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[mith]

Another popular one from the Grey Labyrinth, though I don't know where it originates.

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. Abraham Lincoln
2. Adam
3. Adjective
4. Ambassador
5. Anatomy
6. Ancient
7. Answer
8. Anti
9. Astronomy
10. Athlete

Deadline is one week from this post.

Players
SwitchedFromStarcraft
Galzria
Axxle
Tables
shraeye
cayvie
Dsell
Eevee
Watno
Kuildeous
Schneau
Grujah
Jorbles
jotheonah
eHalcyon
Voltgloss
theory

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

Entry sent by PM, though I used semi-colons between answers rather than commas.

[mith]

I'm not as particular about format on this one... >_>

[Galzria]

Sent.

[Axxle]

/confirm

[Tables]

/in

[shraeye]

ok cool, i play.

[cayvie]

in

[Dsell]

In, working on submissions now.

[Eevee]

I think I'll suck, but I want to try!

[Kuildeous]

It's like the Match Game!

I'm /in. Time to write up my submissions.

[eHalcyon]

What if I play with the intent to have NO matches with anyone, but with answers that still make sense for the categories?

[Axxle]

What if I play with the intent to have NO matches with anyone, but with answers that still make sense for the categories?

Then you lose! Woo!!! \o/

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

What if I play with the intent to have NO matches with anyone, but with answers that still make sense for the categories?

This is the approach I took the first and only time I played Dixit.

[Eevee]

What if I play with the intent to have NO matches with anyone, but with answers that still make sense for the categories?

Sounds like it could mess the game for others.

[cayvie]

What if I play with the intent to have NO matches with anyone, but with answers that still make sense for the categories?

Sounds like it could mess the game for others.

not really, most likely it'll be just like you didn't submit an entry at all. you'll get zero points and not affect anyone else's score.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

What if I play with the intent to have NO matches with anyone, but with answers that still make sense for the categories?

Sounds like it could mess the game for others.

not really, most likely it'll be just like you didn't submit an entry at all. you'll get zero points and not affect anyone else's score.

I don't know, this is a pretty eclectic group.  Even designed "misses" might match something, as long as the answers do conform to the category given.  Though I suppose it depends on the kingdom category and the number of entries.

[mith]

Good spread of scores so far, interested to see how they change with more players...

[Galzria]

I'm petty confident in some categories, but think I'm way off the mark in others.

[Schneau]

/in

[mith]

Three days left to enter...

[Grujah]

Sent.

[Jorbles]

I have submitted!

[mith]

One more day...

[eHalcyon]

OK, submitted.

[jotheonah]

So this evening is the deadline?

Want to give us any hints about how similar the answers have been, mith?

[mith]

Yeah, it may be late tonight or early tomorrow before I am able to get results up, so if someone gets a submission in before I'm ready that's fine. Easy enough to add someone to the spreadsheet.

No hints.

[Voltgloss]

[Dsell]

That sheep meme is basically my favorite thing ever.

[theory]

Isn't this basically Family Feud?

/in

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

That sheep meme is basically my favorite thing ever.

Voltgloss's quote that is now in Jotheonah's signature is basically my favorite thing ever.  I'm still laughing.

[Voltgloss]

That sheep meme is basically my favorite thing ever.

Voltgloss's quote that is now in Jotheonah's signature is basically my favorite thing ever.  I'm still laughing.

OK, now I have to go turn signatures on.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

That sheep meme is basically my favorite thing ever.

Voltgloss's quote that is now in Jotheonah's signature is basically my favorite thing ever.  I'm still laughing.

OK, now I have to go turn signatures on.

Meaning you have to flip a switch that lets you see them? Or you have to put one in your profile?

[Voltgloss]

Aaaand, I am honored, joth. 

[Voltgloss]

That sheep meme is basically my favorite thing ever.

Voltgloss's quote that is now in Jotheonah's signature is basically my favorite thing ever.  I'm still laughing.

OK, now I have to go turn signatures on.

Meaning you have to flip a switch that lets you see them, or you have to put one in your profile?

I meant the former, but now I'll just have to do the latter.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

Aaaand, I am honored, joth. 

I hope you take this the right way Volt:  Not only did it make me laugh (and then laugh again when Joth PM'ed me the applicable context), but it made me want more of your brain, and your prose.

Cue violins.

[jotheonah]

@Volt - it was just a hilarious bit of absurdity

[mith]

Ok, I'm closing submissions as I have all the results in my spreadsheet. Now I just need to make them pretty... which will have to wait for a while...

