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MtlAngelus
6 Sep 2008, 06:09
5 crates .
Shadowmoon
6 Sep 2008, 07:56
5 crates .
*Splinter*
6 Sep 2008, 10:12
Ive seen more than 5, so Ill say 12
Metal Alex
6 Sep 2008, 11:29
8! 8 I Say!
Akuryou13
6 Sep 2008, 13:47
random chump guess:
6!
Plainplane
6 Sep 2008, 14:23
I will guess eight.
I have definitely seen more than five crates in a game.
Akuryou13
6 Sep 2008, 14:26
I will guess eight.
I have definitely seen more than five crates in a game.that wasn't the question. the question was how many crates can be displayed at once. there's a very large distinction.
Metal Alex
6 Sep 2008, 21:23
that wasn't the question. the question was how many crates can be displayed at once. there's a very large distinction.
Eh, if that's how you put it, I once made a mission on wwp, where crates never stopped falling, in the same spot. Each crate gave you extra seconds, and... well, it was just ridiculously HUGE. Also, got trapped, and got hurt, and since the crates never stopped to fall, "retreat time" never came.
Fun thing is that I saw crates falling until I made the calculation of how much time seemed to remain, and it was 6 hours :p
The game didn't let me press Esc, so I was trapped. I unplugged the PC :p
OH, yeah, my point is: If that's the case, the answer's INFINITY (Or as much as your pc can handle)
Maybe a crate is identified by a single byte.
256?
Alien King
6 Sep 2008, 21:59
7 .
I have a feeling it is 7, but I can't change my answer :P (5 IIRC is for Worms 2)
SupSuper
7 Sep 2008, 02:16
The correct answer is 5. WA/WWP won't spawn (unscripted) any more crates if there's already 5 on the map.
Bonz gets 4 points, franpa gets 3, [UFP]Ghost gets 2, MtlAngelus gets 1.
New Question
How many worlds does Superfrog have?
Scoring: 1st=3, 2nd=3, 3rd=2, 4th=2
6 realms with 4 levels each.
6 realms with 4 levels each.
Akuryou13
7 Sep 2008, 03:40
ECHO! ECHO Echo echo
MtlAngelus
7 Sep 2008, 04:13
6 realms with 4 levels each.
[UFP]Ghost
7 Sep 2008, 04:57
4 realms with 6 levels each
Shadowmoon
7 Sep 2008, 08:21
4 realms with 6 levels each.
Metal Alex
7 Sep 2008, 08:41
4 realms with 6 levels each.
AND A BONUS LEVEL
:p
6 realms with 4 levels each.
=(
1. While it does have different levels, it's all on the one planet.
super_frea
7 Sep 2008, 12:04
1. While it does have different levels, it's all on the one planet.
I second this.
Paul.Power
7 Sep 2008, 12:49
Six worlds, with four levels each, and the bonus Project F level that occurs between worlds 5 and 6.
Six worlds, with four levels each, and the bonus Project F level that occurs between wor-
Oh what the hell's the point? All this silly answer echo'ing is just daft.
How about if the question has only one distinct answer, only 1 person gets the point?
Do you know what other sort of thing might be awesome? Something like that 1 second grenade question, except WE mark on the picture where we think the grenade will explode, and the closest 3 people get points.
As it stands now, the scoring on this quiz is pretty daft.
*Splinter*
7 Sep 2008, 19:19
Six worlds, with four levels each, and the bonus Project F level that occurs between wor-
Oh what the hell's the point? All this silly answer echo'ing is just daft.
How about if the question has only one distinct answer, only 1 person gets the point?
Do you know what other sort of thing might be awesome? Something like that 1 second grenade question, except WE mark on the picture where we think the grenade will explode, and the closest 3 people get points.
As it stands now, the scoring on this quiz is pretty daft.
Stop whinging this is the only chance Ive got :p
Six worlds, with four levels each, and the bonus Project F level that occurs between wor-
Oh what the hell's the point? All this silly answer echo'ing is just daft.
How about if the question has only one distinct answer, only 1 person gets the point?
Do you know what other sort of thing might be awesome? Something like that 1 second grenade question, except WE mark on the picture where we think the grenade will explode, and the closest 3 people get points.
As it stands now, the scoring on this quiz is pretty daft.
I have a better idea.
We all PM our answers to him. Everyone who gets it right gets a certain amount of points. He posts everyone's answers when the next question comes.
