A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

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Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by DreamTrawler » Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:04 pm

Flavius Aetius the general was born in what is now Bulgaria (but was affiliated with the Western Roman Empire so Italy would also work).

*Oh and Sweden for Erika Lust and France for Glutonny.

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by Spartaculous » Thu Mar 27, 2025 3:03 am

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:07 am
 These three I could not figure out. If you did, my all means add them. For "Flavius Aetius" I was thinking of the webdip player, and I have zero idea where any of you are from and frankly don't care to know, so I skipped. Should've thought of other Flavius Aetiuses.
Flavius Aetii?

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by miminena » Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:13 am

I put down Italy for flavius. somebody who's more familiar with that period of time can fix it if i'm wrong

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by miminena » Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:10 am

I have only now just realized that I misspelled glutonny's name :p

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by DarthPorg36 » Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:07 am

miminena wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:57 am
DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:50 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:11 pm

just made a new sub sheet for you in the sheets to add the data to. i'll leave it publicly editable for now since idt we have any vandals
Added the raw data. Leave it open to the public, please. I'm not worried about vandals, and there is a high likelihood I disappear from the site at some point for an extended period of time, I don't want to leave you all in a lurch when that happens. Plus, more people can continue the list past 500.
Erika lust, glutonny, and flavius aetius all don't have nationalities assigned. idk if that was intentional and I don't want to mess your methodology so I only put down Sweden for Erika lust and France for glutonny since those are obvious, and will leave flavius aetius to your discretion (he was born in modern day Bulgaria but died in modern day Italy, idk where he lived most of his life)
These three I could not figure out. If you did, my all means add them. For "Flavius Aetius" I was thinking of the webdip player, and I have zero idea where any of you are from and frankly don't care to know, so I skipped. Should've thought of other Flavius Aetiuses.

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by miminena » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:59 am

JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:49 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:22 pm
JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:15 pm

Removing multiball games and adding the answers:
  1. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous): Nicki Minaj, 240 posts (guess on post #221)
  2. Game 71 (JECE): Blas de Lezo, 206 posts (guess on post #164)
  3. Game 97 (JECE): Dead parrot, 189 posts (guess, too late, on post #165)
  4. Unknown, super-mysterious game
  5. Game 79 (damo666): Sergei Diaghilev, 169 posts (guess on post #150)
  6. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous): Kirk Cameron, 160 posts (guess on post #138)
That huge gap between the first correct guess in game 71 and the end of the thread was mostly Jamie complaining, ha ha

Game 62 was hosted by DougJoe according to the spreadsheet (not Bonatogether), so I'm not sure where the typo is there. Game 62 was only 88 posts long. Also, Bonatogether has never hosted.
sorry I can't read apparently

62 was supposed to be 72
Ah, I should have been able to figure that out. Bonatogether did host a round, but hasn't won a game yet.
  1. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous): Nicki Minaj, 240 posts (guess on post #221)
  2. Game 71 (JECE): Blas de Lezo, 206 posts (guess on post #164)
  3. Game 97 (JECE): Dead parrot, 189 posts (guess, too late, on post #165)
  4. Game 72 (Bonatogether) Douglas S. Freeman, 171 posts (guess on post #152)
  5. Game 79 (damo666): Sergei Diaghilev, 169 posts (guess on post #150)
  6. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous): Kirk Cameron, 160 posts (guess on post #138)
That huge gap between the first correct guess in game 71 and the end of the thread was mostly Jamie complaining, ha ha. Most of these long games saw the threads die after around 20 more posts, while that thread went on for around 40 more posts.
another interesting case of a host: Kakarroto has both correctly guessed a character and hosted a game, but since the guessed character was in a multiball and the hosted round was from a pass, he has never won a game

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by miminena » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:58 am

DougJoe wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:56 am
Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:46 pm
 This is all very interesting, DarthPorg. If Mimi is okay with it, maybe you could add a new sheet to the 20Q Google sheet with this information?
Is said Google sheet publicly available? I scanned the posts in this topic and didn't see a link anywhere?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uXCl7ynaYyUH86zL98dIx8Bbo9WEJCqFnFFsfGg8vz4/edit?usp=sharing

it should also be in every 20q game's first post since its creation

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by miminena » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:57 am

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:50 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:11 pm
DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:01 pm

