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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 8, 2024 22:41:39 GMT
Hey all, it's my 50th post on this forum  so I'm curious on if anyone is interested in playing Botticelli for some good fun!
Essentially, there's a chooser who picks a famous person and everyone else is trying to guess who that person is. There's a catch though, (almost) all questions asked will be indirect.
For example, if a chooser picks Erich von Manstein as their famous person, they initially give out the clue of the initial of their most commonly known name. In this case, the character's name starts with M.
People then ask the chooser questions, such as "Was your person a famous WWII general?" The chooser has three responses: No, I am not...: If you can think of someone whose name starts with the letter in question (and also fits any direct answers given) and who is not your person, you can reply this. In my example question, I can say "No, I am not Bernard Montgomery." since Monty is both a famous WWII general and his name (last name in this case) starts with the letter M. I can respond the same way, even if my person doesn't actually fit the criteria (for example, if I had picked Mori Motonari, a daimyo from the Sengoku period of Japan). Yes, I am...: If you cannot think of anyone else whose name starts with the letter in question (and fits all direct answers given) and your person fits the question, you must reply this. In my example if I can't think of any famous WWII generals other than Manstein I must reply with "Yes, I am Erich von Manstein." and whoever gave me the question gets to go next. Stumped: This answer is chosen if you cannot think of anyone else whose name starts with the letter in question and your person does NOT fit the question. The person who asked this question reveals who they were thinking of, and gets to ask a direct yes/no question. - Unlike indirect questions, the chooser must give a straight yes/no answer. For example, if someone asked me directly "Is your person German?" I must answer yes and that would be added to the list of known information.
- If the person the guesser was thinking of matched the person the chooser was doing and the question fit, this acts as a yes answer.
- If there wasn't a person in mind when asking the question or the person doesn't fit any of the known criteria for the guessed person, the stump is invalid.
- A lot of leniency is given with these criteria, especially as the number of people gets narrowed down. We're here to have fun.
The host should keep track of everything, so the chooser. Hopefully I'm not asking too much. 
Past Rounds:
With all that out of the way, I suppose I should start the first round of this game. Round 1: My name starts with S.
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Feb 9, 2024 4:15:03 GMT
Is S fictional, semi-fictional or non-fictional (I.e. real)?
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 9, 2024 14:38:19 GMT
Is S fictional, semi-fictional or non-fictional (I.e. real)? That's for you to figure out
If it helps, in Botticelli the convention is to use the most well known name, although that often gets confusing at times. For example, Hans Christian Andersen (Danish author), Airi Momoi (character from Project Sekai), and Arminius (commander at Teutoburg Forest) all would be valid choices for A despite one being a surname, one being a given name, and one being a mononym. Generally for real people we will use last names for the starting letter, and for fictional characters use first names since that's how they're commonly known.
If the intention was for this to be a question a part of the game, try rephrasing this into a more binary yes/no question. Sorta like 20 questions, such as "Are you real?" or "Is S a real person?" Keep in mind that when you're asking indirectly a "No" answer doesn't actually mean they're not in the category you just asked, it just means I thought of someone else who fit the bill without it being my person!
It may seem daunting at first since there's a lot of people who could have a name starting with S, but you could probably narrow it down decently fast by aiming to either simply find my guy or stump me into giving you direct questions which I have to give a truthful yes/no answer.
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Feb 9, 2024 14:41:26 GMT
Is S inspired by a person from the real world?
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 9, 2024 14:51:42 GMT
Is S inspired by a person from the real world? Damn, starting with the hard ones already! I'm gonna go for a bit of a stretch (since I'm assuming "inspired by" implies that they aren't a real person) and say no, not Simon Legree. There's a whole debate on whether he's based on a real person or not, but I'm gonna go with he is for the sake of this question.
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Post by Theron of Acragas on Feb 10, 2024 8:12:48 GMT
Can we ask the same question twice? (i.e. keep battering away at one category until you get stumped)
For now, are you a first century queen?
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 10, 2024 18:56:49 GMT
Can we ask the same question twice? (i.e. keep battering away at one category until you get stumped) For now, are you a first century queen? For your first question, I see no reason why you couldn't, as long as you can find someone who fits all known criteria and that question as well. Using Airi Momoi as an example, if you ask "Did you rebel against your government?" with Benedict Arnold in mind and I answer "No, not Benedict Arnold," if you want to ask that question again you need to think of someone who starts with the letter A, who rebelled against their government, and who isn't Benedict Arnold. (e.g.: An Lushan)
For your second part, the only thing that's coming to mind for queens of antiquity is Semiramis, and she's very much not first century. I'm stumped.
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Post by Theron of Acragas on Feb 10, 2024 19:48:33 GMT
I was thinking of Salome - best known for asking for the head of John the Baptist. Less known is that she went on to be married to a couple different tetrarchs (which already qualifies her), one of whom was probably also king of Armenia Minor. Actually, although I didn't know this before, while checking that I wasn't making things up, I discovered that one of the original tetrarchs (the four successors Herod the Great's kingdom was divided among) was also named Salome, and ruled as queen for a few years at the start of the century.
So I guess I'll ask - are you a fictional character?
P.S. Yes, I will destroy you with random Biblical trivia.
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 10, 2024 19:56:44 GMT
No, I am not a fictional character.
Known facts: - Name starts with S.
- Not a first century queen.
- A real person.
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 10, 2024 19:59:29 GMT
P.S. Yes, I will destroy you with random Biblical trivia. Oh dear, guess I'm gonna learn a lot in this game
Note that I'm going to be playing the more stricter version of Botticelli where guesser choices also should fit known criteria, but this will definitely soften over time. The only hard requirement is the initial being the same.
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Post by blueberry on Feb 10, 2024 22:34:04 GMT
I wonder if you started out with something hidden in plain sight... are you an Italian painter of the 15th century?
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 10, 2024 23:00:27 GMT
I wonder if you started out with something hidden in plain sight... are you an Italian painter of the 15th century? Good guess, but I am not Sandro Botticelli (I probably would have picked B for that one) |
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Post by Theron of Acragas on Feb 11, 2024 6:47:24 GMT
Ok, I'll go a bit broader - I have a definite answer in mind, but there are probably a lot of valid answers and you may guess one. Are you a Jewish religious leader?
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Post by blueberry on Feb 11, 2024 14:37:31 GMT
Are you a philosopher?
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Post by Airi Momoi on Feb 11, 2024 14:48:01 GMT
Ok, I'll go a bit broader - I have a definite answer in mind, but there are probably a lot of valid answers and you may guess one. Are you a Jewish religious leader? Probably not the person you were looking for, but I'm not King Solomon, who built the great temple. |
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so I'm curious on if anyone is interested in playing Botticelli for some good fun!