Shadowmoon you numbnut, Read the stupid rules in the first post again!
What in God's name would it bring if everyone edits their posts a gazillion times whenever they think the correct answer is coming from someone else? Wouldn't you think that this quiz is completely useless then?
[UFP]Ghost
7 Sep 2008, 19:40
I have a better idea.
We all PM our answers to him. Everyone who gets it right gets a certain amount of points. He posts everyone's answers when the next question comes.
I second something along those lines.
Shadowmoon
7 Sep 2008, 19:55
I have a better idea.
We all PM our answers to him. Everyone who gets it right gets a certain amount of points. He posts everyone's answers when the next question comes.
its going to be preeeetty hard to handle if everyone got the answer right......
Why? well because he'll have to update the scores much more, and he could get them wrong.
Oh, and bonz. I misread it. Okay? don't insult someone unless its necessary.
Thank you.
Oh, and i did this before, and you never said a word.
Also, even if not everyone gets the answer right, its still a lot of work.
its going to be preeeetty hard to handle if everyone got the answer right......
the winners are still determined by the first person to guess then the 2nd, then the 3rd. not how many get it right. (PM's still contain dates/times)
Shadowmoon
8 Sep 2008, 07:54
Oh. Muzer never said that.
Yes, thats a good idea. It adds Suspense into the Quiz too.
the winners are still determined by the first person to guess then the 2nd, then the 3rd. not how many get it right. (PM's still contain dates/times)
Why would that be the case? That's silly. PM's would be to avoid echoing. Posts also contain date and times, so if we want to go with first in first served, then there's no point in switching to PM answers.
Shadowmoon said that PM'ing was a bad idea because you dont know who to give points to when multiple people PM the correct answer thus making YOUR suggestion muzer, a bad one. I simply corrected him.
I never said that the winners are still determined by the first person to guess then the 2nd, then the 3rd. not how many get it right. (PM's still contain dates/times)is why we would PM the answer.
Metal Alex
8 Sep 2008, 08:59
PMing, though, removes echoing.
And let's be honest, it's what gives this game its charm. ;)
And let's be honest, it's what gives this game its charm. ;)
This can only come form someone who is 20 points behind the leader. ;)
*Splinter*
8 Sep 2008, 09:37
omg
Im fourth and I havent known (or bothered to look up) the answer to ANY questions :p This method is more fun for the lazy participators among us
PMing, though, removes echoing.
Both I and Shadowmoon never said it didn't, Shadowmoon said it was impossible to determine who gets points, I corrected him. too hard to understand? -_-
Both I and Shadowmoon never said it did, Shadowmoon said it was impossible to determine who gets points, I corrected him. too hard to understand? -_-
You said the prizes would still be determined by the order of response if PM system was used. I was merely pointing out this would be stupid. Also, it's a bit hard to understand what you mean when you use "did" when you should use "didn't" and stuff like that.
*Splinter*
8 Sep 2008, 12:14
I dont see your problem yaku? Whats stupid?
Metal Alex
8 Sep 2008, 12:27
Both I and Shadowmoon never said it did, Shadowmoon said it was impossible to determine who gets points, I corrected him. too hard to understand? -_-
Echoing is repeating the same answer as the person above, and HEY! people can't repeat that if they can't see it! Echoing is just repeating the last person's answer, and if you use only PMs, it's fixed. If it wasn't for that, why did anyone even suggest PMs in the first place?
This can only come form someone who is 20 points behind the leader. ;)
*shakes fist and stares in a very evil way*
I dont see your problem yaku? Whats stupid?
Perhaps one day when you grow up you'll realize that just because I am able to identify a problem doesn't mean I have a personal problem with it.
The problem will be counter productivity. If a PM system was adopted, it would become impossible to echo answer and therefore there is no reason to have a first in first served policy to rank, as it'd be much more logical to give the same amount of points to all of those who got the answer right.
After reading this, tell me, doesn't it make sense? Doesn't it strike to you as something you could have figured yourself alone if you put a bit more effort?
Metal Alex
8 Sep 2008, 12:32
Perhaps one day when you grow up you'll realize that just because I am able to identify a problem doesn't mean I have a personal problem with it.
The problem will be counter productivity. If a PM system was adopted, it would become impossible to echo answer and therefore there is no reason to have a first in first served policy to rank, as it'd be much more logical to give the same amount of points to all of those who got the answer right.
