mean it's good to talk about it but we shouldn't forget the game.
With this, I fully agree. We don't want to hijack this particular game to try to narrow our divide. I'd propose that from now on the first question asked be related to the character's status, real or fictional.
What? Like "real, dead, male"? What a waste.
'Real?' is wasteful?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:04 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:24 pm
damo666 wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:22 am
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:20 am


With this, I fully agree. We don't want to hijack this particular game to try to narrow our divide. I'd propose that from now on the first question asked be related to the character's status, real or fictional.
What? Like "real, dead, male"? What a waste.
'Real?' is wasteful?
Damo is salty because I criticised his preferred "real dead hetrosexual human male with blue eyes?" opening question.

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:09 pm
by JECE
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:29 am
Native speaker of English?
No

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:26 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Ahem:
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:38 am
Did he die of natural causes?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:53 pm
by JECE
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:38 am
Did he die of natural causes?
Yes, although secondary sources often disagree

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:11 pm
by Jamiet99uk
1. Dead
2. Male man
3. European
4. Couldn't have had a driving license
5. Oft' been portrayed with a sword
6. A Roman Catholic
7. Not an entertainer
8. Real actual person
9. Born after 1st January 1500
10. Not a native English speaker
11. Died of natural causes (although apparently not all sources agree on this)

NOT Richard the Lionheart

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:29 pm
by Szpoti
@JECE: does 'sword' include sabre?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:50 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:29 pm
@JECE: does 'sword' include sabre?
That's a remarkably specific clarification. Do you have a person in mind already?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:15 pm
by JECE
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:29 pm
@JECE: does 'sword' include sabre?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sabre

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:36 pm
by Jamiet99uk
1. Dead
2. Male man
3. European
4. Couldn't have had a driving license
5. Oft' been portrayed with a sword (which may or may not have been a sabre)
6. A Roman Catholic
7. Not an entertainer
8. Real actual person
9. Born after 1st January 1500
10. Not a native English speaker
11. Died of natural causes (although apparently not all sources agree on this)

NOT Richard the Lionheart

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:42 pm
by damo666
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:04 pm
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:24 pm
damo666 wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:22 am


What? Like "real, dead, male"? What a waste.
'Real?' is wasteful?
Damo is salty because I criticised his preferred "real dead hetrosexual human male with blue eyes?" opening question.
??

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:49 pm
by Jamiet99uk
damo666 wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:42 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:04 pm
Szpoti wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:24 pm


'Real?' is wasteful?
Damo is salty because I criticised his preferred "real dead hooprosexual heeman male with blue eyes?" opening question.
??
Now Damo is salty because I mis-speeled "heterosexual".

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:54 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Was he some kind of military commander or officer?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:02 pm
by damo666
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:49 pm
damo666 wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:42 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:04 pm


Damo is salty because I criticised his preferred "real dead hooprosexual heeman male with blue eyes?" opening question.
??
Now Damo is salty because I mis-speeled "heterosexual".
:-D

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 6:11 pm
by JECE
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:54 pm
Was he some kind of military commander or officer?
Yes

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:53 pm
by Hamish
Born before 1-1-1700?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:39 am
by JECE
Hamish wrote:
Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:53 pm
Born before 1-1-1700?
Yes

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:13 pm
by damo666
Born after 31.12.1599?

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:01 pm
by JECE
damo666 wrote:
Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:13 pm
Born after 31.12.1599?
Yes

Re: XX Questions, Game LXXI

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 1:10 am
by Jamiet99uk
1. Dead
2. Male man
3. European
4. Couldn't have had a driving license
5. Oft' been portrayed with a sword (which may or may not have been a sabre)
6. A Roman Catholic
7. Not an entertainer
8. Real actual person
9. Born after 1st January 1500
10. Not a native English speaker
11. Died of natural causes (although apparently not all sources agree on this)
12. A military commander or officer
13. Born before 1st January 1700
14. Born after 31st December 1599