Who knew again?

[Overcast]

I figure it can be argued to the population at large. Though it can't really be argued to myself. After all I do find this very fun.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Anyway, to the question at hand...

Well, seeing as the Bird of Prey is out and I can't be bothered checking what class Voyager is I'll just go with the Borg Cube. Gota love the simplicity.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Overcast

Meh it is a game, it isn't a rule to try. Besides if someone puts up a topic you can win by checking their history I don't want to win it anyway. It turns it into a competition of quick eyes and fingers rather than a game of people yelling answers at a computer and hoping someone yells back. In other words it ain't fun.

That is, unless you're the person asking the question, at which point most people tend to get answers that in no way relate to them at all with the large share of people giving answers based on what they themselves prefer, which isn't the point at all. There have been a few people who have even found the experience downright insulting. By doing my best to give a truly applicable answer, I'm attempting to make the person running the round feel like someone actually cared enough to either know something about them already or at least bother to find out, learning a little something about them in the process.

At least that's how I feel when someone does it for me.

On top of that you get the occasional person who declares someone else's post the obvious winner based on their own preferences rather than anything relating to the person in question, which is just flat out annoying and ultimately stupid.

The very name "Who Knew?" is something of a dead giveaway that it's not a guessing game, but rather something of a forum-centric trivia contest with a touch of motivation toward getting to know one another.

[CelesJessa]

I know next to nothing about Star Trek ships and wouldn't even know where to start...

The romulan bird of prey has been used, but can I guess Klingon Bird of Prey? Would that work? XD; It looks like a pretty awesome ship design.

[POS Industries]

I think Overcast already got that one, CJ, but it is a pretty snazzy ship.

[Overcast]

I guess to start I will certainly agree bout the feeling when someone tries to say your own opinion for you. I did not appreciate what Zilla did.

I figure even through the guesses I learn a little simply by seeing the right answer and figuring through their auto-answers, I even learn a bit by the guesses of others. For example, two music answers from Hawk have alerted me that he and I have very different musical tastes. The quote centric bit from Wizard tells me he tends to enjoy truly intellectual quotes rather than an amusing one. GARUD will take the strategic knowledge of useful Pokemon over the nostalgia of them any day.

What I'm getting at is I do agree this is a bit about getting to know your fellow forumites. I just wonder that if you can find out most about them by reading back then this can be a chance to learn something new about them by giving a topic that can be revealing.

I shall submit to your opinion if the answer can be found in earlier posts, though only because it does help get to know a person better.

EDIT: I think CJ is fine, according to the webpage I used the Battle Cruiser and the Bird of Prey are different models.

[POS Industries]

Yeah, that's true. And you actually do have a good knack for some solid guesswork, which is pretty damned impressive.

Originally Posted by Overcast

I think CJ is fine, according to the webpage I used the Battle Cruiser and the Bird of Prey are different models.

Oh man, you're right! I got K't'inga confused with K'vort, because fuck learning the made up Klingon language, amirite?

CJ is good to go.

[Ape Boy]

Really, I think the fun is guessing and finding out a person's tastes based on your ideas, not trying to look up what they've already said they like and just posting that.

Sure, mine doesn't require any effort, but I find it more interesting to see how my picks match up with theirs than to just regurgitate their favorites back at them.

[russianreversal]

Originally Posted by Hawk

Anyway, to the question at hand...

Well, seeing as the Bird of Prey is out and I can't be bothered checking what class Voyager is I'll just go with the Borg Cube. Gota love the simplicity.

Heh, I was going to say this just in case it was last place. Seriously, it's a space brick.

If you don't know the answer, and can't make an estimate based on what you know about the poster, I see no problem with a flat out guess. If you remember somebody saying something that pertained to the question at hand, though, it'd be kinda lazy to not find and post that.

My guess? The Prometheus Class cruiser.

[Ape Boy]

If there were some sort of prize or something, I would probably try to find the definite answer. Since there's not, I'm not as apt to put in the effort to research the person. It's more fun for me to go in not knowing, especially when they're going to tell us the results anyway, so we don't really miss out on anything gained from research.

Not saying people shouldn't research, though, just my thought process.