GBAtemp Quiz #3 Open!

[belzilep]

Is question 14 a trick question? There has been a revision since a certain system came out. There's an original number and a revised number for that certain system only and it's also called Player's Choice.

now that I think about it, this question is very unclear. I dont think it's a trick question because when it's talking about player's choice, it should be talking about GBA games. ofcourse the question didn't specify, so multiple answer should still be considered.

It is though, clearly stated in the first post of this thread "All you need to do is answer the 25 multiple choice GBA related questions." But, I agree it's a bit of a stretch. you simply have to be careful!

 

[RebelX]

Well, from reading about all the Wiki edits, I don't think I'm gonna get close to winning an iTouch

I have an M3DS Real which is better anyways

 

[cory1492]

There's no bad math, alpha isn't taken into account for color calculation. By the way, the bit(s) you think is dedicated to alpha isn't for alpha, just some skipped bit(s) in order to have equal length RGB channel. This is tricky, but the question is clear and good.

It'd be nice if what you say made sense, but I for one didn't see 2^15 in the list (just bad math); besides, in the wording the question itself wasn't about the capabilities of the LCD or any other graphics fx, but the palette which as you say has equal length RGB and is limited to just that. In fact, none of the answers really seem to take 0 into account, which again is bad math. There would be no reason to use special converters for gfx on gba (or a in program fix that sets the bits when blitting) if alpha bits were skipped as you say, and didn't need to be set to display a pixel on a ext/rot BG.

So it came down to, for me: can I guess what they thought the answer should be? And as I said, haven't a popsicles chance in hell of doing that regardless of how carefully read the question is - so I take it as entertainment rather than anything else (as I did with the previous ones which I, by the bye, didn't do so well on anyway.)

 

[dan92]

hey hey hey, i think every1 should post their answers to compare them

 

[golden]

hey hey hey, i think every1 should post their answers to compare them

Great idea!

 

[triple-sevenz]

i think i did bad but oh well. i searched for some of the answers but then i got tired of it and started guessing and using my own knowledge. i hope i win although i really dont have a use for itouchds. i guess i can give it to my brother as a gift if i do win. that was my first quiz and i think it was pretty hard.

 

[golden]

Just out of curiosity, for the people that know they got the Wario Ware Twisted question #20 right, did you use google to find the answer or did you actually play through the game? I am having a REALLY hard time making sure I got that answer right so I think I will have to play through the whole game because of it. Ughhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[RoD131]

It's really annoying that every google search brings me to a Yahoo! questions page, with someone from gbatemp asking a question from the quiz. :/

 

[ganons]

lol i saw that too, also someone was on gamefaqs asking too

 

[Sephi]

It's really annoying that every google search brings me to a Yahoo! questions page, with someone from gbatemp asking a question from the quiz. :/

I finished the quiz on the first day and I got all my answers fairly quickly via wikipedia and etc.

just use -inurl:yahoo.com when you search
(that might be the right way to use inurl: but I'm not sure)

 

[Helmut]

There's no bad math, alpha isn't taken into account for color calculation. By the way, the bit(s) you think is dedicated to alpha isn't for alpha, just some skipped bit(s) in order to have equal length RGB channel. This is tricky, but the question is clear and good.

It'd be nice if what you say made sense, but I for one didn't see 2^15 in the list (just bad math); besides, in the wording the question itself wasn't about the capabilities of the LCD or any other graphics fx, but the palette which as you say has equal length RGB and is limited to just that. In fact, none of the answers really seem to take 0 into account, which again is bad math. There would be no reason to use special converters for gfx on gba (or a in program fix that sets the bits when blitting) if alpha bits were skipped as you say, and didn't need to be set to display a pixel on a ext/rot BG.

So it came down to, for me: can I guess what they thought the answer should be? And as I said, haven't a popsicles chance in hell of doing that regardless of how carefully read the question is - so I take it as entertainment rather than anything else (as I did with the previous ones which I, by the bye, didn't do so well on anyway.)

Where's the bad math (already submitted) ? There's a +1 missing ?

Converting gfx is about data format, not color.

 

[DarkRey]

this quiz was a quick one finished in less than 30 minutes,
im sure i got 3/4 questions wrong (the homebrews)
thx to wikipedia and google

 

[RoD131]

It's really annoying that every google search brings me to a Yahoo! questions page, with someone from gbatemp asking a question from the quiz. :/

I finished the quiz on the first day and I got all my answers fairly quickly via wikipedia and etc.

just use -inurl:yahoo.com when you search
(that might be the right way to use inurl: but I'm not sure)

It's not really disturbing me, it's just annoying that some users can't play fair.

 

[kobykaan]

VANDALISM ALERT: E-Reader @ en.wikipedia.org
IP ADDRESS: 82.240.19.21 on en.wikipedia.org changed the E-Reader wiki page just today changing the original one which was dated July 6th. He changed the developer company name... I'm not sure if it was changed to the wrong answer or not, but be careful!

Here we go again...

that SUX!!!

RIPE WHO IS SEARCH

Spoiler

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we know where you are!

 

[Holaitsme]

i sent out an assassin to his address
j/k

 

[Pimpmynintendo]

It made me laugh that whoever changed quite a few of the wikipedia pages was so stupid he messed up and didn't change everything. Like it wasn't only the e-reader he messed up on.

 

[Searinox]

i sent out an assassin to his address
j/k

Assassin, assassout.

Can't believe y'all voted 2^15(-1).

 

[Sinkhead]

It made me laugh that whoever changed quite a few of the wikipedia pages was so stupid he messed up and didn't change everything. Like it wasn't only the e-reader he messed up on.

Can anyone confirm that this person changed it to the wrong thing? Because I looked up the IP address and only one member has used it on the forums.

 

[enarky]

It made me laugh that whoever changed quite a few of the wikipedia pages was so stupid he messed up and didn't change everything. Like it wasn't only the e-reader he messed up on.

Can anyone confirm that this person changed it to the wrong thing? Because I looked up the IP address and only one member has used it on the forums.

This is what was changed by the user with that IP and here's what else he changed. It's completely unrelated to the quiz. What is all that fuzz about?

 

[Sir-Fritz]

It looks related to the quiz to me.