Teaser stat:

Combined scores for each category:
1. 502
2. 540
3. 346
4. 333
5. 334
6. 374
7. 409
8. 267
9. 370
10. 156

[Eevee]

Seems to be about in line with what I was expecting. Will you get the results for us today still?

[eHalcyon]

There were more matches for Adjective than for Athlete?

[eHalcyon]

These are NOT my submissions (but they could have been):

1. Abraham Lincoln - vampire hunter, car, top hat, United States, slavery
2. Adam - Takezo Kensei, regeneration, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cyborg, villain
3. Adjective - splendiferous, gossamer, phantasmagorical, antediluvian, amaranthine
4. Ambassador - nation, country, diplomat, immunity, commonwealth
5. Anatomy - arm, leg, heart, brain, tongue
6. Ancient - Egyptian, Sumerian, Mayan, dust, your mom
7. Answer - yes, no, likely, maybe, ask again later
8. Anti - Uncle, establishment, protest, gravity, thetical
9. Astronomy - astrology, Virgo, Aries, sparsile, twinkle
10. Athlete - foot, fungus, perspiration, endurance, sponsorship

[mith]

Ok, I haven't finished formatting the Answers sheet, but here are the results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al5tXBExrSovdEdiTjlmMlJRbExmeU9iNjlqTWdqU2c

Congrats, Dsell!

[cayvie]

woohoo, i won anatomy

[Kuildeous]

I suck at being a sheep.

[eHalcyon]

I did not hedge my bets with Adam and did decent.

I did horrible with Ancient.

I was second for Answer.

Tied for second on Astronomy.

Did pretty bad for Athlete, but most people did (and wow Galz failed that one).

Tough game.  I wonder how my non-answers would have fared.

[Galzria]

Since points are out, here are my personal responses. I failed big in some categories, and did pretty awful in the rest:

1. Abraham Lincoln: President, Assassinated, Gettysburg Address, Ford's Theater, Civil War

2. Adam: Eve, Levine, Sandler, West, Lambert

3. Adjective: Verb, Noun, Description, Grammer, Modifier

4. Ambassador: Huntsman, Estate Tennis, Diplomat, Emissary, Envoy

5. Anatomy: To Cut Up, Human Body, Doctor, Surgeon, Disect

6. Ancient: History, Artifact, Egypt, Civilizations, Chronos

7. Answer: 42, Question, Respond, Solution, Correct Reply

8. Anti: Against, Opposed, Not, Negative, Virus

9. Astronomy: Stars, Galaxy, Space, Universe, Study of Celestial Objects

10. Athlete: Competitor, Strength, Spirit, Perseverance, Determination

[Galzria]

Although I just realized that my phone auto-corrected Dominion to Huntsman (lolhow?) For Ambassador. Oh well.

[Axxle]

Although I just realized that my phone auto-corrected Dominion to Huntsman (lolhow?) For Ambassador. Oh well.

Shunnnnn!

[Galzria]

Although I just realized that my phone auto-corrected Dominion to Huntsman (lolhow?) For Ambassador. Oh well.

Shunnnnn!

It's probably too used to writing the name for work reports. I've accidentally sent in minor things with various f.DS names in them because you guys are all saved in my phones dictionary of recognized words. Occasionally I miss an auto-correct. (Which is, incidentally, why I rarely do work related articles from my phone). Luckily our editors usually email me back with "......".

[Kuildeous]

I'm the only one to say Adam-12?

Get off my lawn.

[cayvie]

here were mine

1. President, Slavery, Civil War, John Wilkes Booth, Penny
2. Eve, Ant, Apple, Sandler, Smith
3. Adverb, Part of Speech, Describe, Word, Language
4. Dominion, Seaside, Attack, Estate, Masquerade
5. Grey's, Skeleton, Human, Body, Medicine
6. Old, Tomb, History, B.C., Civilization
7. Key, Question, Correct, Test, Riddle
8. War, Christ, Slavery, Matter, Pasto
9. Star, Telescope, Constellation, Astrology, Moon
10. Olympic, Sports, Track and Field, Professional, Foot

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I'm the only one to say Adam-12?

Get off my lawn.

Am I the only one to say Adam Horton?

[Dsell]

I won, woo! Without winning any categories.

[Schneau]

Yay tied for 3rd!

For those of you who haven't seen, everyone's answers are on the second and third sheets, so you don't have to post your answers here.

[jotheonah]

I did, like, really badly. Let's play again!

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I did, like, really badly. Let's play again!

