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Dec 08 2002

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I added a new trivia bot (Mahoro) to chat, and it’s been an interesting experience. The most interesting part has been the ability for people to add questions to chat. Because trivia eventually boils down to typing, using stuff from your mirc history, and lag, the real trivia whizzes aren’t those who score the most points but are those who submit the most used questions. It’s almost a badge of honor to have your question used and be able to stump the community.

For various reasons, questions get rejected. Here are some of the more interesting ones:

If Belldandy were a cast member of Azumanga Daioh, who would she be most like?
I assure you that the answer is not Tomo-chan but Kimura-sensei.

The most yaoi-ed member of Oh My Goddess! is ___ ?
I usually verify the answers, and I don’t want to verify this one.

Does Belldandy cry?
After much debate and using fancy words like “canon,” “proof,” and “b4k4,” we were unable to come up with an answer. Our best guess is that Belldandy does indeed cry when the manga is read in front of a 68 watt lightbulb at a 28 degree angle while eating Cream of Wheat during a full moon at an elevation of 1000-1337 feet. Tidal conditions, time of day, barometer, and many other conditions are unaccounted for. Further investigation will be required to fully study this brain-boggling, Sphinx-ish question.

Guilty Gear: How many times has Dizzy said, “Gomen”?
The answer key can only support up to numbers smaller than 2^32. Gomen.

Mahoromatic: What were the colors of Triomatic gang panties during the Hiyru game episode?
Rip-off the Naru question.

Azumanga Daioh: Is Tomo-chan aweseome?
No yes/no questions.

Channel: Who cheats at trivia the most?
Punkbuster needed.

Channel: Batman::Robin : Kamzu::___ ?
I still have nightmares with the SAT-type question format.

Channel: Who has a broken CAPS LOCK key?
It’s not fun if Quinne’s not online to answer the question.

Channel: What’s 796 + 541?
I can’t do simple math. Gomen.

La Blue Girl: What is the name of the tentacle monster from episode 3?
Too easy for Variable.

I guess the moral of the story is that some people are easier targets than others. It’s not enough to be just a fanboy/girl these days. Generally, to make yourself a bigger target (and thus increase the chance of being a Channel: question), you should try to following:

1. Develop an unhealthy pre-occupation with something. Like Gan-chan with Belldandy to the tenth power.

2. Be a caretaker. If you water a plant constantly, someone’s bound to notice something’s not right. After all… how do you water something through IRC?

3. Watch anime no one else likes. So you like Utena and Kenshin and Hellsing… so what? We all like the Rose Bride, Yahiko-chan, and Alucard. There’s no way I’m going to make fun of Saitou. Want to be different? Be a poster child for .hack//DBZ or Yu-Onegai Teacher-Oh!. Conversely, making fun of Kenshin or Integral will only get black-listed from the chan (or at least someone’s MP3 collection).

4. Look foward to adding a certain scantily clad X-Box games (Toe Jam and Earl Xtreme Volleyball) to your library. Except you don’t own an X-Box.

5. Profusely deny that you’re in love with someone. Especially after sending the other person photos of yourself and your address. Alex who?

6. Come up a catch phrase o_o or smiley o_o and have it become popular o_o enough that everyone else o_o rips it off you o_o… kinda o_o like Homer o_o Simpson’s, “Doh!”. o_o

7. Don’t read the Oh My Goddess! manga. Need I say more?