WWTBAM Bored

Rules and guidelines kept from Test Week
-Each game will be open for at least 24 hours. The first one will be open until Wednesday 2/16 since I'm running behind and may not post the first one until late Monday maybe even early Tuesday.
-No googling, "Uniplatinum" (looking at other responses before answering) etc.
-Spoilerize all responses before the day's game is closed
-Everything will be USA or Canada (mostly USA)
-I will be looking for city/location and state/province in most cases, responses of just city accepted if it is clear in the city or context
-Some might request a state or province only, e.g. a welcome sign or ad with the town name.

New, adapted per test week results.
Wrong guesses will no longer bump up the scores. I declare DC a "state" for this game although I do not have the power to give them a vote in the House.

Scoring
10- If only one gets it right
5- If 2-5 get it right
3- If 6-10 get it right
2- If 11+ get it right
1- If I ask a specific location and only the state or province is correct (+2 bonus if no one got the specific location)
+2- Outshine Bonus- When only one or two nail a specific town when I accept a metro area. Example, I accepted Denver for the Buffalo Bill grave sign, but say one or two nail Golden, CO, then this bonus will apply.
+1- I shamelessly stole the idea of JJC points and will continue with this. If not right then be funny. Especially on any real killers that I put up either deliberately or by underestimating their difficulty.
+1- If absolutely no one even gets the state/province, everyone who plays gets at least 1

I have about 30 photos of material right now and am going through and choosing the first ten or so. I will then post a little more info.

I have enjoyed this Snaxx.

Thanks!

I am sorting photos for diversity (geographic and difficulty level). I am suddenly reminded of a Michael Davies interview from the waning days of PT-BAM, when he was trying to explain the switch from the phone game to mostly auditions. He pointed out under-represented geographical areas, and ironically one of those areas was what we know as "Where Else"? Partly because those far from NYC were also looking at the free trip, even if they do not get out of the ROF.

So I found instead of mostly "Where Else," as I feared, I had none at all. I made up for this, though not to the crazy level that SyndiBAM did.

Snaxx wrote:I am sorting photos for diversity (geographic and difficulty level). I am suddenly reminded of a Michael Davies interview from the waning days of PT-BAM, when he was trying to explain the switch from the phone game to mostly auditions. He pointed out under-represented geographical areas, and ironically one of those areas was what we know as "Where Else"? Partly because those far from NYC were also looking at the free trip, even if they do not get out of the ROF.

IIRC, the WABC viewing area comprises about 6% of the nation. I find it hard to believe that the Phone Game was under-representing that figure.

And so what if folks from Where Else weren't motivated by the tempation of a free trip? Weren't any of them interesting in that being a millionaire angle?

MarleysGh0st wrote: IIRC, the WABC viewing area comprises about 6% of the nation. I find it hard to believe that the Phone Game was under-representing that figure.

... and I was targeting about 10% of my material being "Where else?" Looks like I was slightly biased too. 6% sounds right; that would be 18 million out of 300 million people.

Add Wikipedia entry - 19 million people in NY metro area out of about 309 million total
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Census

In the spirit of the new, improved, "game-changing" WWTBAM format I present the (ummm...) helpful First Ten topic list.

No Mecca In the Outfield
Toto, We're Not in Arkansas
Seeing Stars
The Quilt Shop
Not a Cloud in the Sky
Take Two, Then Call Me in the Morning
Big City Skyline
C'mon, Ride the Train
I Do Not Owe You 14068658760002 JJC Points!
No Exit

These will be randomized later today, so the first one that comes up might be the toughest of the batch, or it might be the easiest...

Sounds good!

BTW, your current avatar photo is from

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the NYC St. Paddy's Day parade.

Bob Juch wrote:Sounds good!

BTW, your current avatar photo is from

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the NYC St. Paddy's Day parade.

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Actually it is a smaller St. Pat's Day parade from out on the Island.

Snaxx wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Sounds good!

BTW, your current avatar photo is from

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the NYC St. Paddy's Day parade.

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Actually it is a smaller St. Pat's Day parade from out on the Island.

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Ah, but I didn't say where in NYC.

Snaxx wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Sounds good!

BTW, your current avatar photo is from

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the NYC St. Paddy's Day parade.

Spoiler

Actually it is a smaller St. Pat's Day parade from out on the Island.

But that's not today's official game avatar, right?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Snaxx wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Sounds good!

BTW, your current avatar photo is from

Spoiler

the NYC St. Paddy's Day parade.

Spoiler

Actually it is a smaller St. Pat's Day parade from out on the Island.

