repeated repeats

category: New York

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=108

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=577

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=753

The top 10 answers were the same in the first two games, although in a very different order. The choices changed very slightly this time (USA was passed by Times Square), so Elisa and i missed a perfect ten.

MarleysGhost shared the win last time by repeating the top 10 answers from the first game, but he didn't do the same thing this time...

RoRoRo the Bot would have tied for first place again -- in the same category!

(RoRoRo looks for repeats, and if found, submits the top 10 previous answers).

It would be a nice feature to automatically reject an expression that is on a tabu list of previous games. (Or, as mentioned in another thread, to allow users to flag repeated topics).

Oh My... Darse, HOW did you find the old answers... I was dissapointed when the 'past games'page was 'cleaned', but this post shows there is hope!

They were sitting there all along -- they're just not pointed to from the last 60 games summary page.

ypercube pointed that out, enabling me to do much more comprehensive stats on past games...

BTW, if any of you "oldtimers" happen to know what happened with game 110, i'd really like to know, for sake of completeness.

As I remember, there was a big server crash, and some games are lost, more than 10 (they are known as "lost games of empathy", you can read about them in old forum posts). You can see big gap in starting date of games 109 and 111. When restoring a server Richard obviously missed game number 110.

Ah, so the gap was actually more than one game then. Thanks for the clarification.

darse, you have a link?

Webmaster, wouldn't it be a good idea just to split the past GOE-games - all of them - in some subpages, so eveyone has access to the old games - and the loading time is not too long?

I think that Richard will not spend much time for game which play 20-30 players. :-(

But everyone have access to old game, just type:

http://littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=1

where egameid is game number.

"Hiding" old games is bad idea. We now play repeated topic more often, only we don't know this. True thing is to eliminate repeated topic from tomorrow games Expressions.

I could post a list of past topics (mined by my scoring program), so that anyone can look for repeats more easily.

I just don't want to harm the game in any way, so i need to know if people think that would be a good idea or not.

If there is a consensus, i'll post the list; if there are valid objections, i won't. Thoughts?

I'm in. I think repeats are part of the game now, so everyone should have equal access to repeated topics. 'Nevertheless, the 'flag' idea might work.

Systematically checking past games for a repeated topic is one practice that separates the serious Empathy players from the casual players.

Oh my! I'm a casual player nowadays...

And so is MarleysGhost, based on recent games... ;-)

I didn't want to say anything during the games, since it is bad etiquette to have any discussion of a game in progress, but now i'll say:

category: chocolate

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=332

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=754

category: star wars

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=48

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=239

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=406

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=755

Which explains the three-way tie for first in the last two games... (wojtex and Elisa go way back).

It isn't very fair for me to have an easy look-up of past games when others don't. Since there are no strong objections, i'll post a list of past expressions, so that people can do a look-up more easily.

[I didn't have any information for "mountains", which i won anyway. Not doing a look-up for "Disney Characters" cost me big though -- i changed "mickey" to "tigger" at the very last minute, but could have tied for first (with a perfect score) if i'd seen the results of game 473... :-/]

Example link, to game #123:

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=123

game number, category / expression

1 Snow

2 Tree

3 Fire

4 Football

5 Music

6 beer

7 Sea

8 mathematic

9 sky

10 computer

11 dog

12 Country

13 earth

14 star

15 bridge

16 Love

17 car

18 forest

19 clock

20 airplane

21 chess

22 summit

23 w o l f

24 drink

25 Most known city ?

26 children

27 summer

28 mountain

29 Space

30 Pizza

31 most unknown country?

