We have an email entry in already for this round from @plushzilla
I will make sure to remind the judges to look for this and not miss it when it comes time to vote for this round.
Finally this is a round that I can get stuck into more easily, so here it goes:
An average adult acknowledges an accurate answer. An average adult assumes all aliens are actually anomalies. An apparition allows alternate allegations as appearing authentic. And an alternative answer arises.
My idea for a new contest is not a 'new' idea, but with so many experts amongst us, I thought it would be really interesting for us to post a 'Two lies and a truth' on our expert subject. The idea is to state three facts on a subject matter that you are a self-claimed expert in (mine would be making origami from flower petals, or something less specific like UX Design), two of which are false while one is true.
Everyone who participates in the round must post an entry and also guess everyone else's entries (by commenting on which one fact they think is true), and the winner is the person who manages to fool the most number of people. If there is a tie then we can determine the winner by the person who managed to pick the correct fact from the other person's entry.
And if that also results in a tie then we have a count back to see who got the most number of correct facts in the round, and if that also results in a tie then the prize will be split.
I like your poem @plushzilla ! Very clever and I especially like how you included aliens in there. :D Not to nitpick too much but I feel this part could have been tweaked a lil to flow better. "An apparition allows alternate allegations appear authentic."
I think if you changed it and put an "as" after allegations and made appear into "appearing" then it would flow a lil better.. Like this. "An apparition allows alternate allegations as appearing authentic."
Still great though! Nice work. I enjoyed it. :D
In regards to the new quest idea.. I'm not a fan of lying myself and try to avoid such yet I think if you put a fun and non malicious spin on it like you did it could be done in a way that I would approve of.
I'm a lil uncertain about how the voting would work would judges also vote? And it would require a higher level of participation than usual with the players but I think that could be a good thing!
I think one of the main problems I can foresee is that you would have to be really really clever because players could likely just go on Google to find out which are truth and which are lies.
Interesting idea though! Will think about it more.
Here is a response from @plushzilla and my dinner is almost ready plus I'm going to bed after that so I will not be responding again until at least tomorrow. (PS I will be editing his entry as per his request)
Hi Paul,
I like your edits to the paragraph (please feel free to add it to the comments) as I did struggle a bit with that part :p
In terms of the contest idea, I am not really a fan of lying myself, but sometimes it is good to highlight misconceptions that people may have about certain topics, and the important of getting to the source of truth and verifying the facts (which I do want to encourage). I think I got the inspiration from one of the previous challenge of doing some research into obscure facts. And if you probably have to do more than just Google information if our subject matter experts know their stuff :)
As for voting, it would only be for the players that submit an entry that are eligible to vote, and I think we need to encourage participation in more ways than one (i.e. not just posting entries alone because engagement often happens through multiple interactions).
I will be trying to get in touch with @dreemsteem about collaborating to help with IFC, and did you know that there is also a connection between @dreemsteem and @bengy? :)
Have a good weekend!
Okey doke. @plushzilla I edited your entry since you said to feel free to do so. And thanks for adding more context to your bonus quest idea. I agree with your sentiments there and I think it can be useful to go about it in such manner. In regards to the aspect about Googling.. I imagine one could find a way to make it work though these days you can find almost anything on Google that is somewhat well known. Thanks for clarifying about the rules and I agree, more interaction would be good!
Thanks for trying to get in touch with dreemsteem in regards to collaborating. :) And.. Hmmm.. I do seem to remember seeing dreemsteem and bengy chatting on our discord channel in the past like they knew each other but I can't really remember the details and am not sure what the connection is?
Thanks for the well wishes and hope you had a good weekend as well!