***CLUE WARS GAME THREAD***

[shafnutz05]

But again, I agree with IE. If we narrow it down to 50/50, does that really help? I would rather roll the dice and get it down to 2-3 names. Going back to NAN's question, there are 3 people with numbers in their username, and I am one of them.

[pittsports87]

How about to expand on NAN's ?
Did someone with an "I" in their username wear a bowtie

This gives us 9 possible options whereas I think NAN's only gives us a couple.

I like this one more than nan's. His question only gives 3 possibilities and if it's wrong, there is a lot of people that could have had a bow tie. At least with this one it basically cuts the field in half and can move on from there in the next day phase and cut it down some more.

vot teib's question

[IrishEyes]

I'm voting bhaw's question, as well.

We still need to figure out an accuse, too.

Yeah, let me try this again...

NAN's question

[ExPatriatePen]

I think we need to look at what gives us almost a 50/50 split, that way we can eliminate a solid number of people for the time being while we focus on this bowtie...if that is the plan which it seems like it is.

Personally, I agree, it's what's called a binary search and eliminates the most people as quickly as possible. Do it a couple of times and you reduce the size of the suspect pool significantly

[IrishEyes]

How about to expand on NAN's ?
Did someone with an "I" in their username wear a bowtie

This gives us 9 possible options whereas I think NAN's only gives us a couple.

I like this one more than nan's. His question only gives 3 possibilities and if it's wrong, there is a lot of people that could have had a bow tie. At least with this one it basically cuts the field in half and can move on from there in the next day phase and cut it down some more.

vot teib's question

Considering this is the first time we've had this option, I'm willing to take a bit of a risk in our questions. But that's just me.

[Kraftster]

Accuse:


Question:
2 - NAN's Q (Shaf, IE)

Spoiler:

Did someone with a number in their username wear a bow tie?

1 - teib's Q (ps87)

Spoiler:

Did someone with an "I" in their username wear a bowtie

[columbia]

Was the person wearing the tie staying in an odd or even room number?

Doh!...I need to change that:

Was the person wearing the tie staying in an even room number?

[ExPatriatePen]

But again, I agree with IE. If we narrow it down to 50/50, does that really help? I would rather roll the dice and get it down to 2-3 names. Going back to NAN's question, there are 3 people with numbers in their username, and I am one of them.

It's the gamblers dilemma, do you take the sure thing (50%) or gamble now. I'd rather wait to gamble and take the sure 50% e
Imitation now

[thehockeyguru]

Why would you simply limit it to user names with numbers? Why not ask about a set range of room numbers?

For example: Were any of the guests staying in rooms 1-5 seen wearing a bowtie?

[Gaucho]

Shouldn't we determine first whether the bowtie actually belonged to the murderer?

[the errey i breathe]

How about to expand on NAN's ?
Did someone with an "I" in their username wear a bowtie

This gives us 9 possible options whereas I think NAN's only gives us a couple.

I like this one more than nan's. His question only gives 3 possibilities and if it's wrong, there is a lot of people that could have had a bow tie. At least with this one it basically cuts the field in half and can move on from there in the next day phase and cut it down some more.

vot teib's question

Considering this is the first time we've had this option, I'm willing to take a bit of a risk in our questions. But that's just me.

With a 50/50 either way we can trust half of the players. With NAN's we can trust 3. This is assuming that we get NO answers to both questions. Could it be that you're willing to take that risk because you have an I in your name but not a number and would be cleared for a while by NAN's question?

[the errey i breathe]

How about to expand on NAN's ?
Did someone with an "I" in their username wear a bowtie

This gives us 9 possible options whereas I think NAN's only gives us a couple.

I like this one more than nan's. His question only gives 3 possibilities and if it's wrong, there is a lot of people that could have had a bow tie. At least with this one it basically cuts the field in half and can move on from there in the next day phase and cut it down some more.

vot teib's question

Considering this is the first time we've had this option, I'm willing to take a bit of a risk in our questions. But that's just me.

