Originally posted by: Minionite
I was impressed with Andrew. When the screen showed that we had finished that round as well, I praised him, “That was good Andrew. I didn’t know that one could be so knowledgeable in TV shows as well. Thank you for the help. It would definitely have taken us all 3 hours and we probably wouldn’t have gotten them all right anyways.”
“So now instead of 21 hours, we’re done 7 ‘puzzles’ in 17 hours,” Player commented. “Alright it’s time for the last round. I wonder what this will be.”
In response, the screen popped up with a message. “In this final round you will be playing against us in a game of popularity and wit. We have over 40 answers to 100 rather intriguing questions. Now you will answer those same 100 questions and get a score that is higher than the average score. Can you do it? If yes, click below. If not, then quit now and go home.”
Andrew exclaimed, “Popularity? There’s no way we’ll be able to beat this!”
“They gave this round on purpose. We can’t check what the average is, so they’ll just set it higher than that each time and we’ll never get through,” Player agreed.
But then the screen updated. It was if the hackers could read our minds because the screen said, “To prove that we will not cheat you, we are providing you the average that you have to beat below. The average is 65. Get more than 65 answers right as the most popular and you will win. Are you game?”
Andrew frowned, “Why would they give us that average like that?”
“Hmm well maybe to convince us to take on this game. Then they could cheat us some other way,” Player responded. “This just seems like a trap.”
“Exactly! They could fake that our answers weren’t the most popular. We can’t see the most popular answers!” Andrew exclaimed. “How will we know that they aren’t cheating us?”
The screen updated again. “And to prove that we will not cheat you, the moment you submit your responses, we will share all 40 people’s answers and the most popular answer. Then you’ll be able to follow and see whether your answer was actually most popular or not.”
“I don’t trust them,” Andrew declared immediately.
Player frowned, “They’re being so open. I don’t see why we can’t trust them.”
At this point I spoke up. Just as quickly as Andrew had impressed me, I was now suspicious of him. I said, “We’re going to do this round. If they’re being so open, then they don’t want to cheat us.”
“I don’t agree. They’re obviously trying to trap us in a no-win situation. How do we know that they haven’t rigged the answers so that suddenly they are different even if we choose the most popular answer? And who are these 40 people? Why are we competing against them? I definitely do not like this,” Andrew said.
“Well if you don’t like it, then you can leave. Player and I have been working on this for so long and we can finish it off without your help as well,” I responded, immediately.
“Agreed. Dr. Watson if you’re ready, I’m going to continue,” Player said, turning back to the computer.
I pulled up beside him and said, “Let’s do it.”
Andrew looked sullen, but also pulled up beside us as Player continued to the questions.
Well if you haven’t already understood it, let me present to you the final round. SHEEP GAME! All current participants will get a PM from me with 10 questions. The questions will revolve around the theme of Indian TV Nostalgia. You simply have to send me an answer you think will be the most popular. The most popular answer will receive 4 points which will be divided into 2 if there is a tie (whether 2 way or 3 way tie).
This is the last round of the game so all the best!
Answers are due on Sept 9th 10:59 PM IST.
I am 90s kid so I live on 90s nostalgia in which TV plays a huge part. So I know the questions and can answer. But this is where the tricky part is 😆 Having watched so many Indian shows of 90s & 2000s, I am confused about what can be the most popular answer. Plus we have all kinds of participants. Some are born late and some have hardly watched Indian TV and some haven't watched at all. This is going to be so tricky 😭
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