Playground Squares XII: Where the fun never ends. EVER!

[Lex-Kat]

It's been so long, need to look up the answer myself. Ding Ding Ding! Ah yes. It was 1141 when Lady Matilda, not to be confused with Stephen's wife, Queen Matilda, very nearly was crowned as the new Queen.

Game over. Congratulations Felandria.

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Elemental|vs.|Felandria
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E

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F

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Categories
A) Diseased
B) ?
C) .
D) !

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Play

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Ground

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Squares

E

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F

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E

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Atreyu the Masked Llama

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Cuthalion

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Mangosta71

E

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F

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F

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the Bushranger

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Sabeki

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Penguinator

F

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E

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F

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Fleeing Coward

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Amidus Drexel

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Cristo Meyers

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[Lex-Kat]

So, I gotta ask. Are the Contestants just lucky, or are some of you under the misunderstanding that you're supposed to look up the answers? Because it's kinda baffling to me that no matter the question, no matter the Square's answers, way too many are choosing to Agree/Disagree correctly.

I just wonder.. if I'm wasting my time asking these questions.

[Felandria]

So, I gotta ask. Are the Contestants just lucky, or are some of you under the misunderstanding that you're supposed to look up the answers? Because it's kinda baffling to me that no matter the question, no matter the Square's answers, way too many are choosing to Agree/Disagree correctly.

I just wonder.. if I'm wasting my time asking these questions.

Most of them I know, otherwise I guess using logical deduction.

[mangosta71]

I consider the idea of anyone just knowing all of the answers to be highly implausible, and any claims to the contrary insulting to my intelligence.

With 50/50 odds, the probability of getting 9 in a row is 1/512. To go two games in a row in that manner is 1/262144. So, no, using agree/disagree instead of a multiple choice format does not explain away the statistical anomaly.

[Count Dingdong]

Well, there was that one answer where I tricked people into misremembering the question (even though it was just the previous post) and got them to get it wrong... but then... well, you guys said that was against the spirit of the game (giving an answer to a similar question, so people misremember) and reversed the decision. But I digress...

Anyway, it's possible people aren't being tricky enough with their wrong answers? Psychology-wise, it's easier to try and trick someone into thinking a wrong answer is right than to trick someone into thinking a right answer is wrong, which in my mind explains the slew of disagrees at the end. It might also have been something where squares thought someone would see so many "disagrees" in a row and choose to instead randomly pick "agree"? Or maybe that it's more fun to try and trick someone with a made-up answer? Who knows? Maybe it was blind luck?

Or it could be that people did indeed know many of the answers. I'm always surprised on Jeopardy with how much people know (and at times how much they don't know!). Something difficult to one person can be extremely easy to another, so it's difficult coming up with difficult questions. Go varied and obscure, and hope people don't know what you know. I for one thought your questions were difficult and interesting. I knew a few but definitely not all of them.

[Elemental]

In my defence, I answered four questions there, one was a guess, another a hunch based of geography and two I already knew the answer to.

[mangosta71]

The questions are varied and obscure, which is why it's so incredible that anyone would just happen to know the answers to all of them.

For myself, I make up a weird, random story that's only tangentially related to the question, and whether the answer I give is accurate or not depends on a coin flip; that way nobody knows whether they should agree or disagree based simply on the fact that I'm answering.

[Lex-Kat]

Just to clarify, I'm not accusing anyone of cheating, though it may sound like I am. I'm not a History Major or anything. I look these things up, bounce from one idea to another allowing links to lead me to other links until I come to something I think is obscure enough to not be common knowledge.

Part of the reason I do this is a bit of a teaching thing. *shrug* I hoping that the Contestants, Squares, and the Audience may be learning a little as they play/watch. So it doesn't 100% bother me. Maybe 7%?

[The Bushranger]

I just guess.

And since it's been over 24h...I can has constestant?

[Cuthalion]

Plz cn 1 haz othr cntstnt slot?

[Kalrany]

I would enjoy playing in some capasity...

[Elemental]

I'll be a square.

[Sabeki]

Square me!

[TFT]

I could go for being a square.

[DarkLightDragon]

It's cool to be square, and I want to be cool!

(In as a square, please, in case that wasn't obvious enough)

[Penguinator]

I can work a square.

[Lex-Kat]

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Clone|vs.|Clone
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C

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C

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Ground

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Squares

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Clone

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Contestants
1) Cuthalion
2) Bushranger

Squares
1) Atreyu the Masked Llama
2) Felandria
3) reaverb
4) Penguinator
5) DarkLightDragon
6) Fiery Tower
7) Sabeki
8) Elemental
9) Kalrany

[reaverb]

I guess I'll try being a square.

[Felandria]

I will square

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

And I'll form.....THE HEAD!!!

[DarkLightDragon]

And I'll form.....THE HEAD!!!

Now I wish to see a drawing of a dragon with a llama's head along with arms and legs made of fire!

[Sabeki]

Yessssssss, do iiiiiiiiiit!!!

[Lex-Kat]

Announcing the two thousand twenty third annual Playground Squares!!

Today's contestants have been drugged and kidnapped for your pleasure. So please, give a big round of applause to...

((First one to choose a Square and a Category goes, um, first.))

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Cuthalion|vs.|The Bushranger

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C

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B

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Categories
1} Diseased
2} Classic
3} Roll On!
4} Cabin Fever

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Play

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Ground

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Squares

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Atreyu the Masked Llama

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Sabeki

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Penguinator

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DarkLightDragon

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reaverb

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Felandria

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The Fiery Tower

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Kalrany

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Elemental

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[Cristo Meyers]

Today's contestants have been drugged and kidnapped for your pleasure. So please, give a big round of applause to...

Oh, so that creepy doll that kept asking if I wanted to play a game was just inviting me in as a contestant?

Good to know.

[The Bushranger]

Felandria, let's Roll On!

[Lex-Kat]

You may have noticed that we play a game called Werewolf, here in the Playground. One of the crazier series is Convoy, beginning with Interstating the Obvious. In that game, hosted by everyone's favorite Llama, all the players were asked to not only name a character for themselves, but disclose what kind of vehicle they were driving, and what cargo they hauled.

A lot of them were strange choices indeed. They had a Ninja Chihuahua in a Foodamancer Scary truck () hauling Cookies and Ice Cream. There was Alucard driving a standard truck full of Gravedirt and hauling "not stolen blood, nope". Somehow, I don't believe that one.

But one of my favorites was The Admiral piloting a Battleship. Felandria, the question is: What was the Admiral Hauling?

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Awwwwwww. You made a question about Convoy!!!! Good times with that game!! *Hugs*

[Cristo Meyers]

Awwwwwww. You made a question about Convoy!!!! Good times with that game!! *Hugs*

No kidding! Interstating takes me way back...

[Lex-Kat]

I've contacted Felandria, twice. So, unless she posts before I get a replacement...

I need a Replacement Square, please.

[banjo1985]

*waves hand*

I'm a square. At least, that's what all the cool people tell me.