32 Chuck Norris

33 Holland

34 george bush

35 If I could have just one super power, it would be...

36 Pokemon

37 cartoon characters

38 Albert Einstein

39 pirates

40 boys

41 bought

42 Most famous videogames

43 China

44 What is in your pockets right now?

45 Your favourite game of empathy expressions so far

46 All time best movie

47 furniture

48 Star Wars

49 Yes

50 World's Greatest Bands / Performers

51 Vegetables

52 How are you?

53 What's outside YOUR front door?

54 names of stars (like the sun)

55 Child's Toy

56 Name something you take on a picnic

57 paint

58 Greatest Fears

59 What did you eat for breakfast?

60 organs

61 the scariest movies

62 Ancient Egypt

63 famous books

64 blue

65 god

66 spring

67 sex

68 2+2=4

69 Television

70 things that keep you busy

71 ice

72 cookies

73 hobbies

74 Board Games

75 yesterday

76 favourite beer

77 sports

78 christmas

79 Whats in Your Wallet?

80 What would you take with you to an inhabited island?

81 cheese

82 Ireland

83 lord of the rings characters

84 harry potter

85 flower

86 Colors

87 states

88 fantasy

89 Who will win today's empathy game?

90 death

91 herbs

92 winter

93 sleep

94 internet

95 little golem

96 Days of the week

97 muscial instrument

98 Most beautiful countries

99 Items on your desk

100 words that rhyme with chess

101 words that rhyme with cat OR car!

102 countries that begin with s

103 whats in your refrigerator?

104 Rivers begins with R

105 italian foods

106 Things I should be doing when I play empathy.

107 things you do on vacation

108 New York

109 largest cities of the world

110 [no game -- about 10 games missing due to server crash]

111 Typical names for pet cats

112 Typical names for pet dogs

113 breakfast food

114 forecast

115 whats in my car trunk?

116 Barnyard Animals

117 things you find in a desert

118 wizard of oz

119 scary animals

120 Fire at home! Hurry! Grab the...

121 things to take on a camping trip

122 Favorite Superheroes

123 Favorite Supervillians

124 Things in the sky

125 Actor's last names

126 Ten places you want to visit before you die

127 Dog breeds

128 Winner of the next Empathy round

129 random numbers between 1 and 100

130 Rock bands

131 insect

132 methods of communication

133 Algebra

134 green

135 paper

136 lunch

137 Halloween!

138 Fish

139 nonhuman races in popular science fiction

140 96 hours is too long

141 famous chess players

142 Africa

143 Life

144 magic

145 graveyard

146 Pizza Toppings

147 trees

148 body parts

149 What's wrong with your car?

150 Who's on first?

151 zoo animals

152 Coffee break

153 luck

154 better than sex

155 clock

156

157 famous Robert

158 under the bed

159 parade

160 Hollywood

161

162 roman numbers

163 weather

164 cats

165 water

166 maps

167 galaxy

168 spam

169 emotion

170 Drunk

171 Coca Cola

172

173 cycling

174 Items in a woman's purse

175 dolphin

176 yes

177 I won a billion dollars! I'm gonna buy a...

178 blood

179 Popular Websites. Format: www.website.extension

180 calendar

181 Easter

182 whats in the fridge?

183 italy

184 Golf

185 Things that are orange

186 Words you might hear at a baseball game.

187 JFK

188 Boys/Girls names that start with the letter J.

189 War

190 Words you might use to describe the weather

191 countries that begin with n

192 Foods that are salty

193 Things that fly

194 What you see at a wedding

195 Words that end in ARK

196 Lord of the Rings

197 I have never seen a black ...

198 things done only once a month

199 favorite play-by-web boardgames NOT on littlegolem

200 Things in space

201 glass

202 outdoor events

203 oxygen

204 dad

205 Littlegolem players

206 Computer Science

207 things to do on the 4th of july

208 Thank you in other languages

209 wine

210 countries that begin with P

211 common words used in reviewing movies

212 famous structures

213 jewelry

214 puzzle

215 famous inventors

216 things you see at a circus

217 Books of the Bible

218 things made of wood

219 Baking ingredients

220 ice cream flavors

221 colors

222 BEATLES song titles

223 Christmas

224 Countries in Africa

225 Summer

226 Famous Chileans

227 sports

228 What's in your lunch bag?

229 letters from A to Z

230 bridge

231 countries in Europe

232 Simpsons Characters

233 Worst Game of Empathy round

234 countries in Asia

235 car parts

236 US presidents

237 Elvis Presley Movies

238 Underwater creatures

239 Star Wars Characters

240 Computer peripherals

241 autumn

242 articles of clothing

243 Olympic Sports

244 jesus

245 things that are sharp

246 any word you want to write down here

247 Planets

248 poker

249 The seven wonders of the world

250 things that go boom!

