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Originally Posted by hydr0x
I understand your frustration, but then again, its a competition and only one can win. Rest assured though that us others put in a lot of effort too. Well, at least I did, Arteveld claimed he basically breezed through the questions. I hope you'll get over your frustration and will be able to enjoy the three excellent games you're getting for free.
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Yeah, I'm happy I got a prize and there's some good games to choose from, however Monkey Island has a special place in my heart. I'm sure many people put a lot of time and effort as well. Personally I browsed though the screenshots of every DOS game listed at Mobygames and Abandonia, read tons of descriptions and did some serious googling. I almost felt like a detective... did anybody else notice that checking Red Avatar's profile gave away a several answers? (every one of his favorite games was featured somewhere in the quiz, hehe). Sadly I had to submit my answers 4 days early because of me leaving town, I'm sure that with those extra days things would have been different. Anyway, congrats Hydr0x you sure deserved to win.
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Originally Posted by hydr0x
The Primal Rage fault wouldn't have helped ya anyways. I answered Primal Rage too, so I'd still would have had one more than you if he accepted it. You didn't get 2 screenshots, just like me. And you didn't get Paperboy just like me. So basically it was your Red Baron blunder that cost you a tie (not sure about the better tie-breaker though, the average was 68,4 and I guessed 71). I didn't get that one first either, was one of the last 10 questions I got, it actually occurred to me while sleeping  |
I would have lost to you in a tie breaker (I guessed 50) but here's how I could have won: wild guessing Zak McKracken in the screenshot (something I actually considered) instead of leaving it blank, and opting for Time Commando instead of Primal Rage (another answer I had considered). My real mistake here was waiting too long to ask for clarification regarding the key hint of time travel. Red Avatar wisely denied it to me cause the extra clarification would have been unfair to people who already submitted the answers. Perhaps if I had asked that as soon as I thought about it he'd have granted me an answer. Oh, and with a little more time in my hands I'm sure I would have got the Red Baron answer. That'd have put me two points ahead of you. Oh well, why do I like to beat a dead horse? I better get back to write down my game list. It's almost done!