Mafia Family Feud -- (Game Over)

[Fenchurch]

I've got a team in the making:

inHimshallibe, PokerFace, Fenchurch, jmj3000, quadz08

That's the order and people have confirmed. But we haven't come up with a good team name yet, is all.

[Fenchurch]

Jmj Shall Poke Fen's Quads?
(JSPFQ)

[Fenchurch]

Okay, great. I'll put y'all up with this. Let me know if you want to change it.

Yeah, no, I think we're all happy with this. Thanks dana

[Fenchurch]

Gah, I was hoping this wouldn't clash, but I'm gonna be V/LA from tomorrow so I won't be able to answer questions if any get around to me. As per the rules, can the leader of our team (inHim) just answer for me if necessary?

[Fenchurch]

Woohoo, we won! Because the other team didn't submit an answer! But also because my team submitted good answers, well done!

I'm sad my turn got skipped but at least that didn't cost us the game. Sorry, I was away for a week, I put it in my sig but I should have just said it in the thread as well.

Do we not get a triple points round yet, we play more games first?

[Fenchurch]

I'm gonna go with

door left open

.

[Fenchurch]

I'm okay with this glitch, seeing my name there every time makes me feel important.

quadz is on the ball! Nice answer.

[Fenchurch]

Yeah alarm was going to be my next answer too.

My guess for the place men go was "shed" so I wouldn't have done any better on that game. Gym? Don't as many women go to the gym as men?

[Fenchurch]

Thank god, I had nothing good if it came round to me again.

Let's hope they don't either.

[Fenchurch]

*buzzzz*

Fire/fire drill

[Fenchurch]

play play play

[Fenchurch]

Eeek. Well I also have a few ideas and I just can't work out which is best.

Okay, I'm gonna go with

someone's getting married

.

[Fenchurch]

Me too; but I still have no idea what the top answer is. I had two other guesses, but neither seems that obvious.

[Fenchurch]

Let's start a qt, then the other JSPFQs can share in our glory/misery.

Plus it might come in useful for future rounds.

[Fenchurch]

PF has found his way into the quicktopic now. We haven't heard from inhim, I'll send him a pm prod. I'll post some of our answers here tomorrow morning (GMT) if no one else has by then.

Edit: points decision coming later.

[Fenchurch]

PF aren't we going for triple, put all of our eggs in the hot air balloon basket? Although blimp is a good addition. Well I don't mind either way.

[Fenchurch]

Oh, I thought you just get points for whatever answers you get before you use up your strikes. I see how your reading means it would be better to play it safe.

Edit: if you look at the last bonus round, Red says "we'll add that to your score" and they didn't get all the answers, so I'm pretty sure this is how it works.

[Fenchurch]

Damn, I didn't see that coming! Do people really fill a regular balloon with hot air? I mean, it crossed my mind, but I assumed they'd either be counted together or it wouldn't be on there or something. Unless they just mean breath.. bah. Oh well at least we got some.

[Fenchurch]

I think the people who answered "balloon" actually had a hot air balloon pictured in their mind, they just didn't specify since "hot air" was already in the question

These survey people need to get more clarification imo, before the publish their results.

[Fenchurch]

I don't think he can reveal that, or we'd be able to look and find out answers to future questions.

I was kidding anyway. It's just the nature of the game.

[Fenchurch]

Buzzer was actually my first thought.

I want to be playing still.

[Fenchurch]

I don't think anyone actually guessed dogs, it was mentioned in the thread but not as an official guess. Wolf and fox were guessed.

[Fenchurch]

No I thought Shark made it pretty obvious that he was not guessing sex (god knows why), although then I think his guess probably should count as company.

[Fenchurch]

SharkFinn, just say

Having hot kinky sex

We won't judge you.

Lol. Idk, i might actually be leaning towards other stuff you can do with lovers, aside from hot kinky sex.

Truth is I don't know what he was referring to.

[Fenchurch]

Nah, beat about the bush is usually just avoiding asking a direct question. But maybe it means both.

[Fenchurch]

No worries inHim, I'm sure we'll catch them when they strike out get in the quicktopic with your ideas!

[Fenchurch]

HAHAHAHAHAOMG





Seriously though, I hadn't noticed that part either

but that is hilarious.

[Fenchurch]

The history behind it is what makes it more funny though.

[Fenchurch]

Arg, I've prodded inHim 12 hours ago and he hasn't picked up yet, what if he's away for the weekend again

Red, if our team leader isn't around, can one of us give our steal answer in his place?

[Fenchurch]

Oh that's fine then, for some reason I thought it was 24 hours.

[Fenchurch]

No, you can't share answers when you are playing. You can only brainstorm when you're getting ready to steal; that's the advantage the steal team gets. Have you ever watched the show? It works the same way there.

[Fenchurch]

In case the game gets called, I want it known that we have come up with the following suggestions in our quicktopic and if one of them does come up then we can feel suitably smug/outraged (smugraged):
Charades
Hide and Seek
Billiards
Find the Chocolate
Settlers of Catan
Swimming
Sardines
Murder in the Dark
Tag
Volleyball

And I think our consensus is that we want to go with

swimming/skinny dipping

, not really game but might happen at a beach party or one with a swimming pool or something. RC if you want to take pity on us and then please accept this answer or INHIM, PLEASE GET IN HERE AND CONFIRM IT.

