Odd One Out Contest

[qqwref]

I had an idea for a word game... It goes like this:

One person is the Leader. They will give a list of four or more things, and then everyone else has to figure out which one is the Odd One Out. The problem is that they all are the Odd One Out, in a different way. For each one, whichever player can first give a logical and good reason (see below) why that one is the Odd One Out gets a point. At the end of 100 posts or something whoever has the most points is the new Leader. Note that if there are six things or more, each one is worth two points instead.

Reasons should NOT be:
- Untrue: Simply doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
- Conditional: Only true in some cases.
- Superficial: Unimportant or blatantly obvious. Be creative!
- Linguistic: Based only on the names and not actually on the things.
- In Bad Taste: Having to do with inappropriate (lewd, racist, political, etc.) things.
- Foreign: Not having to do with Rare in any way. For example, if "Mumbo Jumbo" is one of the things, don't talk about African magic.
However, SOME of these rules may be relaxed in the case of an uncommonly large and difficult set of things.


If anyone wants to try:
- Grenade Egg
- Red Feather
- Yellow Feather
- Minjo

[R Hunter]

Well the minjo could be the odd one out if you consider that the other three listed things are items and the minjo is a creature.

[Andre]

Ooh! I'll be leader! I'll have an presidental one to start.

Odd One Out?
-Ronald Regan
-Herbert C. Hoover
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy
-George W. Bush

[Grey Jinjo]

No you won't he is already the leader.

Red Feather, because it is the only thing uncapable of doing harm. The yellow feather is used in that invincibility attack, Minjos just attack in general, and grenade eggs blow things up.

[Gaming Master2k]

I'm going to say Minjo because the other things can be found in those nests.

[Andre]

If anyone wants to try:

[qqwref]

R Hunter gets a point for the Minjo (sorry, Gaming Master2k)
Grey Jinjo does not get a point because the Beak Bomb, using a red feather, can do damage.

So:
R Hunter - 1


By the way, if you're going to be leader, you may want to choose things that are Rare-related (to keep in the spirit of the forum).

[Grey Jinjo]

If anyone wants to try:

The colon introduces the list, and everything prior to it refers to the list. It wasn't a reference to someone starting with their own list. Why would he tell someone else to start off, and then start off himself? >_>'.

"whichever player can first give a logical and good reason (see below) why that one is the Odd One Out gets a point"

Does that mean I don't get a point anyway, even if the beak bomb didn't exist? I'm confused on the rules now which is going to screw me up later lol :). So can multiple people get points, or is it one per item, or eh?

[R Hunter]

Yeah I'd like to know that too.

[Grey Jinjo]

Yeah that's confusing too. He WAS the leader, but he didn't make a new question. It says "whoever has the most points after 100 or so posts", which we obviously haven't hit, but it seems like it was passed on? I'm not sure. We'll have to wait for qqwref.

[R Hunter]

I just re-read his post so I think he's the leader until 100 posts and then whoever has the most points takes his place. At least that's what he typed...

[Grey Jinjo]

Yeah, but he also typed that the first person gets the point, and he justified us not getting it. He also didn't include a new list... so its still a waiting game either way. Who knows :p.

[qqwref]

Clarifications:

- I am the leader for the first hundred posts or so.
- Grey Jinjo did not get a point because his reason was Untrue: the Red Feather can be just as capable of doing harm as the other things.
- Only the point for the Minjo has been claimed. The other three points have not yet been claimed; when they are all claimed a new list will be given.
- I said "If anyone wants to try:" because I meant that if anyone wants to try guessing they can. I haven't ever tried this before and I don't know if it will work (even if we get over the initial confusion). When I said "One person is the Leader." I did not remove the possibility of myself being the Leader. I should have announced I was the leader, though, sorry for that.
- For each item in each list, only one point can be given UNLESS someone gives a truly amazing reason.
- There are still three more opportunities to get points in this round.

You have to think of reasons for, for example, why the Grenade Egg is unique. (I can think of one!)

[Andre]

Obviously the Grenade Egg is the only egg in that list.

[qqwref]

The thing is that that doesn't work because it doesn't highlight a quality that the others share. Thanks for bringing that up, because I forgot to put that in the rules.

