Welcome to How Gantic Are You? the quiz thread game show that measures your Gantessence. This is a highly accurate patented process. Get ready to prove your Ganticness with Gantickery and Ganticisms. Are you a Ganticable Gantoid? or a Ganticious Gantian? Find out now!
Sign-ups are open until 10-20 spots are filled or 1 week passes, whichever happens first. Please do not drop out in the middle of it. While signing up, please wager the amount of Gantic Points that you are the most Gantic of all Gantestants.
Gantestants will be scored with Gantic Points up to the final round.
Gantestants with low Gantic Points at the end of the round may be eliminated.
Gantestants may complete secret challenges to win bonus Gantic Points.
This is the last chance to look over your submissions to make sure they fit the criteria. Minimum criteria is the mention of 1 dinosaur. No dinosaur = No credit.
What I was looking for was something that fit the rhythm of the verse. The most common meter is trochaic, if I am not mistaken, but there are other meters going on. As long as it was a bit singsongy, it didn't matter much.
As for the sense of humor, it's mostly relating things that don't really make much sense related to dinosaurs. Papadopoulos (misspelled in the verses) is a common Greek surname. 'tenis' and 'zapatos' are 'tennis shoes' and 'shoes' in Spanish. #YOLO 'nuff said. Ostro and Sirocco are types of winds. namby-pamby-o and bankylo are the sort of rhymes with added syllables just to make it rhyme better. Can't remember if there is a word for it.
Alternative formats is self-explanatory.
Secret bonus? Notice how the first 11 verses are approximately all the same length? They're all 25 characters long! I could have continued this to the other lines, but I got lazy.
Scoring Summary: R2D21999 - So close, but the second line has hiccups in it. StormWalker - This one is very close, also. Partial bonus for not getting it quite right, but using an alternative format evilsweetblock - Unfortunately, the T-Rex was the second dinosaur mentioned in the original verses. Reton8 - Spot on! riku_ullman - There are way too many syllables in the lines. MattEmAngel - Hahaha TheMostManlyMan - Confused, yet you submitted something that works, but I think the original one fit a bit better, which would have netted you 50 bonus points and made you the highest scoring of the round and moved you up 3 more ranks. Patrick2011 - Missing syllables for the first line and it doesn't fit the meter well. Partial bonus for one line of 25 characters. apldeap123 - 'gyro' is actually pronounced 'hero', but I will not fault your for that, because a lot of people get this wrong.
Darkfire45 is self-eliminated as he has left the competition. Nerdsoft, unfortunately, you are eliminated for scoring the least amount of points this Round and having the lowest total Gantic Points of those who scored the lowest. You are not the most Gantic. You wagered 32 Gantic Points that you were the most Gantic. This means your final score is -23.
Confused, yet you submitted something that works, but I think the original one fit a bit better, which would have netted you 50 bonus points and made you the highest scoring of the round and moved you up 3 more ranks.
I was questioning whether I made the right call or not from the moment I changed it. I thought growl didn't make much sense but then I realized that it did...
Round 3 is tentative right now. I know exactly what the round will be, but I'm don't know yet if I can post it. It might go up on Monday at the earliest.
