Yes.
OK, is the green colour ot the tea an indication he can do something, (like maybe it’s now his turn)?
I was thinking:
Is this Stardew Valley?
Is this some kind of video game featuring farming?
Is the tea produced in a game? (eg Farmville)
Is green tea more valuable than a non-green tea?
Does he invest in other online commodities?
No.
No to both
reply to Knowed_Out:
Is the tea produced in a game? (eg Farmville) No.
Is green tea more valuable than a non-green tea? Yes
Does he invest in other online commodities?
No.
Is John taking a class online?
Has John invested in tea production?
Is “Green Tea” a synonym for something that’s not actually drinkable tea? (Like “cheddar” for “money”)
Let’s drill down into this a little…
Is the green tea part of a computer game?
If not part of a computer game then does it exist virtually as a commodity?
Is it an image of green tea?
Is it the sound of green team laves rustling, for instance as part of a soothing alarm?
So is it correct to say that in the morning, there may or may not be tea present, but if there is, it will certainly be green?
Or that there will be tea every morning, but it may not always be green?
Or that there is sometimes tea, and the color may or may not be green?
reply to Fiendish_Astronaut:
Is the green tea part of a computer game? Yes
If not part of a computer game then does it exist virtually as a commodity? No
Is it an image of green tea? No
Is it the sound of green team laves rustling, for instance as part of a soothing alarm?
No
reply to dirtball:
So is it correct to say that in the morning, there may or may not be tea present, but if there is, it will certainly be green? No
Or that there will be tea every morning, but it may not always be green? For my brother the tutor there will be tea every morning.
Or that there is sometimes tea, and the color may or may not be green? Yes and no. For my brother there will be tea every morning of various color. Probably not for you or I.
Hm, you said that his job is tangentially related… We might be deep enough in now to bring that in. Is the game educational?
Is the color of the tea an indication of a score, achievement, or other marker of success in the game?
Is the color of the tea, at least in part, determined by something your brother did in the game?
Is the color of the tea, at least in part, determined by something other player(s) of the game did?
Is the color of the tea, at least in part, determined randomly?
Can there be tea of multiple colors on any given morning?
Other than green, what colors of tea are possible… Black? Red? White? Yellow? Orange? Purple? Blue? Some other color?
If there are more than two colors of tea, is there a hierarchy of the other colors (e.g., while he’d prefer if the tea was green, red tea is at least preferable to white tea, or the like)?
Is the game and/or the tea part of an online tutoring application designed specifically for tutoring?
Or is it primarily a recreational game for the general public that your brother is repurposing for tutoring?
Do time zones factor in because students will be far away (that is, what is morning for your brother might not be morning for them)?
replg to Chronos:
Hm, you said that his job is tangentially related… We might be deep enough in now to bring that in. Is the game educational? Not really.
Is the color of the tea an indication of a score, achievement, or other marker of success in the game? Yes
Is the color of the tea, at least in part, determined by something your brother did in the game? Yes
Is the color of the tea, at least in part, determined by something other player(s) of the game did? No
Is the color of the tea, at least in part, determined randomly? No
Can there be tea of multiple colors on any given morning? Yes
Other than green, what colors of tea are possible… Black? Red? White? Yellow? Orange? Purple? Blue? Some other color? Yes only to yellow and some other color.
If there are more than two colors of tea, is there a hierarchy of the other colors (e.g., while he’d prefer if the tea was green, red tea is at least preferable to white tea, or the like)? Yes
reply to dirtball:
Is the game and/or the tea part of an online tutoring application designed specifically for tutoring? No
Or is it primarily a recreational game for the general public that your brother is repurposing for tutoring? Yes recreational, no to redesigned for tutoring.
Do time zones factor in because students will be far away (that is, what is morning for your brother might not be morning for them)?
No
Got to go to work now (no holiday for me!). Will respond when I can.
Can your brother win real money playing the game?
Is it a virtual slot machine? Five green teas in a row = jackpot?
Does your brother only play the game in the morning?
Can the game be played any time, or only in the morning?
Is the color an indicator of how well he did in the past e.g. his performance in the past day?
And just to confirm: the three colors are red, yellow and green, with red being the worst color and green being the best?
He already said that it’s green, yellow, and some other color(s) (not red, black, white, etc.), and said that the other colors have a hierarchy, but not what that hierarchy is.
More questions:
Are there always the same number of teas each morning, for your brother?
Would any given player of this game always have tea indicators every morning?
Would any given player of this game always have the same number of tea indicators as your brother?
Would any given player of this game have the same hierarchy of color preferences as your brother?
Would your brother be actually likely to know what color(s) his tea would be in the morning, before he checked?
Could your brother, if he meticulously kept track of his play, did any necessary calculations, etc., know what color(s) his tea would be in the morning, before he checked?
To expand on this: Can the game be played only once per day?
Is it a game where everyone is presented with the same puzzle, and everyone tries to solve it? Is the relevance of his work that he’s likely to interact with other people who play the game, and he wants to solve it before any of them spoil it?
Is “green tea” widely-used terminology by players of this game for what he wants?
And finally, to go for the (potential) kill: Is it Wordle, and “green tea” is the term your brother uses for the green “correct letter in this location” indicator?
I guess this is what I was hoping to learn:
Was the game developed and marketed as something other than a tutoring tool? (It may be labeled “educational,” but I would separate that out from a game specifically designed for tutoring.)
If so, has your brother found a way to use it to help him tutor people?
And as an additional question, Are the tutees playing the game as well?
If so, are they hoping to get green tea?