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This is a pretty interesting game. Play the role of a Victorian era person and try to make the socially correct responses to each situation.
Post your final scores here. Did you do best as a man or a woman? Where did you make most of your errors? Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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That was more or less my reaction. Some of the choices for the men just seemed so obviously wrong that I couldn't possibly imagine they'd be right. In fact, the only areas where I messed up at all as a man were in choosing the right outfits. I've never been very good at picking out clothing.
The women's questions were a little harder, I thought. I made some mistakes there, but not too many. Overall, I did pretty good. 942 was my final score. Not bad for a person whose real-life social skills are so lacking he has not yet figured out the correct response to "See you tomorrow." Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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I got one wrong in each gender. In each case, it was an early question, it was from over-analyzing the question, and I got it wrong twice before finally figuring it out.
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913. I've just been on a turn of the century in the MidWest reading binge and other than that I read far too many Edwardian novels. Thus I got my time periods all mixed up. For that matter, who cares what guys wear? I mean, seriously...
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As a man, I got a little annoyed with all the stupid things I had to do for the ladies. As a lady, I was annoyed with having to wait around for a man to do anything. It's like a society of co-dependents.
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The purpose of etiquette should always be kindness to and care for others.
Were a guest to have broken one of my priceless Limoges plates, I do believe the exquisite response would have been later in the evening to break one, myself, "accidentally."
Formality is such a comfort.
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980 - messed up one of the ladies' dress choices and one other thing. It was so much easier being a man!
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quote:The purpose of etiquette should always be kindness to and care for others.
Which made one of the questions tricky. When the man's billiards companion is speaking ill of a lady acquaintance, leaving is sure to cause some sort of discomfort and possibly scandal.
Sure, the guy deserves it, but politeness in the face of discourtesy is considered a virtue. But the wink convinced me that answer was going too far.
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Maybe it's just me and my FPS obsession, but I was disappointed that there was never an option for "Pull out a shotgun and go on a killing spree." nor any coverage of the important question of when exactly, in various situations, does it become neccesary to kill everyone in the room.
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990 - I missed the one about who leads the way to dinner. I had no idea escorting rules were so complex!
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quote: Maybe it's just me and my FPS obsession, but I was disappointed that there was never an option for "Pull out a shotgun and go on a killing spree." nor any coverage of the important question of when exactly, in various situations, does it become neccesary to kill everyone in the room.
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That's funny, "Pythonesque" was my first thought on the animation. Very entertaining, though slow.
461 woman.
I got the questions about the train bathroom totally wrong, but I thought it was more fun to get things wrong anyhow. Hee hee, this game is funny!
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Of course, how boorish of me. I'm consumed by embarrassment. Thankfully, my education has not neglected the proper edicit for this. Such acute embarassment should be promptly responded to with a rocket launcher or, failing that, a chainsaw. Accompanied this time - thank you dear Sara - with a proper calling card.
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480 as a lady and a perfect 500 as a gentleman. The clothes were easy, but two of the manners questions I thought had two good answers and I prioritized the wrong one.
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I liked the kangaroo rider with the laser pistol who zaps you into a skeleton for wearing the wrong clothes.
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I'm fairly certain all the responses of the "guide" are out of a guide to manners that the museum (whose site that is, after all) must have in its collection.
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quote:Which made one of the questions tricky. When the man's billiards companion is speaking ill of a lady acquaintance, leaving is sure to cause some sort of discomfort and possibly scandal.
Sure, the guy deserves it, but politeness in the face of discourtesy is considered a virtue. But the wink convinced me that answer was going too far.
If I had to make a guess as to the underlying etiquette rule in play here, I would say that one must acknowledge the fact that unfortunately, there are times when one is forced into discourtesy. The important question then is a consideration of whom it is directed toward. It would be discourteous to the man to invent an excuse and walk away, but it would also be discourteous to the lady he is slandering to stand there and listen to his gossip. Faced with a choice between the two options, I would say that a true Victorian gentleman would prefer to be discourteous to the man who is spreading damaging rumors than to the lady. I know I would.
Edit: Oh, and I, too, thought the animation quite Pythonesque. Actually, during all the scenes that showed a group of characters conversing, I found it impossible to resist the temptation to say, in a snobbish high-class British accent, "Blah blah blah, blah blah, blah blah blah blah."
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Hi I'm the guy who made the eddiqute game. Thanks for all the great comments. I know that the game was alot of fun to do and making the incorrect responses was one of my favorite things. I'm presently making another version of the game at will take place in the 1920's I'm gonna include all kinds of kookie characters and hope you all enjoy the next one as much as you liked the first.
When imbibing illegal liquor at the the local speakeasy, what should a gentleman do when the joint is raided?
A) Calmly escort his ladyfriend to the designated bolthole. B) Inform the police that he is a personal friend of the mayor and provide a hefty bribe to be left in peace. C) Every man for himself. Run for the backdoor and hope your friends get away.
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Playing as a man was way too obvious. I only hesitated once and that on my response to the lady having promised the dance to another. Politely accepting the excuse or asking if she'd like to pencil me in for a later dance both seemed like acceptable responses. The "immediately" on the latter option seemed a little pushy though, so I chose the former, which apparently was correct since I achieved a 500 score.
Playing as a woman was harder, but I got bored with the slowness and quit. Cool idea with the game, though.
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