Topic: Sheep Game B (a Single Submission Game - Results!) (Read 4642 times)

mith · « **on:** December 13, 2012, 04:33:32 pm »

In Sheep, each player submits 5 answers for each of 10 categories. The goal is to give what you think will be popular answers amongst the other players. Your score for each answer is the number of players (counting yourself) who submit that answer, unless you submit a "Black Sheep" (no one else submitted it) in which case you get nothing. The answers can range from examples of the category ("Eagle" or "Larry" for Bird), to components of the category ("Beak"), to various forms of word association ("Lady" or "Burred"). Answers should not, however, include the category or a part of the category; for example, if the category is Cards, don't submit "Playing Cards", but "Playing" is fine.

Outside research is fine, but no collusion.

I will be lenient with alternate spellings/misspellings, capitalization, and abbreviation. Any other differences will be considered as two different answers. You can hedge if you aren't sure which version others will go for (i.e. for Zen Master you could submit both "Coach Jackson" and "Phil Jackson", and these will be treated as two separate and distinct answers, despite being the same person), though it's not usually wise.

Please submit your answers as follows:

"1. [Category] - [Answer], [Answer], [Answer], [Answer], [Answer]
2. etc."

Categories

1. Ballet
2. Below
3. Bigger than a Breadbox
4. Bonus
5. Botany
6. Brian/Bryan
7. Bridge
8. British
9. Britney Spears
10. Buddhism

Deadline is one week from this post.

Players
Kuildeous
shraeye
Grujah
yuma
jotheonah
cayvie
Galzria

mith · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2012, 04:34:08 pm »

It may be wise to wait until the results for game A are posted to see what sort of answers are popular, but I figured you could go ahead and start thinking about this week's categories.

Galzria · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2012, 04:35:09 pm »

PPE: Ninja

I'm gonna wait until A publishes to see if I'm any good at this before entering this one.

Eevee · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2012, 06:29:39 pm »

Probably out, these words look hard. D:

eHalcyon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2012, 06:46:09 pm »

Oh hey, sheep game B has all B words and sheep game A had all A words. I did not notice that before!

cayvie · « **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2012, 11:45:52 pm »

Quote from: eHalcyon on December 13, 2012, 06:46:09 pm

Oh hey, sheep game B has all B words and sheep game A had all A words. I did not notice that before!

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really?

eHalcyon · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2012, 12:18:02 am »

Quote from: cayvie on December 13, 2012, 11:45:52 pm

Quote from: eHalcyon on December 13, 2012, 06:46:09 pm
Oh hey, sheep game B has all B words and sheep game A had all A words. I did not notice that before!

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really?

Yeah really.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #7 on:** December 14, 2012, 12:42:23 am »

Well, it's unlikely I'll do even worse than I did the last time.

And some of these categories look really hard to get a lot of points on. I may even do better. Will think up some things.

mith · « **Reply #8 on:** December 14, 2012, 12:47:07 am »

Quote from: Kuildeous on December 14, 2012, 12:42:23 am

And some of these categories look really hard to get a lot of points on.

Just wait 'til I get to the Zs...

Voltgloss · « **Reply #9 on:** December 14, 2012, 01:39:46 pm »

I can't decide whether (3) or (9) will have the most amusing answer set.

mith · « **Reply #10 on:** December 14, 2012, 02:39:58 pm »

Note: I am going to disallow "ballerina" as a possible answer for "Ballet", under the don't include the category/part of the category clause.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #11 on:** December 14, 2012, 03:49:26 pm »

Hooray for contingency plans!

Voltgloss · « **Reply #12 on:** December 14, 2012, 05:43:54 pm »

Is the plural form of a word considered a different answer from its singular form?

mith · « **Reply #13 on:** December 14, 2012, 05:54:11 pm »

Grujah · « **Reply #14 on:** December 14, 2012, 06:04:49 pm »

inning

yuma · « **Reply #15 on:** December 14, 2012, 10:29:51 pm »

Tables · « **Reply #16 on:** December 14, 2012, 11:15:49 pm »

Will probably in, Mith PM me now to remind me when I get up tomorrow

jotheonah · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2012, 11:52:03 pm »

in - can't really get any worse.

