Big Brother GL (send in for next HOH)

[milkshake]

Sorry, it's asking me to give it a Indiana U username/password. What next test of my observational prowess am I failing?

[MatthewV]

[raekuul]

[Undercover Monk]

ahhh theres the problem hmmm. I think I am going to set up a google account for Big Brother like MNO did for Top GLer and just give you all the password. sorry about that guys i will get those posted ASAP. any way on to the next competition....

Strategic Scattergories

Enough of this togetherness and hive mind philosiphy.Its time to be different. For those of you who don't know Scattegories is basically the exact oppisite of sheep. I have been trying to figure out a format to play this on a forum for awhile and came up with Strategic Scattegories while making a list of games for Big Brother. So whats so strategic about it.

Well like always I will give you a list (one taken directly from my old copy of the game) and a letter via dice roll. You will submit words that fit the cattegories and start with the letter given. However as this is Strategic you will submit 3 words. You are also allowed and encoraged to conspire with one or more of your housemates to try and win. You can play defensively or offensively however you want. As always compound words with the same letters will give you double points. i.e. (Frosted Flakes for cereal.) Also names can be given as first or last. (i.e Leonardo DiCaprio would count for D's and L's.)

I think thats it for now. Lets make a tentitive deadline for Friday but early subissions are a good thing. The Winner of this competition wins the Golden Power of Veto and has the power to remove one nominee off the chopping block (including themselves) or to keep the nominations as is. Good luck!
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

gmail account information is in my signiture. I will post all results there as well as here.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkxEhuwyAyqBdGpwZXF5MEpab0JpZ2dNZV9FM2xIVEE&hl=en

here is the dice tag for what sheet we will be using I will roll the scattegories dice myself.

Dice Roll:

Original Roll String: 1d12 1 12-Sided Dice Results: 7

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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

This post brought to you by the letter B and the number 7

So we will be using list 7 with the letter......B

here is the list good luck!

1. Fictional Characters
2. Menu Items
3. Magazines
4. Capitals
5. Kinds of Candy
6. Item you save up to but
7. Footwear
8. Something you keep hidden
9. Items in a suitcase
10. Things with tails
11. Sports Equipment
12. Crimes

Feel free to defend your choices but the final say on what counts is mine. The big brother house is not a democracy. except on eviction night. Good Luck!
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[sAbLLimINal]

I haven't played this in a while. Do we score points for being the only person to answer correctly? And is it we only pick 3 words per category and 3 words for the whole game?

[raekuul]

From the look of it, it's three altogether...?

I'll make three for each and set aside my most effective three, just in case.

[Undercover Monk]

you get one point for every correct and unique word. you will submit 3 words per category. sorry about the confusion. Although having only 3 or possibly 6 words for one list would be interesting too.

P.S. no outside help permitted. Don't go running for a dictionary you have only yourselves.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

I have submissions from Puzzle Scot, MNOWAX and milkshake. TGC has already said he has some real life stuff so I think a deadline extension is in order try and get those in soon. Maybe Tuesday. If you ever need an extension just ask I dont want the Labyrinth to mess with Real Life but I do want to get to that magical first eviction
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[lexprod]

[lexprod]

Just to be clear, 3 B answers? Or one B answer per thing, and then a new letter and another new letter

[PuzzleScot]

[lexprod]

sent finally.

PS: last day to weigh in on the current round of the poll tournament!

[Undercover Monk]

Its beeen a week and I apologize i have 4 entries and I just havent gotten around to posting the results its been a realy long and busy week. I should have the reults up sometime tomorow.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[raekuul]

Whoa, I forgot about this completely. Time to make a list of words!

[Undercover Monk]

sorry raekuul I got the results set up before I got your list. Good to know you are still playing. I promise to be on the ball next time guys. any way here are the results I posted all DQ's and multiple words. You can see a list of entries at the gmail account.

Scattegories Results

Scattegories Disqualifications:

MNOWAX: Bad News Brown (an alias; the person exists)/ Sugar Babies (names of people not items can be last or first)/ Double Bubble (same)/ Adult Books (same)/ Big winnings (adjetives)/ black Cougar (adj.)/ sports betting (is legal for most)

Puzzle Scot: Baa Baa Black Sheep (could ba a real sheep)/ Big Boobs (unable to find)/ better Homes (did you mean & gardens?)/ Beano (a comic strip)/ Ulan batur (under U)/ Cola Bottles (under C)/ Gummy Bears (under G)/ Bit on the side (obscure)/ Best Man’s suit (adj.)/ Cricket Bat (under C)/ Beach Volley Ball (adj.)