But that's not today's official game avatar, right?

Right, instead it was inspired by this thread:
http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32515

Here is the randomized Topic list:

Toto, we're not in Arkansas
The Quilt Shop
No Exit
Seeing Stars
C'mon, ride the train
No Mecca In the Outfield
I do not owe you 14068658760002 JJC points!
Not a Cloud in the Sky
Take two then call me in the morning
->Big City Skyline<-

Snaxx wrote:Here is the randomized Topic list:

Toto, we're not in Arkansas
The Quilt Shop
No Exit
Seeing Stars
C'mon, ride the train
No Mecca In the Outfield
I do not owe you 14068658760002 JJC points!
Not a Cloud in the Sky
Take two then call me in the morning
->Big City Skyline<-

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That's Dallas Texas. I think, Seeing Stars?

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Snaxx wrote:Here is the randomized Topic list:

Toto, we're not in Arkansas
The Quilt Shop
No Exit
Seeing Stars
C'mon, ride the train
No Mecca In the Outfield
I do not owe you 14068658760002 JJC points!
Not a Cloud in the Sky
Take two then call me in the morning
->Big City Skyline<-

Spoiler

That's Dallas Texas. I think, Seeing Stars?

Message to Flock

I posted the full version of my avatar photo in the game thread:
http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32535
Please look and post there
(you may or may not be right with your guess here)

Snaxx wrote:Here is the randomized Topic list:

. . .

I do not owe you 14068658760002 JJC points!
. . .

I cannot wait for this one!

A first standings look:
AJ 4
BiT 4
BobJ 4
Confessor 4
Jeemie 4
mcd1400de 4
melly 4
tanstaafl2 4
Weyoun 4
christie1111 3
clem21 3
Flock 3
kroxquo 3
Marley 3
Minty Man 3
southnyack 3
Bob#s 2
DK 2
elwoodblues 2
Fanny 2
frogman 2
megaaddict 2
plasticene 2
SC 2
Seersucker 2
Sprots 2
Uly 2
Pea 2
Estonut 1
Kazoo 1
lb13 1
Rexer 1
Saucy 1
tgirl 1


Leaders by region
Midlantic: 18-way tie
Plains: 17-way tie

Updated totals:
BobJ 7
Jeemie 7
mcd1400de 7
clem21 6
Pea 5
SC 5
Uly 5
Estonut 4
AJ 4
BiT 4
Confessor 4
melly 4
tanstaafl2 4
Weyoun 4
christie1111 3
Flock 3
Marley 3
Minty Man 3
kroxquo 3
southnyack 3
Bob#s 2
frogman 2
megaaddict 2
plasticene 2
Seersucker 2
DK 2
elwoodblues 2
Fanny 2
Sprots 2
etaoin 1
Kazoo 1
lb13 1
Rexer 1
Saucy 1
tgirl 1

Leaders by region
Midlantic: 18-way tie
Plains: 17-way tie
Midwest: 8-way tie

Updated standings:
BobJ 9
Jeemie 9
clem21 8
mcd1400de 7
Pea 7
Uly 7
AJ 6
Estonut 6
melly 6
SC 6
tanstaafl2 6
Weyoun 6
Marley 5
Minty Man 5
BiT 4
christie1111 4
Confessor 4
Fanny 4
Sprots 4
elwoodblues 3
Flock 3
kroxquo 3
megaaddict 3
southnyack 3
Bob#s 2
DK 2
frogman 2
plasticene 2
Seersucker 2
ShamelessWeasel 2
vettech 2
etaoin 1
Kazoo 1
lb13 1
Rexer 1
Saucy 1
tgirl 1

Leaders by region
Midlantic: 18-way tie
Plains: 17-way tie
Midwest: 8-way tie
Where Else?: 16-way tie

Updated Totals: Bob Juch has taken sole control of the lead proving so far that he really has been everywhere, and also has a perfect score including the preseason.

