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Post by Compbasher on Jun 7, 2005 15:59:43 GMT -8
See, for those shorter answers, I could care less if there were more hints or not. Because in my case, I either know it or I dont. Simple as that. But for instances like these... [6:59:47 PM] <TheTriviaHost Q: What were the Ghostbusters' names?> [6:59:58 PM] <TheTriviaHost Hint: -e--r---------------p-n---r-----St-------inst----------> [7:00:02 PM] -- parson1 has left the channel. [7:00:08 PM] <TheTriviaHost Hint: Pe--r---------------p-n---r---y-St-------inst----------> [7:00:19 PM] <TheTriviaHost Hint: Pe--r--------,------p-n--er-R-y-St-------inst---Z---o--> [7:00:29 PM] <TheTriviaHost Time's up! The answer was: Peter Venkman,Egon Spengler,Ray Stantz ,Winston Zedmore.> Clearly not enough hints for most of the populace to answer by. It's long ones like these that can fluster the trivia goers. And I wasn't bashin' the bot by the way. I was just bring other's opinion to attention. I like the bot, except for those Mythology questions.
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Post by parson3 on Jun 7, 2005 16:17:09 GMT -8
To comp: THANK U!!!! Im glad SOME1 understands what im talking about with the hints.
To chalupa: yes i do like the older bot better, yes the questions were a factor in my attempt to get the old question file back, yes the new bot is more stable. NO the hints suck and as comp has also stated, the new bot is not consistent in the hints.
I understand the 80% thing and the giving away the answer, but what i liked about the old bot was the knowledge that if 3 letters came up the first time, three letters would come up for the second hint, and the third. This new bot fails when trying to give hints as the old bot had. At first one may say "oh yea 5 letters, i might actually get this" then his/her heart drops when after the next hint, only 1 more letter has appeared, and then they feel, in the pit of their stomach, the anguish when they realize the bot has forsakent them and only given an additional two letters.The old bot, while less stable and with its flaws, would have given 5 letters, then 5 letters, then 5 letters.
So while maybe the new bout doesnt 'suck' as i put it, because i do appreciate the stability, but THE HINTS DO NEED WORK!
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