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gently caress yes, I'm not on vacation for this this year! I type 120 WPM, so I will volunteer transcription services as well as attempting to think good!
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rawillkill posted:It has been announced. Looney Toons Excellent, I'm unemployed and need something to do!
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Looking through this thread and seeing names/avvies from last year that I never see anywhere else in the forums, who all have the SAME ENTHUSIASM for the contest that I do, brings the biggest smile to my face. gently caress, I love trivia. Do you suck at trivia? Join anyway! If nothing else, we've turned our contest into the best internet party around. The music, the questions, the rush, the panic, the mushmouths, it's just so perfect. There is Nothing Else Like It. In two years, I've directly contributed the answer for 1 question and a whopping 10 points, but god drat if I didn't feel like a boss when I did it. Even if I never answer another question again, I'm on board forever. Now, who wants to ship me some Portessi? OH, and if people are interested, I'll probably run some group-watches in the coming weeks. Shoot me a PM here or hit me up on IRC and we'll figure out some dates/times. So great to see all of you again!
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rawillkill posted:It has been announced. Looney Toons Is this for sure? I didn't notice anything on their website or Facebook pages that says Looney Tunes, other than the image of the guy in the Mayan headdress. Did they announce it on the air or something? I ask because last year everyone was totally positive that the theme was True Grit based on all the hints on the website, and it turned out to be 3 Godfathers instead.
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Ari posted:Is this for sure? I didn't notice anything on their website or Facebook pages that says Looney Tunes, other than the image of the guy in the Mayan headdress. Did they announce it on the air or something? You're confusing the theme with the mystery movie. Last year's theme was Trivia Grit, this year's theme is "That's Trivia, Folks." They do a radiothon/auction in December in which they announce the theme. edit: The mystery movie is shown locally in Pointe, and is either announced that day or a couple days before (jackrabbitstorm, help a brother out). Air Julio fucked around with this message at Feb 11, 2013 around 22:51 |
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Air Julio posted:You're confusing the theme with the mystery movie. Ah yes, that I am - thanks for making that clear.
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Air Julio posted:edit: The mystery movie is shown locally in Pointe, and is either announced that day or a couple days before (jackrabbitstorm, help a brother out). Apr 14 03:13:17 <JackRabbitStorm> Sorry for the late update. 1948, John Wayne in 3 Godfathers That would be the Saturday before the contest it appears.
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rawillkill posted:Apr 14 03:13:17 <JackRabbitStorm> Sorry for the late update. 1948, John Wayne in 3 Godfathers They do Friday and Saturday showings, and they don't tell you ahead of time what it is you show up, and you watch what it is.
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What's the deal with registering on IRC? I'm in the channel right now and am maybe the only one: what should I do to verify my identity?
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Air Julio posted:You're confusing the theme with the mystery movie. Just finished watching Deep Space 9 through again. Guess I'll find a repository of Looney Tunes and start keeping it on the side from now on with a notebook open. I'd imagine a lot of musical questions, maybe the specific weight of an Acme anvil in certain episodes-- lot of possibilities. 
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zerox147o posted:Just finished watching Deep Space 9 through again. Guess I'll find a repository of Looney Tunes and start keeping it on the side from now on with a notebook open. I'd imagine a lot of musical questions, maybe the specific weight of an Acme anvil in certain episodes-- lot of possibilities. this is exactly the type of work we need to do if we want to conquer the hour based on the theme. Jack Gladney posted:What's the deal with registering on IRC? I'm in the channel right now and am maybe the only one: what should I do to verify my identity? Don't worry about it right now. When we get closer to the actual contest we'll have something figured out. I imagine we'll want people to edit their profile with a certain codeword as proof and link it.
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Calling it, the movie will be Space Jam.
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First off, I'm really excited for this and can't wait to put my research skills to work. Second, if the movie ends up being Space Jam I can answer any question about it, I've seen that movie probably 200 times. It was the only thing I watched for about half a year after I got it on vhs in the 90s.
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Totally TWISTED posted:Calling it, the movie will be Space Jam. I miss space jam
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Relive your nostalgia with the original movie website! http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm
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Is the trivia based on movies/tv shows/music that kind of stuff? I'm a pretty big sports/science guy but I know gently caress all about pop culture.
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supercow posted:Is the trivia based on movies/tv shows/music that kind of stuff? I'm a pretty big sports/science guy but I know gently caress all about pop culture. It is mostly pop culture but there are definitely sports questions. Science, math, and history questions? Not so much. Someone with current access to the wiki could maybe give you category percentages (no idea if this has even been done but).
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I have all 6 volumes of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection box sets, and I'm a trivia fiend (at least for pop culture & history), but I've never used IRC. Should I just bite the bullet and figure out how to use the drat thing, or is there a non-IRC alternative?
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Unfortunately, I don't see 2012 categorized with type-related breakdowns as a percentage I could easily relay. It's only semi-completed on the wiki. I don't know if it's kosher or not but I'll post a round from 2012 until someone yells at me so don't quote this. This was hour 10 and we only got 50% of them right. If you want to know what it's like during the contest, try to find an answer in 8 minutes or less. Ideally before the first song is complete so other people can verify and debate the answer. It goes by very quick sometimes. (questions removed) Dopefish Lives! posted:I have all 6 volumes of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection box sets, and I'm a trivia fiend (at least for pop culture & history), but I've never used IRC. Should I just bite the bullet and figure out how to use the drat thing, or is there a non-IRC alternative? IRC is very easy to use. Let us know if you need any help. edit: removed questions. IceLicker fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 20:36 |
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^ I prefer you don't post that personally, not sure about how other people feel on that. People can come to IRC and me or the other folk who idle in there are more than happy to show them the spreadsheets.Jack Gladney posted:What's the deal with registering on IRC? I'm in the channel right now and am maybe the only one: what should I do to verify my identity? If you're the only one in the channel you're not in the right place. Look for me, Athanatos, etc. people from this thread. rawillkill fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 06:43 |
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Had a quick look at the questions that may or may not have been posted and I knew one off the top of my head and two were quite easy to google. Not as impossible as I thought.
