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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#101 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:22 pm

damo666 wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:15 pm
Is the character's first appearance on or after 1st January 2001?
Clarification: Do you mean 2001 AD, or 2001 BC?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#102 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:49 pm

damo666 wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:15 pm
Is the character's first appearance on or after 1st January 2001?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#103 Post by VillageIdiot » Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:03 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:22 pm
damo666 wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:15 pm
Is the character's first appearance on or after 1st January 2001?
Clarification: Do you mean 2001 AD, or 2001 BC?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#104 Post by Kakarroto » Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:04 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:22 pm
damo666 wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:15 pm
Is the character's first appearance on or after 1st January 2001?
Clarification: Do you mean 2001 AD, or 2001 BC?
Clarification: Do you mean the Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Indian, Chinese or Julian Calendar?

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#105 Post by JECE » Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:40 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
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(DISCLAIMER: I am not saying anything about whether the ambiguity matters to the subject at all. I just find that "superhero story or franchise" can have a lot of interpretations. And I'll ask for these kinds of clarifications whether they matter to the subject or not)
Catching up on the debate, remember that Balki Bartokomous did clarify that asking for clarifications did not imply that the clarifications has any relevance whatsoever. I think that the main issue is neither that anybody is being misleading nor that anyone is being lawyerly, but rather that these clarifications are a complete waste of time and can end up burying questions (like the "'good guy'" question) that end up not getting answered at all.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#106 Post by JECE » Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:41 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:15 am
Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:50 am
Free hint: It is not Clippy the Microsoft paperclip, nor is it Clippy inhabiting some other body, nor is it some other body inhabiting Clippy.

Now I am giving away free hints! Damn you, Village Idiot!
This is not a useful hint.
Clippy is not the size and shape of a human and does not have skin.
It's Clippit! Have some respect.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#107 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:48 pm

I dunno. I think it makes the game better if we try to make the questions clear and objective. But I may be in the minority on that, and other people would rather have the questioner answer and then give a disclaimer or hint. Neither way is inherently better or worse. I’ll be less of a stickler.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#108 Post by JECE » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:00 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:45 pm
Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:15 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:06 pm
Does he appear in a movie or show that is on this list:

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?&genres=sci_fi

??
I love this question! It's so objective!

Just to be sure, the link you sent me directed me to a list of the "Top 50 Sci-Fi Movies and TV Shows," but there is also a link to go to next, which apparently takes me to 227,153 additional titles. You are asking if this character appears in one of the works on the top 50 of this list, right?
To keep us moving, I interpret your question as asking whether this character appears in a movie or show that is on the "Top 50" list to which you linked, and asks nothing about the thousands of additional pages. The answer is:

No
Balki Bartokomous wrote:
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damo666 wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:15 pm
Is the character's first appearance on or after 1st January 2001?
No.
This is the only movie on that list that's from before 2001, ha ha:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#109 Post by JECE » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:07 pm

Not a for our question master, but are we sure that this individual is an alien?

I don't see that confirmed in the answers. But if it is confirmed, we should probably comb this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... rrestrials
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#110 Post by Foxcastle » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:10 pm

JECE wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:07 pm
Not a for our question master, but are we sure that this individual is an alien?

I don't see that confirmed in the answers. But if it is confirmed, we should probably comb this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... rrestrials
Not human, but looks human, from a work of science fiction... so not confirmed but I think we have enough to go on to not waste a question on it.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#111 Post by Foxcastle » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:11 pm

Is he a title character? (I.e, does his name appear in the title of the work in which he appears?)

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#112 Post by Foxcastle » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:12 pm

Foxcastle wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:11 pm
Is he a title character? (I.e, does his name appear in the title of the work in which he appears?)
Actually, I retract this. This is not a good question.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#113 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:15 pm

Foxcastle wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:11 pm
Is he a title character? (I.e, does his name appear in the title of the work in which he appears?)
Yes

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#114 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:16 pm

Sorry missed your retraction. But I feel like it was a great question.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#115 Post by Foxcastle » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:19 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:16 pm
Sorry missed your retraction. But I feel like it was a great question.
Well, it was lucky that you answered it, I suppose. Most sci-fi movies and shows aren't titled after a character, and a slightly better framing would have been whether the character's species is referenced in the title (which does happen more often). Anyway, that seems to have been a helpful break, perhaps.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#116 Post by JECE » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:22 pm

Is it E. T.?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#117 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:23 pm

Foxcastle wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:19 pm
Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:16 pm
Sorry missed your retraction. But I feel like it was a great question.
Well, it was lucky that you answered it, I suppose. Most sci-fi movies and shows aren't titled after a character, and a slightly better framing would have been whether the character's species is referenced in the title (which does happen more often). Anyway, that seems to have been a helpful break, perhaps.

Free guess: Mork
Not Mork

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#118 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:24 pm

JECE wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:22 pm
Is it E. T.?
Not E.T.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#119 Post by Foxcastle » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:26 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:24 pm
JECE wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:22 pm
Is it E. T.?
Not E.T.
Sorry, can you please clarify? JECE asked about "E. T." (with a space) but you replied "Not E.T." (no space).
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86

#120 Post by JECE » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:27 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:24 pm
JECE wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:22 pm
Is it E. T.?
Not E.T.
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