Found this thread way back in the early pages, and never heard of the game before but it looked like fun! Basically, this is a character guessing game, but with some twists (more on wikipedia) - so read the rules carefully!
Rules
- The host chooses a fictional character or famous person, and provides the first letter of their name (note that for the purposes of the game this means the name they're usually referred to or best known by - for a lot of fictional characters this is their first namenote , but if they're usually referred to by their last name, you'd say the first letter of their last name and not their first name. Same goes for someone best known by their nickname, ect.)
- For characters whose names start with a number or other non-letter symbol, use the first letter from said number/symbol written out (for example, 9-Volt would be an "N" character for "Nine"). However, if it's a symbol that's not spoken or pronounced, go with the first letter after said symbol.
- "Characters" can also include fictional species that aren't just one individual being (such as Pokemon) as long as they're made for a specific work/franchise (so no choosing "mermaid" or "vampire" ect. as your "character")
- The guessers then think of a character or person starting with that letter (though said character will only be revealed if the question gets stumped), and ask yes/no questions applying to said character, which can be answered in three ways:
- No, I am not _____: If you can think of a character starting with the letter in question (and also fulfilling any direct answers if any have been made) who is not the character you have in mind. This answer will be worded the same regardless of if the question applies to your character or not, so if your letter is M and your character is Mega Man, and someone guesses "Are you a video game character?" you could reply with (for example) "No, I am not Mario", another video game character starting with M, even if Mega Man is also a video game character, but you would also answer the same way if your character is not a video game character, for example Madoka Kaname.
- Yes, I am _____: When someone guesses something applying to your character AND you can't think of another character that said thing applies to. Then, it will be the guesser's turn, regardless of if this was actually the character they were thinking about or not.
- Stumped: When a player guesses something that does not apply to your character, and you can't think of any character this (and any past direct answers if applicable) applies to. The player in question will then reveal the character they were thinking of when asking, and can ask one direct question:
- For direct questions, the guesser asks a yes/no question, only this time the host must answer it directly. After this, they go back to the regular indirect guessing.
- If the character they were thinking of is, in fact, the character the host was thinking of, and their question is an accurate statement about the character, that also counts as a "yes" answer, and the guesser wins the round.
- In the case that the person who asked a stumped question was thinking of a character that does not fulfill the established facts (or did not have a character in mind, which is needed to ask a question), the stump is considered invalid and the asker does not get a direct question.
- In certain cases, some leniency can be given for the above, especially as the game goes on and the only characters left may be characters someone is aware of but don't know enough about to know if they fulfill less obvious/known traits or not - for example, one of the known facts is "has never owned a dog", and a player stumps the host with a character who has owned a dog - however, this was only for one episode and not something someone who hasn't watched said episode or much of said show could be expected to know.
- The host must keep track of any direct questions answered and any characters they have mentioned it not being. They must also repost said info whenever the round gets a new page.
- When answering, keep in mind that the questions and characters thought of can only account for the info known at the time of asking - if any new direct answers or stumps in an answer post contradict a character that would otherwise apply for indirect questions in the same post, these characters can still be used (for host's answers or players revealing stump characters). It's recommended to leave direct answers for last to prevent confusion.
- If it's been 24+ hours since the last answer or question, anyone can ask the host a direct question to prevent the game from dying or going too slow. The host may also give out free hints at any time if they feel the game is going slow.
- About asking for hints: Players are allowed to occasionally ask the host to give them a hint if they feel stuck (though preferably do this sparingly), however the host is not obligated to give these. Hint requests and answers do also not count towards the timer for the 24 hours mentioned above.
