GuildWiki talk:Contests/Trivia

This is going to be lame. IRC trivia contests aren't won by knowledge, but by ping and typing speed. Count me out. 18:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't be a negative nancy. &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 18:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I also mirror Felix's opinion on this one. We used to do these contests on battle.net for DII in the channels, and it all boiled down to typing speed really.  -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]   I~sk8   (T/C) 19:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * This would work with a slight change: all answers would have to be NOT findable using the Search box. For example, instead of asking "Which NPC was betrothed to Prince Rurik?" you ask "Which notable NPC was burned alive by the Charr during the Searing?" Bad question: "Who do you give the Flute to in Pre-Searing?" Good question: "Which NPC ended the first Guild Wars beta event?" (iirc) Basically, questions can be findable on GuildWiki, but if they can be found by just entering keywords then it is like Felix says - major phailsauce. No skill involved at all. If you want to get really hard, ask questions like "Which conditions can(not) be caused by Elementalist skills?", "What is the duration of Shared Burden at 16 Illusion Magic, under the effects of Mantra of Persistence at 13 Inspiration Magic, against Glint?", "How many bosses can spawn in more than one area/instance?", "How many unique items are in Factions and Eye of the North?" etc. Or just throw in PvP knowledge, "Who is credited with creating ?" Although that may be pushing the limits of veritability.
 * Also, the scoring ought to work like this: for each question, based on its degree of difficulty, a certain time period (easy - 30 sec, hard - 1 min+ ?) is given wherein contestants will give their answers. Only the first answer given is counted, except for typo corrections etc. After the end of the period, all correct answerers are awarded X points based on the difficulty. (after all, not all questions are equally hard) This way even people who are bit slower can stand a chance. At the conclusion of the contest, all points are added up and the winner(s) are declared. In the case of a tie, "sudden death" questions will be asked until contestents answer something wrong, and then the winner is declared. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 07:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)