251 VIDEO GAMES

252 Bowling

253 Bible Characters

254 kitchen

255 what makes you smile

256 musical instruments

257 Brain

258 furry animals

259 birthday

260 electricity

261 Things you might see in a hospital

262 Inside The Junk Drawer

263 US Cities

264 chess openings

265 rain

266 fruits

267 silver

268 jungle

269 New Year

270 Mail

271 Fireworks

272 Animals that dwell under ground

273 school

274 music

275 trees

276 book

277 constellations

278 50 states

279 Baby Items

280 vegetables

281 Volcano

282 soccer

283 three-letter words

284 global warming

285 candy

286 furniture

287 buildings

288 words found in a murder mystery novel

289 east europe

290 That was the best ___ ever!

291 women in the bible

292 heavenly bodies

293 names of flowers

294 things in the sea

295 slow animal

296 After I die, I will

297 mammals

298 most unknown animals

299 monsters

300 towns I'd like to live in

301 things the color of blue

302 1984

303 favorite dessert

304 rude words

305 submarine

306 words with 7 letters

307 Presidents of the USA

308 Metallica Songs

309 love

310 Pluto

311 things that make you smile

312 Arctic

313 word begining with s

314 words that rhyme with BIT or BITE

315 the most beautiful words

316 work

317

318 farm

319 politics

320 coffee

321 your credit card number

322 I'm a doctor, not a ____

323 : (

324 words that have definitely nothing to do with sex

325 Mozart

326 light

327 things to sacrifice to a volcano

328 At work, I usually ...

329 Count Dracula

330 Denmark

331 M*A*S*H

332 chocolate

333 bad

334 fork

335 panda

336 guitar

337 Tour de France

338 harry potter

339 Finland

340 words starting with sex

341 Oh my_________

342 pizza toppings

343 What's in your pocket?

344 golf

345 red white blue

346 microsoft

347 olympics

348 I love you because you are ___

349 cities in Europe

350 queen

351 the first kiss

352 Indiana Jones

353 earthquake

354 sauna

355 Hamlet

356 slavery

357 Horses

358 islands

359 hour

360 The Smurfs

361 fishes

362 arrows

363 teeth

364 obama

365 tears

366 cactus

367 cartoon figures

368 my __ hurts

369 famous movie quotes

370 halloween

371 countries

372 Letters of the alphabet

373 Geometry

374 english footballteams

375 bridge

376 Places in Belgium

377 oil

378 i was born in

379 The funniest movies ever

380 American football teams

381 yellow

382 Abbey Road

383 Mathematics

384 Christmas songs

385 chuck norris

386 pig

387 leprechauns

388 Doctor Who

389 Unicorns

390 Cthulhu

391 Ghost

392 bicycle

393 Cold places

394 juice

395 Street names

396 evil companies

397 illegal drugs

398 Famous volcanoes

399 Hot places

400 legal drugs

401 famous landmarks

402 Antarctica

403 chair

404 dinosaur

405 chaos

406 star wars

407 simpsons

408 LG members

409 nicknames for penis

410 metal

411 beautiful people

412 google

413 wizard

414 nicknames for vagina

415 ten famous redheads - actresses

416 things that interupt having fun with partner

417 night

418 black

419 animal

420 fast cars

421 kinds of berries

422 Composers of classical music

423 jazz

424 pasta

425 at breakfast, I eat...