BobJ 12
clem21 11
Jeemie 10
mcd1400de 10
Uly 10
melly 9
Weyoun 9
christie1111 7
Pea 7
SC 7
AJ 6
Estonut 6
Marley 6
tanstaafl2 6
BiT 5
Fanny 5
Minty Man 5
Seersucker 5
Confessor 4
Kazoo 4
lb13 4
Sprots 4
elwoodblues 3
Flock 3
kroxquo 3
megaaddict 3
southnyack 3
Bob#s 2
DK 2
frogman 2
plasticene 2
Rexer 2
Saucy 2
ShamelessWeasel 2
vettech 2
etaoin 1
tgirl 1


Leaders by region
Midlantic: 18-way tie
Plains: 17-way tie
Midwest: 8-way tie
Where Else?: 16-way tie
New England: 10-way tie

BobJ 14
clem21 12
Jeemie 12
mcd1400de 12
Uly 12
melly 11
Weyoun 11
christie1111 9
SC 9
AJ 8
Estonut 8
Marley 8
BiT 7
Minty Man 7
Pea 7
Seersucker 7
Confessor 6
Fanny 6
tanstaafl2 6
elwoodblues 5
Flock 5
kroxquo 5
Bob#s 4
Kazoo 4
lb13 4
Rexer 4
Sprots 4
etaoin 3
megaaddict 3
southnyack 3
DK 2
frogman 2
jarnon 2
plasticene 2
Saucy 2
ShamelessWeasel 2
vettech 2
tgirl 1


Leaders by region
Midlantic: 18-way tie
Plains: 17-way tie
Midwest: 8-way tie
Where Else?: 16-way tie
New England: 10-way tie
Southeast: 22-way tie

Rule addendum:
Due to the paucity of Canadian content, I am awarding a point to all who correctly identify Canada in general (rather than the specific province).

It is a tie again at the top:
BobJ 15
Jeemie 15
mcd1400de 15
Uly 13
clem21 12
melly 12
SC 12
AJ 11
Estonut 11
Weyoun 11
christie1111 10
Minty Man 10
Marley 9
BiT 7
Confessor 7
Pea 7
Seersucker 7
etaoin 6
Fanny 6
tanstaafl2 6
elwoodblues 5
Flock 5
kroxquo 5
Saucy 5
Bob#s 4
Kazoo 4
lb13 4
Rexer 4
Sprots 4
megaaddict 3
southnyack 3
DK 2
frogman 2
jarnon 2
plasticene 2
ShamelessWeasel 2
vettech 2
tgirl 1

Totals after the Alcatraz game:
BobJ 17
Jeemie 17
mcd1400de 17
Uly 15
clem21 14
melly 14
AJ 13
Estonut 13
christie1111 12
Minty Man 12
SC 12
Marley 11
Weyoun 11
BiT 9
etaoin 8
Confessor 7
elwoodblues 7
Flock 7
kroxquo 7
Pea 7
Saucy 7
Seersucker 7
Bob#s 6
Fanny 6
Rexer 6
tanstaafl2 6
megaaddict 5
DK 4
Kazoo 4
lb13 4
ShamelessWeasel 4
Sprots 4
vettech 4
southnyack 3
frogman 2
jarnon 2
plasticene 2
Spock 2
tgirl 1

Leaders by region
Canada: 8-way tie
Midlantic: 18-way tie
Plains: 17-way tie
Midwest: 8-way tie
Where Else?: 16-way tie
New England: 10-way tie
Southeast: 22-way tie
West: 24 total on Alcatraz

Here is a preview of the second topic tree, currently unrandomized:

Ruined Diets
Spanning the Waters
Rockhead
Spring Training
That Looks Familiar
Morning in the City
Twists and Turns
Double Dog Dare
History among the Skyscrapers
Who's Playing Tonight?

The lucky Quilt Shop guess caused etaoin to leap into contention. Humor points edged clem and Mel up into the second group.
BobJ 18
etaoin 18
Jeemie 18
mcd1400de 18
clem21 16
melly 16
Uly 16
AJ 14
Estonut 14
christie1111 13
Minty Man 13
Marley 12
SC 12
BiT 11
Weyoun 11
Flock 8
kroxquo 8
Saucy 8
Seersucker 8
Bob#s 7
Confessor 7
elwoodblues 7
Pea 7
Rexer 7
tanstaafl2 7
Fanny 6
megaaddict 6
DK 4
Kazoo 4
lb13 4
ShamelessWeasel 4
Sprots 4
vettech 4
southnyack 3
frogman 2
jarnon 2
plasticene 2
Spock 2
tgirl 1

Snaxx wrote:Here is a preview of the second topic tree, currently unrandomized:

Ruined Diets
Spanning the Waters
Rockhead
Spring Training
That Looks Familiar
Morning in the City
Twists and Turns
Double Dog Dare
History among the Skyscrapers
Who's Playing Tonight?

And randomized...
Spanning the Waters
Twists and Turns
Who's Playing Tonight?
History among the Skyscrapers
Ruined Diets
Rockhead
Double Dog Dare
That Looks Familiar
Spring Training
Morning in the City