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Rules:

• Somewhere in the world a person from Halforums has hidden an object.
• Using ONLY yes/no questions, determine the person who hid the item, what the item is and where they hid it.
• One question per user per hour.
• Questions can be asked using either the Shoutbox or in Vent.
• The winner must post IN THIS THREAD a PICTURE of the item, the AVATAR of the user and a Google Maps (or Google Earth) screen shot of the location.
• Prizes are: THQ Humble Bundle (complete with soundtracks), an original piece of artwork by Zappit, 10,000 HalBucks to be used in the Halforums Stock Exchange, and anything else anyone wants to donate. UPDATE: Also a $25 gift card to Amazon.com!
• Question/answers start at 12:00 pm CST and the contest goes until it's done.
• Additional clues/answers may be given in either Vent or Shoutbox as the moment strikes me.
• If participation is slow or I feel it needs a boost, I can and will - without warning - change the rules to a question every 1/2 hour instead of hour. Or switch back if needed. Basically, the time frame is fluid and totally up to me.
• Questions/answers may or may not be posted in this thread. I probably won't do it, but if anyone does that's cool.
• Have fun and thanks for another year of giggles!

Is the user trading in our fake stock market?

Chad Sexington said:

Is the user trading in our fake stock market?

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Tell you in 15 minutes.

OFFICIAL ANSWER POST: TO BE UPDATED SPORADICALLY

Location

Is the place in North America? - No
Is the item located on the southern hemisphere? - Yes
Is the item located on a major continent? - Yes
Is the item located north of the tropic of Capricorn? - Yes
Is the item hidden in a country that begins with the letter A? - No
Is the item located on the Western Hemisphere? - No
Is the item located in the country of Indonesia? - No
Is the item located on the continent of Africa? - Yes
Does the country's name end in an A? - No
Does the country's name end in an E? - No
Bonus clue! The location this year is not a man-made location or structure. Instead, it's something I saw on Google maps/earth that looked cool. (Dave)
Is the phenomenon (place) caused by water? - Yes.
Is one of the official languages of the country French? - Yes.
Is the place in a lake? - No
Is the place with 25 miles of a border? - No.
Is the place within 25 miles of a city? - No
Is homosexuality a crime in the country? - No
Does the country's name end in a vowel? - Yes
Is the location in the country known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo? - Yes
Is the location in a national park? - No
Is the location in the southern HALF of the country? - No
Is the location to the east of the 24 degree meridian? - Yes
Is the location in the Province of Orientale? - Yes
Is the item within 100 miles of Lake Edward? - No
Is the location Boyoma Falls? - No

Item

Is the item a newborn baby? - No
Does the item have any plastic components? - Not this specific one.
Can the item be classified as a utensil or tool? - No
Is the item often found in a home? - Depends on occupants
Is the item smaller than a toaster? - Yes
Is the ITEM found in your kitchen? - Yes. Actually, it can be found anywhere in your house.
Is the item a toy? - Yes
Is the item marketed at kids under the age of 12? - No.
Is the item mostly made of metal? - No
Is the item part of a major franchise? - No
Does the item make noise? - No
Is the item a whole - i.e. are there multiple, loose components or not? - Hard to answer. It's a single item made up of a lot of things.

User:

Is the user male? - Yes
Is the user trading in our fake stock market? - No
Does the user have over 1000 posts? - No
Is the user located in North America? - Yes
Is the user Canadian? - No
Does the user have more than 500 posts? - Yes
Does the user have more than 700 posts? - No
Has the user been active in the past month? - No
Does the user have a name that begins with a letter of the alphabet before J? - No
Does the user have 7 letters in their name? - Yes
Do you, Dave Nihsen, hate what the image icon of the person in question was taken from? - No clue.

Adding a prize: A $25 Amazon gift card.

Is the user Canadian?

North_Ranger said:

Is the user Canadian?

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Answer in Shoutbox.

You know I only work two weeks of weekends every ten weeks and you always have a contest on those days lol

CrimsonSoul said:

You know I only work two weeks of weekends every ten weeks and you always have a contest on those days lol

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Sorry, man! I bet you were available last week, weren't you?

