TTQ - Season 146 - RayGamer99

[Ambidextroid]

I would be interested in participating in a team quiz sort of thing, but I can't really imagine how it would work. Would the teams agree on a single answer or just have the usual quickest answers but with a combined score?
I've always thought a mastermind sort of thing would be a nice idea, where you would pick a particular game to answer questions from as some people haven't even played some of the games and have hardly any knowledge of them.

[Ray502]

We have projected to work like the traditional rules, where if a teammate answers two straight, the other ones have to answer the next one. Mastermind, hmm, I like that. It definitely can add some strategy. Brad would be an excellent addition to anyone's team, since he's a Origins/Legends/Adventures expert. Myself, I would be the one that answers R1 and R3 questions.

[Master]

I was thinking traditional rules, where any user can answer, and the point goes to their team.

[Harpic fraîcheur]

I'm not sure if I will participate to the special edition of the Quiz but I actually like the idea pretty much. I'll think about it.

[Master]

Don't feel obliged, I appreciate the passion folks have for this idea, but I don't want folks to be encumbered in participating. Anyways, I see we're also due to be starting a new season soon, so perhaps we can see if any other folks are interested.

[Ray502]

Hmm, as Season 99 is less than 3 days away from starting, here's the list of interested people so far.

Ray502
Harpic
Ambi

Good for one team, but there's gotta be 3 more. I would assume Carrot and Plum would like to join in, which we would be one left to have two teams. Although, judging by Harpic's hesitation to be fully committed, one or two extras would be great. Still, about 3 weeks til 100th season is projected to start. But, as of right now, missing at least one person.

With the 100th, is there anything else that may need to be addressed before coming up with a rough draft of how the rules are?

[NyaNyaLily]

Oh, I didn't know you had to sign up for this season.
Count me in!

[Master]

Oh, I didn't know you had to sign up for this season.
Count me in!

This is for Season 100, Season 99 is a normal season, but we've been working on a special edition of the quiz for Season 100.

[incognito]

Any room for a dude with a helmet ?
I'm more of a burden when it comes to the Rayman knowledge.

[PluMGMK]

I'd love to take part, but will I have the free time to be a true asset to my team? Well, if something comes up and only I know it, which I suppose is somewhat possible. Either way, it sounds like fun, so yeah, maybe.

And Season 99 has already sneaked up on me, so, right, I'll try to start Monday at 19:00 GMT.

[Ambidextroid]

I've just though of a possible issue, what about time zones and such? People may be awake at different times, some people may only catch the beginning and some the end of the quiz. It would seem unfair if one team member was sleeping leaving the others with a disadvantage, and it sounds quite difficult organising things so every team member is online at the same time every day. Also if one team member has something to do on a particular day and isn't available, would the quiz continue with uneven teams or be halted?

[Master]

It's a bit of a mess, I agree.

Which is why I've been thinking of implementing a one answer per team rule. First answer in is the accepted answer, any other answers MUST be edited out or will cause the team to lose a point. This should help alleviate the refresh game, as it means members have to be absolutely sure, and not impulse answer. In the event neither team gets the correct answer, the question is discarded and may be asked again later. A new question is asked instead.

I might also implement an announcement scheme, where instead of asking a question whenever, I let it be known that a question is coming, giving teams time to organise.

[Ambidextroid]

If it's one answer per team, maybe discussions via PM would be a good idea, in which case groups could be made ("Team A" and "Team B" for example) to make PMing all team members more easy.
Also, to stop people making impulse answers without the support of the team, maybe a team captain could be assigned to relay every answer once it's been agreed upon or possibly everyone could take turns being the answer-er if you see what I mean. Just a suggestion.

[Ray502]

I originally have proposed the team captain idea, and would agree that the captain would make the final decision once an answer is agreed upon other team members. Who would be the captains though? I suggest either Master would choose them using RNG, or the best players from the last 10 seasons to become the captains.

[RayCarrot]

I really like the idea of having a special season for season 100, but I'm just afraid there won't be enough people interested for such a team idea. I haven't read through everything in detail, but if every team can only have one answer (and that perhaps a "captain" is the one which forwards it), that means that it's not about being first to answer then? Because if we still have the "who's first" rule, there probably won't be that much discussions on which answer to submit from each team since they just want to be the quickest.
So, to clarify, a question is asked and then each team has to come with an answer each. The members discuss it through PM with a captain submitting it. Once all teams have submitted their answers the host (Master?) then gives a point to the team with the correct answer. So, what if both teams have the correct answer?

[Ray502]

The season is for the most part, going to have about all of the traditional rules. Therefore, the first team to answer correctly gets the point. The way I'm seeing it is like this, Master will set a time limit for the teams to come up with a correct answer, then, the captain will give the answer. But with my preference, probably the way it should go is after the captain gives the team answer two straight times, then the opposing team will answer the next one. Then after that question, someone else other than the captain will give the team answer, just to give more participation.

[Master]

I like the captaincy idea, but the issue comes in timing. Bearing in mind that there's always going to be a timezone problem, if a question is submitted, and a captain is offline, then the point will end up going to the other team. Allowing any team member to answer alleviates the timezone problem somewhat, while the answer limit ensures that answers are thought on rather than impulsive.

That being said, I appreciate that it doesn't really invoke a team based game. Perhaps I could come up with an elimination format where I ask each team a set of questions, correct answers giving points, and incorrect answers deducting points. I do the same with the other team with another set of questions. The overall round winner will then be the one who gets the most points. This would allow for a strategic and more team focused approach, but the issue then is coming up with questions. Like I've stated before, I only have 73 banked, and I don't know if I'd be able to come up with a sufficient amount in good time.

EDIT:
Right, I've given it some further thought:
- Each team will have their own set of questions through the week, since it's separate for each team, I'll only do a small amount for each set, about 10.
- Any incorrect questions won't give point penalties, the questions will instead be put to a new third set.
- At the end of the week, there'll be a final chance to get points in a head to head session, the incorrect answered questions in the third set will be used.
- In the event of a tie of max points, there'll be a fastest finger session, where each team will nominate one member. These members will be asked to confirm a time for them both to be online. During this confirmed time, I'll put up a question asking said members to put some items in order. The member who does so first will win the round for their team.

[Ray502]

I believe that we are getting there. Will the questions be of more difficulty than questions from standard seasons? Cause with at least 2 or 3 people on a team, correct answers will be more common. So tougher ones should be given to the teams, and at an equal level of difficulty.

[Master]

I'll try to make them more difficult, but I can't guarantee it. I will however, ensure that they're equal.

[Ambidextroid]

If there might be a problem with team captain, why not have it rotate? Have an ordered list of members and after each question the team captain changes to the next on the list. If the next captain is not online, just skip to the next in the list.
This might also prevent team captain abusing the power to be the final say in the team's answer, even though I doubt that would really happen