Family Feud 2014

[ccexplore]

Good game, thanks for hosting!

Interesting how so many people picked water for #1.  Personally I remembered a somewhat similar question from one of the Feud 2013 rounds (see question 4 there) and actually looked up its answer, but back then the answers were much more spread out than here.

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They are herbivorous, feeding mostly on leaves and shoots, grasses, and sedges in particular, but also on roots and bulbs.

Out of curiosity, what source did you guys used to come up with the winning "grass" answer?   Even Google pointed right back to Wikipedia as the top hit.

Finally, for question 8 for lack of strong feelings, I ended up banking on consistency with question 1 answer, though I'm aware such consistency had rarely been reliable even in past rounds.  I can see the logic (sort of) with the winning answer but am still a little surprised at how nearly unanimous it was.

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[edit:  P.S.  Simon's baby lemming is probably the cutest of them all for me.  Tim's would probably be cuter but I can't quite get past the blurriness of that photo compare to the one from Simon.

edit2:  I know no one thought that deeply on a feud question, but I have to ask:  if underwater is a tileset, what would the water/liquid object look like there?  Would there even be one, and if so wouldn't it be automatically weird? ]

[mobius]

Good game, thanks for hosting!

Interesting how so many people picked water for #1.  Personally I remembered a somewhat similar question from one of the Feud 2013 rounds (see question 4 there) and actually looked up its answer, but back then the answers were much more spread out than here.

Question 5 I blame Wikipedia: " title="Angry" class="smiley" />

They are herbivorous, feeding mostly on leaves and shoots, grasses, and sedges in particular, but also on roots and bulbs.

Out of curiosity, what source did you guys used to come up with the winning "grass" answer?   Even Google pointed right back to Wikipedia as the top hit.

Finally, for question 8 for lack of strong feelings, I ended up banking on consistency with question 1 answer, though I'm aware such consistency had rarely been reliable even in past rounds.  I can see the logic (sort of) with the winning answer but am still a little surprised at how nearly unanimous it was.

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[edit:  P.S.  Simon's baby lemming is probably the cutest of them all for me.  Tim's would probably be cuter but I can't quite get past the blurriness of that photo compare to the one from Simon.

edit2:  I know no one thought that deeply on a feud question, but I have to ask:  if underwater is a tileset, what would the water/liquid object look like there?  Would there even be one, and if so wouldn't it be automatically weird? ]

I came up with the grass answer same place you looked; Wikipedia  "Leaves and shoots" is too complex so I went with the smaller word "grass". "leaves and shoots" is almost grass anyway.
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If you've ever watched Spongebob, you'll see everyone there takes a shower or bath in a tub of water somehow...
IMO, if you had a underwater tileset instead of "underwater water" just have a pit with "temptations" like from Mario. e.i. In the underwater levels all the pits have a suction like mechanic that pulls mario down... oh wait that wouldn't work. 

[geoo]

Thanks for hosting, that was a nice and not so hard round again (at least no 30 minutes pondering over a binary choice question)!

I should say that the roper is definitely not my favourite skill as it's ropey and overpowered, but I thought people might pick it for its usefulness. Archer, planter and maybe bazooka and club basher are among my favourites, so it seems I would have been better off picking sincerely.

btw mobius' lemming and the second lemming picture look like palette swaps of each other.

Out of curiosity, what source did you guys used to come up with the winning "grass" answer?   Even Google pointed right back to Wikipedia as the top hit.

I actually (accidentally) got my information on that from the Wikipedia page for Lemmus Lemmus (that's the guy in the first picture, and that one appearing on the wikipedia page backed up me picking that particular image), and there it says "Adults feed primarily on sedges, grasses and moss". I expected no-one to pick sedges, so I went with grass. If I had read the correct page, I still would have followed mobius' rationale I think. And even if I hadn't looked up I would probably have picked grass too...pretty much all rodents like grass.

Finally, for question 8 for lack of strong feelings, I ended up banking on consistency with question 1 answer, though I'm aware such consistency had rarely been reliable even in past rounds.  I can see the logic (sort of) with the winning answer but am still a little surprised at how nearly unanimous it was.