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Dopefish Lives! posted:I have all 6 volumes of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection box sets, and I'm a trivia fiend (at least for pop culture & history), but I've never used IRC. Should I just bite the bullet and figure out how to use the drat thing, or is there a non-IRC alternative? People in this thread would be more than happy to help you out. You can send me a PM if you need help or just post in here and someone will get you set up.
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Unfortunately, IRC is the main hub for our team. It's easy enough to learn though. One of the main reasons we start the thread so early is so we can make sure everyone is fully equipped to contribute once the time comes. There really is no alternative though. The thread slows way down once the contest starts. Things move so quickly the thread format simply doesn't work.
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Feld if you want to add these links to the OP and tell people to try and get IRC set up along the way that might help diffuse the crazy situation of people trying to figure it out the day of trivia. IRC Clients: Windows http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC http://www.silverex.org/news/ xchat2 - an older version of xchat, but it's free http://download.cnet.com/HydraIRC/3...50_4-52677.html Hydra IRC - supposed to be really easy to use, and it's free Windows + Linux http://xchat.org/ Mac http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy The server we are on is: irc.synirc.net For now, we hang out in channel: #tp Everyone should register their username on the server: type "/ns register password email" inputting your pw and email. You should get an email shortly after requiring you to verify. Really easy. Try to make your username the same on IRC as it is on SA so it's easier to verify that you are from the forums. edit: readability
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I've never actually heard of this contest before I saw this thread, but I'll try to attend and hopefully I can help with some questions. And mIRC isn't hard to learn, if I could use it to search after PCWs when I was a kid, I'm sure everyone here can learn it. But I did read a few pages ago that they tried to make the questions google-proof, are many of the questions that?
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Hebbe posted:But I did read a few pages ago that they tried to make the questions google-proof, are many of the questions that? Not so much Google proof as they are ONE Google search result proof. You might have to combine three or four searches to get what you're looking for.
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DancinJack posted:Not so much Google proof as they are ONE Google search result proof. You might have to combine three or four searches to get what you're looking for. A lot of the time we have more problems figuring out what the question is FROM rather than finding the answer. It's pretty tricky.
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rawillkill posted:A lot of the time we have more problems figuring out what the question is FROM rather than finding the answer. It's pretty tricky. That's true. It's more the VERIFY/CONFIRM part we freak out about.
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Hebbe posted:But I did read a few pages ago that they tried to make the questions google-proof, are many of the questions that? They try to make the clue as vague as possible, such as "In this 1990s sitcom..." instead of "In the show Full House..." for example.
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Big screen character, Wendy, knocks Jack down a flight of stairs using a baseball bat. Who's signature is on that bat?
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I may try to help a bit on this. I knew the answer to #3 off the top of my head, as I owned that particular set as a kid and played with it a lot. I might not be completely useless.
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Air Julio posted:Big screen character, Wendy, knocks Jack down a flight of stairs using a baseball bat. Who's signature is on that bat? Carl Yasztremski 
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In again this year as herpity. For those unfamiliar, this trailer for Triviatown should give you some idea of what this is about : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKrzJlxVYg4 It's a lot of fun, guaranteed. If it interests you, stop what you're doing right now, pick up your cell phone, go to the calendar app, and set a reminder for this so you don't forget about it.
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DancinJack posted:Feld if you want to add these links to the OP and tell people to try and get IRC set up along the way that might help diffuse the crazy situation of people trying to figure it out the day of trivia. Thanks for the info! I got the client working and I'm pretty sure I'm in the right room since it looks like Lowtax is a moderator/admin in it. Do I type the /ns message right in the chat, or do I write it somewhere else? (Sorry for the newbie questions.) Edit: Members of the chat helped me figure it out. Hooray for teamwork! Dopefish Lives! fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 16:30 |
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Arkane posted:In again this year as herpity. MVP of 2012 hands down right here. Good to have you back as always.
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I'm not going to be able to house any goons for this, but I am up for a few meet ups as the contest gets closer. Last year we did a quick meet up for some beers the monday prior to the contest which is when we register/get the book. Probably do the same this year if thats okay with Feld.
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Will be asking for time off for this one. Last year was so much fun and this year I might actually be somewhat helpful! Hope my body can take it...
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Why is it verboten to post questions from last years quiz? Some guy upthread posted some and they were spoilered then he removed them for some reason. I don't get why posting them was a bad thing...
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Fatkraken posted:Why is it verboten to post questions from last years quiz? Some guy upthread posted some and they were spoilered then he removed them for some reason. I don't get why posting them was a bad thing... It's on the first page, dude. quote:You're drat right we have an archive of questions. Ask in the irc channel. Oz is a sperg and claims copyright or some poo poo on his questions so posting them publicly can get you shamed or even DQ'd.
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Akbar posted:It's on the first page, dude. Doi, sorry, I've been following the thread but I didn't put two and two together. I guess the boss is the boss even though copyright does not work that way.
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