426 pool

427 potatoes

428 snow

429 sun

430 rat

431 words that end in gry

432 Favorite cocktails

433 book

434 things to put on top of your head

435 electronics

436 countries with red white and blue flags

437 Liquor

438 what to do when the weather gets hot

439 cold things

440 fruit

441 things to wear on your feet

442 Netherlands

443 Marsupials

444 algebraic topology

445 god

446 tennis

447 words you can make with the letters E M P A T H Y

448 dust

449 names of asteroids

450 names of months

451 Natural disaster

452 cheeses

453 kinds of cake

454 Noisy Places

455 girls names beginning with the letter C

456 My Favorite Things

457 times of day

458 favorite hair color

459 computer parts

460 Breast sizes

461 books of the bible

462 20th Century Authors

463 zodiac signs

464 metal bands

465 country

466 Things that don't start with 'T'

467 family game

468 Spielberg

469 wheel

470 Stars in the Sky

471 nine famous dogs and one famous cat

472 solar system

473 disney's characters

474 Body parts you might accidentally cut off

475 10 most important people alive

476 famous horror movies

477 Star Trek

478 fairy tale

479 famous brands

480 kitchen utensils

481 shades of red

482 Sexiest animals

483 things the color of blue

484 famous capitals

485 cold

486 Olympic Games

487 words on this page

488 Of which country was Tony Blair the prime minister?

489 The names of snow white's seven dwarves.

490 signs that winter is here

491 Beethoven

492 name ten things you can throw the farthest

493 pillow

494 Cities of Australia. Err no, not Australia. Canada.

495 World War II

496 Best country in the world.

497 Star Trek: The Next Generation

498 favorite movies from childhood

499 Windows file types

500 alchemy

501 types of christmas decorations

502 Google this!

503 Isaac Newton

504 Countries hard to place on a map.

505 dangerous objects

506 best rappers

507 types of clouds

508 80's hair bands

509 temperature

510 types of blood

511 Light sources

512 Poker

513 Eden

514 parts of the face

515 diseases

516 bird

517 parts of the body

518 Body fluids

519 big european companies

520 Commodore 64

521 glass

522 Knights of the Round Table

523 palindromes

524 green things

525 Australia

526 sports with no ball

527 World's best cuisines

528 atom

529 World War I

530 herbs

531 words used in the game of go.

532 sports with ball

533 Australia Belgium Canada Denmark Estonia .....

534 things found in the ocean

highOpposites of: full, light, hard, sweet, safe, black, sour, short,

535 , green

536 Earthquake

537 tastes like chicken

538 card games

539 war movies

540 Barcelona

541 What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

542 What can you say in French?

543 thermometer

544 volcanoes

545 square

546 honey

547 sport in water

548 interesting three digit numbers

549 kinds of music

550 spring

551 high voltage

552 Paris

553 red colors

554 Souvenir from Holland

555 The Middle Ages

556 south africa

557 Dessert

558 top 10 most important vitamins

559 porn stars

560 top 10 best board games

561 hardest languages to learn

562 big bang

563 best teams at wc soccer 2010

564 Things that don't exist.

565 My ... hurts

566 places to hide

567 countries with one neighbor

568 castles

569 basketball

570 biggest disappointment of the world cup

571 sunset

572 octopus

573 Austria-Hungary

574 parts of the body that are 3 letter words

575 famous puppets

576 waterfalls

577 New York

578 where water comes from

579 greek alphabet letters

580 computer languages

581 Brands of Scotch whiskey

582 diseases of animals

583 London

584 silver

585 meat animals

586 musical instruments

587 Rome

588 Antarctica

589 famous women

590 poetry

591 countries that end with n

592 bowling

593 Periodic Table of the Elements

594 Tokyo

595 Jerusalem

596 died people, but still famous

597 Indian (native american) tribes

598 Copenhagen

599 bob dylan

600 LG players I want to meet in the pub with

601 cute things

602 deck of cards

603 months

604 Seafood

605 world wide famous University

606 Spanish towns and cities

607 10 most annoying players on LG

608 Apple varieties

609 women from the literature

610 that makes life worth living

611 cheddar

612 froze

613 Greek mythology

614 Counties of England

615 Famous cops/detectives/PIs

616 What's your job?

617 social media

618 Non-European/American/Japanese car manufacturers

619 10 most important years in history

620 10 most important towns in history

621 European sights

622 Isaac Newton

623 strangely, lots of people eat this!

