The Simpsons (but not about The Simpsons) Feud

[Max_Torque]

1. Q-Bert
2. Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
3. Eeeexcellent.
4. Millhouse
5. Phil Hartman
6. Hank Azaria
7. Apu
8. Mrs. Krabapple
9. Duff beer
10. The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot

[Marley23]

@woodstockbirdybird

Ah, damn. That’s because I totally misread the scoring, and somehow thought you won more points if you picked answers that no one else chose. So in my mind, I won.

I waffled on whether we were going for most popular or least popular, so I made up three different sets of answers before changing my mind. I think my woodstock version might’ve challenged yours - this is how I remember it:

1. Caitlyn
2. The Springfield Retirement Castle
3. “Excellent”
4. Terri
5. Yao Ming
6. Karl Weidergott
7. The Very Tall Man
8. Miss Hoover
9. Tubb
10. “Here Comes the Metric System!”

[Amazingrace]

Wrong thread

[Taber]

@42fish

Actually, the ways the rules were written (C. Scoring - Any answer *duplicated by anyone else * is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants.), it sounds like the most points would be 50, if you gave an answer chosen by only one other person.

depending on how you define entrants, it could mean each duplicated answer scored two points, as there are 50 entrants. Communism feud!

[_Deep_F_ied]

Damn, so close!
Well, I have finished 5th, 1st, and 2nd in the last three games I have played, so I wanna be on Kid_A’s team when he auditions for the show.

[Manduck]

Wait, how did the scoring work again? Do you not get any points for non-duplicated answers? (I thought they would be worth 100).

[Mullinator]

@Manduck

Wait, how did the scoring work again? Do you not get any points for non-duplicated answers? (I thought they would be worth 100).

OK, I think I see the issue. I didn’t explicitly mention that it is multiplied by the number of duplicate answers. The leap of logic happened in my head but isn’t specifically stated in the rules. So, with 50 entrants and 10 of them duplicating an answer, we would have:

100/50 = 2 * 10 = 20 points earned for that answer. This is pretty much how the scoring is calculated.

And yes, zero points for non-duplicated answers.

[anyrose]

@Mullinator

OK, I think I see the issue. I didn’t explicitly mention that it is multiplied by the number of duplicate answers. The leap of logic happened in my head but isn’t specifically stated in the rules. So, with 50 entrants and 10 of them duplicating an answer, we would have:

100/50 = 2 * 10 = 20 points earned for that answer. This is pretty much how the scoring is calculated.

And yes, zero points for non-duplicated answers.

so convoluted! -
I just discounted any answer with a frequency of 1, then double all the other numbers.

[Manduck]

:smack: Oh, so we were supposed to come up with the most popular answers, not the least popular! :smack:

[bmoak]

Shouldn’t Liz Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor be combined?

[anyrose]

@bmoak

Shouldn’t Liz Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor be combined?

hell yes they should

[NDP]

1. Scout
2. The nuclear power plant
3. “Ha, ha!”
4. Milhouse
5. Johnny Carson
6. Harry Shearer
7. Krusty
8. Miss Hoover
9. Slushies
10. Dial "M’ for Murderousness

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

@Really Not All That Bright

10. “…from such nature films as “Earwigs- Eww!”…”

I’m so delighted that someone else thought of this one. It’s my all-time favorite McClure title.

On the other hand, I thought doughnuts would have done way better in the food/drink category.

[UltraVires]

1. Ruper
2. Moes
3. Excellent! (Burns)
4. Milhouse
5. Mel Gibson
6. Hank Azaria
7. Flanders
8. Miss Crabapple
9. Duff Beer
10. Mommy, what’s wrong with that man’s face