Hey man, you didn't come in LAST.
Though to be honest, my brain is wired so differently than most I would never expect to win.

My major disappointment was a really small thing.  For anatomy, I put four anatomical position words (inferior, superior, distal, proximal) and then misspelled the title of Gray's (the book).  Apparently, television (or Miranda Bailey) has commandeered my internal Dewey Decimal System.

[theory]

I think the results are a little off.  For example, I put in "Jordan" for Athlete, and others put in "Michael Jordan".  Or does that not count?

[jotheonah]

I did, like, really badly. Let's play again!

Hey man, you didn't come in LAST.
Though to be honest, my brain is wired so differently than most I would never expect to win.

My major disappointment was a really small thing.  For anatomy, I put four anatomical position words (inferior, superior, distal, proximal) and then misspelled the title of Gray's (the book).  Apparently, television (or Miranda Bailey) has commandeered my internal Dewey Decimal System.

I think I spelled it wrong too!

I was thinking how could you make the opposite version of this game, but I can't think of any way that it wouldn't be broken by people simply submitting completely unrelated words.

[theory]

I was thinking how could you make the opposite version of this game, but I can't think of any way that it wouldn't be broken by people simply submitting completely unrelated words.

With n players, you score n-x points for each submission, where x = number of ppl that share your submission, BUT if x = 0, you score 0 points.

[jotheonah]

like DiXit, sort of

[Kuildeous]

I think a Dixit-scoring variant would be interesting.

It challenges you to come up with something just obscure enough to be away from the center but not too obscure.

That could lead to some interesting groupthink. Sure, word X may seem too obvious, but EVERYONE is going to avoid that word, so maybe you should pick it anyway and hope that someone else does too.

[Schneau]

I think the results are a little off.  For example, I put in "Jordan" for Athlete, and others put in "Michael Jordan".  Or does that not count?

Also, is "sport" not "sports"?

[mith]

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.

That said, I'll count sport and sports as the same because of North America vs. elsewhere differences (since the intent could be more "alternate spelling" rather than singular vs. plural).

[jotheonah]

I can't believe I'm the only one whose mind went "Stargate" for Ancient.

[Voltgloss]

We're the only forum in existence that has "estate" and "tennis" as sheepy answers for Ambassador 

Who's my friend who also put "Disestablishmentarianism" in response to "Anti?"

[theory]

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.

That said, I'll count sport and sports as the same because of North America vs. elsewhere differences (since the intent could be more "alternate spelling" rather than singular vs. plural).

Oh blah.  I skimmed that section and thought your example meant that "Coach Jackson" and "Phil Jackson" would be equivalent.  My fault.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I can't believe I'm the only one whose mind went "Stargate" for Ancient.

I was grateful someone else put Age.  Who's the other bourbon drinker?

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

We're the only forum in existence that has "estate" and "tennis" as sheepy answers for Ambassador 

Who's my friend who also put "Disestablishmentarianism" in response to "Anti?"

That would be me.  I told you I wanted more of your brain.

Should we finally twinclaim?

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

These were mine:

1. Abraham Lincoln - President; Debate; Gettysburg Address; Emancipation Proclamation; John Wilkes Booth
2. Adam - Eve; Levine; Sandler; Horton; Garden of Eden
3. Adjective - Modifier; Adverb; Fast; Comparative; Slow
4. Ambassador - Madeline Albright; Henry Kissinger; J. Chistopher Stevens; Consul; Diplomat
5. Anatomy - Grey's; Superior; Inferior; Distal; Proximal
6. Ancient - Age; Mariner; Times; Lands; History
7. Answer - Daily Double; Right; Wrong; Man; Me This
8. Anti - War; Semitic; Clockwise; Aging; Dis-establishmentarianism
9. Astronomy - Hubble; Carl Sagan; Light years; Constellation; Stars
10. Athlete - Michael Vick; Peyton Manning; Lebron James; Tom Brady; Michael Jordan

[mith]

Top Scores/Max Available:
1. theory (43/43)
2. Schneau (41/42)
3. Tables (34/36)
4. Jorbles (30/32)
5. cayvie (29/32)
6. Axxle (39/39)
7. Axxle/Tables (33/36)
8. Axxle (28/29)
9. Schneau (31/35)
10. Jorbles (22/26)

[Schneau]

Top Scores/Max Available:
1. theory (43/43)
2. Schneau (41/42)
3. Tables (34/36)
4. Jorbles (30/32)
5. cayvie (29/32)
6. Axxle (39/39)
7. Axxle/Tables (33/36)
8. Axxle (28/29)
9. Schneau (31/35)
10. Jorbles (22/26)

Dsell didn't win a single category, but managed to get close enough each time to win!

