Sheep Rustling

[E.N.]

OK folks, let's go!

Firstly, we have TEAM RED:
@nothing, @Kol , @ari101, @Jluv, @aaronjennings, @Trigger, @Leg End Reject

Your question today, is name an airline


Next up we have TEAM BLUE
@jp liz v1,  @lorcand1990, @Mam of 4, @Homer J. Fong, @Wichita Lineman, @Zaph, @Neowise

Your question today, is name a skyscraper


You each have 24hrs to send in your answer.
Don't forget you only score if you avoid an ace.

But there's sheep rustlers on the loose, and they'll be trying to steal points from your team!

Both teams, nominated your rustler for the day, and those people send me an answer to the other teams question too

[ari101]

Hi Team 🔴👋

@E.N. I get we are not allowed discuss answers but are we supposed to discuss Rustler nominations, and if so on of off thread? 🤣😅🤔

[E.N.]

Hi Team 🔴👋

@E.N. I get we are not allowed discuss answers but are we supposed to discuss Rustler nominations, and if so on of off thread? 🤣😅🤔

Discuss everything on thread

Don't mention specific answers though.
I think things like "I think our rustler should avoid the obvious answer, I assume they all will" is part of the game. But anything you say can see been all, so...

[Kol]

I think both questions are fairly open, no need for a specialist really. With that said, I'm happy to step forward for our team.

Go Team Red

[nothing]

I think both questions are fairly open, no need for a specialist really. With that said, I'm happy to step forward for our team.

Go Team Red

Happy to have you take this one Kol

[ari101]

Works for me, may the rustling gods be with you Kol 😁

[E.N.]

OK, I'll take Kol as the red sheep rustler today

[lorcand1990]

Hi Team 🔴👋

@E.N. I get we are not allowed discuss answers but are we supposed to discuss Rustler nominations, and if so on of off thread? 🤣😅🤔

Discuss everything on thread

Don't mention specific answers though.
I think things like "I think our rustler should avoid the obvious answer, I assume they all will" is part of the game. But anything you say can see been all, so...

Oh there's a hint of werewolf deception off this game, I like it!

Im happy to take up the rustler mantle for the winning team, sorry team blue, unless someone else wants it?

[E.N.]

Oh there's a hint of werewolf deception off this game, I like it!

That's my hope, yeah. All experimental though, we'll see how it develops

[nothing]

Can we strategise here? Surely the optimal option is to pick 2 options, that way there's no worry of an ace and the rustler can only get half

[E.N.]

Can we strategise here? Surely the optimal option is to pick 2 options, that way there's no worry of an ace and the rustler can only get half

General strategy, yes. But no discussing specific answers

[Homer J. Fong]

Discuss everything on thread

Don't mention specific answers though.
I think things like "I think our rustler should avoid the obvious answer, I assume they all will" is part of the game. But anything you say can see been all, so...

Oh there's a hint of werewolf deception off this game, I like it!

Im happy to take up the rustler mantle for the winning team, sorry team blue, unless someone else wants it?

That's fine by me anyway. Rustle away! 

LET'S GO, BLUE TEAM!

[E.N.]

OK, Kol and lorcand are today's rustlers, good luck!

[Mam of 4]

Hello team mates !
(God help ye)

[Leg End Reject]

Can we strategise here? Surely the optimal option is to pick 2 options, that way there's no worry of an ace and the rustler can only get half

Strategies???

I just fired off an answer! 🥴🤣

[jp liz v1]

Hi Team Blue go on @lorcand1990

[ari101]

Can we strategise here? Surely the optimal option is to pick 2 options, that way there's no worry of an ace and the rustler can only get half

So are you suggesting we pick option 2, assuming we know what that is ... 🤣 so that the blue team think we are picking 'who the f**k knows 😉 option 2' but we all really psychically know you mean we should pick option 1 (also a 'some random deity only knows' option) 🤣
Or we say we pick 2 and blue thinks we are bluffing, but we do actually pick 2 🤔 (same descriptors and caveats apply to both option 1 and 2 in this scenario).

But that doesn't even consider... What to do if you can think of more than 2 possible decent options 🤣

🤯🥴🤣

[lorcand1990]

Can we strategise here? Surely the optimal option is to pick 2 options, that way there's no worry of an ace and the rustler can only get half

Strategies???

I just fired off an answer! 🥴🤣

Hi there, this is your friendly neighbourhood census collector. Could you kindly tell me what answer you gave to today's question please? This will be vital for future generations

[Leg End Reject]

Strategies???

I just fired off an answer! 🥴🤣

Hi there, this is your friendly neighbourhood census collector. Could you kindly tell me what answer you gave to today's question please? This will be vital for future generations

Nice try, Rustler, nice try! 🤣🤣🤣

[aaronjennings]

This is going to be chaos

[E.N.]

Answers in from ari, Leg End, aaron, Zaph and Neo

The rustlers are hiding in the long grass, waiting for the right moment to pounce

[nothing]

Can we strategise here? Surely the optimal option is to pick 2 options, that way there's no worry of an ace and the rustler can only get half

So are you suggesting we pick option 2, assuming we know what that is ... 🤣 so that the blue team think we are picking 'who the f**k knows 😉 option 2' but we all really psychically know you mean we should pick option 1 (also a 'some random deity only knows' option) 🤣
Or we say we pick 2 and blue thinks we are bluffing, but we do actually pick 2 🤔 (same descriptors and caveats apply to both option 1 and 2 in this scenario).