- 1. Kirby (Zanreo)
- 2. Qiqi (YourEternalTroper)
- 3. Donkey Kong (Snicka)
- 4. Agent 47 (JackCossack)
- 5. Professor Layton (LucasdaKool)
- 6. Big Smoke (JackCossack)
- 7. Tsunderplane (TroperNo9001)
- 8. Frasier Crane (specialsam110)
- 9. Shiver (Zanreo)
- 10. MC Zom-B (LucasdaKool)
- 11. Jill Fizzart (FollowTheMap)
- 12. Fluttershy (TroperNo9001)
- 13. Nabnab (LucasdaKool)
- 14. Tsukasa Hiiragi (Zanreo)
- 15. Ralsei (TroperNo9001)
- 16. Penn Jillette (JackCossack)
- 17. Mickey the Dick (Pogakure)
- 18. Detective Grimoire (LucasdaKool)
- 19. Edna Mode (FollowTheMap)
- 20. Christine (JackCossack)
- 21. Orbulon (Zanreo)
- 22. Zorc Necrophades (FollowTheMap)
- 23. Shosanna Dreyfus (freygrilledcheese)
- 24. Thúy Kiều (LucasdaKool)
- 25. Luisa Madrigal (TroperNo9001)
- 26. Heather (FollowTheMap)
- 27. Gladys Hotchkiss (specialsam110)
- 28. Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (Cutegirl920fire)
- 29. Sample (TroperNo9001)
- 30. Katze (Zanreo)
- 31. Robert Taylor (LucasdaKool)
- 32. Camellia (Zanreo)
- 33. Vile (FollowTheMap)
- 34. Bluey Heeler (specialsam110)
- 35. Caroline(Cutegirl920fire)
- 36. Fawful (Zanreo)
- 37. Yuri Kagarin (FollowTheMap)
- 38. The Whore of Babylon (Cutegirl920fire)
- 39. Beverly Hofstadter (Pogakure)
- 40. Hoppycat (TroperNo9001)
- 41. Issun (FollowTheMap)
- 42. Blip (LucasdaKool)
- 43. Ilsa (freygrilledcheese)
- 44. Roku (Zanreo)
- 45. Professor Utonium (FollowTheMap)
- 46. Ginevra King (Cutegirl920fire)
- 47. Lucrezia Borgia (freygrilledcheese)
- 48. Xion (FollowTheMap)
- 49. Vasilisa the Beautiful (Cutegirl920fire)
- 50. Lyra Belacqua (Vilui)
- 51. Lin Daiyu (Cutegirl920fire)
- 52. Polly (LucasdaKool)
- 53. Ratio Tile (Zanreo)
- 54. Kiki (FollowTheMap)
- 55. Lizzie Hearts (Cutegirl920fire)
- 56. Snorri Thorfinnsson (freygrilledcheese)
- 57. Baobhan Sith (Cutegirl920fire)
- 58. Focalors (MummyGaGa)
- 59. Xōchiquetzal (Cutegirl920fire)
- 60. Georgia Warr (TroperNo9001)
- 61. John T. Unger (Cutegirl920fire)
- 62. Snoo (LucasdaKool)
- 63. Robert Stephenson (JackCossack)
- 64. Uzume Tennouboshi (Zanreo)
- 65. Amy Young (FollowTheMap)
- 66. Meng Po (LucasdaKool)
- 67. Falco Grice (GeekyGirl13098021)
- 68. Akira (Zanreo)
- 69. Naomi Kimishima (FollowTheMap)
- 70. Shin Amon (Zanreo)
- 71. Cans (FollowTheMap)
- 72. Erysichthon of Thessaly (LucasdaKool)
- 73. Pentarou (Zanreo)
- 74. Lotus (FollowTheMap)
- 75. Dr. Barry Mayfield (JackCossack)
- 76. Noivern (LucasdaKool)
- 77. Razor (JackCossack)
- 78. Trueman Bradley (Pogakure)
- 79. Mera Salamin (FollowTheMap)
- 80. Mat Sella (TroperNo9001)
- 81. Shizuha Aki (Vilui)
- 82. Apollo Justice (Zanreo)
- 83. Sojiro Sakura (FollowTheMap)
- 84. Gilmore (JackCossack)
- 85. Blackberry (TroperNo9001)
- 86. Georgia Lass (freygrilledcheese)
- 87. Feng (Cutegirl920fire)
- 88. Getafix (uncertanSearcher)
- 89. David Münnich (LucasdaKool)
- 90. Tamora (Cutegirl920fire)
- 91. Ladislaus the Posthumous (freygrilledcheese)
- 92. Shiho Hinomori (Billy5545)
- 93. Kanade Otonokoji (iReekOfLemons)
- 94. Cipto Mangunkusumo (Billy5545)
- 95. Raggedy Princess (freygrilledcheese)
- 96. Zhen (TroperNo9001)
- 97. James Sunderland (FollowTheMap)
- 98. Agent Oona (Pbskidsfan)
- 99. Paper (iReekOfLemons)
- 100. Equius Zahhak (TroperNo9001)
- 101. Coco Kiryu (Billy5545)
- 102. Woz (YourEternalTroper)
- 103. Vaas Montenegro (Billy5545)
- 104. The Rolling Giant (LucasdaKool)
- 105. Mr. House (JackCossack)
- 106. Park Jimin (Billy5545)
- 107. Diane Foxington (TroperNo9001)
- 108. Ralf (Pbskidsfan)
Round 1:
My name begins with K.
