# I miss The Feud! \[Closed\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-feud-closed/444080>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 5, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-feud-closed/444080 "2008-04-05T14:42:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-feud-closed/444080/81 "2008-04-08T17:37:48Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Goddammit, I coulda be a contender! I went from “toaster” to “coffeemaker” on #10 – a difference of 25 – or 50 points. Grrr.

Um.

Thanks for a great game, **Dolores**!  
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Wait, am I missing something? If lots of people choose “toaster,” then doesn’t everyone get fewer points for it? That is, 100 divided by 28 is a lot less than 100 divided by 3.

Also, we can has more feud? 🙂

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-feud-closed/444080/82 "2008-04-08T17:43:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]  
Wait, am I missing something? If lots of people choose “toaster,” then doesn’t everyone get fewer points for it? That is, 100 divided by 28 is a lot less than 100 divided by 3.

Also, we can has more feud? 🙂  
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No – the more people who chose it, the more it’s worth. On a game with 50 people, each answer is worth two points per person (more than one) who chose it. ALL answers per question are divided by 100, not each individual answer. (If 7 people say coffeemaker, coffeemaker is worth 14 points (100 pts. divided by 50 for number of people who played = 2 points per person who said it, x 7 for number o people who said it = 14 points for saying it.)

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-feud-closed/444080/83 "2008-04-08T18:01:50Z")

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Hey, no fair starting these on a weekend when I’m out of town! I demand a rematch…or something. :: pout ::

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