After reading this, tell me, doesn't it make sense? Doesn't it strike to you as something you could have figured yourself alone if you put a bit more effort?
Yes, you have a point, but relax! While reading that, I imagined Splinter roped to a chair, and you pointing at his head with a shotgun.
Echoing is repeating the same answer as the person above, and HEY! people can't repeat that if they can't see it! Echoing is just repeating the last person's answer, and if you use only PMs, it's fixed. If it wasn't for that, why did anyone even suggest PMs in the first place?
Ah crap! Yakuza pointed out my mistake in the latter part of his post (#290)
You said the prizes would still be determined by the order of response if PM system was used. I was merely pointing out this would be stupid.
*Splinter* already asked what I was going to ask you...The problem will be counter productivity. If a PM system was adopted, it would become impossible to echo answer and therefore there is no reason to have a first in first served policy to rank, as it'd be much more logical to give the same amount of points to all of those who got the answer right.Ah, ok then, I see where your coming from.
*Splinter*
8 Sep 2008, 14:55
Perhaps one day when you grow up you'll realize that just because I am able to identify a problem doesn't mean I have a personal problem with it.
When I said 'your problem' I didnt mean personal problem... just what you thought was wrong with the suggestion
The problem will be counter productivity. If a PM system was adopted, it would become impossible to echo answer and therefore there is no reason to have a first in first served policy to rank, as it'd be much more logical to give the same amount of points to all of those who got the answer right.
After reading this, tell me, doesn't it make sense? Doesn't it strike to you as something you could have figured yourself alone if you put a bit more effort?
That makes sense, I can only assume you were previously posting in another language that looks like english though, as that wasnt decypherable from your previous posts
When I said 'your problem' I didnt mean personal problem... just what you thought was wrong with the suggestion
Sadly, communication doesn't work in a way you can change the meaning of phrases and expect others to read your mind.
That makes sense, I can only assume you were previously posting in another language that looks like english though, as that wasnt decypherable from your previous posts
It was totally decyphrable. You're just not capable to read between the lines or understand the context. Next time something of this nature happens use the PM function and I will gladly guide you through a thread.
Basically, Franpa and Shadowmoon were arguing about something completely trivial and irrelevant, me (amongst others) stated why their argument was irrelevant, you jumped in, totally clueless, and it dragged on to this point.
Yes, you have a point, but relax! While reading that, I imagined Splinter roped to a chair, and you pointing at his head with a shotgun.
Yes, I do have a point. I wouldn't post if I didn't have one. And it's a simple enough point that the usual suspects who continuosly challenge everything I have to say just because they can would take 1 minute of their lifes to try and understand they'd probably save me the trouble of having to get annoyed at them and repeat myself over and over. I don't have infinite patience. I don't even have much patience, at all.
Metal Alex
8 Sep 2008, 15:17
statement
question
counter attack, and point re-exposed
explanation, subtle joke
counter-attack, and point re-re-exposed
And there goes all these years of therapy...
Edit: Also, if people don't seem to understand you, maybe it's not because the whole world hates you, or because they love to see you suffer from explaining a point, one time, or because, whatever. Maybe it's because you had the idea in your mind, but didn't write it perfectly as you thought it. It happened to me before, this kind of stuff happens :p
He just wanted the same point you said, but without being insulted. And to be fair, you seem to have 0 patience.
*Splinter*
8 Sep 2008, 15:28
And there goes all these years of therapy...
Edit: Also, if people don't seem to understand you, maybe it's not because the whole world hates you, or because they love to see you suffer from explaining a point, one time, or because, whatever. Maybe it's because you had the idea in your mind, but didn't write it perfectly as you thought it. It happened to me before, this kind of stuff happens :p
He just wanted the same point you said, but without being insulted. And to be fair, you seem to have 0 patience.
he has an ugly faces too...
:p
Yes, I do have a point. I wouldn't post if I didn't have one. And it's a simple enough point that the usual suspects who continuosly challenge everything I have to say just because they can would take 1 minute of their lifes to try and understand they'd probably save me the trouble of having to get annoyed at them and repeat myself over and over. I don't have infinite patience. I don't even have much patience, at all.
You offered A alternate more logical approach to scoring, my approach is just as valid as yours, but is less sensible.
And there goes all these years of therapy...
