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[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