I had an idea for a version of 20 Questions that I thought we could play on Stacker News. Let's try it out, maybe it will suck but I want to see how it goes!
I've tried to design this "multiplayer" version of the game to incentivize teamwork and critical thinking as best I could think of. Please leave feedback as well. [1]
RulesRules
- You must have a Cowboy Hat to participate.
- Each stacker may ask one Yes-or-No question. Discussion is welcome, but precede your official question with [?]
- Guesses count as questions and invalid questions will be ignored.
- If the movie I'm thinking of is guessed correctly within 21 questions, all participants that had their questions answered by me will get some sats!
- I will update what questions have been asked in the pinned comment.
RewardReward
- The reward is based on the total amount of questions asked. This is to incentivize thinking carefully about your question and trying to solve early.
- Reward per stacker scales down as follows:
- 10th Question: 400 sats each
- 11th Question: 353 sats each
- 12th Question: 311 sats each
- 13th Question: 274 sats each
- 14th Question: 242 sats each
- 15th Question: 214 sats each
- 16th Question: 190 sats each
- 17th Question: 169 sats each
- 18th Question: 150 sats each
- 19th Question: 134 sats each
- 20th Question: 120 sats each
- 21st Question: 100 sats each
- 22nd and beyond:
Read the questions on the pinned comment before you ask!
Ask good questions to help the stackers after you so you can win more sats!
I'm thinking of a movie...I'm thinking of a movie...
I may change the "One question per stacker" rule if the post doesn't receive enough attention but the idea is for this to be a community game. ↩
Questions so far:Questions so far:
To help move this along, I'll give you each a free guess to use whenever!
@DesertDave -
@Jon_Hodl -
@SimpleStacker -
@Undisciplined -
@User21000000 -
@cryotosensei guessed - The Hills Have Eyes - X
@Roll -
@zapsammy -
Here's my free guess... War of the Worlds (2005)
Yes!Yes!
This seems fun.
I already asked my question.
The movie is newer than 2000 but NOT newer than 2012.
Do you think we should narrow it down by studio? Actor? Genre?
I just asked the academy awards question.
I guess next might be to go by (broad swaths of) genre. Actor seems too specific.
I think figuring out how many words and then what letter it starts with are going to be the next best options.
"Does the title of your movie contain 3 or more words?" If yes, then it's a longer title. If no, then it's 1 or 2 words.
That's good.
Another approach would be to lock in the release date. A binary search will get there with a few more questions.
Even and odd numbers?
High/low: 2007-2012 or 2000-2006?
I'll take high.
This is what the AI focused a lot of questions on
Actor might work if it's framed the right way: i.e. "Has the lead actor/actress ever won an Academy Award?"
Whatever we do, we want to cut the set of remaining options in half. If Universal didn't produce half of the movies from 2001-2012, then we should ask if it was made by the top two or three studios.
[?]
Is the movie newer than 2003?
Yes!
Point of clarification.
Does this mean that it was released in 2004 or later and does NOT include the year 2003?
Correct
Hey so we are dealing with 04-06 even number of words so I’d say most likely 2 word title. No awards not a comedy
Possibly one of these
1. Hotel Rwanda (2004) 2. Sin City (2005) 3. Red Eye (2005) 4. Brick (2005) 5. Inside Man (2006) 6. Silent Hill (2006)Should we go for a catogory question this time
You could also just ask if it's one of those on your list.
True would that be a waste you think?
Brick is one word
lol whoops 😬 I was using my not so trusty ai to help narrow a list
Hopefully, we would have caught that on our own at some point.
It depends how comprehensive your list is. I don't know how you made it.
Apologies for the oversight. Here’s a corrected list with exactly ten popular films from 2004 to 2006 with exactly two words in the title, that aren’t comedies and didn’t win major awards:
1. Ocean’s Twelve (2004) 2. Resident Evil (2004) 3. Red Eye (2005) 4. Green Street (2005) 5. Silent Hill (2006) 6. Miami Vice (2006) 7. Blood Diamond (2006) 8. Lady Vengeance (2005) 9. Dark Water (2005) 10. Little Fish (2005)Thoughts
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[?]
Is it newer than the year 2000?
Yes!
Good opener!
Thanks. Seems like a fun game. I like how it is cooperative. Not much incentive to ask the first few I guess.
Maybe the first few get a default small amount for being trailblazers
Yeah I could do that manually, or maybe something like the first few people get a free guess of the movie whenever they want, without using up a question.
Good idea anyways. I am sure it will evolve.
https://y.yarn.co/7be1b309-dcf9-4c8c-8307-9fe9716ef4e4_text.gif
Great starting point. I just asked if it's newer than 2012.