[R Hunter]

Ah so if you want a point you have to give a valid logical reason why that item's different. Well since I can't think of one i'll leave it to someone else.

[Gaming Master2k]

Red feather because it can be used for 2 moves (flying and beak bombing) while the others can be used for 0 - 1 Move (minjo can't be used for a move, the yellow feather only for the wonderwing and the grenade egg is only an exploding egg)

[BlueBreegull]

Hmm, but the egg can be launched forward or back. Leader? Judgement?

I got one. Yellow feather. It doesn't exist; you might all be thinking of the Gold Feather.

[qqwref]

I think I was thinking of the Gold Feather. Thanks, BlueBreegull.

[qqwref]

I've been thinking about this set and I realize it's pretty hard. A few tentative answers (not sure if they're correct):

All except the Gold Feathers can directly hurt you (explosions, Beak Bomb, enemy touch).
All except the Grenade Eggs make a high-pitched noise.


How about a new set?
- Jiggywiggy
- Jinjo
- Jingaling
- Jiggy

[Grey Jinjo]

Jiggy. The first three are animate objects, while the fourth is a non-living object.

Jinjos are the only ones that come in multiple forms, the others only have one. Well, aside from the crystal jiggy but that isn't a true jiggy, rather a monument in the shape of it.

[qqwref]

Very nice!

Grey Jinjo - 2
R Hunter - 1

[Grey Jinjo]

JiggyWiggy - A jinjo gives you a jiggy, a jiggy obviously gives you a jiggy, and Jingaling gives you a jiggy, but JiggyWiggy never does.

Jingaling - Is the only one that is your friend and foe. The others always aid you, but Jingaling gets turned against you by Grunty.

[qqwref]

You're going to be the next leader if you keep this up...

Grey Jinjo - 4
R Hunter - 1

Time for a new list!
- Banjo
- Kazooie
- Gruntilda
- Mumbo Jumbo
- Humba Wumba

[Grey Jinjo]

Kazooie - Only one capable of flying without help from something (a broomstick, a spell, etc).

Gruntilda - The only one with evil intentions. The others may have greedy intentions, but certainly not evil :p.

I'm stumped on the others... uh.. Mumbo is the only one that can play a xylophone? >>XD

[BlueBreegull]

Jiggy. The first three are animate objects, while the fourth is a non-living object.


Ehem. The jiggies are animate. Remember in BK, when you collect the first one? It talks to you and stuff. They even have their own character icon for text. Gotta play competitively! You coulda said it was the only object...

- Banjo
- Kazooie
- Gruntilda
- Mumbo Jumbo
- Humba Wumba

1) Mumbo's race is the only one unknown. Banjo = bear Kazooie = breegull Grunty+Humba = human
2) Kazooie is the only one without any form of clothing.
3) Humba did not appear in BK, like the others
4) Humba is the only character who does not have an attack.

[qqwref]

About the Jiggies being animate - yes, that IS true. Hmm. I think I have to take away a point for that. As for the rest of the stuff up above... I'm lazy right now. A new list a little later.

[qqwref]

Grey Jinjo - 5
BlueBreegull - 2
R Hunter - 1

You still need one for Banjo...

[R Hunter]

Shoot I need to play keep up!

Banjo is the only charecter that has a diverse moveset. Kazooie flies, shoots and hatches eggs and attacks with her wings typical bird stuff, Humba just does transformations and all Mumbo has is his stick and his spells. Grunty uses magic and henchmen but Banjo has a attack with his pack, can sleep inside to regain health, carry other charecters inside, can pop inside to protect himself from harmful areas and to enter small holes. He can do many interesting things.

[Grey Jinjo]

Banjo is the only one that doesn't make snide comments? Kazooie is always saying rude things to everyone, Grunty is always bashing the duo, and Mumbo and Humba usually bash B/K too, or each other.

[BlueBreegull]

Hah! Banjo's voice is the only one that changed from BK.

[Grey Jinjo]

We should all get .3.333~ points. ;).

[qqwref]

I feel like giving it to Grey Jinjo because R Hunter's is sort of... hard to define and the other one came after, but I don't know. Should I give you all 1/3 of a point? What do you all think, really?

