Guessing is allowed. And you can continue to guess until the time limit expires, or the question is answered correctly. But PLEASE don't flood the channel with your guesses. 2 or 3 guesses after each hint is acceptable.
Point value for each question is assigned randomly. Point values vary from 10 to 125 points for each question. With bonus questions of 10000, 25000, and 50000 points. But watch out for the -250 point questions. You'll LOSE 250 points for a correct answer on one of those. The points value of a question as well as which questions are bouns questions are assigned randomly.
Scores are kept both weekly and monthly. Weekly scores are reset every Saturday night/Sunday morning at midnight. Monthly scores are reset every 1st of the month. All times local to the bot. At random intervals the previous weeks and months top 3 players and their scores are displayed before a question. Also at random intervals the current weeks and months top 10 players and their scores are displayed.
There are 2 types of questions normal questions and KAOS questions. KAOS will be explained a little later. An example of a normal question is: tri.9382. What does this page explain ? the "tri.9382." is the question number, not important unless you're the one who's running the trivia bot. :)
Pay close attention to the hints. They can help you figure out the answer to a question that you otherwise wouldn't know.
The first hint will be displayed right after the question is asked. in the form of :
1st Hint: ****** ***** Question value : 20 points
With each * being an alphanumeric character in the answer. If there is any punctuation in the answer it will be displayed automaticly.
The second hint will be displayed after 20 seconds. Or 1/3 of the time limit if the time limit is different than 60 seconds. It will give you the first 3 characters in the answer.
ex. 2nd Hint: tri*** ***** 40.0 secs & 20 points remaining
The third and final hint will be displayed after 40 seconds, or 2/3 of the time limit if the time limit is different than 60 seconds. It will reveal all remaining vowels.
ex. 3rd Hint: tri*ia *u*e* 20.0 secs & 20 points remaining
Don't be surprised if sometimes the thrid hint is no different than the second hint. That just means that the remaining characters in the answer are NOT vowels. The trivia bot NEVER counts w or y as vowels.
If no one answers within the time limit the answer will be displayed.
ex. Times up! The answer was -> trivia rules <-
Regardless if the question was answered correctly or not, a few seconds later a new question will be asked.
Typing ~ at any point during the question will remind the channel what the first character of the answer is if and ONLY if it's a letter. Continuing the example of the question above. ~ Would give you HINT: t
If the first character is a number or a punctuation mark ~ Would give you HINT:
KAOS questions are a little different. Here's an example of a KAOS question:
KAOS KAOS: Van Halen albums ? 10 answers
12 points for each matching answer. Total 120 points.
At 2/3 of the time limit the bot will report :
Matching answers so far: 0 from a possible 10 20.0 secs remaining
With 0 being replaced with the number of correct answers so far.
When the time limit expires all the answers will be displayed.
ex: TIMES UP! The answers were: Van Halen Van Halen II Fair Warning Women and Children First Diver Down 1984 5150 OU812 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Balance
It can get kinda confusing since there's nothing to indicate where one answer ends and another begins.
No hints are given with the exception that ~ would give you the first letter of the first correct answer in the bot's list. Using the above question as an example: ~ would give you HINT: V no matter how many times it's typed, even if the first answer had already been said