I'm surprised how clear that one came out too. I thought of picking the drowner for a second too for consistency with Q1, but the one on the gallows looks like in a lot more pain, and at least in game engine terms is the only one of them that is already dead.

[ccexplore]

I should say that the roper is definitely not my favourite skill as it's ropey and overpowered, but I thought people might pick it for its usefulness. Archer, planter and maybe bazooka and club basher are among my favourites, so it seems I would have been better off picking sincerely.

I was actually quite cynical and assumed that many people here don't care enough about Lemmings 2 to really remember much about Lemmings 2 skills.  So I imagined looking through the alphabetical list on TLE and settled on the first one that I thought would sound/look kinda cool to someone not familiar with Lemmings 2.  In the end it doesn't matter too much, the choices are fairly evenly spread out.  There are so many good choices IMO that it'd pretty much be luck whether a choice would be shared by multiple people.

...pretty much all rodents like grass.

Ha, and here I am thinking they like cheese. Okay I know that's just a cartoon mouse thing.  But honestly I didn't actually have a gut answer at all for this one.  I can see cows and sheep and rabbits eating grass, never really thought of rodents doing the same.

[Clam]

edit2:  I know no one thought that deeply on a feud question, but I have to ask:  if underwater is a tileset, what would the water/liquid object look like there?  Would there even be one, and if so wouldn't it be automatically weird? ]

http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Goo_Lagoon


For the L2 skill, there was a running joke about ballooners that went on for a while, so I expected at least a few people to choose it

I picked Nepster first for the bonus round but he didn't show...

[Quizmaster]

Welcome to Family Feud Round #5. All questions use standard scoring, except for the last. Standard scoring is (participants with your answer) / (number of votes the most popular answer got).


1. name a type of cheese.

2. Name a type of triangle.

3. Name another term for someone dying. [other than die/dying/death or any other form of the word "die"]

4. You're having a dinner party and you burned the roast. What do you do?

5. The Lemmings forum members are all stranded on a deserted island and have to resort to canabalism. Who do you eat first? [It does not matter if the person you pick participates in this game]

6. Name something you should never do naked.

7. Name something you would do at work if you really wanted to get fired.

8. of these images collected in the last round, which little guy has the best chance of survival/not being eaten by a lizard? [idk if real lizards acutally eat lemmings or not, it's not important shhh!]

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

9. How likely are you to get picked in question 5? Enter a number as an answer: the number of people you think will pick you. If you are right on = 1 point. If you are off by 1 = 0.5, off by 2 = 0.25 etc... [your points get fractionally smaller farther away your answer is.

[Minim]

So, I did my first Family Feud today and read the rules by sending the post to QM. (I could tell who it was for that round! But it's a secret.)

7. Name something you would do at work if you really wanted to get fired.

I didn't quite get this question initially, as I personally thought this was poorly worded, but did a simple Bing search and found out a list of answers, I'll re-answer that question now, as my initial answer made no sense at all. (Work as a house-husband )

[Simon]

I will answer the feud! I will answer in the course of this Saturday...

I pronounce D and T the same at the end of boat/load, I was verifying this with NaOH in mumble last time!

Exclamation points!

-- Simon

[geoo]

In Newfoundland, 'mother' rhymes with 'udder'.

And probably somewhere in the southern US, 'ladder' and 'letter' are homophones.

'Boat' and 'load' might rhyme depending on who says it, but strictly speaking, they don't. Maybe 'letter' and 'ladder' are homophones when I say them...?

Anyway, I finally got my entry in. Medium difficulty round, very good. I'm pretty sure I botched the first question.

[Quizmaster]

This round has ended. 13 people participated! Thank you for playing. I, Joey Patone, am posting in behalf of the quizmaster who couldn't make because of death; he was eaten alive by InsaneSteve.


1. name a type of cheese.

cheddar 9 - Simon, mobius, LemSteven, NaOH, InsaneSteve, gronkling, Clam, minimac, ccx = 1
Edam 2 - Akseli and Rubix = 0.222
mozzerella 1 - Nepster = 0.111
(L)emmentaler 1 - geoo = 0.111

hubbard made a level entitled Lemmentaler which I did not get at all until geoo said this
Clam was tempted to go with 'clam'embert



2. Name a type of triangle.

equilateral 8 - minimac, LemSteven, NaOH, InsaneSteve, gronkling, Clam, Rubix, Nepster, ccx, geoo = 1
scalene 2 -Insane Steve, Gronkling =  0.25
right 2 - Simon, Akseli = 0.25
isosolese 1 - mobius = 0.125

wow really? ccx was the only person who even mentioned Isosolese; it's the funnest of all them for sure! Equilaterals are all the same and boring. Pizza guys!


