Challenge 26 - 20 Questions
Challenge Twenty-Six
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20 Questions (episode and character)
Basic Description:
Let's see if we can beat 767 comments from the last time this game was played!
In this challenge you play directly against (and therefore with) members of the other teams. It works in the following way:
Member A: Picks a character or an episode from Merlin. The character must at least have been mentioned in the show, so don't dig up someone from the legends that people might not know about. They then post something along the lines of "I have a character" or "I have an episode" in a comment to this thread.
Member B: Replies to Member A by asking them a question which can only have a yes/no/maybe answer - for instance, "is the character female", "is morgana in the episode".
Member A: Responds with yes/no/maybe - only use maybe if you have to (it is for when you don't know the answer - for instance, if a character has magic but we're not sure, or if a character might be dead but might not be.)
Member B: Asks another question or guesses who/what the character/episode is.
Member B has three attempts at guessing. If all three attempts are wrong then you can continue playing, but member A will get the full 20 points. Remember that there is a difference between questions and guessing. You can ask 20 questions but only guess a characer or episode name three times!
Here are the two most important rules:
This game is played on a first come, first served basis. Each game contains two people - one poster and one guesser. If two or more people respond to you saying you have a character/episode, then you can only play against the first person to respond and any other people have to go find someone else to play with.
You can't play against members of your own team as that defeats the purpose entirely. Therefore, when you either post or first respond, include your team name so that people know if they can play you or not :)
Points Breakdown:
Poster: 1 point for each question used
Guesser: 1 point for each question you have not used
For instance, say you correctly guessed after 6 questions - you would get 14 points and the poster would get 6
How To Enter:
If you have a character, post here saying it. To play against that member, post a reply to their comment (please keep each game in one thread - even if it means expanding posts because otherwise it could get very confusing to calculate who is playing.
Due Date:
Thursday 24th at 11 pm UKST
You CAN Kind Of Discuss This Challenge In Your Team Communities (you can suggest characters/episodes to choose that you think other teams won't get and you can squee if you've just got lots of points (or boo if you've lost lots of points) but you must not try to guess another player's character/episode for them.)
You can be the guesser and picker in two seperate games at once (this should also help cut down times when you can wait for hours until your player turns up.) If someone has not replied to you in 48 hours, feel free to join/start a different game and then go back to that one when the other person comes back (so you play both at the same time.)