That gives us a 12-year window either way he answers.
Seems like a good way to narrow it down.
[?]
Is it newer than 2006?
No!
Your turn again!
#748278
Does the movie start with one of the following letters A-m?
No!
Thanks. Can some ask how many words 3 or more or something like that
@SimpleStacker has guessed the movie:
War of the Worlds!War of the Worlds!
This was fun and I'll be sending out the rewards now, for 16 questions that's 380 sats for each of y'all.
Good teamwork and thanks for playing this round everyone!
@DesertDave @Jon_Hodl @SimpleStacker @Undisciplined @User21000000 @cryotosensei @Roll @zapsammy
Ok. So the movie is newer than 2000 but NOT newer than 2012.
Let's see if we can find the studio that produced your movie.
Is the movie produced by Universal Studios?
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It's one question per stacker right?
The movie is newer than 2000 but NOT newer than 2012.
Do you think we should narrow it down by studio? Is your movie produced by Universal?
Actor? "Is Nicholas Cage or Michael Cain starring in your movie?"
Maybe alphabetically? "Does your movie start with a letter A-M?
You're totally right. My bad.
But you have good suggestions. Discussion is allowed.
Yessss hehe, maybe someone will ask that!
This could be tweaked going forward, like after a certain amount of time, people can ask another etc.
With no Oscars.
[?]
Is the number of words in the movie title an even number?
Good one.
This is informal discussion only, but ChatGPT thinks it's "The Prestige"
Yeah. That's on my list but my list is limited to movies that I like.
I also generally think that it's likely to be a well known movie and not something too obscure. (Which is why I initially thought to ask if it had won any oscars)
But that's an assumption; for all we know @OneOneSeven may have chosen a movie we've never heard of
@Undisciplined you’re up.
Yes!
does the movie title start with "The?"
No!
Good question.
[?]
Is the movie animated?
No!
My proposals for new questions. I have already asked my official question so someone else will have to officially ask with their one guess.
We are looking for a movie released 2000-2006 (inclusive) with no oscars.
Can someone ask around how many words three or more words
Yes.
Please.
I think it will be a two word title myself so many at that time two worders
Next game of this, whoever does it, maybe some rule to let people ask more questions if no one else is.
For now, there’s gotta be some cowboys in the saloon you can round up.
Think so
Title length will help
Agreed. If we can narrow it down to the number of words in the title, we can reduce it down to a reasonably small number of mainstream titles.
Yes someone help us! Ask the question!
Thanks for keeping track.
Let’s get this!
[?]
Does the movie title have 4 words?
Yes!
[?]
Is the movie a based on actual events?
No!
does the movie's title contain a person's name?
No!
Is it one of these movies?
Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
Resident Evil (2004)
Red Eye (2005)
Green Street (2005)
Silent Hill (2006)
Miami Vice (2006)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Lady Vengeance (2005)
Dark Water (2005)
Little Fish (2005)
The Prestige
Super 8
Slumdog Millionaire
The Departed
Sin City
No!
Maybe it’s not a two word title
One way to find out!
[?]
Does the movie you have in mind have its own Wikipedia entry?
We've looped back to sensei, your turn again!
Last Question: #750586
Yes!
Haha, making sure I'm not choosing some indie film no one knows!
[?]
Did it win any academy awards (Oscars)?
No!
Is it newer than 2012?
No! is that your final answer [?]
That's the second question.
I just asked the third.
The 8 of you can continue playing but you must ask the questions in the same order, starting with @DesertDave, spread the word.
I'll divide the total sats evenly between you cowboys:
Where are we at? Who’s question?
My bad for not keeping up with this, actually you’re up next.
Questions so far:Questions so far:
You're up @SimpleStacker.
Ask away.
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I will continue answering about 10 hours from this comment!
Look forward to more answers
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No!
Back to you @Roll
Last question: #751567
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I'll give you a re-try, it's a movie released between 2004-2006 with 4 words in the title
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4 words not 4 letters! 😂
The Hills Have Eyes was a good guess.
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The Hills Have Eyes
Nope, but everyone should get a free guess, why not!
Thanks for obliging me!
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@VictorVonVodka What question can you think to ask that would further refine what we know so far?
We are looking for a movie from 2000 to 2006 (inclusive) that starts with a letter A-M and it has never won an Oscar award.
Here's an example of a movie with a sub title "Indiana Jones Raiders Of the Lost Ark" vs. a movie without a subtitle "Black Hawk Down".
Thoughts?
Is the movie part of a franchise or series?
Is the movie animated?
Does the movie belong to a specific genre (Action/Documentary/etc?
Is it ?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/
I think you should ask this one.
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lol 200 AD
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