Milkshake: Betsy-Tacy (book series; the character is Besty Ray)/ Birds (couldn’t find)/ Blue, Bad, Bendy (adj.)/ Baseball Bat (disagreement)/ Broken (adj.)/ Bank-Breaking (nice try)/ Baseball Bat (disagreement)/ Bull (animal not equipment)/

Lexprod: Brand new car (adj.) Bond(disagreement)/ Brown shoes (adj.)/



Scattegories Similar answers

Buenos Aires/ Ballet shoes/ Baseball cleats/ Brush/ Baseball Bat/ Burglary/ Breaking and Entering


Scores:

Lexprod: 33
Puzzle Scot: 29 (edited)
MNOWAX: 28
Milkshake: 28

So with 33 points Lexprod is the winner of the Veto Competition. You may remove one of the nominees. Puzzle Scot and Sabliminanl feel free to give your case. MNOWAX please be prepared to nominate someone else if Veto is used. As winner of Veto lexprod can not be nominated. Being completely hypocritical please make your decision by Friday. Post if you are going to use it and if so who you will remove in the thread and in bold please. Eviction number 1 still to come.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[PuzzleScot]

[Undercover Monk]

Ok on Big Boobs if I hadnt heard of it I used wikipedia and google search. I got nothing on wikipedia and what do you think I got when I typed Big Boobs into Google. Sorry I know that is unfair but it was the only way I could be subjective about the whol thing.

Baa Baa Black sheep is a POEM about a sheep. yes there are probably cartoons about the sheep but I wouldn't count Pocohontas although she has a cartoon because she was a real person. Just cause they are in a poem or song does not make them fictional.

Home and Gardens I will give you. I just wanted to check.

Beach Volley Ball would have been counted if the category was sports. However as far as I know both Volleyball and Beach Volleyball use the same type of equipment a "Volley Ball" I am not aware of any special beach ball.

On adj this is how I graded if it was necesary to desribe it I allowed it. For instince one player submitted "bulbous boil" for things to keep hidden I accepted the answer of boil but did not give him/her a point for bulbous. However someone submitted Adult Books (which was DQ because it started with A) but Adult is okay as an adjective because it was necesary to convey meaning.

Another Example: Blue Car (DQ blue is not necesary to describe car)/ Blue Whale (necesary to distinguish the actual species


Other questions and pleas will be accepted till Friday but I doubt they will change the outcome as I lokked at the few that I would possibly change and they did not affect 1st place. Lexprod just had the better list.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[milkshake*]

Not that I care but nobody told me I couldn't use adjectives to describe candy... (I knew this was fishy but people usually determine what counts before hand when playing this game? Oh well. )

[Undercover Monk]

Lexprod I need to know if you will be using the power of veto.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

power of Veto not used

times up and now its time to cast your votes to evict please pm me your votes the two nominees sabliminal and puzzle scot may not vote and MNOWAX only votes in case of a tie. Please get your votes in by Tues at the latest
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[lexprod]

sorry, should have told you bout travel and projects. But I don't see a reason to change the noms anyhow so yay.

[Undercover Monk]

I need votes from lexprod and milkshake
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Holy Update, Batman

Well Im still missing 1 vote but to move along the game I will announce the result.....the first player to be evicted from Big Brother GL is........


....... sAbLLimINal

also TGC has requested to be replaced but I can not gather volunteers so he will be simply kicked out. So we are down to 5. Now on to business.

The next Head of Household competition will be a quiz run just like 3iff's honesty quiz it will be hidden and when you are ready just highlight the questions and pm me your answers. They will be graded in order if you miss a question you are out of the competition. Also answer the two tiebreaker questions at the end. MNOWAX as outgoing Head of House you are not allowed to compete. All answers will be either Sab, TGC, or MNOWAX
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

HOH #2

Who named only one Harry Potter character during sheep?
Who has never eaten escargot?
Who has met Kurt Angle?
Who gave 3 tree facts as opposed to fun facts?
Who’s favorite number is 42?
Who was the third player to join the game?

1st tie breaker: How many black sheep did MNOWAX have in sheep?
2nd tie breaker: What was the post number of my announcement of a new house guest (What a Twist)
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

still waiting on milkshake if he doesnt send in by next week I will end the game. Sorry guys I appreciate you all sticking with it. The forum it seems has been hit with a recession.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[PuzzleScot]

fyi, I'm on holiday for a week from tomorrow... not that gl games would notice a one week absence

[lexprod]

holy @^@$& batman I did not see this update