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  1. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    The rules:

    - If guessing, you must ask animal related questions that have a yes/no answer
    - Only one question is allowed per post :D
    - Multiple concurrent games are allowed
    - Subspecies are allowed; dinosaurs are not allowed
    - Please try to remember your animal :D

    So, I'll go first and just feel free to join in and/or ask a question.

    I am thinking of an animal....
     
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    1) is it a scimitar-horned oryx?
    2) is it a small-clawed otter?
    3) is it a goblin shark?
    4) is it a dodo?
    5) is it a thick-billed parrot?
    6) is it a tardigrade?
    7) is it a golden mantella?
    8) is it a bongo?
    9) is it a blue whale?
    10) is it an Australian lungfish?
    11) is it a Sumatran tiger?
    12) is it a Cuban solenodon?
    13) is it a Haitian solenodon?
    14) is it a common wallaroo?
    15) is it a thylacine?
    16) is it a Burmese snub-nosed monkey?
    17) is it a zebra?
    18) is it a greylag goose?
    19) is it a gum emperor moth?
    20) is it a giant squid?
     
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  3. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    No to all. You misunderstood the rules though, so they have been amended. ;)
     
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  4. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    @Chlidonias does the animal you are thinking of have 4 legs?
     
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  5. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I didn't misunderstand the rules. You specifically said twenty questions could be asked which could be answered with a yes or a no.
     
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  6. Pootle

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    @ Nanoboy - does your animal have blood?

    @ Chlidonias - does your animal have any feet?
     
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  7. FBBird

    FBBird Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Would it eat a mince pie?
     
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  8. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    My animal has blood, yes.

    I suppose any animal would eat a mince pie, but it is not what it would be fed in a zoo.

    @Chlidonias, yes, I phrased the rules badly and still you did not get it right. :p
     
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  9. Pootle

    Pootle Well-Known Member

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    Is it a mammal? (Q2)
     
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  10. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    Yes it is a mammal! :)
     
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    Does it have legs? (Q3)
     
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    Is this mammal diurnal?
     
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  13. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    The mammal has legs, and is diurnal.
     
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  14. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    @pootle and @JBZ is your animal a mammal?
     
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    @nanoboy is your animal a rodent?
     
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  16. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    why are you asking what everyone else's animal is when you're the one with the animal?
     
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  17. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I was thinking the same think.

    @Chlidonias- Is the animal you're thinking of large?
     
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  18. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    No no. Re-read the rules. Everyone can have an animal at the same time. Just put @ in front their name. So, basically everyone who is guessing, also has a secret animal to be guessed - that way everyone is involved. ;)

    It's not a rodent, by the way.
     
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  19. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    your rules don't say anything of the sort. They say that concurrent games are allowed. They don't say that anybody guessing in your game is required to also be playing their own animal as well. You can't decide who is choosing to play an animal just by putting an @ in front of their name. That is presumptuous.

    EDIT: dammit that was my 9000th post and instead of something worthwhile I used it being a dick to see how long it would take me to break nanoboy!
     
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  20. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    I cannot be broken, but you however.... The word "goad" springs to mind. :D So, @Chlidonias, is your animal found in the wild in Asia?
     
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