[Fenchurch]

If charades wins it, then you will have redeemed yourself inHim <3

I don't mind taking leadership but I still think rotating is best. At any rate, I don't think we're allowed to change anything until the end of the game (ie. after 3 rounds), by which time PF probably won't be ill, so we can wait until then to decide.

[Fenchurch]

Yu-huh,

"Fenchurch 37
02-01-2011 11:08 AM ET (US)

Nice list PF. Although wth is find the chocolate? I don't think I wanna play that...

Monopoly maybe just because it's the 1940s and I don't know what other games they had then. Musical chairs?

Sardines?

Murder in the Dark?"

Sardines is like Hide and Seek, except only one person starts out hiding and everyone else starts out seeking, but when a seeker finds the hider they have to join them in the hiding place, and in the end nearly everyone is squashed into a tiny closet or whatever and only one person is left looking around the rest of the house wondering where the hell everyone went.

[Fenchurch]

Of course. Whoever is hosting the next mafiascum meetup really needs to playtest out all of these naked games and report back.

Also, PF I think you should promote yourself to leader now. inHim hasn't replied yet in the qt but he said he was okay with it earlier.

Red, can our team for the rest of this match be:

PokerFace, Fenchurch, quadz, jmj, inHim

?

[Fenchurch]

Nah you'll be great. We'll change again for the next match anyway. But yeah if it means you get skipped for the opening question then switch our places over in that order and I'll take it this round and we can sort it out again for the next. I'm don't mind if I get skipped on an opening question, quadz should take one.

[Fenchurch]

Well I'm happy for you to take it still if Red will allow that.

[Fenchurch]

My guess:

compromise

[Fenchurch]

Damn. Just thought of a better answer.

[Fenchurch]

Zang, please get in here and fluff your answer like I did.

Or stay away actually, that is fine to.

[Fenchurch]

Goddam... our steal guess was gonna be Loyalty

Well-played, team Zang.

But we'll get you next time!

Go quadz!!!!

[Fenchurch]

Now that's clear... what went wrong in your last relationship PF? Give us the juicy details that you promised!

[Fenchurch]

Go Lingerie PF 4 out of 5 of us have put that highest in the quicktopic.

But in case you want the formality VOTE: Lingerie

[Fenchurch]

Other people suggested Wine and Dinner, but I fought and fought for Lingerie sorry guys

Enjoy that final round Team Zang

[Fenchurch]

Starbuck, it's self-service form-a-team. If someone is looking for replacement then you might be able to join an existing family, but otherwise you can try and find 4 other players and create a new family then let Red know to add you. And if you do that it would be good because we'd have an even number of families in the tournament

[Fenchurch]

I can think of something that

ends

in "Face"...

[Fenchurch]

Red, don't suppose we could find out what era this question was sourced from could we?

[Fenchurch]

quadz: Facefirst, Face the music
PF: Face the music, Face value, Face mask
inHim: Face mask, Face value, Facepalm
jmj: Face mask
Fen: Face mask, Face value, Facefirst

Face mask is on the most lists. I'm not a fan of Face the music, I don't think it fits so well as an answer to the question, although I could be wrong. I am happy with Face first, and Face value.

Whenever you feel ready you should give our answer PF. I just can't tell what is gonna be on there, but I'm dying to find out.

[Fenchurch]

No I've been in the dark the whole time on this question I was actually hoping it wasn't modern, because I thought then we'd be able to rule some answers out.

Tony what's your guess?? Post now so we know you're not lying.

[Fenchurch]

I said my guess, it was facetime. It was obviously not the top answer.

I now put all my assets on Faceplant. Only because it sounds more modern than any other guess i can think of

Oh yeah I missed that. Faceplant has already been guessed. Facepalm seems like the only particularly modern option then out of what's been suggested.

PF, prepare to be all up in your own face!

[Fenchurch]

I just asked my bf and he came up with one that is

very

modern....



FACEBOOK

If it's that, I just can't believe it, because that definitely came to my mind several times and I completely squashed it because... it just didn't seem like a proper answer.

[Fenchurch]

Y'all should have my boyfriend in the team instead of me. He came up with face paint as well.

Also, for face-mask I was thinking along these lines:
http://www.womenxone.com/files/2009/07/face-mask.jpg
It means

two different things

... how can it not be there.

Oh well. The wasn't worth that many points in the end. There are still two more rounds to go

[Fenchurch]

Okay let's change again, yes we can do it between questions, that's what we did last round. Can we carry on with the current rotation system though jmj? That means you'll be third position now, and get a starter question. You'll be team leader in two rounds. Is that okay?

[Fenchurch]

Although PF, I think you did a fine job as leader, you were present for all of our steals and went with the popular opinion on what answers to give. If no one thought of the correct answer then there's nothing you could do about that!

