6.05: Final Fantasy Family Feud Game #1!

[chacusha]

FFFF Game #1

All right, the game will be starting at 7 PM EST, in about 30 minutes. I'm getting the post set up now.

Come meet the teams. In one corner we've got Team Rocket AKA the Returners! chaos_cat (leader), crissaegrim, and sleipnir
And in the other corner, Team Jumpstealpunch AKA Team Mug! lady_nova (leader), the_asteroid_girl, and alwaysbeenasmiler

Let me know if you have any last minute changes to the order or substitutions needed!

You may want to track this post so that you know when new comments are posted. I'm also in the Chatzy (password is ffland, click the Join Chat button at the bottom after you enter the room) if you need to talk to me.

Round 1 jumpball - chaos_cat vs. lady_nova
Round 2 jumpball - crissaegrim vs. alwaysbeenasmiler
Round 3 jumpball - sleipnir vs. lady_nova

(The above may change if people check in or drop out.)



Check out this post if you need a refresher on how Family Feud works.

Jumpball rules:
- As soon as the category is posted, the people participating in a jumpball can post their guess, one thing fitting the category that they think the most number of people answered.
- You MUST reply to the jumpball thread in order for your answer to count -- if you are first, but reply in the wrong place, your answer won't be counted until you repost it in the correct thread.
- The winner of the jumpball is whoever gets the higher answer on the scoreboard, or whoever posted first, if both people guess the #1 answer.
- If you win the jumpball, you can decide as a team or individually to either play (your team guesses) or pass (the other team guesses).

Guessing rules:
- While guessing, the members of the team take turns posting one guess at a time. Only the person whose turn it is can respond. They can't take suggestions from teammates.
- Three incorrect guesses and the other team gets the chance to steal.

Stealing rules:
- The opposing team can discuss together to come up with a single answer (you only get one chance to steal). You can do this while the other team is guessing, but if so, you should probably do it somewhere private.
- In addition to using external chat, members can also use the stealing thread to offer suggestions to their team leader, but once the team leader posts a guess in the stealing thread, that will count for the team's answer.
- If that answer is anywhere on the board, then all of that board's revealed points (including the guessed answer) go to the stealing team. Otherwise, stealing is unsuccessful and the guessing team keeps the points.

General rules:
- To go with the "gameshow" feel of this minigame, it's encouraged you not use Google or any outside sources like FFWikia. Honor system!
- If at any point your internet fails or you have to leave or your team members go MIA, that's fine. If you can, notify people you're having difficulties and we'll switch around the order or skip members or whatever we need to do.

Audience rules:
- Members of the audience can add their commentary, but not offer up answers to the contestants.

Important note on the answers in the scoreboards:
- Most of the people polled were from Reddit, so keep that in mind when guessing answers. Think about what answers a bunch of Reddit denizens might give...
- I usually cut off answers that got less then 2-3% of the vote. There are some scoreboards that have a higher cut-off, though.

Comments

QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[chacusha]

Reply here to check in. Or if you have any questions!

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Checking me! YAY! Nia is in the building, booyaka!

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Also, I have skype and YiM and AIM so if my team members want to communicate with me.. they are free too.

Skype: nia.westphal
AIM: alwaysbeenasmiler@yahoo.com
YiM: alwaysbeenasmiler

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[chaos_cat]

Here~

now let's hope it doesn't start storming worse

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[lady_nova]

I'm here! Dunno how long though - I've been working the entire day and I'm dead tired right now.

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[sleipnir]

I'm here, ma'am.

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[crissaegrim]

Checking in.

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[lady_nova]

It's 3 am here. i'm very tempted to go to sleep, but I don't want to leave Nia all alone... :(

Re: QUESTIONS/ROLL CALL THREAD

[crissaegrim]

I have to be right back! I need to run into town for something, but I'll be back in a few minutes if the game isn't over by then. c:

AUDIENCE COMMENTARY

[chacusha]

Here's where audience members can comment on the game. Don't give any answers, though!

ROUND 1 JUMPBALL

[chacusha]

Vanja and Lady Nova, this one is for you. The top 7 answers are up on the board. Note: This board has a higher cut-off (≥ 4%) due to the large number of popular answers.

_____________?_____________
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The question we asked was:
Name a Final Fantasy character whose name starts with the letter G.

What answer did people give? Post your guess as a reply here!

Re: ROUND 1 JUMPBALL

[lady_nova]

Gilgamesh

Re: ROUND 1 JUMPBALL

[chaos_cat]

Golbez?

he's in dissida, that's kind of popular, right?