[Voltgloss]

Lol, SFS.

My answers:

1. Abraham Lincoln - Beard, Civil War, Gettysburg, John Wilkes Booth, President
2. Adam - Eve, Apple, Garden, Serpent, Eden
3. Adjective - Adverb, Scummy, Town, Quick, Grammar
4. Ambassador - Copper, Estate, Curse, Seaside, Tennis
5. Anatomy - Gray's, Organs, Operation, Body, Doctor
6. Ancient - Tomb, Wonder, Egypt, Rome, Greece
7. Answer - Question, True, False, Claim, Flip
8. Anti - Disestablishmentarianism, Town, Pro, Dote, Against
9. Astronomy - Telescope, Star, Sun, Moon, Constellation
10. Athlete - Runner, Olympics, Swimmer, Cyclist, Gymnast

[eHalcyon]

1. Abraham Lincoln - President, penny, honest, beard, emancipation
2. Adam - Eve, man, apple, sin, Genesis
3. Adjective - descriptive, grammar, noun, happy, sad
4. Ambassador - Action, Attack, Dominion, Seaside, junker
5. Anatomy - body, biology, medicine, science, study
6. Ancient - old, archaic, outdated, primeval, bygone
7. Answer - question, 42, ask, query, doubt
8. Anti - against, opposite, opposed, negative, pro
9. Astronomy - space, planets, stars, universe, NASA
10. Athlete - sports, football, baseball, basketball, soccer

Somewhat surprised that slavery > emancipation.  Also can't believe I didn't drop in "Estate, Tennis" for Amb.

[jotheonah]

1. Abraham Lincoln - Hat, Beard, Emancipation, Vampire Slayer, Saved the Union
2. Adam - Eve, H, First, Madame, Eden
3. Adjective - Describe, before, mad lib, adverb, red
4. Ambassador - Supply, Double, Dominion, dignitary, diplomat
5. Anatomy - Grey's, physiology, inside, surgery, frog
6. Ancient - Stargate, old, artifact, archeology, rune
7. Answer - Right, wrong, bubble, number 2 pencil, question
8. Anti - matter, poker, uncle, dote, time
9. Astronomy - stars, space, dark matter, tower, Copernicus
10. Athlete - run, Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, strong, Olympics

[Grujah]

1. Abraham Lincoln
Teather
Top hat
John Wilkes Booth
Beard
President (if this is not acceptable answer due to "category" rule, I will put Steampunk instead )

2. Adam
Eve
Apple
Sandler
Eden
Snake

3. Adjective
Big
Strong
Pretty
Tall
Fast

4. Ambassador
Estate
Curse
Tennis
War
Diplomacy

5. Anatomy
Arm
Leg
Head
Body
Hand

6. Ancient
Rome
Egypt
Relic
Artifact
Greece

7. Answer
Question
Wise
Stupid
Right
Wrong

8. Anti
Social
Depressants
Air
Tank
Protest

9. Astronomy
Sky
Star
Planet
Telescope
Night

10. Athlete
Sport
Basketball
Runner
Gymnast
Body

[Schneau]

For those of you who haven't seen, everyone's answers are on the second and third sheets, so you don't have to post your answers here.

Why is everyone posting their lists? They're all right here.

[Axxle]

Adam: Mythbusters 0

for shame.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

Joth - for Adam, did your H mean the f.DS poster?

[jotheonah]

yes. I'm afraid I had Resistance V on the brain.

[jotheonah]

Also, a little surprised that no one else in this crowd said 'poker' for 'anti' (ante)

[eHalcyon]

Also, a little surprised that no one else in this crowd said 'poker' for 'anti' (ante)

Those are different words! You could also put down Uncle...

[jotheonah]

i did...

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

Also, a little surprised that no one else in this crowd said 'poker' for 'anti' (ante)

Those are different words! You could also put down Uncle...

or bellum

[Axxle]

Also, a little surprised that no one else in this crowd said 'poker' for 'anti' (ante)

Those are different words! You could also put down Uncle...

or bellum

or Samberg

[Jorbles]

Curse you dsell! I was so close! I am really proud of you guys for all putting 42 down for answer.

[Dsell]

Hehe! It WAS really close. I'm surprised that I won!

And duh, 42 was like the first thing I thought of when I saw the category.