[Shaun]

TLDR: Click Here for the main game and its rules.

The twist I proposed is thus: the whole point of Top Answers is to follow the crowd and score as many points as possible. With this, the motivation is flipped entirely, and you have to give the most obscure answers that you think no other TiBB Member would think of. If you give an entirely unique - CORRECT - answer to any of Niamh's 15 questions, you'll gain a "0pt".

If you give the same answer as one other member, you'll get "1pt", 2 other members "2pts" and so on.

If you give an incorrect answer, you'll get the maximum points - ie. the total number of players in that round

With that in mind, Round 1's Questions are thus:

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Round 1: Movies

1 - Name a film about Zombies
2 - Name a film starring Will Smith
3 - Name one of Marvels Avengers
4 - Name an Actor who played James Bond excluding Daniel Craig
5 - Name a 2017 superhero Movie
6 - Name a film Starring Keanu Reeves
7 - Name an Actor who played The Joker
8 - Name a Quentin Tarrantino film
9 - Name an Oscar winning Actress
10 - Name an Oscar winning Actor
11 - Name a horror series with more than 1 sequel
12 - Name a film starring Scarlet Johanson
13 - Name a film starring Adam Sandler
14 - Name a film set in the Future
15 - Name an actor/actress who is also a singer/musician/rapper

And you have until whenever Niamh closes Round 1 to send in your Pointless Spinoff Answers to me by PM Don't get too excited though, there's no 'forum award' for this, just thought it'd be a fun addition

[RileyH]

Sent mine

[Headie]

What happens if you send an answer that's not even correct? 100pts?

[Amy Jade]

This sounds fun! I will play this and Niamh's game later tonight!

[Denver]

Sent

[Wizard.]

Sent my lists!

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Hayden

What happens if you send an answer that's not even correct? 100pts?

You'd get the maximum number of points for that question, ie. the total number of players per round.

Right now I've had 9 votes including my own A lot of people - as Alf pointed out in his PM to me - are falling foul of the "try and name the MOST obscure person" mindset and as a result a lot of the questions are getting multiple answers for the one that doesn't immediately come to mind

But it's a risk - do you go for a really obvious one and hope no one else does, or just go for someone completely random? For the Oscar Winners the latter would seem the best strategy, but when there's as few correct answers as there are for, say, James Bond or the Avengers, it's gonna take some umm-ing and ahh-ing I mixed my answers between the two for this round to see which strategy works best.

[James]

Originally Posted by Shaun

You'd get the maximum number of points for that question, ie. the total number of players per round.

Right now I've had 9 votes including my own A lot of people - as Alf pointed out in his PM to me - are falling foul of the "try and name the MOST obscure person" mindset and as a result a lot of the questions are getting multiple answers for the one that doesn't immediately come to mind

But it's a risk - do you go for a really obvious one and hope no one else does, or just go for someone completely random? For the Oscar Winners the latter would seem the best strategy, but when there's as few correct answers as there are for, say, James Bond or the Avengers, it's gonna take some umm-ing and ahh-ing I mixed my answers between the two for this round to see which strategy works best.

Oh, I thought the answers would be based on the answers given in the main Top Answers game.

[Shaun]

Hmm that might be a better idea actually but I made the objective of this one clear in the OP

[Withano]

Originally Posted by James

Oh, I thought the answers would be based on the answers given in the main Top Answers game.

Oh wait, my answers were based on this too (i personally think do both? Add the totals from both games... That way you can't strategically beat the game)

[Calderyon]

Sent mine. I guess i was one of the few that went with the OP.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Sent mine. I guess i was one of the few that went with the OP.

Meow

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Sent mine. I guess i was one of the few that went with the OP.

I did too

[RileyH]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Sent mine. I guess i was one of the few that went with the OP.

Originally Posted by Riley.

I did too

And me

[Calderyon]

I have a following. I thought i was alone.

[Calderyon]

Originally Posted by Withano

Meow

I like cats.

[Littlegreen]

Done.

[user104658]

So if you give the most obvious answer, you will win, because everyone elase will be trying to avoid giving that answer... ... but then multiple people might have that idea so it flips over again...

The aim of the game is therefore to give the most middle-of-the-road answers possible .

[Shaun]

Bingo, TS

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

So if you give the most obvious answer, you will win, because everyone elase will be trying to avoid giving that answer... ... but then multiple people might have that idea so it flips over again...

The aim of the game is therefore to give the most middle-of-the-road answers possible .

Pretty much this lol. It totally depends on the question and how many possible answers there are for it.

[Babayaro.]

Personally, I think the OP rules are much better/more fun.

[Shaun]

14 votes so far

I can reveal that the question that's getting the most duplicate answers is... #5

Oh and Hayden, could you re-send your answers? I must've written a wrong one down for your Bond actor.

[Headie]

Oh oops, I put both 3 and 4 as two different avengers, I don't know why I'll fix it now

[Shaun]

16 votes now

[Niamh.]

I'll be closing Round 1 tomorrow at 1pm Shaun. I can PM you Round twos questions now if you want to do yours before you get any answers in for the Pointless Version?