Edit: Also, if people don't seem to understand you, maybe it's not because the whole world hates you, or because they love to see you suffer from explaining a point, one time, or because, whatever. Maybe it's because you had the idea in your mind, but didn't write it perfectly as you thought it. It happened to me before, this kind of stuff happens :p
Look, I appreciate you trying to give me advice. But unless you have something to correct or some factual recommendation to give please refrain from giving me sociology lessons or whatever, that's extremly rich from you and I couldn't really care even if I tried.
He just wanted the same point you said, but without being insulted. And to be fair, you seem to have 0 patience.
What? Who exactly "wanted" the same point I said (if that makes any sense)?
You offered A alternate more logical approach to scoring, my approach is just as valid as yours, but is less sensible.
No, you were debating the procedure of the recently suggested PM system. But you were doing it wrong because you didn't fully understand the reasons behind the suggestion of said system. You were explaining a struggling Shadowmoon that the PM system was adequate because it still allowed date and time data to be able to award points to first, second and third answers. This is all I pointed out, that it was irrelevant information you were giving, and explained why. Obviously, this had to become a drama fest because third people felt like being my mom and others felt like just being themselves.
Squirminator2k
8 Sep 2008, 16:24
Wouldn't it be betetr if SupSuper asked the questions and accepted answers by PM or email, and you guys used this thread to discuss the Pop Quiz?
Just a thought...
My intention was for everyone who got it right to get the same amount of points (if the PM system is implemented). It doesn't work currently because of two reasons:
Echoing: As has been said, people just copy the first person who answers (who usually is bonz)...
Time Zones: People who are awake when you post the questions obviously have an advantage
Both of these could be removed by implenting a PM system and scoring everyone who got it correct the same amount of points. Also, post everyone's answers at the end so we can laugh at people, that's what makes it fun. Keep this thread for posting of questions, discussion, and humiliating people.
If anyone has a problem with that, don't clutter up this thread, PM me about it.
Pickleworm
8 Sep 2008, 22:36
God, be quiet. This is the current best thread on the forums and we doesn't need to get ****ed up. Sure, echoing is obnoxious, but it's funny when 20 people follow a wrong first guess.
Also, SupSuper is a really smart guy, he'll read over your suggestions and decide what's right for HIS thread, we don't need to argue points in the thread and screw up this nice game.
Don't reply to this post. Just keep playing the game.
Squirminator2k
8 Sep 2008, 22:45
Congratulations for getting bent out of shape over two posts.
SupSuper
9 Sep 2008, 04:04
Alright people, settle down. I know this forum is a drama magnet but geez.
I'll admit the rules weren't exactly the most well-planned, it only worked while the novelty lasted and not when people decided to become lazy sheep. :p But there was also a lot of sloppy moves on my part, so I need to start from scratch. I can't just patch up the rules and keep the quiz going as if nothing ever happened, that'd be completely unfair, we need a clean slate.
For one, I agree that the quiz needs to be more balanced and fair. Maybe a lottery system where there's one big score that's divided equally for every correct answer. This makes for fair scoring for easy and hard questions, and gives people an incentive to try and lower the opposition's score. And I'll probably start taking answers by e-mail. (PM is nice but incredibly limited and bothersome to sort through)
The questions also need to be more fun yet challenging, instead of conveniently obscure. People liked the screenshot thing so I'll probably do it more, and other silly creative things I can come up with. And I'll probably stick to Worms this time since it's something everyone here has played, and it keeps me from having to dig into obscure facts not even I am sure about.
I'm not sure letting everyone write in their answer is a good thing, if anything, it makes it harder to judge what's correct and makes the whole thing more ambigious, so I might use a lot more multiple-choice where appropriate.
But, in the end of all of this, I'm not sure I can run a new quiz. I am a busy man as I'm sure you've all noticed by the way I make a mockery out of schedules, and this won't improve with me going back to uni next week. So for now this will stay in a planning phase to leave you people to chill and maybe I can come up with a way to make this work. We'll see.
So, closing down this quiz: The correct answer was 6 (+1 bonus level but that's not a world). Bonz gets 3 points, franpa gets 3 points, MtlAngelus gets 2 points, Muzer gets 2 points.