624 Roman Gods

625 Lucky numbers

626 I don't like tourists from...

627 Greek Gods

628 Rubik's Cube

629 prime numbers

630 mobile phone manufacturers

631 Carl Sagan

632 European/American/Japanese car manufacturers

633 Amsterdam

634 breakfast

635 kiss

636 Outdoor Sports without a playing field

637 gps

638 giant

639 Abraham Lincoln

640 Consonants

641 weapon

642 red

643 mythical being

644 Q words without U

645 Egypt

646 golf

647 galaxies

648 EUROPEAN CAPITALS

649 reptiles

650 Athens

651 Leonardo da Vinci

652 hair color

653 Michelangelo

654 blue

655 important wars in world history

656 Ten states of America

657 Most ridiculous little golem usename

658 islands

659 European countries

660 units of mass

661 names of spaceships

662 Springfield residents other than the Simpsons family

663 dog names

664 snooker players

665 ways to misspel 'daughter'

666 Polish Cities

667 casino

668 units of length

669 favorite fruit

670 no repeated topics, please!

671 look down - what do you see

672 Democracy

673 Your favourite LG games

674 my magic powers

675 brand of cigarettes

676 multilingual countries

677 creatures of the night

678 look up - what do you see

679 dutch football clubs

680 Islands in the Atlantic ocean

681 How many games in progress have you got?

682 Worst countries to visit

683 Pop Singers of the 50's and 60's.

684 best sports car

685 Solar System

686 things to secure your house

687 Bjorn, Steffi, Rafael, Roger, Serena, Venus and ?

688 favorite dance

689 Bob Dylan albums

690 lips

691 healthy food

692 wine

693 favorite fast food

694 paper _____________

695 I'm not afraid of ...

696 Quick, catch the ...!

697 Everyone likes ________ . I don't.

698 I wonder where......is now!

699 turtle

700 wrestlers

701 frog

702 abbreviations (3 letters)

703 silence

704 ...............day

705 silver

706 chess

707 Scissors

708 best golem bot

709 Famous people with initials MJ

710 Largest States

711 best US state to visit

712 Best place to sleep when homeless

713 Months of the Year

714 Johnny Carson

715 cats

716 zero

717 time

718 student

719 your favorite molecule

720 dutch comedians

721 magazines

722 No, you idiot, Tokyo is not the capital of _________

723 US Presidents

724 picture

725 How to recognise different types of trees from quite a long way away

726 water

727 Moons in the Solar system

728 Trains

729 Top Chess Tournaments

730 Seaside towns in England.

731 philosophers

732 Dracula

733 Europe's best distilates.

734 robot

735 Aquatic mammals

736 best job to have

737 Stairs

738 christmas

739 castle

740 Greece

741 I found a ... in my shoe

742 physicists

743 revolution

744 cave

745 mathematicians more famous for something else

746 mountains

747 Disney Characters

748 Nobel Prize

749 geocaching

750 games

751 winter sports

752 Donald

753 New York

754 chocolate

755 star wars

To clarify some of the weirder ones:

156 link to image: http://weird.wurk.net/files/2006/01/sock.jpg [broken link]

161 link to image: http://judymcwilliams.com/ape.gif [gif of a chimpanzee]

172 [No expression (literally). Or "the empty expression" (math / computer science joke:).]

317 link to image: http://judymcwilliams.com/small-scream.jpg [van Gogh's "Scream"]

535 Opposites of: full, light, hard, sweet, safe, black, sour, short, high, green [oops, macro failed]

And by van Gogh, we of course mean "Edvard Munch". :-)

I guess i could have just pointed to mongoose's time machine page for the first 601 games:

http://www.tavislee.com/goe/timemachine

The links are all "file not found", but the list of topics is useful. He also highlights the repeated categories. [There is also a picture of the sock puppet for game 156 (the original is now a dead link).]

bumped

Seriously, I thought that Richard "hid" the past game so that repeats could be played without having to copy past answers. This thread is spoiling it. If you want to copy a list of words instead of thinking, please do it, but don't try to influence other people vote by bumping this thread!

