1. Obviously,
forum rules do apply. If you don't follow them you'll probably be warned by the staff and I or DNA may ban you from Trivia.
2. Problems are generally worth 3 points apiece. However, unlike the past trivia, it's possible for more than 3 points to be given out on just one question (which will be explained later, in how I grade the questions). The questions can be about absolutely everything, so keep on your toes.
3. There is no 3.
4. The aim of the game is to obtain a total of 80 points, upon which the game will end. I may reduce this number. But since Pokebeach is pretty big, this probably won't be likely. However, you can't just obtain 80 points just by doing the same thing over and over...there's an added factor to it! I shall explain this shortly.
5. This trivia will be divided into two distinct sections. There will be a question section, and an answer section. In the question section, I will give you a question, to which there will be only ONE possible answer (usually). If you end up providing another answer that also ends up being correct, you will be rewarded appropriately. The first person to post an answer to the question correctly receives 2 points, but the first person to answer it correctly AND be creative about it gets 3 points. Anyone else who answers the question correctly will (usually) get 1 point apiece (with more points possibly given out at my discretion).
6. In the answer section, DNA will give you a phrase, sentence, or maybe even a picture. Your goal is to try and find a question, the answer to which is the phrase/sentence/picture that DNA gave you. Your question will be graded on the following factors:
~Accuracy: The question you give must be accurate; if you give an incorrect answer you may not receive points for the question.
~Humor: If you want, you may make your question a funny one, and based on how funny DNA thinks your response is, you may get more points.
~Tact: Please keep in mind, this is Trivia of DNA. You will be submitting your questions to DNA, so you will want to try and submit questions that DNA would normally like - and the more you know DNA, the better you'll do. (And just as a hint...you will probably not want to submit any questions that involve the anime or the manga in some way - the former DNA despises, the latter DNA knows next to nothing about. Just giving you guys a heads-up.)
Your question may receive 1, 2, or 3 points depending on how much I liked it. (However, normally only one person per question receives a full 3 points.) Notice that timing is not accounted into the grading - you do not have to be the first to answer to receive the 3 points! The 3 points will go to the person who submitted the best question, not the first one.
7. During each round, I will give you exactly one question and one answer (so one problem from each section). Each round, you may only attempt one of them; if you try and answer both the question and answer in the same round, you will receive points for neither. Pick one, and stick with it. In addition, you are only allowed one attempt per round, and editing your posts is absolutely forbidden. If you think you made a spelling/grammar error or any other sort of mistake, either make a new post or leave a comment on my wall. I will take it into account.
8. As I said before you need 80 points to win the trivia - and you must get them by obtaining 40 points total from question sections, and 40 points total from answer sections. (This means you will need to solve both questions AND answers to win the trivia!) On the scoreboard, your score will be expressed like so:
~Username: 17 [12+5]
This means that this user has 17 points - 12 of which came from question rounds and 5 of which came from answer rounds. You cannot have more than 40 points in a single category, and you must get 40 points in both categories to win. (An exception is if getting points for one question would push you over 40, when you are below 40 before that. For example if a player has a score of 39+11, and then receives 3 points from a question round, his score becomes 40+13.)
9. The winner of this trivia may receive either an avatar or a banner made by DNA. He might keep this prize up, but odds are he'll keep it around.
10. In Trivia of DNA III, DNA and I will be working together. DNA will grade the answer section while I will grade the question section.