[Grey Jinjo]

I don't know, if we start doing this giving partial-credit thing now it is going to be a problem. I say only give one person credit, regardless of who it is.

Although to be honest I don't understand R Hunter's difference either :p. But I say you give him an opportunity to re-explain what he means, and if it makes more sense give him the point. In the mean time you could post a new list for the rest of us while that is still going on.

But that is just what I think, it is up to you, there are about 80 other possibilities. :p

[R Hunter]

Put simply Banjo is the only charecter that has a diverse moveset. Humba only does transformations, Mumbo has his stick and spells and Grunty uses some spells but leaves most work to her henchmen. Kazooie has a lot of moves but they are all bird related, egg throwing and hatching, flying and gliding and wing attacks.

Banjo has the most unique moves out of them all. His backpack can: carry others, protect him from harmful areas, be used to regain health and also is a weapon.

[qqwref]

Well, yes, but as far as I remember Grunty can: (1) shoot eggs of various types (think BT multiplayer); (2) shoot fireballs, make a forcefield; (3) ride a broomstick at a rather high velocity; (4) command a robot tank; (5) fly. I think that's rather diverse, don't you?

[R Hunter]

*sighs* Fair enough, I say split the point and give grey and blue 1/2 each. Of course that's my opinion.

[Grey Jinjo]

The only problem with that is that it could make it nearly impossible to win. If he releases a new list of 4, and all 3 of us come up with one for all three of them, then we all get .3 points. You could never get ahead of anyone you're not already ahead of.

Then again, I'm in the lead, so go for it... :p...

[qqwref]

Anyway...

Grey Jinjo - 6 (alright, I give up)
BlueBreegull - 2
R Hunter - 1

A new list?
- Mumbo's Mountain
- Freezeezy Peak
- Hailfire Peaks
- Cloud Cuckooland

[Jason]

Cloud Cuckooland. It has TWO Mumbo huts... sort of.

[Gaming Master2k]

Mumbo's Mountain is the only jungle area place (the other 3 are Snowy or sky).

Hailfire Peaks is the only stage with 2 different types (lava and Ice)

Freezeezy peaks is the only one with an SnS object (Don't know if this one will pass but we'll see)

[Grey Jinjo]

Mumbo's Mountain is the only jungle area place (the other 3 are Snowy or sky).

"The other levels are snowy...or firey... or sky-like." So in another words, every world has a different theme. I could say "Cloud Cuckooland because all the others are firey or icy or jungle like" with those standards :p. I'd say it would be more accurate to depict the fact that it is the only level WITHOUT a theme.

Which is the difference I'm suggesting.

Mumbo's Mountain - Themeless. Freezeezy Peak is a snowy level, HFP is Snow/Fire, CCL is sky/fantasy... they all have some constant theme, where as Mumbo's Mountain does not. It is HARDLY a jungle. There is one tree with a Monkey on top of it. Right beside that are plains with a bull, then a hill with a termite... it has no real direction or set theme that you could say applies to the rest of the level.

Freezeezy peaks is the only one with an SnS object (Don't know if this one will pass but we'll see)

The Ice Key is in Freezeezy Peaks... and then the Ice Key Safe is in HFP. That is sort of the receiving end of the SNS system.

However I don't have anything else for that level, so, :p.

[Gaming Master2k]

It is HARDLY a jungle. There is one tree with a Monkey on top of it. Right beside that are plains with a bull, then a hill with a termite...

I get a jungle feel to MM but i suppose that's just what my mind associates with MM, So fair enough you bring up a good point but I suppose I can always see how qqwref makes his decision.

The Ice Key is in Freezeezy Peaks... and then the Ice Key Safe is in HFP. That is sort of the receiving end of the SNS system.

However I don't have anything else for that level, so, :p.
I found it hard to think of anything for Freezeezy Peaks, even though the safe is in HFP you don't actually collect an object for the SnS process in any stage except for FP.

We could probably also say for HFP is the only one where we can actually USE and SnS object.... or use my other one as it is also true.

[qqwref]

Cloud Cuckooland. It has TWO Mumbo huts... sort of.
I will accept that, although next time I'd prefer if you said that all the levels except CC have one Mumbo skull.

Mumbo's Mountain is the only jungle area place (the other 3 are Snowy or sky).
No. That doesn't work.

