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[Greenz]

(hard)What is the reasoning behind the original design of Mario? - worth 150

Mario's original design was a result of the limitations of game graphics at the time. There were limited colors and pixels, so the designers had to compensate for this by removing the more complicated features of a person. For example, they gave him a mustache and sideburns because a mouth and ears couldn't be properly represented with so few pixels. I think it was said before, but they had trouble animating hair, so they just drew a cap on him.Actually animating Mario at the time was difficult, too, and the designers could not make Mario move without losing important moving features like, say, his arms. So they decided not to make his arms a different color and instead made everything that overlapped with his body and moved separately from it the same color.

[Ragamuffin]

You both answered at the same time, and correctly too.;0w/e, 150 each.

For 50 GP, where was the x-ray introduced and when?

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[α╬ Finalage ╬Ω]

In 1895, Germany. Or was it 1875? ....No, I think it was 1895.

[Ragamuffin]

...not as specific as I wanted, but I'm tired of people guessing. w/e 50 gpName the colors of a flame in order from coolest to hottest - 50 gp

[α╬ Finalage ╬Ω]

Red, the coolest, then Orange, Yellow, White and finally Blue. The exact temperature amounts escape me.

Edited by No. Just no., 25 January 2009 - 10:15 PM.
Not quite

[Ragamuffin]

Well, almost right, there's actually two distinct shades of red it can turn before orange, but you knew about the blue flame so that's coo'.+50GP, yay you. :gs:For 100GP, what element is used to create specialty steel alloys, is used to make high speed power tools and is commonly used in forging modern-day swords? - Hint: was first extracted from "brown lead"Another 50 if you can tell me who discovered it and when.

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For 50 GP - On which Simpsons character and where does Matt Groening's initials appear?

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I can't think of a good question, so I'll do another Simpsons one. ;(For 50GP, who played the one-time voice of Maggie?

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I'm talking about the first voice (the only one I've heard) of Maggie, and she only said one word as her.

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For 50GP, tell me who wrote the novel in which the PSX game Parasite Eve game is based off of.

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For 50 GP, name the first XBOX game to use NORMAL mapping.

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^Yup.3 questions this time.(easy, 50GP)In which season of South Park did Towelie first appear? Also, what was the episode about?(med, 100GP)The Columbine kids used which popular game to simulate the layout of their school?(hard, 150GP)Name at least three areas that were left out of the original SNES release of Chrono Trigger.

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Correct for the first two.Maybe I should make these non-googleable. Is that even a word? No. Cool, I answered my own question.*ahem*For 50GP, Which porn star ran for governor of California in 2003?For another 50GP, which set of laws written in the 13th century helped shape many modern laws?

(hard, 150GP)Name at least three areas that were left out of the original SNES release of Chrono Trigger.

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[Ragamuffin]

Bikki got both.For 50GP, Name five bands that Dave Grohl has been in.

(hard, 150GP)Name at least three areas that were left out of the original SNES release of Chrono Trigger.

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