A new trivia question has been added!
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DebiLee
angelembryo
How on earth are you people narrowing it down to one or two answers?? The only pattern I see narrows it down to, like... more than I feel like counting >.>; (no, I'm not fishing for answers or clues, just ranting <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_raspberry.gif border=0>)
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calvinorion
Bleh! Nevermind, I figured out my mistake and got it down to one answer now. (Hopefully the correct one.) <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>
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calvinorion
Hmmm...Vince the Torrey and his Reddish House seemed to have disappeared. Is anything else about this trivia going to change? Because it doesn't seem like it's possible to come up with a definitive answer with the current information given. I've got it down to 2 different answers.
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I've gotten two colours of the rainbow with two different pets. :c I'll just have to guess it...
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<br>These trivias are great. Challenges you. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>
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<br>These trivias are great. Challenges you. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>
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Judgement_126
I understand some users are angry. But so are we. We don't like being this limited in what we can pick for trivias, but as Debi said before, this was a necessary step. And, as she also said, it's working as intended.
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<br>The trivias won't be changed back. The staff discussed this for a long time, even going so far as suggesting trivia be abolished, before deciding just to change it to this. A lot of thought went into this decision.
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<br>The trivias won't be changed back. The staff discussed this for a long time, even going so far as suggesting trivia be abolished, before deciding just to change it to this. A lot of thought went into this decision.
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I got the last one right and traded my Hydrus Inhibitor today for 175,000 sP! It was a good guess...I got(still have) the Dowsing Pendulum and I knowticed it fit the poems description, so I put my answer in, and got it right...o.0
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DebiLee
But this way fewer users are answering at all, so it still achieves the purpose. Last Trivia 3-4 times as many users lost as won, reversing the previous trend of 3/4 or more winning. And only fewer than half as many answered at all. So it's working as intended. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>
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Aimee
Oh i think i got it... took me awhile to see a pattern, but i think i got it<img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>!!
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Aleks
Ooo, this one took a lot of thought. I like this kind of trivia. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_grin.gif border=0> Great job.
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meneither
thanks for not discontinuing the trivia! <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>
<br>i liked doing this latest one.
<br>i liked doing this latest one.
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Jasper
I didn't totally misunderstand. And I'll illiterate, this won't stop people from cheating. Far from it. It'll most likely, it'll increase it.
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<br>Prizes go up in price in a few months anyway. Like with most things. I always hung on to a prize until it was worth something then I traded it. It's a lot easier than some think.
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<br>Prizes go up in price in a few months anyway. Like with most things. I always hung on to a prize until it was worth something then I traded it. It's a lot easier than some think.
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DebiLee
But we won't have 2,000 people answer with 1,500 of them correct anymore, thus hopefully increasing the value of the prizes back to what they should be. The answer for the Super Soaker one had been posted multiple times; I bought 4th of July water guns for as low as 25sP each! There's not much fun in winning a practically worthless prize. Now hopefully that will no longer happen. Some of the prizes might still be under 10K, but 25sP was just crazy! And the note at the bottom was because we got complaints/questions about ex's non-searchable Trivia, to let everyone know why. This is what the Staff as a whole came up with and agreed to to cut back on the problem; the other choices were to suspend or to totally discontinue the Trivia. Moon and I put hours of time into trying to come up with fun, entertaining, at least mildly interesting questions the answers to which were readily searchable and a lot of couldn't even be bothered to make a minimal independent search effort. This isn't a business, it's just a virtual pet site. We're not "punishing" anyone; we simply chose a different style of question over suspension or total discontinuance.
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angelembryo
Understandable, MoonFighter, but I have to wonder... wouldn't people be more likely to mooch answers on external forums and IMs and stuff the harder the trivia is? Perhaps giving people a tiny extra something to work with would encourage them to work it out themselves. Of course, there will still be cheaters... there's no way to stop them, really. Some fools will always find ways to exchange answers outside of Subeta. :
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Judgement_126
Noir, the cheating wasn't looking at google. You misunderstand. The cheating was that INSTEAD of looking at Google, users went and asked help forums on other websites, such as Yahoo.
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<br>Angel, they're supposed to be harder, especially for the first few times.
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<br>Angel, they're supposed to be harder, especially for the first few times.