Dave said:

Sorry, man! I bet you were available last week, weren't you?

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Yes this was my first week of weekends lol

I didn't wake up until an hour ago, so I'll just give this one a pass

You could read through and still win. But holy hell! You JUST GOT UP!!

Dave said:

You could read through and still win. But holy hell! You JUST GOT UP!!

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Yeah, I work every night delivering papers (between 1:30 to 5:00) while going to school full time

Is it over? 2am was too early to be getting up for this

It's not over. Questions will continue in the thread, one per user per day, until somebody gets it.

Ugh... sorry I missed this. Had a really, really shitty day.

Do you need to assemble the object yourself? I mean this as a primary function/intention of it's use (like a model kit) and not as in you need to put the batteries in.

Is the item bigger than an iphone?

Wahad said:

Is the item bigger than an iphone?

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Yes.

Would the item generally cost <$20?
Also, ashburner's question.

AshburnerX said:

Do you need to assemble the object yourself? I mean this as a primary function/intention of it's use (like a model kit) and not as in you need to put the batteries in.

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No. And I'm sorry I missed your question!

blotsfan said:

Would the item generally cost <$20?

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Yes.

Is the item made of wood?

bhamv3 said:

Is the item made of wood?

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Is it the heavier than a duck?

bhamv3 said:

Is the item made of wood?

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No.

North_Ranger said:

Is it the heavier than a duck?

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Depends on the size and age of the duck. But probably not.

Is the object generally spherical in shape?

blotsfan said:

Is the object generally spherical in shape?

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No.

Is the object in question located somewhere you normally wouldn't see one?

AshburnerX said:

Is the object in question located somewhere you normally wouldn't see one?

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Is this a location question or an item question? If you are asking if the item could be found in the location my answer would be no. I highly doubt you'd fine it there.

Yeah, it was a location question. Like if you found a toaster next to a swimming pool or something, that would be an object somewhere you wouldn't normally see one.

Blotsfan has the user and the place, and is damned close to the item.

Damned close, you say?

Is the item a football?

HCGLNS said:

Is the item a football?

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No.

When talking about the parts of the item, are they all equivalent parts - i.e. same in shape and material - or not?

Wahad said:

When talking about the parts of the item, are they all equivalent parts - i.e. same in shape and material - or not?

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Usually, yes.

CONTEST PRIZEWINNING ANSWER

Location: A cloud formation over the Democratic Republic of the Congo



Item: A rope toy for a dog



Person: Rathkor

We have a WINNER!!!

Wow. I'm impressed. I would never have gotten that.

Alright! My work was not in vain.

Now, Officer_Charon helpfully supplied me with one of his item guesses that he sent in, and for that I promised to split the prize to him. To make good on that promise, he may have the Halbucks portion of the prize. May his reign on the stockmarket be long and plentiful.

Wahad said:

Alright! My work was not in vain.

Now, Officer_Charon helpfully supplied me with one of his item guesses that he sent in, and for that I promised to split the prize to him. To make good on that promise, he may have the Halbucks portion of the prize. May his reign on the stockmarket be long and plentiful.

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Wow! Gifting imaginary money! Aren't you the philanthropist!

Well, I'd give him part of the humble bundle but I'm not actually sure if it can be split up. So I'm keeping it. Like a Scrooge.

Oh man I remember Rathkor. I just removed him from my Facebook the other day.

I did a random number generation and went down the list until I found someone with more than 50 posts. Rathkor was it!

You don't need to guess right at midnight they said...It'll be there at 9 in the morning they said...

Well, then. [user]Wahad[/user], PM me a picture to use for your deluxe Portrait in Fantasy. (No nude shots, for the love of God.)

Paging Wahad ! Wahad to the contest thread! Read the above post.

And, as a consequence of winning, I'll re-gift this image I made some years ago for something you did that is long forgotten.

The image, however, remains:

Man. I should probably save that one. Having my very own macro is pretty good! Another step on the stairs of internet superstardom.