ROUND 1 GUESSING: Team Jumpstealpunch

[chacusha]

All right, Team Rocket passed, so you guys will be guessing this board. Guessing will be in subthreads which I'll be setting up now

ROUND 1 GUESSING - for the_asteroid_girl

[chacusha]

All right, Michelle, give a Final Fantasy character whose name starts with G. Here's the board:

_____________?_____________
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___________GOLBEZ__________ 8
_________GILGAMESH_________ 7
_____________?_____________


(I'm not sure if Michelle is here - if I don't get a reply in 5 minutes I'll go on to Nia instead.)

ROUND 1 RESULTS

[chacusha]

Team Mug won the board, earning 75 points!

Team Rocket: 0 points
Team Jumpstealpunch: 75 points

The second jumpball will be going up in a few minutes. It will be Sten vs. Nia (I have to go edit the post).

ROUND 2 JUMPBALL

[chacusha]

Sten and Nia, this one is for you. The answers are up on the board.

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The question we asked was:
Name an ability you often don't get until late in the game.

What answer did people give? Post your guess as a reply here!

Re: ROUND 2 JUMPBALL

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Ultima

ROUND 2 GUESSING: Team Rocket

[chacusha]

Team Jumpstealpunch passed, so it's your guys' turn to guess. See subthreads...

ROUND 2 GUESSING - for sleipnir

[chacusha]

First up: Roax. Here's the board. Name an ability people often don't get until late in the game:

__________ULTIMA___________ 47
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ROUND 2 STEALING: Team Jumpstealpunch

[chacusha]

All right, Team Mug, you've got one guess. If it's on the board, you steal the points. Name an ability you don't get until late in the game. (You may discuss as a team, but the answer given by Lady Nova will be counted as the team's final answer.)

__________ULTIMA___________ 47
__________METEOR___________ 11
___________HOLY____________ 8
___________FLARE___________ 6
_____________?_____________

Re: ROUND 2 STEALING: Team Jumpstealpunch

[lady_nova]

We're going to guess Doom

ROUND 2 RESULTS

[chacusha]

Team Rocket struck out, but Team Jumpstealpunch wasn't able to steal. 72 points to the Returners!

For those curious, the last answer was...

__________ULTIMA___________ 47
__________METEOR___________ 11
___________HOLY____________ 8
___________FLARE___________ 6
__________BAHAMUT__________ 3

... the Bahamut summon! BTW, Omnislash almost made it. If I had grouped it with people who had said "Level 4 Limit Breaks" it would have passed Bahamut.


Team Rocket: 72 points
Team Jumpstealpunch: 75 points

Re: ROUND 2 RESULTS

[lady_nova]

That one we didn't even consider

ROUND 3 JUMPBALL

[chacusha]

Roax and Lady Nova, this one is for you. The answers are up on the board.

_____________?_____________
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The question we asked was:
Who is your least favorite Final Fantasy character?

What answer did people give? Post your guess as a reply here!

Re: ROUND 3 JUMPBALL

[sleipnir]

Snow

ROUND 3 GUESSING: Team Rocket

[chacusha]

All right, you guys are playing! How exciting! Guessing in the subthreads.

ROUND 3 GUESSING - for chaos_cat

[chacusha]

You're up, Vanja! Can you guess a character people listed as their least favorite?

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____________SNOW___________ 4

ROUND 3 STEALING: Team Jumpstealpunch

[chacusha]

All right, Nia, it's all you. A least favorite character?

_____________?_____________
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____________VAAN___________ 8
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____________SNOW___________ 4

If your guess is here, you steal the points. Otherwise, Team Rocket keeps 'em.

Re: ROUND 3 STEALING: Team Jumpstealpunch

[chacusha]

Aaaah maybe Nia is gone. DX How to handle this...?

ROUND 3 RESULTS

[chacusha]

All right, I'm just going to give Team Rocket the points by default if that's all right. It was a close game anyway, so I think that's fair.

Here's what people listed, if you're curious.

____________HOPE___________ 12
_________CAIT_SITH_________ 10
____________VAAN___________ 8
__________VANILLE__________ 7
___________YUFFIE__________ 5
___________QUINA___________ 4
____________SNOW___________ 4

The board was hard but at the same time none of the answers really surprise me?

Anyway, FINAL RESULTS:

Team Rocket: 96 points
Team Jumpstealpunch: 75 points

Team Rocket wins!

Re: ROUND 3 RESULTS

[sleipnir]

Sweet! I must say I am surprised Yuffie is there and while I know Vanille isn't well liked, I think I have seen more fans of hers than haters so I was sure she wouldn't be there. It was an interesting round though, even if hard.

Thanks for the game, btw! It was really fun.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

My internet went down.. unfortunately. I tried to get on but it just now came on after long last. I didn't want to leave, I was having so much fun with the game.. -_-

Congratulations to Team Rocket! Once again sorry you guys. -_- Next time I need to give out my cell phone number so people know.

[chacusha]

Aah so sorry that happened! My internet has done that to me so many times this year, I am well-acquainted with the frustration. >.>

Anyway, thanks for playing! Glad you had fun!