Hozzászólások - MartinBV

This one needs a date, as higher buildings will surely be built.

Purportedly? So it doesn't work? Roomba is the name of a robotic vacuum cleaner, so using "purportedly" in this question makes the question wrong.

There is an acid called diacetic acid (same as acetoacetic acid) a bit close in spelling to the correct answer.

This is a myth! The ocean is blue because water absorbs less of blue light than it does the other colours.

From what I have been able to find, this is a myth.

Idézet: Viridel - 2010.11.07. 05:03:25
I agree! there are two things wrong with this one: neither Legolas nor Gandalf had an elven ring, and it's specialist knowledge anyway.

Oh and it has been brought up earlier.

Got a question something like: (didn't copy it)
What was Neptune the god of?
Sea
Underworld <- Marked as correct

Don't remember the other two possible answers.
But he was the god of the sea and water.

Could someone please translate this one to English

Could people please at least attempt to keep the superfluous words and phrases in the sentences used to make up their questions and answers for the quiz to an absolute minimum, thereby keeping the questions simple and easy to understand, so that misunderstandings of the question or the answers to said questions does not become the reason for an incorrect answer....

In other words, saying the same: Please use clear and simple language when making questions for the quiz.

P.s. in the example prompting this post the word "famously" is not merely superfluous but complete gibberish.

In The Cat in The Hat, by Dr. Seuss who were the paired protagonists?
Thing One and Thing Two <- correct
Little Cat A and Little Cat B <- also correct
Ronnie and Donnie
Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

The Cat in The Hat is the 1st book in a series (or rather a literary universe) also known as The Cat in The Hat. In the 1st book the "paired protagonists" are Thing One and Thing Two, in the second book it's Little Cat A and Little Cat B, in the subsequent stories Thing One and Thing Two are back.

Which is NOT an alkali metal?
Lithium
Magnesium
Potassium
Sodium

This is not wrong, but I think this kind of question should list the International Scientific names as well as the English names.

What term do cemetery enthusiasts use to describe their hobby of exploring a cemetery?
History Hunting
Cemetery visiting
Tomb hopping <- Marked as correct
Graving <-

Checking the internet, I found several references to Graving being the correct answer, and only one reference to Tomb Hopping being the correct answer. So at best this question is ambiguous.

Either you have to know who Jason Bourne is, or you have to read all the wheel of time books, this is a specialised group question.

I have no idea if this is part of a poem or such, but it is not correct. The Moon orbits the Earth, in such a manner that it may be in the sky at any time of the day or night. Depending on the lunar cycle it sets and rises before, after or at the same time as the Sun.

The stars and planets also shine at night, and actually it's only the stars that glow, the Moon and planets shine with reflected light form the Sun.

You're not high either, high might mean intoxicated by drugs, in which case you're not sober.

How should I know, we don't have Taco Bell and never heard of Del Taco. I'd call this one a specialist group question.

Isn't that a bit to specialised?

Duplicate question. There is also a question:

Time for my 5 cent.

First a little background:
On w1 I am one of the strongest players in my level bracket, and can be fairly sure to win any duel, I worked hard for it, always making sure I got maximum SE for as little XP as possible. On w2 I'm a hunter/builder, and can only win over other hunter/builders, I enjoy both. On w1 I enjoy winning duels and gaining SE. On w2 I laugh at the duellers when they get 0 SE for attacking me, not that I get attacked much. I don't have a character on w3.

I don't see the overpowered characters as being a problem in itself, all games reward those that find a way to make the most of it, and that is just as it should be, or the game would very quickly become dull.

I do however see a few "problems" with the balance between duelling and hunting. As I see it the ideal would be that the strongest player would be the player that made the most of all his/her resources, not just the duelling points. (No I do NOT suggest the current worlds be "rebalanced")

If you are a dueller, you have action points wasting away while if you are a hunter you gain nothing from using your duel points, other than the occasional quest, and getting your HP to 1, so that you can hunt without fear for being attacked and loosing your SE. (I haven't gotten to the point where I can do adventures so no idea how they influence the game)

For a dueller gaining a levels is a penalty, while for a hunter it has very little influence, only slightly increasing the SE gain from hunts.

So to sum it up I think all in all the game is good as it is, but I see three "problems" balance, resources, and level. Naturally they are connected, but I think addressing them on the already running worlds would be a major mistake. Players that have worked hard for their position would rightly feel cheated if casual players could suddenly beat them due to the system being changed.

If something should be done I think it should be some additional activities be implemented that use the unused resources. For fighters this could be a sort of combat hunt, where you use, say 5 action points, to fight a creature, if you win you'd gain XP and SE at a level comparable to a successful duel, but less SE than from 5 hunts, making it unattractive to hunters. For hunters it could be some sort of "arena" fight where you battle an NPC with high XP gain compared to the possible SE reward, making it unattractive to the duellers.

Idézet: TheLion - 2010.10.28. 21:46:43
Having seen the movies several times and read the books more than once, I would most likely be able to answer it within a few seconds, but it is still a specialist answer, as you need to have either read the books, seen the movies, or do more than cursory research to answer it.

How much greater is the mass of Jupiter to that of Earth?
358
328
318 *
308

I think the possible answers are way to close and similar.

How is this NOT a special knowledge question?

Which is a character not in 'The Simpsons' ?
Store Clerk Glen
Bumble Bee Man
Grounds Keeper Willie
Comic Book Guy

The dance tango started what year?
1999
1980
1988
1890 <- Marked as correct, but no one really know the right answer. Some sources say that Tango started in the mid 19'th century. The oldest known piece is from the 1890s.

How did this pass?? They might have used a phone.... Ok from the answers I can see that it's the name, but it's not on the list, he is called Blade. You would have to know the film to know that he is nicknamed/referred to as The Day Walker.

Edit: Corrected a typo

Idézet: Phalanxii - 2010.10.23. 23:15:40

Just checked it with the Norwegian bureau of statistics, according to their website the southernmost point in Norway is Lindesnes. If you want to check it out read http://www.ssb.no/aarbok/geografi.html

Idézet: dark22 - 2010.09.15. 22:37:51

Good spiders grow very slowly, a spider never hunt, unless to get a fighting pet, and has his duel point set to 15/day, so until he/she gets access to a dimension gate, he/she will have 15 chances to gain xp per day. Besides a spider will do his/her best to avoid getting xp.

A builder on the other hand will want to gain levels, as you get more SE/hunt the higher your level.

So no congratulations to the spider for having a push account or two in the useful level range. And I hope people will still call attention to players they think are push accounts so the mods/admins can watch them and take action if necessary.