[Fenchurch]

Red, would you mind changing our team order again please? New order:

Fenchurch, quadz08, jmj3000, inHimshallibe, PokerFace

[Fenchurch]

I also thought I'd get to take a shot if inHim went AWOL did I miss my window?

Edit: nevermind, checked the rules and it looks like I did. Darn.

[Fenchurch]

sorry I didn't send the pms. I thought I did but they aren't in my sent items.

It wouldn't have helped, I'd already gone to bed at that point. I did suddenly think of it as I was falling asleep, but I decided to wait until morning to check

TV Show

^ That was my one of my guesses

[Fenchurch]

Woohoo well done PF. And haha, I saw you nearly skip my turn Red

Well I've still got several ideas. Unfortunately they all seem pretty stupid. But which one is the least stupid...

[Fenchurch]

I'm gonna try:

A musical or stage show

.

Sorry in advance if it's a strike

[Fenchurch]

Can't say, I'm a fan of the new format. I think the main con is that every list will provide quite some answers for the other team as well, depending on how bad or unlucky the first team is with their guesses.

I assume that is part of the challenge. So you have to judge how many strikes you're likely to use, and hold back answers that might otherwise count as freebies for the other team. One thing though, it'll be very useful to know how many answers there are on the board, which I don't think we've been told in the final round thus far.

I also have my reservations. It makes it more awkward because everyone is working on the same list, and will probably never agree fully on the order they should be given in, so ultimately the leader has to make the final decision. With the normal format, each player is responsible for contributing one answer per round, with the leader being less influential on the game.

But it has advantages as well, in quicker and more continuous play, and I'd also like to see how it goes.

[Fenchurch]

"Oh, okay, I've got an obvious one here... they're too

dirty

!"

"That would be notable, yes! Everyone check to make sure you've got a clean pair while we see if it's up there!"

before you make love to your lady-friend you've got to wash your ass

[Fenchurch]

"How about

makin' sweet, sweet love

?"

"The noise between the sheets, eh? Let's find out if you're right!"

"No, sir. That's a second strike."

Ohey, I think that should be the third strike for them. Laughing, showering and lovemaking.

To the quicktopic, team JSPFQ!

[Fenchurch]

Using the Bathroom

This is my current top thought. Someone mentioned Talking, and I would be OK with that too. Watching TV seems to be a stretch.

I feel kinda the opposite. Showering has already been shown as not there, and I can't really imagine people saying using the toilet whereas watching sports on tv can be quite a noisy activity with cheering and groaning etc.

But, I could be way off, and I want to go with the consensus... it seems that talking is the safest best. I did a table that approximately shows everyone's opinions.

[Fenchurch]

:shakes fist at Starbuck:

Okay I'm gonna take the leap, sorry in advance if it's wrong... Red, our answer is:

Talking/criticizing

[Fenchurch]

[Fenchurch]

Yeah I thought that would happen. Sorry y'all! And can we rotate the team order again for next game please?

quadz08, jmj3000, inHimshallibe, PokerFace, Fenchurch

[Fenchurch]

Woohoo! Bring it on, SNOW!

Red, have you rotated our team order so that quadz is lead player now, as per 2203?

[Fenchurch]

Ahaha... weather is beautiful here, but I'm stuck covering work on my own like a chump, because everyone else booked off the days between the bank holidays.

[Fenchurch]

^ that was one of my guesses

[Fenchurch]

"Be careful, because that's a second strike!"

Eek...

Sorry, I feel like I ask this every time, but:

Do you know if it's an old or recent question, Red?

[Fenchurch]

Ach, I'm still not sure....

You could

get a nose job

, Red?

(like, reconscructive/plastic surgery)

[Fenchurch]

Teeth is the answer I'd have gone for on the lipstick one...

And pierce is probably a right answer for ours

[Fenchurch]

Oh, I was wondering what had come of the survey, and whether we'd get the results after the game was over. I really wanted to take it, but couldn't since I'm playing. What questions did you ask, what kind of answers did you get?

[Fenchurch]

Can I pretend that I've already seen the answers to the crazy-ass werewolf question, so that we can get another one too?

[Fenchurch]

Also inHim, if you have something I would probably just go with it. I'm not sure anything gandalf does will give a clue as to what else is up there, and it does mean he might steal your best answer, or he may hit the top spot.

But I dunno, I've lost my fair share of starter questions, so who can say.

[Fenchurch]

LOL

nevermind inHim, you did good to wait.

[Fenchurch]

Aw I had an answer but I didn't have a chance to use the internet until today.

Quadz if you have an answer you should PM it to Red or you'll miss your chance to get a shot at all. You only get 24 hours, regardless of whether he is here during that time.

[Fenchurch]

quadz, PF, inHim, jmj, to the quicktopic!

[Fenchurch]

No, no one else may witness our secret

rituals

discussions

I mean... yes, we could.

[Fenchurch]

Is there a cure for werewolfism?

MEAT! 4/5 of us have said it, jmj hasn't chipped in yet. We should go with MEAT!

[Fenchurch]

I never posted at the end of this! Thank you for running it Red, I enjoyed the game very much, and you were a most witty and competent host, even if the game got unwieldy at the end.

and inHim, PF, quadz, jmj: you will always be family to me