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Banana: who started it?
Who's the creative genius that started using "banana" as an option in the polls? I think it's either Stefu or Snapcase, but I am not sure.
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No im not sure who t was. When the forum switched to VBB I just remember the one poll with 16 options.
He didnt know how to use it with only 3. So he did
1)Yes
2)no
3)Niether
4)Banana-16)Banana
That was the first one I ever saw. -
The question is covered in the Faces of Apolyton interview with Stefu, to come on March 26 (or next Tuesday, if Ming doesn't come). A clear explanation there, but I'll remain silent
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Stefu is the answer.
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Chris 62, I must have got Ming interview today!Solver, WePlayCiv Co-Administrator
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Erober has claimed a couple of times he was the first one to have add the banana option in a poll.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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Do you know about the number threads that were in Nov December or January when it was started? If so- I know that I have the thread saved on my computer and can dig it up
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The best I can do is this thread:
37539.htm
It wasn't the first, but it was one of the first.
"Which is your favorite planet" by MasterBob the Elder.
In 10-dec-02
I seem to remember that Banana was started as a psychological poll test
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We got interupted about half way through earlier this week.Originally posted by Solver
Chris 62, I must have got Ming interview today!
We will hopefully finish up the interview part sometime today, or that's what we planned
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Its a given that each forum must have its unique "gibberish" option on polls. Its a sign of indiviual collectivism.
(Yes that was supposed to be gibberish....)
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And hurray for creativity!Originally posted by faded glory
He didnt know how to use it with only 3. So he did
1)Yes
2)no
3)Niether
4)Banana-16)Banana
"BANANA POWAAAAH!!! (exclamation Zopperoni style)" - Mercator, in the OT 'What fruit are you?' thread
Join the Civ2 Democratic Game! We have a banana option in every poll just for you to vote for!
Many thanks to Zealot for wasting his time on the jobs section at Gamasutra - MarkG in the article SMAC2 IN FULL 3D? http://apolyton.net/misc/
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Ming is right, the interview portion is done, now I have to do the final draft, which Ming must approve, it will be ready for publication by Monday, best we can do.
I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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long story... well not really... too tired to explain... wait for interview... wait.. damn...I'm 49% Apathetic, 23% Indifferent, 46% Redundant, 26% Repetative and 45% Mathetically Deficient.Comment
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I remember the thread where it was first started. The thread was discussing (whining ) about the use of the last option of a poll as a nonsense option, which skews the results of the poll. The final option of the poll in this thread was banana, which the majority voted for. It used my "Who's your favorite moderator?" poll as an example. It was argued that Ming, who did win, should have won my a much larger margins, and would have if there was no nonsense option.
I think it is now clear, that I am the originator of the banana option.
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