Twenty questions - discussion thread

[miminena]

what should settings be? would unranked, anonymous, and 2 day phases work for everyone? (with shorter builds and retreats unless that's only on vdip)

That works for me. Anonymous vs. non-anonymous might not make much of a difference (I'm guessing we will be able to figure out who each other are).

that's true. and it might be worth it to keep it non-anonymous so anybody who is better at guessing who is who wouldn't have any advantage for it

[Hominidae]

Yeah, I think non-anonymous is best here.

[Spartaculous]

It's been 24 hours since the last discussion here, so I went ahead and created a game. I will be sending out invitations shortly.

[miminena]

I'm here with 75 points looking at Sparty's 2503...

[DreamTrawler]

Having trouble opening link on mobile - what’s the game name? I’ll find it in the new games tab

[miminena]

Having trouble opening link on mobile - what’s the game name? I’ll find it in the new games tab

20Q Showdown

[Spartaculous]

I'm here with 75 points looking at Sparty's 2503...

Ah, you weren't around for the 2023 Christmas Drawing Give-away.

Having trouble opening link on mobile - what’s the game name? I’ll find it in the new games tab

20Q Showdown

[yavuzovic]

Modt of my points also come from Christmas giveaways

[damo666]

Ah!

[miminena]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

[Spartaculous]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

Isn't she named for an island in the Pacific?

[miminena]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

also need help with dionysius exiguus

[Hominidae]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

I think United Kingdom since she's an Anglo-Saxon goddess. She is presumably from Proto-West Germanic because there is a German equivalent, and there is a philosophical debate that can be had over whether that's the same person, but still the first mention is from Bede.

[Hominidae]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

also need help with dionysius exiguus

I would personally go with Romania on that one.

[Spartaculous]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

Shouldn't Taz be considered to be from Tasmania?

[miminena]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

Shouldn't Taz be considered to be from Tasmania?

if you can find something that says that they're from australia go ahead and put it in but i couldn't find anything and warner brothers is an american studio so i put US

[JECE]

so i'm filling in the demographics since they haven't been updated for a while and what country should eostre be considered from?

Shouldn't Taz be considered to be from Tasmania?

if you can find something that says that they're from australia go ahead and put it in but i couldn't find anything and warner brothers is an american studio so i put US

If you're going to be updating the demographics then you should probably stick to DarthPorg36's methodology (which as Spartaculous suggested prioritizes fictional characters' in-universe origin, e. g. Paddington Bear is Peruvian and Taz is Tasmanian). Or else review the whole gigantic list yourself if you find that ridiculous and want to switch to a different methodology . . .

[miminena]

Shouldn't Taz be considered to be from Tasmania?

if you can find something that says that they're from australia go ahead and put it in but i couldn't find anything and warner brothers is an american studio so i put US

If you're going to be updating the demographics then you should probably stick to DarthPorg36's methodology (which as Spartaculous suggested prioritizes fictional characters' in-universe origin, e. g. Paddington Bear is Peruvian and Taz is Tasmanian). Or else review the whole gigantic list yourself if you find that ridiculous and want to switch to a different methodology . . .

what i meant is that on skim I couldn't find anything referring to in-universe that said taz was from tasmania

on double check i found something that said he used to live on tasmania, but I couldn't verify it so i'm not counting it. ofc i'm just skimming so i'm likely missing something obvious. if you know that taz is from tasmania or can find a source that says so feel free to change it but i couldn't find anything aside from the fact he's a tasmanian devil which is native to australia, so i put where looney tunes generally likely takes place

[miminena]

that being said, i don't control the spreadsheet aside from the fact that i own it (it's supposed to be crowd sourced, i was just catching up) so feel free to change it anyways, with source or without

[Jamiet99uk]

if you can find something that says that they're from australia go ahead and put it in but i couldn't find anything and warner brothers is an american studio so i put US

If you're going to be updating the demographics then you should probably stick to DarthPorg36's methodology (which as Spartaculous suggested prioritizes fictional characters' in-universe origin, e. g. Paddington Bear is Peruvian and Taz is Tasmanian). Or else review the whole gigantic list yourself if you find that ridiculous and want to switch to a different methodology . . .

what i meant is that on skim I couldn't find anything referring to in-universe that said taz was from tasmania

on double check i found something that said he used to live on tasmania, but I couldn't verify it so i'm not counting it. ofc i'm just skimming so i'm likely missing something obvious. if you know that taz is from tasmania or can find a source that says so feel free to change it but i couldn't find anything aside from the fact he's a tasmanian devil which is native to australia, so i put where looney tunes generally likely takes place

The relevant source is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Devil_(Looney_Tunes),

...which lists Taz's "Species" as "Tasmanian Devil" which links to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_devil

...which says:

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii; palawa kani: purinina)is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was formerly present across mainland Australia, but became extinct there around 3,500 years ago; it is now confined to the island of Tasmania.