(This is not a big deal, I know that some people will disagree with me, no need to answer me, I won't complain anymore if this thread is bumped again anyways)

Paul, the discussion is not new.... No-one likes repeats, but I think if a repeated topic is to be played, still the point of the game is to get as many points as you can....

bumped

favourite beverage
names for money
go
types of clouds
silent
names for coke
bathroom
midnight snacks
most common last name
neutrino
what not to name your child
circular
board games not on LG
famous theorems
(770) your face
dad
wind
famous serial killers
kiss
heart
lemon
dice
blue
cuisine
(780) 5 letter words that begin with W
prehistoric mammals
picnic
flowers
3 letter words that rhyme with eye
battery
medical terms
birthday
egg
sleep
790 restaurant at the end of the universe
park
things you lose
words that end in art
politicians
climb
amazing
metal
the opposite of amazing
799 hammer
(800) god names
brown
rock
fire
afternoon
why didn't you choose my topic
806 I _____ you
slow
sun
python
higgs boson
(811)legendary animals
top 10 2012 olympians
medal
other names for god
money
politicians of bnagladesh
famous outlaws
obstacles to teaching
public transportation
(820) start
hope
wing
rain
big
airport
shape
types of milk
father
what events would you like in the olympics
830-screwdriver
monty python
mirror
soup
tuxedo
cake
balloon
Mars
alley
bat
840 mother
841.....two
fruit
bomb
Immanuel Kant
Lance Armstrong
winter
you are my ____
fuzzy
famous time travelers
850 rabbit
1920 top 10 songs
friends
best jobs
restroom
fog
morning

sister
jam
dark
860 Spanish words most used by non-native speakers.
orange
Greece
ocean
trains
paradox
snails
German words
scissors
ice
870 men
underwear
cat
indian tribes
hormones
weather
chicken
first
bird
forest
880 gold
month
circle
riddle
error
singers from the 50's and 60's
face
table
brother
flood
890 ball games
carnivore
Single things which are pairs in English
knife
bell
sweden
bee
snow
things that stretch
seashore
900 church
soap
woman
nation
Homer
cats
Things you stick in your mouth
shoes
sky
things you can drink from
toys
kiss
egg
summer
scarecrow
guitar
garden
dragon
Hans Kristian Andersen
calendar
920 door
flower
cactus
organs
basketball
metallica
brazil
hangover
india
camping
930 Tesla
Harry potter
wh words
implant
lord of the rings
beethoven
burger
north and south
mushroom
939 fast cars
940 rock
san francisco
there are two types of ___
breakfast
game of thrones
silver
wild animals in german forests
capital cities
animal
house
950) star trek
school
speed
spiderman
farming
popcorn
battery
(957) mint

salt
the next county I will visit
960 ice cream
potato
thrill seeking sports
words with 2 p's
silent
words with 2 c's
ireland
967 merlin
words ending in A
i'm mad as a ___
(970) snail
whole number between 1 and 100
in which country would you like to live
broccoli treehouse visual
virtues
words that start with super
week

thx for the work, celticjim! But houw do I write bangladesh?
:-)

Muphry's law... (That IS spelled that way, you know?)

(977) things to do while sickwords with ff in the middlepipe(980) braincakemetalanimals that look the most like rabbitsmeatvolleballthings that should not be paintedwhere did you put your keysbottlecalculator(990) fairytaleneckdinneractionin the ___woolbluewhat to gro in your gardenfacebooknumber(1000) underwearfavorite comics charactersthis is number 1001!!!egyptwine producing regionsfamous inventionssnakeadditionloveshells(1010) 2048eggsalgorithmways to cook chickenkingteethsinsraceduckanimals hidden in plants

(1020) pony express coffee

1020 pony express  coffee  ball  key  fruits or vegetables that end with e  water  coil  partner  fruits or vegetables that end with y connection

1030 apple  may  bedroom  Darth Vader  I'm a potato  board  white  food  game  moon

1040 nut USA milk France  nothing  movie  head  stars  Germany  bed

1050 Spain  color  wood  day  play  party  lion  eat  England  mouse

1060 sport  Europe  tiger  Japan  Wasgubgtib  basebakk  swunnubg  etes  fkt  bear

1070 family  planet  sweet  sugar  warm