+Slowswift he/him Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Alfa said: Terminator? Matrix? AI? No to all! Hint: ...or maybe the AI's the only sane one. Edited July 14, 2016 by Slowswift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestis the Spider she/her Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 I, Robot? (I mean the movie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Nope! I don't actually know if any of you have read this... oops. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eki Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Hogfather? I know that's wrong but the AI in that book is v. cute Edited July 15, 2016 by Eki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 4 hours ago, Pestis the Spider said: I, Robot? (I mean the movie) This was going to be my guess too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Slowswift said: Nope! I don't actually know if any of you have read this... oops. XD If we haven't read it, thats good. It gives us something new to read. Portal? I know that's not a book, but Come on, it fits magnificently. Edited July 15, 2016 by The Only Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandrian Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Deus Ex Machina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa he/him Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Or simply Ex Machina (okay, that's a movie). So horrendously many insane AIs... One could argue that "maybe the AI is insane" is not strictly a bad description since it seems to describe far too many things at once and also describe them in a very general aspect. Edited July 15, 2016 by Alfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Moon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 No to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 @Slowswift Could you give us another hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 7/16/2016 at 8:11 PM, Sunbird said: @Slowswift Could you give us another hint? Yup! Also zombies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 For some reason I want to say Resident Evil even though I know that's probably wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 The first Resident Evil movie works. That AI was doing a great job until the squad moved in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Nope! Also, I can't remember if I've used this book for a description before. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haelbarde he/him Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 "All the Troubles of the World"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Nope. Is there a limit to how long this goes on? Like, after a week or so I give it up to keep everything moving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 I think if most people guessing agree to give up because we obviously don't know what it is, then at that point we should move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little wilson she/her Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Well, I think that depends on the person who's asking. If you know that people are familiar with whatever you're describing, you keep giving hints, getting more and more obvious until someone guesses it. If you're not sure if people are familiar with it, and everyone gives up, then you give the answer and either do another description (hopefully easier or more mainstream) or let someone else do it. In theory, the descriptions are only supposed to take about 48 hours max to answer, because, as the OP mentions, you're supposed to be giving a hint every couple of hours. But...we haven't really been doing that lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Every couple hours isn't a pace that's realistic to sustain. Many of us have jobs, school, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Should I just fess up then, and let the next round start? Thing is, I love guessing, but can never come up with good descriptions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little wilson she/her Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, ThirdGen said: Every couple hours isn't a pace that's realistic to sustain. Many of us have jobs, school, etc. True. But it's not something you have to sustain for the entire time. The game isn't meant to function with people guessing based on the first bad description. Most descriptions are bad enough that they need at least one hint to put people on the right track. Sometimes up to 6-8 hints. But there kind of needs to be some sort of consistency with hint-giving--and by consistency, I'm not saying sustaining 1 hint ever 2-3 hours. I'm saying 6-8 in a 48 hour time period, which is totally manageable. Point is, the game was started with the idea that there should be a new description at least every 24 hours to keep the game moving along. But since a lot of us do have work and school, that's a little too quick (if you're expecting someone to be giving enough hints in that time period). 48 hours is better. A week or two is a little extreme, and makes the game lose both pace and fun. @Slowswift If you think people are familiar with it, give another hint. Even if it makes the answer completely obvious, that's okay (after all, I once described Hook in here by saying something about chronomentrophobia ). Better to start the next round by someone guessing it than revealing something easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 @little wilson Okay then. The AI and zombies are in space. And this whole debacle is due to corporate competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelya Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 It kind of reminds me of Firefly... But I'm not sure about the AI part x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Yeah, not Firefly, sorry. Though it is a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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