Trivia match?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

If I'm not mistaken, that would be 7 (if Gwathagor's post means "yes" and if we take care of "persuading Lommy quite easily" - in other words, I persuade thee, Lommy ). We can wait if more people show, but the organisation things can be already prepared...

[The Might]

Of course...well the whole thing is pretty simple.

We need two teams and a moderator that will ask the questions (he needs to have all the 4 books) and then confirm the answers and the quotes that support them.
I guess we first need the moderator.
Then the teams can be chosen, I guess in such a way so that they are as equal as possible and that all are happy with their colleagues.
The moderator then PMs each member of each team the question at the same time (you can send PM to multiple users).
Then the teams have a certain amount of time (I'm thinking 48hrs to come up with the answer AND the quote that supports it).
The answer and the quote must be sent as a PM to the moderator in time, otherwise they don't count.
The PM then changes the score; each team receives

• 0 points for a wrong answer,
• 1 point for a correct answer, but no quote,
• 2 points for a correct answer and a correct quote.

If by chance the team gives another answer that however also is correct (that's a mistake by the mod, but can happen) they still receive the points.

After a specific number of questions the team with more points wins. If there is a tide we will have a sudden death thing, the first team that gets more points then the other wins.

I guess it's all pretty simple, if anyone has questions then please ask.

PS: team members are to first agree upon an answer before they PM it, however should a member send an answer that the others don't agree with it will count, so please first decide together what you'll answer

I guess PMs are a good way to talk to each other, or using an IM.

As far as the moderator position is concerned I have no problem doing that.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Sounds fine. All right, in that case everything we need is just to assemble the teams and for the Mod to think of the questions.

So, I suppose with the quotes it will look like that e.g. the question will be "who was the owner of Andúril" and we answer "Aragorn" and provide for example the quote where he draws the sword before Éomer and claims that it is his.

And as for the Mod post, if you were rather interested in playing, I could take it instead of you. Whatever you wish.

[Finduilas]

Does UT stand for Unfinished Tales?

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Findy

Does UT stand for Unfinished Tales?

Yes.

Okay, Legate, your masterful skills of speech convinced me. Now I only need to steal my dad's Silmarillion and The Hobbit (I have them only in Finnish) and possibly borrow an English UT from the library.

Whoever is going to mod should use their consideration and try to make the teams even - probably do some studying in the quiz room to see how well people have generally done in there and how much knowledge they have. In my opinion it's more fair than making random teams.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Okay, Legate, your masterful skills of speech convinced me.

I'd wonder if not; I learned that from the great Saruman himself.

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Whoever is going to mod should use their consideration and try to make the teams even - probably do some studying in the quiz room to see how well people have generally done in there and how much knowledge they have. In my opinion it's more fair than making random teams.

Definitely. I'm not sure about how far Mac's skills go (but the "black horses" are often dangerous), but as far as I know Gil has been a long-time champion in the Quiz Room so maybe he should be the one to balance (with all modesty) either me or TM. Finduilas had some good, but not much long, deal of participation in the place. Lommy is, as far as I know, quickwitted one, and the only thing that discerns her from Gil is that she was not participating as often or as long as him. About Gwathagor I don't know much, so that's probably another player with the advantage of being largely unsuspected of how far his skill goes.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Lommy is, as far as I know, quickwitted one, and the only thing that discerns her from Gil is that she was not participating as often or as long as him.

And know some of the things less by heart and possibly might have minor language problems but as I'm clearly not the only non-native English speaker I doubt that matters - I just happen to know the quotes and such far better in Finnish than in English.