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Hey you sploofus players........

#1 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:52 am

......let me enjoy my top 10 moment! Ok, make that top 25 now......
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#2 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:30 am

I'd settle for top 50.
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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:59 am

sploofus is stoopid
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#4 Post by gotribego26 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:35 am

I enjoyed about 15 minutes in top 100 this morning.
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#5 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:36 am

I was 18 when I logged off. This a.m. I am 381. Fun ride.


On a side note, they did give me credit for guessing "Central High Little Rock" a coupla days ago. Although, I did have to complain. The "winner" had written Little Rock Central High.

Sploofus was not quite so stoopid this time. :)
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#6 Post by gsabc » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:06 am

Standings early in the month have major fluctuations. You can go from well into the thousands up to the low 100s with a single answer sometimes. Then by the end of the day, you're back into the thousands. I was happy enough being at #103 after yesterday's success. Too slow in double-checking what seemed to be a way too obvious answer.
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#7 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:18 am

I finally got on the board this morning.... with a Vocabulary question of all things.....

Amazingly, Sploofus says Vocab is my most successful category, which I find hard to believe because I cringe everytime I see it pop up....

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#8 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:31 am

Last month's Sploofusing was horrible. It was my worst month since I started.
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#9 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:33 am

I was thrilled to be #236 yesterday. I'm probably about 1,892 by now.
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#10 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:36 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Last month's Sploofusing was horrible. It was my worst month since I started.
I stole all your easy questions
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#11 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:17 pm

I'm #6 as of now. Will be 300 by nightfall...
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#12 Post by christie1111 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:18 pm

I was torn today between Australia and S. Africa as the largest gold producer.

I guessed wrong.

:(

2/3 so far
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#13 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:23 pm

ne1410s wrote:I was 18 when I logged off. This a.m. I am 381. Fun ride.


On a side note, they did give me credit for guessing "Central High Little Rock" a coupla days ago. Although, I did have to complain. The "winner" had written Little Rock Central High.

Sploofus was not quite so stoopid this time. :)



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#14 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:23 pm

Missed one today by going for speed. I knew the answer as soon as I hit "submit"
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#15 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:23 pm

ch1111:
I was torn today between Australia and S. Africa as the largest gold producer.
China (We're #1.!.!) was not a choice?
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#16 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:24 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Missed one today by going for speed. I knew the answer as soon as I hit "submit"

Don't you just hate that.
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#17 Post by christie1111 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:32 pm

ne1410s wrote:ch1111:
I was torn today between Australia and S. Africa as the largest gold producer.
China (We're #1.!.!) was not a choice?
I don't remember it being one of the choices. The answer they gave was S. Africa
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#18 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:42 pm

christie1111 wrote:I was torn today between Australia and S. Africa as the largest gold producer.

I guessed wrong.

:(

2/3 so far
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Australia is third.
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#19 Post by christie1111 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:39 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
christie1111 wrote:I was torn today between Australia and S. Africa as the largest gold producer.

I guessed wrong.

:(

2/3 so far
Spoiler
Australia is third.
Thanks you so much for pointing out just how wrong I was.

Sheesh
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#20 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:47 pm

1111:
Thanks you so much for pointing out just how wrong I was.
I feel that sploofus was wrong. Not you.
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#21 Post by christie1111 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:53 pm

ne1410s wrote:1111:
Thanks you so much for pointing out just how wrong I was.
I feel that sploofus was wrong. Not you.
Nah, Australia still wasn't number one. So I was still wrong.

How ever, if I had said S. Sfrica I would have been both right and wrong!

Interesting.

So, in the Bored's opinion, do I email them?

They seem to want to have the answers correct.

They were really nice when I explained that I encountered a problem one night when I didn't even get to see the Q before they said I timed out. I sent an email and they gave me a bonus Q. I got it wrong, but it was nice of them.
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#22 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:57 pm

christie:
So, in the Bored's opinion, do I email them?

They seem to want to have the answers correct.

They were really nice when I explained that I encountered a problem one night when I didn't even get to see the Q before they said I timed out. I sent an email and they gave me a bonus Q. I got it wrong, but it was nice of them.
I would email them. Twice I have correctly answered Where In The Heck Am I? and was not given credit. Both times they apologized and gave me the points--if not the glory. :lol:
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#23 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:59 pm

ne1410s wrote:ch1111:
I was torn today between Australia and S. Africa as the largest gold producer.
China (We're #1.!.!) was not a choice?
Are you implying that China is the no. 1 gold producer, the sources I looked at say S. Africa, USA and Australia
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

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#24 Post by ne1410s » Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:58 pm

tmitsss:
Are you implying that China is the no. 1 gold producer, the sources I looked at say S. Africa, USA and Australia
Yes.

http://www.miningweekly.com/article.php?a_id=124692

There are more.
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#25 Post by gsabc » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:16 pm

gsabc wrote:Standings early in the month have major fluctuations. You can go from well into the thousands up to the low 100s with a single answer sometimes. Then by the end of the day, you're back into the thousands. I was happy enough being at #103 after yesterday's success. Too slow in double-checking what seemed to be a way too obvious answer.
Played tonight and got it. Went from #1,096 to #10. Heckuva jump.
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