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Diligence109
01-02-2011, 09:36 PM
Hello and welcome! Please, take a seat and prepare yourself for...


The Gamers-Forum IRC Trivia Night! Round 2!
Coming to an intertube near you on Janurary the 23rd at 5pm EST!
win 500 GFP!


I'm your proud (co-)host for this upcoming event. On the fateful night of the 23rd intellectuals, dorks, pop culture enthusiasts, and gamers alike will engage in a gripping battle of wit and knowledge for the grand prize of 500GFP. If you want to participate in the event, all you have to do is post in this thread saying so and log into the Gamers-Forum IRC channel on the 23rd a little before 5pm.

If you're interested in participating, you'll need to read the rules below to know how we're running the show. For those of you that were at the first IRC trivia night you'll notice discrete differences in how we're running the event - if this is your first or second time you should read the rules in their entierty, regardless.



Questions will be selected from five categories. Four of the categories will have questions of varying difficulty. There will be a 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 point question for each of these categorys (the 5 pointer being the most difficult question and the 1 pointer being the easiest question.) The fifth category will be a collection of miscellaneous questions of equal difficulty that are worth 2 points each.

The winner of the IRC Trivia night gets to pick what one of the categories will be on the next trivia night. Leica, who won our last trivia night, chose the category "Operating Systems." The five categories for this trivia night will be Operating Systems, Gaming, Astronomy, Music, and Miscellaneous.

I will ask questions in the IRC Channel and answers should be /msg'd to me. I will accept answers for fifteen seconds following the timestamp on my message containing the question. Any answers /msg'd to me after that timeframe will not be counted. Any messages posted publicly in the IRC Channel (#gamers-forum) will not be counted. Everyone gets one answer - the first /msg I recieve from someone counts as their one and only answer. Any other answers or messages I recieve after the first do not count.

Everyone that /msg's me the correct answer gets the points from that question. The first correct response I get will be awarded a bonus point. I will determine who had the first response based on which message my client recieved first.

When we are going to write the next question there will be an announcement in the IRC channel that the next question is coming. We anticipate that there will be some chatting in the channel but ask that when the announcement is made for the next question that people quiet down so that the question, when posted, wont be flooded out by other messages. If it becomes absolutely necesary, we will moderate the channel and remove voice from those who are making it difficult to run the game.

After the 15 seconds for the question have passed, I'll announce the answer in the IRC channel. I will not respond to anybody's /msg's - trust that I got and counted your answer. After all the questions have been asked, I will post everyone's scores and announce the winner. The winner will soon after recieve their 500GFP and be contacted to select a category for the next trivia night.


I look forward to seeing you all on the 23rd!

The people currently signed up for the trivia night are:

Muffincat
Jaykub
jango
Ilyich Valken
LemonRising
Damage
Leica
Flab-Ender
HamadaLFC8
leftymode

Muffincat
01-02-2011, 09:41 PM
Sign me up! :3

I like the changes to the rules. Excited to see how it runs this way :)

Jaykub
01-02-2011, 09:44 PM
You can count me in too!

jango
01-02-2011, 09:46 PM
JUPITER!

I mean .. I'm in!

Ilyich Valken
01-02-2011, 10:00 PM
Shore, why nawt.

LemonRising
01-02-2011, 10:28 PM
Yeahhh I'm in.
good to have rules hhaaha


also make sure that the answers are right this time : PPP

Dess
01-02-2011, 11:13 PM
you know I'll be there.

leica
01-02-2011, 11:53 PM
can i pwn everyone again?

edit: this post was meant to imply that i would like to take part in this spectacular event

Diligence109
01-15-2011, 02:33 PM
8 days until this AWESOME event happens! I know there are more active users on this forum that want 500 GFP than are in that list of registered people... show yourselves!

W1CKEDTW1STED
01-15-2011, 08:24 PM
Ooo ooo oooooo!

I'll be your resident DJ again for this. Let me know if you want a link to add to the post. :)

HamadaLFC8
01-15-2011, 11:42 PM
I want to make sign for event plyyys :D

but i not sure if i ccan make come

i know awesome english :P im bored haha

Diligence109
01-16-2011, 09:40 AM
Let me know if you want a link to add to the post. :)

gimmeh! I'll toss it in!


Do you want to play trivia or are you just DJing?

W1CKEDTW1STED
01-16-2011, 12:11 PM
gimmeh! I'll toss it in!


Do you want to play trivia or are you just DJing?

Just DJing. :D

Link: http://home.hormanhavoc.com:8000/live.m3u

BlackPhazor
01-18-2011, 06:30 PM
Count me in!!!

Flab-Ender
01-18-2011, 06:38 PM
Is there a penalty for entering but not showing up, because i'd like to, but I can't promise i'll remember/has time/even be home?

LiNuX
01-18-2011, 07:20 PM
Is there a penalty for entering but not showing up, because i'd like to, but I can't promise i'll remember/has time/even be home?

No penalty. We just won't believe anything you say anymore.

Flab-Ender
01-18-2011, 07:22 PM
No penalty. We just won't believe anything you say anymore.

I'm not lying to you, I'm just not sure if I can do it or not.

LiNuX
01-18-2011, 07:23 PM
It was supposed to be humorous.

There is no penalty.

Flab-Ender
01-18-2011, 07:26 PM
It was supposed to be humorous.

There is no penalty.

Ok, sorry, it's hard to tell sometimes haha. And sure, i'll go ahead and try it.

LiNuX
01-22-2011, 08:33 PM
Event is tomorrow and we have everything ready. Hopefully everyone shows up!

Dess
01-22-2011, 11:37 PM
Text meh and remind me.

leftymode
01-23-2011, 03:39 PM
challenge accepted.

Jaykub
01-23-2011, 03:54 PM
5 more minutes!!!

LiNuX
01-23-2011, 05:42 PM
We had a pretty good turn out for this event. The new rules played out nicely. Leica won this one for the second month in a row, coming in at a close second was Muffincat followed by leftymode who came out of nowhere and almost took it.

Here is the fire scoreboard:

Leica - 44
Muffin - 42
Lefty - 39
Jaykub - 23
EpsilonX - 20
Ilyich - 17
Cliche - 16
Flab - 16
Blackleo - 15
hamada - 12
Lemon - 11
JJ - 8

Thanks to everyone for showing up. We should have another next month and I hope to see you all there!

insert_cliche_here
01-23-2011, 05:50 PM
Yay! I had fun :D I can't wait for the next one. Thanks for letting me join in <3

leica
01-23-2011, 07:16 PM
i will continue to pwn all of you for centuries

HamadaLFC8
01-23-2011, 08:16 PM
I ran away from last place ;p

LiNuX
01-23-2011, 08:17 PM
I ran away from last place ;p

you doubled your points right near the end 8)

Flab-Ender
01-23-2011, 08:26 PM
I wasn't there for half of it and didn't lose! Yaaaaaaay!

W1CKEDTW1STED
01-23-2011, 09:36 PM
My stream server crapped out on me. That's what I've been working on this afternoon. Sorry I missed it. I'm still working on getting it fixed. :(

LemonRising
01-23-2011, 10:25 PM
was fun. was too tired to really attempt it lol
My answers were.. I.. I don't even know lol

Diligence109
01-23-2011, 11:28 PM
I'm glad you all (or at least those of you who have responded) had fun! If you have any comments/suggestions for how to make future IRC trivia nights better speak now or forever hold your peace!

insert_cliche_here
01-23-2011, 11:37 PM
I have a suggestion. Don't tell me what to drink.


:p