With a 50/50 either way we can trust half of the players. With NAN's we can trust 3. This is assuming that we get NO answers to both questions. Could it be that you're willing to take that risk because you have an I in your name but not a number and would be cleared for a while by NAN's question?

[columbia]

Sorry for the edit above; I thought I was quoting and reposting.

[pittsports87]

How about to expand on NAN's ?
Did someone with an "I" in their username wear a bowtie

This gives us 9 possible options whereas I think NAN's only gives us a couple.

I like this one more than nan's. His question only gives 3 possibilities and if it's wrong, there is a lot of people that could have had a bow tie. At least with this one it basically cuts the field in half and can move on from there in the next day phase and cut it down some more.

vot teib's question

Considering this is the first time we've had this option, I'm willing to take a bit of a risk in our questions. But that's just me.

Yeah I agree with that as well and with what shaf is saying, it is probably a risk worth taking. Benny, can you unask questions and vote for a different one? If so I want to unask teib's question and vote for nan's question instead (I don't know what color we would be using to unask questions if we can).

[Zarovich]

I would go with the question that eliminates half the people. Did the killer stay in an even number room? Something like that.

Are we sure there is 1 killer?

[thehockeyguru]

Considering this is the first time we've had this option, I'm willing to take a bit of a risk in our questions. But that's just me.

With a 50/50 either way we can trust half of the players. With NAN's we can trust 3. This is assuming that we get NO answers to both questions. Could it be that you're willing to take that risk because you have an I in your name but not a number and would be cleared for a while by NAN's question?[/quote]

That's dumb. Only eliminating 3 at a time will take way too long.

[columbia]

I would go with the question that eliminates half the people. Did the killer stay in an even number room? Something like that.

Are we sure there is 1 killer?

See my question above...

[newarenanow]

I'm down for any variation of the question. I just picked the number in the names because if the answer was yes, we can have a more narrow focus right away. But I also understand the 50/50, then go from there method. Might take us longer, but clears more people up front.

[the errey i breathe]

But again, I agree with IE. If we narrow it down to 50/50, does that really help? I would rather roll the dice and get it down to 2-3 names. Going back to NAN's question, there are 3 people with numbers in their username, and I am one of them.

Ok so if we get a NO answer to NAN's question we can trust 2 or 3 people. Splitting it in half gives us 10 people we can "trust." I'd rather be able to count on 10 than 3 personally.

[IrishEyes]

With a 50/50 either way we can trust half of the players. With NAN's we can trust 3. This is assuming that we get NO answers to both questions. Could it be that you're willing to take that risk because you have an I in your name but not a number and would be cleared for a while by NAN's question?

To be honest, teib, I didn't even think about the fact that I had an i in my username. I stand by my opinion. If everyone else votes for your question, then fine. But we've never had this option before and we've done fine without it. Why not take the risk?

[ExPatriatePen]

If someone proposes the 50/50 question using room numbers I'll vote for it.

[the errey i breathe]

Considering this is the first time we've had this option, I'm willing to take a bit of a risk in our questions. But that's just me.

With a 50/50 either way we can trust half of the players. With NAN's we can trust 3. This is assuming that we get NO answers to both questions. Could it be that you're willing to take that risk because you have an I in your name but not a number and would be cleared for a while by NAN's question?

That's dumb. Only eliminating 3 at a time will take way too long.[/quote]

...i didn't say that, IE did

[the errey i breathe]

i like columbia's ? can someone color appropriate that for me? be back in 45

[thehockeyguru]

I vote for Columbia's question:

Was the guest wearing the bow tie staying in an even room number?

[IrishEyes]

Are we sure there is 1 killer?

I can't imagine this game working with only 1 killer. That's why we're using the bowtie in the question. Which means, any variation of the question here doesn't necessarily clear anyone from being a red. It just means they weren't wearing a bowtie.