I'm more than happy to upload it to a new section, or give the raw data to miminena so they can upload it. Let me know what is easiest!
just made a new sub sheet for you in the sheets to add the data to. i'll leave it publicly editable for now since idt we have any vandals
Added the raw data. Leave it open to the public, please. I'm not worried about vandals, and there is a high likelihood I disappear from the site at some point for an extended period of time, I don't want to leave you all in a lurch when that happens. Plus, more people can continue the list past 500.
Erika lust, glutonny, and flavius aetius all don't have nationalities assigned. idk if that was intentional and I don't want to mess your methodology so I only put down Sweden for Erika lust and France for glutonny since those are obvious, and will leave flavius aetius to your discretion (he was born in modern day Bulgaria but died in modern day Italy, idk where he lived most of his life)

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by DougJoe » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:56 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:46 pm
 This is all very interesting, DarthPorg. If Mimi is okay with it, maybe you could add a new sheet to the 20Q Google sheet with this information?
Is said Google sheet publicly available? I scanned the posts in this topic and didn't see a link anywhere?

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by Spartaculous » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:43 am

JECE wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:18 am
Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:02 am
JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:17 pm
 I must know, did you consider the dead parrot Norwegian or British?
The dead parrot is probably my favorite 20Q pick from before I started playing.
I got quite a bit of flak for that pick too, ha ha
Well, I picked the Liz Truss lettuce, so...

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by JECE » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:18 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:02 am
JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:17 pm
 I must know, did you consider the dead parrot Norwegian or British?
The dead parrot is probably my favorite 20Q pick from before I started playing.
I got quite a bit of flak for that pick too, ha ha

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by Spartaculous » Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:02 am

JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:17 pm
 I must know, did you consider the dead parrot Norwegian or British?
The dead parrot is probably my favorite 20Q pick from before I started playing.

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by JECE » Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:49 pm

miminena wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:22 pm
JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:15 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 8:37 pm
 And while we're talking statistics, here are the top ten games by number of posts (hosts in parentheses):

1. Game 128 - Multiball (Octavious)
2. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous)
3. Game 384 - Multiball (loresend)
4. Game 71 (JECE)
5. Game 500 - Multiball (miminena)
6. Game 97 (JECE)
7. Game 62 (Bonatogether)
8. Game 379 - Multiball (Hominidae)
9. Game 79 (damo666)
10. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous)
Removing multiball games and adding the answers:
  1. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous): Nicki Minaj, 240 posts (guess on post #221)
  2. Game 71 (JECE): Blas de Lezo, 206 posts (guess on post #164)
  3. Game 97 (JECE): Dead parrot, 189 posts (guess, too late, on post #165)
  4. Unknown, super-mysterious game
  5. Game 79 (damo666): Sergei Diaghilev, 169 posts (guess on post #150)
  6. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous): Kirk Cameron, 160 posts (guess on post #138)
That huge gap between the first correct guess in game 71 and the end of the thread was mostly Jamie complaining, ha ha

Game 62 was hosted by DougJoe according to the spreadsheet (not Bonatogether), so I'm not sure where the typo is there. Game 62 was only 88 posts long. Also, Bonatogether has never hosted.
sorry I can't read apparently

62 was supposed to be 72
Ah, I should have been able to figure that out. Bonatogether did host a round, but hasn't won a game yet.
  1. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous): Nicki Minaj, 240 posts (guess on post #221)
  2. Game 71 (JECE): Blas de Lezo, 206 posts (guess on post #164)
  3. Game 97 (JECE): Dead parrot, 189 posts (guess, too late, on post #165)
  4. Game 72 (Bonatogether) Douglas S. Freeman, 171 posts (guess on post #152)
  5. Game 79 (damo666): Sergei Diaghilev, 169 posts (guess on post #150)
  6. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous): Kirk Cameron, 160 posts (guess on post #138)
That huge gap between the first correct guess in game 71 and the end of the thread was mostly Jamie complaining, ha ha. Most of these long games saw the threads die after around 20 more posts, while that thread went on for around 40 more posts.

