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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 17, 2019 12:39:58 GMT -5
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(I don't know how much I'm going to roleplay, but I'm not going to let it actually get in the way of anything. Also, I don't actually remember Phantom Menace all that well, but I think Darth Maul looks cool, and it could give me an excuse to be concise. Without PMs hopefully I shouldn't be expected to talk all that much about character choice.
Anyway, let's do this.)
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 17, 2019 13:03:16 GMT -5
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(I'd suggest doing an internal competition to determine the artist, but I don't want to sound like a try-hard until there was at least someone else talking. That does seem like the best way to choose though, since minimizing pixel art isn't exactly a skillset that is commonly used. The thing I'm afraid of most though is that there's something on the list that I don't even know what it is. I'd ask about outside resources since I don't seem them in the rules, but I'll hold off unless it looks like it might be necessary.
Also, I assume by "The artist cannot give the guessers any insight into his or her strategy" you mean more underhanded tactics that undermines the challenge, but does it actually mean we can't talk any strategy whatsoever?)
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 17, 2019 13:24:33 GMT -5
You can talk about strategy! That line was mainly intended to keep someone from coming up with a code beforehand where each color corresponds to a letter of the alphabet, and then using a pixel of each color to spell out the words. Or something like that.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 17, 2019 19:01:41 GMT -5
From the ShoutBox I actually laughed at that one.
And ProBoards quoteboxes are weird. Speaking of ProBoards, does anyone know of a way to make there be more posts per page? The default is nowhere near enough.
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Wait, they're supposed to be on my team. I can't do the challenge solo guys. The other person is one of the six who haven't logged in yet. It's been eight hours, so that's too soon to say anything about that, but at this rate my competition idea isn't going to get off the ground.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 17, 2019 19:44:48 GMT -5
Codack just said "Hey gang" (and nothing else) in the Group PM that Mickey set up. Why do we have both that and a thread? Either way, I'm going to try to redirect them to the thread. I joined this to not use PMs, and I don't want to have to make exceptions for group PMs. If they were trying to start a small talk conversation, A: Bleh, small talk, and B: At least actually start a conversation.
I don't like Zady for some reason, too close to being one name I guess. Zack and Cody is too long though. ZaC? ZnC?
(And by 'just' I mean 22 minutes ago. I'm slow.)
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 17, 2019 20:02:24 GMT -5
Codack just said "Hey gang" (and nothing else) in the Group PM that Mickey set up. Why do we have both that and a thread? Either way, I'm going to try to redirect them to the thread. I joined this to not use PMs, and I don't want to have to make exceptions for group PMs. If they were trying to start a small talk conversation, A: Bleh, small talk, and B: At least actually start a conversation. I don't like Zady for some reason, too close to being one name I guess. Zack and Cody is too long though. ZaC? ZnC? (And by 'just' I mean 22 minutes ago. I'm slow.) They both exist so non-challenge conversations can happen in the group PM, but obviously there's no obligation to use both!
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 17, 2019 20:30:42 GMT -5
16x9 is really small. Also, test. It's nice that Proboards can host the pictures themselves, makes me wonder if there's some sort of catch.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 17, 2019 20:49:08 GMT -5
Okay, something about using the attachments just feels wrong. With the URL I can't get to it with a private tab, but that's because guests can't access the forum at all. Whether or not other users would be able to is not something I can test. Also it seems like there could be some way to find a repository of all the attachments. Technically it's the same with imgur, but they're mixed in with so many other pictures that it would be near impossible to actually find ones from other teams without a link. Probably.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 8:32:33 GMT -5
Do you know what an interesting platform to do this challenge in would be? Excel. You can make the pixels any size you want them while working on it, and most importantly you can add or delete rows without affecting the rest of the picture. You'd probably have to manually recreate it in Paint afterward, but at that point you know exactly the size canvas you need.
Maybe I should actually be trying to get the artist position, but I don't like responsibility.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 11:05:07 GMT -5
ZnC, I know you saw my most recent post.
I guess that was Zack, since Cody's the one who would be doing the drawing.
No, I don't actually think that's a hydra, but that slot has no other excuse.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 12:00:30 GMT -5
Okay, with 15 minutes to spare. Now I just have to hope he actually comes through.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 14:32:52 GMT -5
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ZnC know that the countdown is to when the pictures are due, right? It did initially say until artist pick is due, but that did get corrected before all that long. At this point, forcefully taking artist position if they weren't given the list yet would look bad, and I don't trust myself to be able to finish to my satisfaction in three hours anyway. Maybe I'm overestimating how much time it would take though.
Well, I'm going to be participating in phase two regardless, but I want to be able to stock up before paying up becomes more necessary.
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Post by Mickey Mouse on Aug 18, 2019 14:40:25 GMT -5
I have given ZnC the images, and they are aware of when pics are due!
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 16:13:15 GMT -5
Okay, thanks for telling me, that's definitely a load off.
Also less relevant, but has anyone else came up with shorthand for Zack and Cody? I personally think I'm going to keep going with ZnC, but I have no intentions of going public with it. Also, Doof. Speaking of that, I know surprisingly few of the characters. I'm also surprised there isn't any more Star Wars in the main cast, since to me that's the franchise that best encapsulates the world domination aspect of Disney rather than just things made by Disney. Also surprised that there's no Pirates characters, even with the spectators. I guess after the third movie released, everyone pretended the franchise didn't exist. Also, have you noticed I like the word also?
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 19:19:04 GMT -5
And I already feel like I'm being a disappointment. I should probably wait for the results for that, but...