But that doesn't even consider... What to do if you can think of more than 2 possible decent options 🤣

🤯🥴🤣

Well my thought process was we all pick from limited options, let's say it was a colour, we might say pick one of the Ukrainian flag colours. Then 4 pick blue and 4 pick yellow, so no chance of an ace. The rustler will obviously see it too, so they pick blue or yellow, team gets 4 points guaranteed. But it's a very risk averse way to play, and it means the possibility of the rustler acing and the team getting max sheep is out.

[lorcand1990]

Well my thought process was we all pick from limited options, let's say it was a colour, we might say pick one of the Ukrainian flag colours. Then 4 pick blue and 4 pick yellow, so no chance of an ace. The rustler will obviously see it too, so they pick blue or yellow, team gets 4 points guaranteed. But it's a very risk averse way to play, and it means the possibility of the rustler acing and the team getting max sheep is out.

[Leg End Reject]

So are you suggesting we pick option 2, assuming we know what that is ... 🤣 so that the blue team think we are picking 'who the f**k knows 😉 option 2' but we all really psychically know you mean we should pick option 1 (also a 'some random deity only knows' option) 🤣
Or we say we pick 2 and blue thinks we are bluffing, but we do actually pick 2 🤔 (same descriptors and caveats apply to both option 1 and 2 in this scenario).

But that doesn't even consider... What to do if you can think of more than 2 possible decent options 🤣

🤯🥴🤣

Well my thought process was we all pick from limited options, let's say it was a colour, we might say pick one of the Ukrainian flag colours. Then 4 pick blue and 4 pick yellow, so no chance of an ace. The rustler will obviously see it too, so they pick blue or yellow, team gets 4 points guaranteed. But it's a very risk averse way to play, and it means the possibility of the rustler acing and the team getting max sheep is out.

How do we know what everyone picked though? We could all pick yellow and then Lorcan swoops in with yellow and we're screwed.

[E.N.]

[jp liz v1]

Answers in from ari, Leg End, aaron, Zaph and Neo

The rustlers are hiding in the long grass, waiting for the right moment to pounce

Do we all give in an answer or just one from each team?  @E.N.

[Wichita Lineman]

[E.N.]

Do we all give in an answer or just one from each team?  @E.N.

Everyone send me an answer to their own question

The rustlers send me answers to both

[Wichita Lineman]

What's a skyscraper? 

[nothing]

Well my thought process was we all pick from limited options, let's say it was a colour, we might say pick one of the Ukrainian flag colours. Then 4 pick blue and 4 pick yellow, so no chance of an ace. The rustler will obviously see it too, so they pick blue or yellow, team gets 4 points guaranteed. But it's a very risk averse way to play, and it means the possibility of the rustler acing and the team getting max sheep is out.

How do we know what everyone picked though? We could all pick yellow and then Lorcan swoops in with yellow and we're screwed.

In this strategy, the easiest thing would be first 4 choose the first answer of the 2 options alphabetically, other 4 would choose the other (in the above example, that would mean me, Kol, ari and jluv pick blue....) and I've just noticed there's only 7 on each team!

[E.N.]

In this strategy, the easiest thing would be first 4 choose the first answer of the 2 options alphabetically, other 4 would choose the other

I think that's drifting a bit close to "discussing specific answers" territory

9 people have answered their team question, and one of the rustlers has started their chase...

[Wichita Lineman]

[Mam of 4]

I sent answer in, then had to check on thread to Make sure I'd answered the right question 🙈🙈
😀

[E.N.]

I sent answer in, then had to check on thread to Make sure I'd answered the right question 🙈🙈
😀

I can confirm that everyone who's answered so far has answered the correct question

[Leg End Reject]

I sent answer in, then had to check on thread to Make sure I'd answered the right question 🙈🙈
😀

I can confirm that everyone who's answered so far has answered the correct question

But have we given the correct answer? 🤣🤣

[Leg End Reject]

How do we know what everyone picked though? We could all pick yellow and then Lorcan swoops in with yellow and we're screwed.

In this strategy, the easiest thing would be first 4 choose the first answer of the 2 options alphabetically, other 4 would choose the other (in the above example, that would mean me, Kol, ari and jluv pick blue....) and I've just noticed there's only 7 on each team!

You're also leaving the rustler with a 50/50 chance of nabbing all the points!

There's also the problem that there are more than 2 possible answers.

This IS like Werewolf, I need a backroom to have a meltdown in! 🤯🤯🤯

[E.N.]

But have we given the correct answer? 🤣🤣

[Jluv]

Hi Red Teamers! Go Kol!
Answer in..
I've seen some of this lot in action before and hope I'm not being too naive as to what's happening 😋

[Mam of 4]

In this strategy, the easiest thing would be first 4 choose the first answer of the 2 options alphabetically, other 4 would choose the other (in the above example, that would mean me, Kol, ari and jluv pick blue....) and I've just noticed there's only 7 on each team!

You're also leaving the rustler with a 50/50 chance of nabbing all the points!

There's also the problem that there are more than 2 possible answers.

This IS like Werewolf, I need a backroom to have a meltdown in! 🤯🤯🤯

I don't like Werewolf,  it's a scary game .
What have I gotten myself into 😭😭

[dawg]

....

This IS like Werewolf, I need a backroom to have a meltdown in! 🤯🤯🤯

I don't like Werewolf,  it's a scary game .
.....

So, its just as well that I dont understand what is happening ?