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by DarthPorg36 » Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:50 pm

miminena wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:11 pm
DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:01 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:49 pm

oh please do, i've been meaning to do demographics on the sheet for a while now, so if you're fine with it i'd love to make a section for it
I'm more than happy to upload it to a new section, or give the raw data to miminena so they can upload it. Let me know what is easiest!
just made a new sub sheet for you in the sheets to add the data to. i'll leave it publicly editable for now since idt we have any vandals
Added the raw data. Leave it open to the public, please. I'm not worried about vandals, and there is a high likelihood I disappear from the site at some point for an extended period of time, I don't want to leave you all in a lurch when that happens. Plus, more people can continue the list past 500.

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by DarthPorg36 » Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:45 pm

JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:17 pm
 I must know, did you consider the dead parrot Norwegian or British?
I went with British

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by miminena » Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:22 pm

JECE wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:15 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 8:37 pm
 And while we're talking statistics, here are the top ten games by number of posts (hosts in parentheses):

1. Game 128 - Multiball (Octavious)
2. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous)
3. Game 384 - Multiball (loresend)
4. Game 71 (JECE)
5. Game 500 - Multiball (miminena)
6. Game 97 (JECE)
7. Game 62 (Bonatogether)
8. Game 379 - Multiball (Hominidae)
9. Game 79 (damo666)
10. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous)
Removing multiball games and adding the answers:
  1. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous): Nicki Minaj, 240 posts (guess on post #221)
  2. Game 71 (JECE): Blas de Lezo, 206 posts (guess on post #164)
  3. Game 97 (JECE): Dead parrot, 189 posts (guess, too late, on post #165)
  4. Unknown, super-mysterious game
  5. Game 79 (damo666): Sergei Diaghilev, 169 posts (guess on post #150)
  6. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous): Kirk Cameron, 160 posts (guess on post #138)
That huge gap between the first correct guess in game 71 and the end of the thread was mostly Jamie compaining, ha ha

Game 62 was hosted by DougJoe according to the spreadsheet (not Bonatogether), so I'm not sure where the typo is there. Game 62 was only 88 posts long. Also, Bonatogether has never hosted.
sorry I can't read apparently

62 was supposed to be 72

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by JECE » Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:22 pm

complaining

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by JECE » Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:15 pm

miminena wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 8:37 pm
 And while we're talking statistics, here are the top ten games by number of posts (hosts in parentheses):

1. Game 128 - Multiball (Octavious)
2. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous)
3. Game 384 - Multiball (loresend)
4. Game 71 (JECE)
5. Game 500 - Multiball (miminena)
6. Game 97 (JECE)
7. Game 62 (Bonatogether)
8. Game 379 - Multiball (Hominidae)
9. Game 79 (damo666)
10. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous)
Removing multiball games and adding the answers:
  1. Game 89 (Balki Bartokomous): Nicki Minaj, 240 posts (guess on post #221)
  2. Game 71 (JECE): Blas de Lezo, 206 posts (guess on post #164)
  3. Game 97 (JECE): Dead parrot, 189 posts (guess, too late, on post #165)
  4. Unknown, super-mysterious game
  5. Game 79 (damo666): Sergei Diaghilev, 169 posts (guess on post #150)
  6. Game 83 (Balki Bartokomous): Kirk Cameron, 160 posts (guess on post #138)
That huge gap between the first correct guess in game 71 and the end of the thread was mostly Jamie compaining, ha ha

Game 62 was hosted by DougJoe according to the spreadsheet (not Bonatogether), so I'm not sure where the typo is there. Game 62 was only 88 posts long. Also, Bonatogether has never hosted.

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by JECE » Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:17 pm

I must know, did you consider the dead parrot Norwegian or British?

Re: A Tribute to 500 Games of Twenty Questions

by DarthPorg36 » Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:42 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:48 pm
DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:04 pm
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:09 pm

It seems like the USSR picks were lumped in to Russia as well, I know we've had Kasparov for example.
Yes, Kasparov was lumped into Russia, as I was just working with the modern map. However, any Ukrainian, Estonian, Kazakhstani, or other nationalities once part of the Soviet Union were separated if it made logical sense. But Kasparov was born in current Russia and he's ethnically Russian, so he got lumped there.
Kasparov was born in current Azerbaijan, and his parents were Armenian and Jewish.
Then I guess I didn't look close enough whoops. I'm dumb. I kinda just assumed because I knew he lived in Russia? Good reminder for me to always double-check.

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