Hailfire Peaks is the only stage with 2 different types (lava and Ice)
I'd say that the others have one major part whereas Hailfire Peaks has two. Close enough.

Freezeezy peaks is the only one with an SnS object (Don't know if this one will pass but we'll see)
As Grey Jinjo suggested, the Ice Key Safe is in HP.

I'd say it would be more accurate to depict the fact that it is the only level WITHOUT a theme.
Not really. It sure FEELS like it has a theme - a lot more than HP does, anyway. What is the theme of HP? Temperature extremes?

The score runs thus:
Grey Jinjo - 6
BlueBreegull - 2
Gaming Master2k - 1
Jason - 1
R Hunter - 1

I say we still need one for MM and FP.
I know this ruins it, but how about that in all levels except FP you can get all the stuff without cheats?

Remember, if you say what's similar about the other courses rather than what's unique about the one it's a hell of a lot easier for me to make decisions...

[Gaming Master2k]

Mumbo's Mountain - The other 3 stages you learn 2 or less moves. Mumbo's mountain is the only stage that you learn more than 2 moves in.

I'm going to assume FP is out of it since you just gave an answer, if it's still in then I use your answer :p, if you want another answer than i can't think of one so I'll just use this:

FP is the only one with a giant snowman in it (all the others don't have giant snowmen) :p

[qqwref]

FP is the only one with a giant snowman in it (all the others don't have giant snowmen)

I would like a different answer, but this doesn't really work. I'll leave it open so:

Grey Jinjo - 6
BlueBreegull - 2
Gaming Master2k - 2
Jason - 1
R Hunter - 1

A new list:
- Clanker
- Snacker
- Trunker
- Blubber

[Grey Jinjo]

...

I hope to god your question on HFP's theme was a joke, we'll leave it at that. And I'd like you to explain Mumbo Mountain's theme in 3 words or less... otherwise it isn't really much of a theme.

Uh...is Trunker that thing in TTC?

Snacker - Only enemy that comes after you. Too narrow? How about its the only one that frequently MOVES. Blubber only really moves during cutscenes and that... the other two don't move at all.

Blubber - Only one found in both games.

[R Hunter]

Clanker- Only character that you can physically enter the other three are much too small.

Trunker- If it's that tree in Gobi's Valley then: Only character that recieves help form another character besides you. (i.e the water that you give him is from gobi, everyone else meets with you directly)

[Grey Jinjo]

Oh I thought Trunker was the name of the giant TTC Chest that is why I didn't take the obvious approach to those two >>XD.

[Gaming Master2k]

Just posting to confirm that Trunker is the tree that Gobi spits water into.

[Grey Jinjo]

Gah I really should've known that :p

[qqwref]

[Hey, you know what... this is a lot harder than I thought it would be.]

Grey Jinjo - 8
R Hunter - 3
BlueBreegull - 2
Gaming Master2k - 2
Jason - 1

Easy one this time:
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Banjo-Tooie
- Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
- Banjo-Pilot

Remember, pick a characteristic that three of them share...

[Grey Jinjo]

Banjo Pilot: Only game where collecting jiggies is NOT an agenda. You complete races and collect notes, jiggies are irrelevent except for the jiggy challenge, but they aren't essential to moving on in the game and also are collected on a multiple-time reset basis oppose to the "Get it once and its gone" system.

Not good enough? Ok, only game without transformations.
Not good enough? Ok, only game without a world map.

BKGR: Only game that doesn't make reference to SNS or the SNS items, I believe? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, my memory is a tad rusty.

BK: Only game where you don't compete DIRECTLY against Klungo. Again, correct me if I'm wrong.

[Gaming Master2k]

BK, BT and BK:GR are RPG's/Adventure (now I'm not good with genre names so you get my point hopefully)

[Grey Jinjo]

I thought they were Platform (Action/Adventure)? I don't know, game genre classification is like music classification... what is metal to you might not be metal to me.

[Gaming Master2k]

Like I said I'm not good with genre names. But you get the point I'm trying to make. Banjo-Pilot is the only racing game. Although thinking about it I think you're right my genre clasification doesn't sound right... I'm off to find out.

EDIT: You were right Grey, IGN had the 3 as Platformer