Edited by Zanreo on May 17th 2024 at 5:20:59 PM
Yes I am from a pre-modern time.
Older brother of the protag?
Not Rex Lafferty
I am not a literary character.
I am not from a video game.
OBJECTION!Round 91
My name begins with...L.
- I am human.
- I am not female.
- I lived during the Middle Ages.
- I am a real person.
- I am European.
- But not from Western Europe.
- I am not a scientist.
- I did not name my tormentors by writing their names in the sand with a stick.
- My powers wouldn't actually harm me if I were geologically accurate.
- I did not have kids with an Eldritch Abomination.
- I am not from a family of spelunkers.
- I am not a former police officer who becomes an agent who deals with zombies or other mutants.
- My childhood friend and I did not grow up in an orphanage together.
- I wasn't featured as a leader of a faction in a video game.
- I did not write a nonsensical children's novel.
- I did not supposedly predict the existence of black holes.
- I'm not a chess player whose name, in the modern day, tends to be pronounced differently in the UK and the US.
- I'm not:
Edited by freygrilledcheese on Mar 21st 2024 at 7:40:29 PM
OBJECTION!Did you and your childhood friend grow up in an orphanage together?
"I just want what everyone else has, that's all."Are you the offspring of an Archnemesis Dad?
Everything that lives is designed to end...I was thinking of Lance Strongbow, who grew up with Eugene/Flynn at an orphanage.
Direct: Real person?
"I just want what everyone else has, that's all."Yes!
OBJECTION!Were you featured as the leader of a faction in a video game?
Were you a taxonomist?
"I just want what everyone else has, that's all."Did you write a nonsensical children's novel?
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."Were you a king of a European nation?
Just an eagle. (Feel free to PM me if you want to talk to me).Not Carl Linnaeus.
Not Louis XIV
Stump to others.
Edited by freygrilledcheese on Mar 21st 2024 at 2:51:54 PM
OBJECTION!I was thinking of Lewis Carroll
Direct: European?
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."Yes.
OBJECTION!Wikipedia often refer to him by Dodgson and Carroll, so would he count? David Munnich is referred by Wikipedia as a M, but I used D since some sources refer to him as first name basis though
Edited by LucasdaKool on Mar 21st 2024 at 7:10:40 AM
Swimming freely, reviving dead fishProbably not, but since Frey already answered, it's too late to retract that direct clue.
Did you supposedly predict the existence of black holes?
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Mar 21st 2024 at 10:14:14 PM
"I just want what everyone else has, that's all."Whoops, double post.
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Mar 21st 2024 at 10:14:04 PM
"I just want what everyone else has, that's all."Are you a chess player whose name, in the modern day, tends to be pronounced differently in the UK and the US?
Does "pre-modern time" means the time before this, which end in 1499?
Edited by LucasdaKool on Mar 21st 2024 at 7:23:28 AM
Swimming freely, reviving dead fishAs someone who asked that, admittedly I was thinking of pre-20th century time periods, so I'll wait for Frey's input if he considers it to be pre-20th century or pre-early modern era
Just an eagle. (Feel free to PM me if you want to talk to me).Stump on both.
By "pre-modern" I mean before 20th century. Sorry for the late clarification.
OBJECTION!I was thinking of Ruy Lopez.
Direct: From Western Europe?
I was thinking of Pierre-Simon Laplace, who, quote that Wikipedia page, "restated and developed the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the Solar System and was one of the first scientists to suggest an idea similar to that of a black hole, with Stephen Hawking stating that 'Laplace essentially predicted the existence of black holes'."
Direct: Are you a scientist?
"I just want what everyone else has, that's all."I was thinking of Lautaro, who appears as the leader of the Mapuche in Civilization 6.
Direct: Did you live during the Middle Ages?
Edited by uncertanSearcher on Mar 21st 2024 at 6:10:47 PM
I was thinking of Leo Kliesen, whose father is a spelunker.
Direct question: Are you from a video game?
Everything that lives is designed to end...