3. Name another term for someone dying. [other than die/dying/death or any other form of the word "die"]

pass away 6 - Akseli, LemSteve, NaOH, Nepster, ccx, geoo = 1
kick the bucket 5 - mobius, InsaneSteve, gronkling, Clam, Rubix = 0.833
corpse 1 - Simon = 0.167
suffering 1 minimac = 0.167

Passed away, pass away, pass on; would've been considered same.
Note from InsaneSteve: my personal favorite is "went to Page 14" - it's a CYOA book reference


4. You're having a dinner party and you burned the roast. What do you do?

serve it anyway 4 - geoo, Nepster, gronkling, InsaneSteve = 1
get a pizza 3 - Simon, LemSteven, ccx = 0.75
get take aways/take out 1 - Clam = 0.25
cook ramen noodles 1 - mobis = 0.25
feed the dog/pets 1 - Rubix = 0.25
cook vegetables 1 - minimac = 0.25

really? Nobody thinks of Ramen again? ISteve at least menitoned it as a joke answer. Only 4 people were brave enought to serve burnt food and risk shame from angry guests.
Clam missed out for not being specific enough
minimac said:
I love Rubix's answer: forget the guests; they can starve, feed the pets!
Clam's serious/not serious answer: commit ritual seppuku!


5. The Lemmings forum members are all stranded on a deserted island and have to resort to canabalism. Who do you eat first? [It does not matter if the person you pick participates in this game]

Clam 5 - minimac, Simon, LemSteve, Clam, Rubix = 1
geoo 3 - mobius, Nepster, ccx = 0.6
ccx 2 - Akseli, geoo = 0.4
minimac 1 - NaOH = 0.2
quizmaster 1 - InsaneSteve = 0.2
Ramon 1 - gronkling = 0.2

Most decided to go with a tiny little Clam... pretty sure that won't sustain you people...
geoo and ccx fought and tried to eat eachother.
geoo said: ccexplore (he seems to be the most popular in 'pick a forum member' questions)
Nepsters said: geoo; nothing against him, but he displays the most meat in his avatar and this choice will make it more difficult for the three-times champion in Q9)
NaOH said: Might as well go for a mac as long as I'm resorting to meat
Clam, what a noble guy, sacrificing himself for everyone else.. unless he's got some weird fetish.


6. Name something you should never do naked.

Go to work 6 -LemSteven, IS, Clam, Rubix, Nepster, geoo =1
Show up in public 2 - Simon, Akseli =0.333
turn on webcam 1 - NaOH = 0.167
work/operate machinary 1 - mobius = 0.167
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF 1 - gronkling = 0.167
public speaking 1 - ccx = 0.167
socialise in the city centre 1 - minimac = 0.167


six people are going to get fired.....
mobius surely does the most dangerous thing thus something you should never do. I am reminded of Dumb ways to die..
I debated whether to include "socialize in the city centre" same as show up in public or public speaking but in the end did not. They are decidedly separate things.
gronkling recommends not taking your clothes off while naked. yeah.


7. Name something you would do at work if you really wanted to get fired.

go to work naked 6 - LemSteven, InsaneSteve, Clam, Rubix, Nepster, geoo = 1
insult boss 3 - Akseli, NaOH, ccx = 0.5
slap boss 1 - Simon = 0.167
spit on boss 1 - mobius 0.167
DO YOUR WORK VERY BADLY ALL THE TIME 1 - Gronkling = 0.167
don't show up 1 - minimac = 0.167

six people paired questions 6 and 7.
minimac gave the smartest answer, at least the quickest and easiest way to get fired.
Gronkling's answer was also good, surprised more didn't choose this or minimac's
slap and spit was too specific I should've known that...


8. of these images collected in the last round, which little guy has the best chance of survival/not being eaten by a lizard? [idk if real lizards acutally eat lemmings or not, it's not important shhh!]

