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Name That Mutant!
« Thread Started on Oct 31, 2008, 9:15pm »
So, anybody feel like playing a game that you don't actually get anything for winning? Sure you do!

Here's the deal: If you think you're a bad enough dude (or dudette), see if you can use your mad writing-style-identifying skillz to match each of the six branches of this year's Haunted House to the mutant who wrote them.

First one to get them all right gets a shiny box of nothing. I briefly considered pitching in an actual physical prize, but a quick glance around my immediate environment does not reveal anything that I'm willing to part with. Because I'm a scary old miser!

So instead we'll just let the prize be bragging rights. And perhaps a strangely pleasurable sense of mild shame and self-loathing.

As Justin is beginning his 500-year meditation, and Kyle is off on another secret mission for the Queen, the mutants you have to pick from are Sue, Drew, Lissa, Mike, Al and myself. Courtney and Heather unfortunately didn't have the wherewithal to get hired quick enough, but on the bright side, that means they can take part in the guessing.

That's about it, I guess. Oh, just one more thing: No hints! Ever! Except that my branch has an MST3K reference near the beginning! Just that one!

Go to it, my pretties!
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #1 on Nov 1, 2008, 11:50am »
Fame! Fortune! Fabulous prizes!!. Or...not. Regardless I'm so in on this.

Erm....

Lissa=The rhythmic chanting branch?
Kaleb=The boom from heaven branch?
Drew=The throaty groan branch?
Sue=The bloodthirsty howl branch?
Mike=The hear nothing at all branch?
Al=The piercing crack of the earth branch?
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #2 on Nov 1, 2008, 3:23pm »
A question from a noneligible-type person:

Are you going to be responding Mastermind style, i.e. you say how many are right but not which ones? Or do right answers just get a gold star?
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« Reply #3 on Nov 1, 2008, 9:43pm »
Ah, excellent question Al. And succinctly answered:

Those who get all six right on the same try, will receive fortune and glory and two tickets to paradise. Those who don't, get naught by my pallid fanny, flappin' in the wind.

Okay, so maybe that's a tad harsh. Amendment time:

--Because I just can't help myself, I'm going to help you. Henceforth, hints will be dropped from time to time.

--I'm taking a harder look around for an actual prize. I can't promise that I'll find anything, or that it will be something you actually want, but we'll see.

--Unlike past forum quizzes, this one has no per-day limit. Your guess frequency is limited only by my replies (power!).

Speaking of which. . .

Heather: You got two right. Of those two, neither was Drew (I'm rhyming!)

P.S. It was actually Giant Spider Invasion, but you were in the ballpark. Or. . .erm. . .spiderpark.


Nov 1, 2008, 11:50am, BlackCatWhiteCat wrote:
Fame! Fortune! Fabulous prizes!!. Or...not.


Big money! Big prizes! I love it!

Just for funsies; anyone who can tell me where the above quote comes from--and I'm going to trust you not to use Google--gets a free correct match PMed to them.
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #4 on Nov 1, 2008, 10:17pm »
Crappage. HOW did I manage to incorrectly name an MST3K movie? I've never even SEEN Earth vs. The Spider. Oh wait...I said that last night after my Halloween party so I guess that explains why my brain wasn't working.

So here are my guesses
Lissa=rhythmic chanting branch
Kale=boom from Heaven branch
Drew=piercing crack of the earth branch
Sue=bloodthirsty howl branch?
Mike=hear nothing at all branch
Al=throat groan branch
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #5 on Nov 2, 2008, 8:23pm »
Automatic point deduction for misspelling my name. Bonus one point for inadvertantly making me Bavmorda's cruel enforcer.

As for your guesses: Three wrong, three right, and Sue's purported lycanthropy issues have been grossly exaggerated. Well, for the sake of this quiz, anyway.
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #6 on Nov 2, 2008, 8:48pm »

Nov 2, 2008, 8:23pm, Hucklebubba wrote:
Bonus one point for inadvertantly making me Bavmorda's cruel enforcer.


Yes. That was totally my intention. I didn't manage to accidentally cut and paste the "b" out of your name. Nope.


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As for your guesses: Three wrong, three right, and Sue's purported lycanthropy issues have been grossly exaggerated. Well, for the sake of this quiz, anyway.


Alrighty then!

Lissa=rhythmic chanting branch
Kaleb The Enforcer=boom from Heaven branch
Drew=piercing crack of the earth branch
Sue=hear nothing at all branch
Mike=bloodthristy howl branch
Al=throat groan branch
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #7 on Nov 2, 2008, 9:36pm »
*looks up from gnawing on elk femur* Lycan-what?

Incidentally, in the interest of sportsmanship, and with all due respect, I think it should be a one guess every 24 hours rule. Lest our eager young padawan simply post every possibility before anyone else gets a chance to take a shot.

Just sayin'.

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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #8 on Nov 2, 2008, 10:56pm »

Nov 2, 2008, 9:36pm, pfrsue wrote:
Lest our eager young padawan simply post every possibility before anyone else gets a chance to take a shot.


I don't see a problem. But then again, I could be biased. ;)
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #9 on Nov 2, 2008, 11:19pm »
As a minor clue, my branch involves a menace I've used in my branches of past Haunted Houses... the odder ones, you might say.

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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #10 on Nov 2, 2008, 11:33pm »
Sue speaks with non-forked tongue. There should be some limit, but just to be difficult, I'm going to make it two guesses per 24. Starting at midnight tonight, which means that Heather--along with all of the other forumites who are champing at the bit to participate but are just shy--am/is/are free to guess according to present craziness until then.



Nov 2, 2008, 8:48pm, BlackCatWhiteCat wrote:

Lissa=rhythmic chanting branch
Kaleb The Enforcer=boom from Heaven branch
Drew=piercing crack of the earth branch
Sue=hear nothing at all branch
Mike=bloodthristy howl branch
Al=throat groan branch


Whoopsy daisy. Now you're back to only two right.

Lissa and Mola Ram; not a good couple.


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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #11 on Nov 3, 2008, 12:38am »
I'm guessing that you mean 12 PM Eastern Time? If so then this is Monday's guess. But I suppose either way I'm in the clear. So here's my guess:

Lissa=bloodthirsty howl branch
Kaleb=boom from Heaven branch
Drew=rhythmic chanting branch
Sue=piercing crack of the earth branch
Mike=hear nothing at all branch
Al=throaty groan branch
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #12 on Nov 3, 2008, 2:01am »
Bam! You're back up to three right, and they're all dudes.
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #13 on Nov 3, 2008, 2:28am »
I'm not sure if this counts as my second Monday guess, 'cause I'm not sure what time zone we're using. SO here's my guess and...just let me know if I'm out of guesses for Monday.

Lissa=piercing crack of the earth branch
Kaleb The Enforcer=boom from Heaven branch
Drew=bloodthirsty howl branch
Sue=rhythmic chanting branch
Mike=hear nothing at all branch
Al=throaty groan branch
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Re: Name That Mutant!
« Reply #14 on Nov 3, 2008, 2:51am »
Dude, this is hard! I don't have a clue...
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