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 19:24:30 GMT -5
I really want to be stingy about the group chat, but I don't think I can afford people witch hunting over who skipped out. And hopefully I can get at least a few people to not want to vote me.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 18, 2019 19:33:15 GMT -5
Everyone's logged in, so no easy vote.
Megara has quadruple the amount of non-private posts than I do, and I'm one post less than second place. With a field this big, standing out at all is bad, even in what would otherwise be a positive light. I want to vote her at least.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 19, 2019 16:10:01 GMT -5
Oops, was playing video games all day. Deadline hasn't happened yet, so I guess that's fine.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 19, 2019 16:39:07 GMT -5
In the Buzzy challenge early list, I'm 7th out of 14. Right where I want to be, average erring on the side of above average.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 19, 2019 18:09:39 GMT -5
Round 1 Random Chat C: Air Bud, Buzzy, Darth Maul, Pepé the King Prawn
Nothing in it yet, and I'm not going to start a conversation.
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Arista
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Post by Arista on Aug 20, 2019 0:22:59 GMT -5
♪ Questions ♫ Feel free to answer any that pique your interest!
1) Having seen the results now, how are you feeling about the first Cash Grab challenge? To what extent do you feel camaraderie with your teammates? 2) What impact have the Shoutbox and Animal Kingdom had on your game so far? 3) Do you think the money either saved or spent on the Phase 2 groupchats was worthwhile for you? 4) Are you more worried about your safety in the upcoming Elimination Challenge or Layoff Vote? 5) Care to share a song with me?
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 20, 2019 3:34:45 GMT -5
So we're not getting a full breakdown of who got how much money?
I'll get to questions later.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 20, 2019 3:44:42 GMT -5
Ignore me, I'm blind.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 20, 2019 9:16:33 GMT -5
I don't feel confident in my performance in the challenge. I was really slow, but I doubt that's going to matter. For the last three, I mentally sectioned off the images into regions and counted each region five or six times, but because I didn't actually copy it into paint and draw on it, I feel it's incredibly likely that I could have completely missed a section or counted some things twice. Hopefully I did both of them in the same image in a way that they counterbalance each other. And then there's the first image, which I really should have done more recounts on. Also not important probably, but I only knew two out of the five character's names.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 20, 2019 9:35:17 GMT -5
Oh yeah, the questions.
1) Having seen the results now, how are you feeling about the first Cash Grab challenge? To what extent do you feel camaraderie with your teammates? I'm feeling pretty good about the challenge. Third place is a lot of money still, without too much notoriety. I initially thought that the pictures we were given were too big, but it looks like they were actually way on the smaller end, so I shouldn't have been worried at all. I don't think we bonded all that much, but I'll be less inclined to vote them in the future, so I have to hope they feel the same.
2) What impact have the Shoutbox and Animal Kingdom had on your game so far? I don't like Meg. Buzzy can stay. Nick Wilde is a drunkard. I'm trying to leave an impression without actually make people think about me, though maybe I'm doing a bit too little?
3) Do you think the money either saved or spent on the Phase 2 groupchats was worthwhile for you? 1/24th of my money in order to get a non-voting pact with three different people? I'm okay with that.
4) Are you more worried about your safety in the upcoming Elimination Challenge or Layoff Vote? Layoff. I'm not looking forward to a 29 person TC. What happens during phase 3 is also way more likely to have an effect later on, so it's more nerve wracking as well.
5) Care to share a song with me? No.
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Captain Marvel
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most powerful character in the disney universe confirmed: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1biFn3DDyh/?u
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Post by Captain Marvel on Aug 20, 2019 23:42:37 GMT -5
hi I have a scenario and question for you! if you want to be my friend you should answer!
Imagine You’re Walking In A Forest And You Found A Black Suitcase. Inside It, Holds 1 Million Dollars And A Piece Of Paper Stained In Blood With A Single Word “Don’t”. Would you take the suitcase or leave it? Please explain your thought process behind the decision and what you would do after you discovered the suitcase and made your decision.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 21, 2019 16:31:02 GMT -5
I have a two person chat with Pua, because apparently no one picked either of us. That actually might be a bad thing, though at least it means I'm under the radar. Random Chat C decided to vote for Eeyore due to having one post. I pointed out that meant they couldn't have been very helpful during the challenge. Either way that's four votes, and honestly there's no other ideas, so just going with it. Pua said that Rapunzel was actively a hindrance in the challenge, so that's something to keep in mind for later.
Captain Marvel, I think I'd probably run away as quickly as possible. I'd like to say that I would investigate and see where the money came from, but as I am not actually Darth Maul, I'm completely useless against things that could cause blood to happen.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 22, 2019 9:07:09 GMT -5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8 For future reference. I don't want to give other teams ideas.
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 22, 2019 9:10:10 GMT -5
Not that anyone is going to push the button anyway...
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Post by Darth Maul on Aug 22, 2019 9:34:05 GMT -5
What I said in the group PM, because spectators probably can't see it.
I misread excluding as including, and therefore assumed the chart was wrong, but the point still stands that I think the risk/reward this challenge is kind of flawed. Yeah there's no way to know who pressed the button, and asking around isn't going to help, but the only thing you have to gain by pressing the button if you assume no one else will is comparative advantage over people who you are already more inclined to trust than the rest of the groups, since you have a direct line of communication.
On the other hand, this will make the phase two decision harder, since everyone will have more than enough money to pay up, so it isn't an automatic put up like it was for people who did have enough last round.
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