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misstree
*mouth gapes open* i think i got it. my subconscious brain walked in and dropped it on the table. thanks, subconscious! *crosses fingers*
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angelembryo
lol, I'm with Sparts on the tips/guidance idea... if all the trivias are going to be non-Google-able now, they're going to be a a lot harder for many of us to figure out. Sometimes that's a good thing, but I see no harm in one or two very subtle hints... or in the case of complex logic/mathematical/etc things, maybe a little guidance on how to get started working it out.
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<br>Of course, I <i>am</i> an idiot. XP
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<br>Of course, I <i>am</i> an idiot. XP
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Andrea
I think the problem wasn't the ignorance of the few, I think it was more the ignorance of the near whole.. with the exception of a few.
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Todd
omg, how can you all say "i hope i got it right" x.x it's total giberish to me. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_sad.gif border=0> Are tips allowed? (as in.. not telling the answer, but guiding?) - otherwise im never getting this one. I don't understand LOL *cry*
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loopa
i'm gonna miss the google kind; i know when i get them right. i am soo gonna get this one wrong, i just know it....
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The only trivias I got right were googled and were from encyclopedias. I'm super ticked that people cheated and messed it up for everyone else. And I can't believe I forgot to answer the last one, I would've gotten it correct. I love the poem ones. X3
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o.o'
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<br>Uhm. Wow. That's haaard. xx'
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<br>I hope I got it right. I'm honestly not that smart. xD.
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<br>Uhm. Wow. That's haaard. xx'
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<br>I hope I got it right. I'm honestly not that smart. xD.
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what a pity! Is there a german translation out there?
<br>I hope, I get it right... *sigh*
<br>I hope, I get it right... *sigh*
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Brain...died...And I'm usually good at logic puzzles...! *groans* I'm glad I've already got all 10 trivias I need!
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Freeze the bad don't hurt the good.
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Wow, nice trivia but the disclaimer attached at the bottom sucks. Isn't it a cardinal rule of better discipline/customer service (for those with MBAs) to NOT attack the whole because of the ignorance of a few?
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Jasper
I don't see how using google is cheating but if people spill the answer, they spill the answer. Doesn't matter if the answer is strictly subeta related or not. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_raspberry.gif border=0>
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beanMod
Hahaha oh dear I send in an answer then blink 'oh crud...no way that is right' <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_sweatdrop.gif border=0> *sigh* I'm a twit oh well. No more google? I think I like that idea, though I guess this means they won't be quite so random anymore. Dun dun dun...
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Oh, and to DebiLee (who came up with it), that was very clever. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0> I enjoyed figuring it out. <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_happy.gif border=0> At least I THINK I figured it out. n_n;;
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Does anyone know if the answer we submit needs to be capitalizd or not? The other colors have not been, but I just want to make sure.
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lewysgal
Loved this trivia! Took me awhile but I think I got it right. I feel mighty proud of myself about now! lol
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Im actually glad that the trivias were made harder. now everyone will have to think more, and the prizes will be worth alot more especially when not as many people are going to get them right. i like the challenge too.
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This has put me in a bit of a fix. There's so much to think about... argh!
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Aimee
if people were making forums outside of subeta... don't you think they still will... in hopes that someone from subeta will drop the answer??
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<br>Why does everyone always have to pay for the stupidity of cheaters!?
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<br>Why does everyone always have to pay for the stupidity of cheaters!?
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Todd
i don't understand it at all <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_sad.gif border=0>!
<br>Goodbye Blue building avatar ;_;
<br>Goodbye Blue building avatar ;_;
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err..im really lot with chestnut one...and yeah im going to have the buy the hydrus inhibitor i got it wrong.
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Ejunknown
XD I got the hydrus inhibitor one, but that took a /lot/ of searching of healing weapons on Subeta DB and I thought I had it wrong. XD
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Camilla
Sure hope I guessed right, but it must be correct. I can't think of anything else. Anyway, I really need this for my Plushie Collection. To DebiLee: Thank you for buying the Hydrus Inhibitor from my shop <img src=/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif border=0>
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DebiLee
You can check the past answers by clicking the link above the Trivia question. It was Dowsing Pendulum. I didn't get it either.
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angelembryo
Oh, crap... thought I found a pattern, but then one of the pets didn't fit into it. >.< I really suck at these... but I must have that plushie!
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What was the answer to the last one? I wanted that prize :
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Jinx
Oooo. I'll have to think on this one.
<br>No more google-able quizzes? Oh well, I seldomly used it anyway. ^^
<br>No more google-able quizzes? Oh well, I seldomly used it anyway. ^^
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