D 6 - minimac, Simon, LemSteven, NaOH, Clam, Rubix = 1
A 3 - mobius, ccx, geoo = 0.5
C 2 - InsaneSteve, Nepster = 0.333
E 2 - gronkling, Akseli = 0.333

D, ironically my picture, won due perhaps to being burried in snow as NaOH said or more likely, my lizard comment effected scoring.
I think A is definitely realistic option, he's the best physically fit. I mean look at these other guys they're either too fat or too scrawny.
C and E were good canditates however for being in the hands of protective humans... but those can just as easily do evil as they do justice! Take a look at these hands! I don't have to mention it...


9. How likely are you to get picked in question 5? Enter a number as an answer: the number of people you think will pick you. If you are right on = 1 point. If you are off by 1 = 0.5, off by 2 = 0.25 etc... [your points get fractionally smaller farther away your answer is]

name - guess - actual number of picks - score

minimac 1 - 1 = 1
Simon 2 - - 0 = 0.25
mobius 1 - 0 = 0.5
Akseli 0 - 0 = 1
LemSteven 0 - 0 = 1
NaOH 0 - 0 = 1
InsaneSteve 0 - 0 = 1
gonrkling 0 - 0 = 1
Clam 3 - 5 = 0.25
Rubix 1 - 0 = 0.5
Neptser 0 - 0 = 1
ccx 2 - 2 = 1
geoo 1 - 3 = 0.25

A surprising amount of people were right on the money. They know how tasey there are.
InsaneSteve asks: How would I finish ISteve11.dat if someone ate me?


RANKING:

Congragulations LemSteven! You've won the tile of best person in the world for the next 24 hours.

LemSteven = 8.75
Clam = 7.33
Nepster = 7.04
Rubix = 6.81
InsaneSteve = 6.62
ccexplore = 6.52
geoo = 6.26
NaOH = 6.12
minimac = 5.75
Gronkling = 4.95
Simon = 4.92
Akseli = 4.29
mobius = 4.14

[ccexplore]

My biggest miss is not seeing 6 can be linked with 7, and also missing out "Clam" for 5 (especially as I think I literally had some clams from a buffet dinner only like around a week ago).

Number 8 my brain wanted to go with D, I even told mobius about the snow, and how Lemmings are warm-blooded vs the cold-blooded lizards, but wasn't sure enough people here would go down such a scientific line of reasoning, and so ultimately went with a more gut answer.  But it's my fault for not having faith on the community here, considering the answers they have given on the "name a star" question from round 2.

And because it's the Internet it must be said:  nakedness may be required in some lines of work......

[RubiX]

GG all

[Simon]

Dinner choice wasn't so hard if you go by forum quotes. :-D

5. Clam! The giant clam isn't just for decoration, you know!

-- Simon

[Clam]

Clam, what a noble guy, sacrificing himself for everyone else.. unless he's got some weird fetish.

If choosing the best answer is a "fetish"... sure

This is a genuine disadvantage on Q9 though. Most people can safely guess zero for full points.

[Quizmaster]

Welcome to the long-awaited 6th round of Family Feud 2014! Why has it been so long since the last round? Could it be that everyone is tired of Family Feud?! Let's find out!

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Questions 1-7 use standard scoring.

1. Are you tired of Family Feud?

2. Name a major sporting event that occurs at least once every four years.

3. Name a fruit often found on a buffet or salad bar.

4. Name a shape with four sides that isn't always a rectangle.

5. Name something you should never leave alone.

6. Name something that would ruin a party.

7. Which round of Family Feud 2014 is the hardest so far?


8. Choose an integer from 0 to 10.

• If an odd number of players choose your number, you score (x/10) points.
  
• If an even number of players choose your number, you score (1 - x/10) points.
  (where 'x' is the number you picked)
  
  Examples:
  
• You pick number 10 and no one else does: 1 point
• You pick number 9 and one other person does: 0.1 point
• You pick number 2 and one other person does: 0.8 point
• You pick number 5: 0.5 points (regardless of how many players choose this number)

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Enter now, unless you really are tired of Family Feud! (This shouldn't influence the answers at all, nope )

-- 8(QM)