Boston Convention: Stray Notes.

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I'm doing some cleaning, and in the process, I'm seeing a bunch of scraps of paper from the convention. So I thought I'd present some of them. As usual, I ended up picking up a bunch of scraps that others left lying near me. So most of these aren't actually mine.

Dada Trivia was presented by Bartok in LA before appearing at the convention. The rules are available online, but the general gist is that people have to create trivia questions based on randomly selected subjects and predicates in the form "What _____ is ______?" What follows is someone's answer sheet, found on the back of a variety cryptic. The first six appear to have notes about whether or not the answer was "correct."

1. The O.C. poopoo :(
   
2. Milky way :)
   
3. House and Home :(
   
4. War :)
   
5. Pyramids :(
   
6. Waiting :(
   
7. Hashb Wheat
   
8. Mol Nightowl
   
9. Charlamagne
   
10. Tuesday
    
11. Ghost Orchid
    
12. Chemistry
    
13. Paul Revere
    
14. [A strange, descending, signature-like line]
    
15. Martha Stewart
    
16. John Gage
    
17. Strip Poker
    
18. March

Bonus: Quantas
Bonus 2: Cerberus

As part of the Saturday night extravaganza, teams had to create a short song, an excerpt from the finale of MTA, The Musical. In addition, the team had to incorporate special word, provided by the organizers, into the song's lyrics. Here's an example from some team, who was given the word "eland." Somewhere, there's a video of this song, along with all of the others.

This eland's our eland
We've got a trip planned
From Caleb's anoa
To the Gnu of Leland
From the Davis Square stop
At Elm and Highland
On the Red Line 4 stops
Our eland's riding on the T.

Then Next down to Park Street
And Change to the Green Line
Head out to Fenway
[Down] By the Citgo Sign
Take in a ball game
But th There's just one problem
This Elands can't ride the MTA.

Cluesome is a very popular game at conventions, as well as LA gatherings. The rules are online, but I'll give you the basics. Everyone submits "answers" to the other players. On a person's (the cluegiver's) turn, that player chooses one of the "answers" available and tries to create a clue, any sort of clue. The other players (other than the one who submitted the answer) take time to write down what they think the answer is, then reveal their answers. The cluegiver wants to get at least one player, but less than half of the players, to answer correctly. If nobody gets the answer right, the cluegiver gives another clue for the same answer. If too many people guess correctly, the cluegiver has to select another answer and start again.

This is my answer sheet from a game of Cluesome. When an answer had to be clued more than once, subsequent answers are marked with letters. When the same cluegiver had to start cluing a new answer, my answers are marked with decimals. The word "Bet" applies to scoring, and generally means that I thought the answer was correct. Changes in score are marked in parentheses.

1. TIN ROOF RUSTED BET (+2)
2. ME (-1)*
3. NO VACANCY
3b. SATIATED TENTACLE
3c. NORM
3d. Harry Potter and the Secret Prince
3e. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
3f. Hrry Potter nd the Hlf-Blood Prince
4. Panda Bear (Mine) (+1)*
5. Kermit
5b. Gozilla vs. The Brunch Monster
5c. Thunderbirds are Go!
5d. Shuttlecock Bet (+2)
6. Baboon Baboon
6b. He Man and the Masters of the Universe meet She-Ra
7. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (+1)
7.2. Antonin Scalia, Lord of the CHUDs
7.2b. Ben Folds BET (+2)
7.3. The Sphinx
7.3b. The nose of the Sphinx
7.4. Indianapolis 500
8. Crippling Mononucleosis
9. Crippling Mononucleosis
9b. Narcolepsy (+1)
10. Malfunction
11. Speed Two: Another Fine Meth
11b. The Dreyfuss Affair
12. Shogun
13. Pushy makeup salesmen that hit you over the head with a Sledgehammer!
13b. Red Rain Bet (-1)
13c. Say Anything

MOTHA
FUCKAS

(Notes: On turn two, I was the cluegiver, and I got the target number of the correct guesses with the clue "Three words: The two main elements on the flag of the Yooks." Because of the intricacies of Cluesome scoring, I still lose one point. On turn four, the cluegiver used an answer submitted by me. I gained a point, but did not record anything else.)

More as it turns up.

Comments

[ojouchan.livejournal.com]

That game was soooo much fun. one day I shall ahve to tell you of the celebrity game that had us naming exes. hehehehehe