# Poll for Feud players: **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191 "2009-02-24T14:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [February 24, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/41 "2009-02-24T21:48:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t see that it matters that much. First of all, how common is it for someone to mis-format on some but not all of the answers? Second, if an entry has disqualified answers in it, even if the valid ones are still counted, the disqualifications are probably going to be enough to sink that entry’s total score into the basement. Yeah, agreed. Plus, the rules are pretty hardcore. It’s pretty hard to NOT follow them, unless a feud-submitter adds a new rule, like “No googling.” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/42 "2009-02-25T00:39:14Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Big red **NEW RULES!** wasn’t a clue? 😉 Not when it never changes. Or there is always something big red and shiny in the front. Heck, I’d get killed by a city bus if a shiny quarter was on the pavement in front of it. Now if you used a color that wasn’t always there I ~might~ read it. Like bold large purple font. And maybe put a date in front since I know you have to leave stuff out there for a while since folks might have not seen it since the last time that they played. Of course a handwritten personal memo dashed out to my attention would be much, much simpler for me. :: ouch, quit hitting me:: ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/43 "2009-02-25T00:48:57Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/44 "2009-02-25T06:47:07Z")
entire entry. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/45 "2009-02-25T13:42:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t see that it matters that much. First of all, how common is it for someone to mis-format on some but not all of the answers? Second, if an entry has disqualified answers in it, even if the valid ones are still counted, the disqualifications are probably going to be enough to sink that entry’s total score into the basement. > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah, agreed. Plus, the rules are pretty hardcore. It’s pretty hard to NOT follow them, unless a feud-submitter adds a new rule, like “No googling.” It matters because **Rebo** has to reformat them to score them. If she has to do that for one or two answers for each of the 50 entrants, that’s a huge waste of time. Secondly, if you have read said rules, they include how the scoring is calculated! All entrants scores are affected by valid or disqualified entries. And third, if **Rebo** allows a feud that may have an extraneous rule, it is up to her discretion as to how she will score it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/46 "2009-02-25T15:15:55Z")
I vote you disqualify everyone but me so I can win one of these friggin’ things just once. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/47 "2009-02-25T16:00:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I vote you disqualify everyone but me so I can win one of these friggin’ things just once. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/48 "2009-02-25T16:48:05Z")
You should check out the entries that are wrong. Find out where the poster lives. Then go their home and show them how to do it properly. After awhile, the problem will be gone. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/49 "2009-02-25T16:54:13Z")
or you could have Rachm Qoch put them on next years dead pool. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/50 "2009-02-25T16:59:03Z")
Delete their entire entry and send them swordless to Palestine. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/51 "2009-02-25T17:59:20Z")
Delete the entire entry, notify the mods, and have the poster banned. 😃 But seriously, if you knock out individual answers, you’ll end up with freaky scoring where some questions have 50 answers worth 2 points each, some only have 48 or 49. Maybe the spreadsheet can account for that already and it’s not an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/52 "2009-02-25T18:56:34Z")
Yes, it acoounts for it just like a “pass” - as long as I edit the answer to make it unique. That’s why you see pass1, pass2, etc. I don’t know why I decided to let this go until Saturday. We have a conch, for sure. It is more effort for me to only disqualify badly formatted answers, as I’ll have to edit that response. So I believe the concensus will be to disqualify the whole post. I’ve enjoyed some of your more creative answers! ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/53 "2009-02-26T02:30:40Z")
Entire entry ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/54 "2009-02-27T10:49:52Z")
entire entry. it punishes the stupid and it also makes for better competition - instead of someone with only maybe eight or nine answers we’ll now have a contestant who might actually have 10 answers and stand a better chance of winning. Eliminating the weak and stupid will make the overall level of feud contestation evolve to unrivaled heights. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/55 "2009-02-27T13:46:42Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > entire entry. it punishes the stupid and it also makes for better competition - instead of someone with only maybe eight or nine answers we’ll now have a contestant who might actually have 10 answers and stand a better chance of winning. **Eliminating the weak and stupid** will make the overall level of feud contestation evolve to unrivaled heights. Hey, quit picking on me 😛 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191/56 "2009-02-27T14:49:49Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Of course a handwritten personal memo dashed out to my attention would be much, much simpler for me. :: ouch, quit hitting me:: On embossed, engraved, high quality stationery. **Shibb** has really high standards. It’s his morals that are questionable. 😃 I say disqualify the entire entry and make the offender wear a scarlet **D** , stand in the public square and be ridiculed by the masses. Or spread a rumor about their ugly furniture. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-feud-players/487191.md?page=2)