Schneau · « **Reply #18 on:** December 15, 2012, 09:38:44 am »

/in I'll send later.

cayvie · « **Reply #19 on:** December 15, 2012, 10:04:02 am »

Quote from: Voltgloss on December 14, 2012, 05:43:54 pm

Is the plural form of a word considered a different answer from its singular form?

yeah i missed 7 points by submitting Olympic instead of Olympics last game

cayvie · « **Reply #20 on:** December 15, 2012, 10:04:44 am »

okay that's not really pluralization but still

mith · « **Reply #21 on:** December 17, 2012, 03:41:49 pm »

Only five in so far...

shraeye · « **Reply #22 on:** December 17, 2012, 11:38:14 pm »

i'm in, yeah?

mith · « **Reply #23 on:** December 20, 2012, 12:19:28 am »

One more day... Going to be a low scoring game at this rate!

cayvie · « **Reply #24 on:** December 20, 2012, 12:21:03 am »

i'm in

Galzria · « **Reply #25 on:** December 20, 2012, 12:37:34 am »

Quote from: mith on December 20, 2012, 12:19:28 am

One more day... Going to be a low scoring game at this rate!

Man, this is a lot of effort on my mobile, but I keep meaning to send in. I'll try to shoot a PM out tonight.

mith · « **Reply #26 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:50:50 pm »

Not going to have a chance to post results until tomorrow, so I'll leave this open until then.

mith · « **Reply #27 on:** December 27, 2012, 03:30:48 pm »

Forgot all about this. Will try to get the results up today.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #28 on:** December 27, 2012, 03:58:03 pm »

I'm actually eager to see the results.

Especially since there were some words that I can't imagine scored me any points, but I'm anxious to see.

jotheonah · « **Reply #29 on:** December 28, 2012, 09:05:44 pm »

mith · « **Reply #30 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:40:44 pm »

Sorry, computer troubles, grr.

Results! (No fancy answer sheet, yet.)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al5tXBExrSovdFR6VlVRREJmWDZ4bUViNkFCdW4zbnc

mith · « **Reply #31 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:45:08 pm »

I'll continue with game C once we're a week or two into 2013... (And then we'll see whether participation suffered here because of the time of year, lack of interest, of perceived difficulty...)

yuma · « **Reply #32 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:45:19 pm »

I'm happy with second place... not as happy with the low number of participants.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #33 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:47:08 pm »

Difficulty does seem higher with this batch of words.

Though, yay for lots of Monty Python fans.

Galzria · « **Reply #34 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:52:11 pm »

I'm Bad at this.

jotheonah · « **Reply #35 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:21:33 pm »

cayvie, thank you for also responding to "Botany" with "Bay"

cayvie · « **Reply #36 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:27:27 pm »

Quote from: jotheonah on December 31, 2012, 05:21:33 pm

cayvie, thank you for also responding to "Botany" with "Bay"

how do you see the individual lists?

jotheonah · « **Reply #37 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:30:01 pm »

there's another sheet

cayvie · « **Reply #38 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:33:12 pm »

oh come on

"What's My Line"

and

"What's My Line?"

are being counted as different?

Galzria · « **Reply #39 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:36:44 pm »

Quote from: cayvie on December 31, 2012, 05:33:12 pm

oh come on

"What's My Line"

and

"What's My Line?"

are being counted as different?

So are "Plant" and "Plants" for Botany. I mean, I get that "Plant Science" and "Science" are different, but... Ouch!

cayvie · « **Reply #40 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:39:06 pm »

"Buy" and "+Buy" for Bridge, hilarious

cayvie · « **Reply #41 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:39:59 pm »

also nobody agreed on what to call Siddhartha Gautama

cayvie · « **Reply #42 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:42:00 pm »

ok griping aside, there does seem to be legitimate inconsistency in the rulings

Eightfold Path/8-Fold Path are treated as the same

but Twenty Questions and 20 Questions aren't

mith · « **Reply #43 on:** December 31, 2012, 06:24:11 pm »

Just missed that one. Fixing.

As for What's My Line, "I will be lenient with alternate spellings/misspellings, capitalization, and abbreviation. Any other differences will be considered as two different answers."

shraeye · « **Reply #44 on:** December 31, 2012, 09:23:33 pm »

I won! crazy!

Grujah · « **Reply #45 on:** January 02, 2013, 04:39:52 pm »

I had no idea what "Bigger than a Breadbox" was, so I just named stuff that are bigger, like, Moon, Sun, Earth and Elephant. I see nobody else has done it.

I suck utterly.

Eevee · « **Reply #46 on:** January 02, 2013, 06:35:40 pm »

Quote from: Grujah on January 02, 2013, 04:39:52 pm

I had no idea what "Bigger than a Breadbox" was, so I just named stuff that are bigger, like, Moon, Sun, Earth and Elephant. I see nobody else has done it.

I suck utterly.

That word was actually the reason I didnt join this game. I'll play again in the next one despite my ultimate suckitude if I only know the meaning of all the words.

mith · « **Reply #47 on:** January 02, 2013, 07:06:09 pm »

Aside from the What's My Line? reference, it's common in Twenty Questions.

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