Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
07-07-09 | 03:14 PM
#26
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
I'm in! I also feel weirdly good about my answers, which has to be some kind of terrible sign of how I'm going to do.
The good news is, since this is Book Talk, I'm probably the only one playing.
The good news is, since this is Book Talk, I'm probably the only one playing.
07-07-09 | 04:42 PM
#28
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
And for the questions that are not directly about books, I mention the word "book" (or something similar) somewhere.
07-08-09 | 07:47 AM
#32
Suspended
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
Let's say there's six players, with their scores as such:
Googlemj23 : -40
PapaRobot : -28
The Gus : -20
orangefanta18 : -10
freensty : 8
FasonJ : 32
The question was "Name an American car maker" and everyone but FasonJ answered "Ford". (He answered "Chrysler"). The "Ford" answer would count as -5 points to orangefanta18 and freensty, and as +5 points to Googlemj3, PapaRobot and The Gus. FasonJ gets 0 points and remains in last.
Googlemj23 : -40
PapaRobot : -28
The Gus : -20
orangefanta18 : -10
freensty : 8
FasonJ : 32
The question was "Name an American car maker" and everyone but FasonJ answered "Ford". (He answered "Chrysler"). The "Ford" answer would count as -5 points to orangefanta18 and freensty, and as +5 points to Googlemj3, PapaRobot and The Gus. FasonJ gets 0 points and remains in last.
I'm not sure I understand how this is an "equalizer," since FasonJ didn't get at all equalized. I'm sure it's way more work for you, but to make it a true eqaulizer, you need to count it as the better of the options for the Bottom 50% and the worse of the options for the Top 50%.
So to slightly modify your example, if Googlemj23 had gone with GM, you would count that as a Sheep and score zero since he's in the Top 50%, but count FasonJ's unique as a Reverse Sheep since that would be the better option for him. For the four "Ford" answers, the two Top 50% players who gave it would get +4 and the two Bottom 50% players would get -4.
Like I said, more work for you, so it's up to you how you want to score that.
07-08-09 | 08:03 AM
#34
Suspended
07-08-09 | 09:07 AM
#36
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
For the Stephen King question, does it have to be a self contained book, or can it include novellas or short stories as well?
07-08-09 | 09:08 AM
#37
Mod Emeritus
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
With luck it'll take a fortnight before all of the habitual Book Talk browsers have seen this and so I'll be able to dive in before the 20-35 number of entrants has been reached.
PS) It'll take me a time before I can fully comprehend the rules!
07-08-09 | 10:01 AM
#38
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
I'm guessing the use of the word 'book' as opposed to 'story' was deliberate. The Bus has been running quite a few of these and seems to be intentionally precise with his language.
07-08-09 | 11:57 AM
#39
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
Boo! FasonJ is an awesome player and would never be in last place.
I'm not sure I understand how this is an "equalizer," since FasonJ didn't get at all equalized. I'm sure it's way more work for you, but to make it a true eqaulizer, you need to count it as the better of the options for the Bottom 50% and the worse of the options for the Top 50%.
So to slightly modify your example, if Googlemj23 had gone with GM, you would count that as a Sheep and score zero since he's in the Top 50%, but count FasonJ's unique as a Reverse Sheep since that would be the better option for him. For the four "Ford" answers, the two Top 50% players who gave it would get +4 and the two Bottom 50% players would get -4.
Like I said, more work for you, so it's up to you how you want to score that.
I'm not sure I understand how this is an "equalizer," since FasonJ didn't get at all equalized. I'm sure it's way more work for you, but to make it a true eqaulizer, you need to count it as the better of the options for the Bottom 50% and the worse of the options for the Top 50%.
So to slightly modify your example, if Googlemj23 had gone with GM, you would count that as a Sheep and score zero since he's in the Top 50%, but count FasonJ's unique as a Reverse Sheep since that would be the better option for him. For the four "Ford" answers, the two Top 50% players who gave it would get +4 and the two Bottom 50% players would get -4.
Like I said, more work for you, so it's up to you how you want to score that.
07-08-09 | 11:58 AM
#40
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
The possible problem is that there have been King stories that have been apart of a book with a collection of stories that have also been released as standalone books as well, especially after the release of movies.
07-08-09 | 01:42 PM
#42
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
I just figured that if you think your answers are strong you should answer the Equalizer questions as Reverse Sheep and if you think your answers are not strong you should answer it as Sheep.
07-08-09 | 01:58 PM
#43
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
If a work's been released as a standalone book and part of a larger collection, I think you'd fall within the realm of the question. Just be ready to post a link proving it was released as a standalone book for when the mob challenges your answer.
07-08-09 | 02:18 PM
#44
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
I don't know if those questions will be fun or just too complicated. We'll see.
07-08-09 | 02:55 PM
#45
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
07-08-09 | 03:01 PM
#46
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
I just sent mine in. I know I didn't do well, because I'm one of those kids that slipped through the system and never learned how to read.
07-08-09 | 03:08 PM
#47
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
Crap, I may be in trouble with this one.
07-08-09 | 03:36 PM
#48
DVD Talk Legend
07-08-09 | 03:41 PM
#49
Re: Book Talk (Reverse) Sheep — The Rise and Fall of the Sheep Empire
The equalizer questions really screw over people in the top 30-49% or so. You aren't close enough to compete for the top, but you aren't bad enough to get sheep scoring, so you are probably going to get passed by a bunch of people, especially with the first E question only having four answers. The only positive for those people is that there are two in a row, so they might get a little bit back quickly depending on how far they dropped.
I'm not sure why you'd want to level out the scoring. Why should the people who did well on the first 11 questions be punished?
I'm not sure why you'd want to level out the scoring. Why should the people who did well on the first 11 questions be punished?