Bonz wins a "I Didn't Echo And All I Got Was This Lousy Award" award for finishing in first place, Muzer wins a "Most Outrageous Recovery" award for finishing in second place, and SomePerson wins a "I Made It This Far Without Even Being Here" award for finishing in third place. You can put them in your sigs or whatever. :p
MtlAngelus
9 Sep 2008, 04:14
I want an award too. I owned everyone with my first correct answer. :mad:
No, you were debating the procedure of the recently suggested PM system. But you were doing it wrong because you didn't fully understand the reasons behind the suggestion of said system. You were explaining a struggling Shadowmoon that the PM system was adequate because it still allowed date and time data to be able to award points to first, second and third answers. This is all I pointed out, that it was irrelevant information you were giving, and explained why. Obviously, this had to become a drama fest because third people felt like being my mom and others felt like just being themselves.
Ah kkk, Thank you for taking the time in explaining it all.
SomePerson
9 Sep 2008, 20:54
SomePerson wins a "I Made It This Far Without Even Being Here" award for finishing in third place.
W00t!
Honestly, the plus/minus pedantry was meant more as a joke than anything else. I'm most amused that it got me to 3rd.:cool:
Alright people, settle down. I know this forum is a drama magnet but geez.
I'll admit the rules weren't exactly the most well-planned, it only worked while the novelty lasted and not when people decided to become lazy sheep. http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/tongue.gif But there was also a lot of sloppy moves on my part, so I need to start from scratch. I can't just patch up the rules and keep the quiz going as if nothing ever happened, that'd be completely unfair, we need a clean slate.
For one, I agree that the quiz needs to be more balanced and fair. Maybe a lottery system where there's one big score that's divided equally for every correct answer. This makes for fair scoring for easy and hard questions, and gives people an incentive to try and lower the opposition's score. And I'll probably start taking answers by e-mail. (PM is nice but incredibly limited and bothersome to sort through)
The questions also need to be more fun yet challenging, instead of conveniently obscure. People liked the screenshot thing so I'll probably do it more, and other silly creative things I can come up with. And I'll probably stick to Worms this time since it's something everyone here has played, and it keeps me from having to dig into obscure facts not even I am sure about.
I'm not sure letting everyone write in their answer is a good thing, if anything, it makes it harder to judge what's correct and makes the whole thing more ambigious, so I might use a lot more multiple-choice where appropriate.
But, in the end of all of this, I'm not sure I can run a new quiz. I am a busy man as I'm sure you've all noticed by the way I make a mockery out of schedules, and this won't improve with me going back to uni next week. So for now this will stay in a planning phase to leave you people to chill and maybe I can come up with a way to make this work. We'll see.
So, closing down this quiz: The correct answer was 6 (+1 bonus level but that's not a world). Bonz gets 3 points, franpa gets 3 points, MtlAngelus gets 2 points, Muzer gets 2 points.
Bonz wins a "I Didn't Echo And All I Got Was This Lousy Award" award for finishing in first place, Muzer wins a "Most Outrageous Recovery" award for finishing in second place, and SomePerson wins a "I Made It This Far Without Even Being Here" award for finishing in third place. You can put them in your sigs or whatever.
I heartily endorse this event or product.
GrimOswald
11 Sep 2008, 09:54
I heartily endorse this event or product.
Wait. So not only did you quote the entire post, but you added more spaces so that it was even longer. Smooth.
I like the idea of questions more like the grenade landing one. Someone could make a solely Worms screenshot quiz, I bet it would be hella awesome.
you added more spaces so that it was even longer. Smooth.
Heh, that's a bug with my quoting script, I need to fix that.
Ah, no wonder why some quotes i've been seeing lately have extra long gaps in them...
Ah, no wonder why some quotes i've been seeing lately have extra long gaps in them...
Exactly. I'll have to scour through the source code and see if it was a change in the forum which has caused it, or a change in my script...
FYI, it was GrimOswald that pointed out the issue and not me, so you may wanna fix the credit givin to me for "finding" the issue when it was not me who first reported it.
FYI, it was GrimOswald that pointed out the issue and not me, so you may wanna fix the credit givin to me for "finding" the issue when it was not me who first reported it.
Meh, I think it was actually me that noticed it first, but I couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.
The correct answer was 6. Akuryou gets 4 points.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6237/team171sl7.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6410/team172tq6.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/870/team173ak5.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3524/team174nf9.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6766/team175fp5.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9738/team176hw1.jpg
What about this logo?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/WormsLogo.gif/180px-WormsLogo.gif
Saw it in a Wikipedia article.
and where in that picture, does it say Team17?
Squirminator2k
13 Sep 2008, 15:09
Indeed - it's Team 17 company logos only, Yauhui, not game logos.
OH okay misread question I mean post
sorry guys xP
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