Screw you guys for your amazing answers.

That is all.

All right!  Submission phase closed!  Please send me your votes on whose answer is best.  (I already have BioKraze's vote.)  Don't vote for yourself.  In a couple days we'll end the voting phase and finally have a winner!

Feel free to send your vote even though you didn't submit an answer, Anthiena! 

Damn and blast. My next brilliant submission will have to wait.

*shamelessly bumps the thread*
Will there be another round?

What's the farthest you've ever been from Tokyo?  Did you have fun there?

Oh, it's hard to say exactly. I've been so many places after all...all had their various charms, and each place was special to me in it's way, but I was always a bit preoccupied with other things.

Do you like playing Monopoly?
I do! I can't really concentrate hard enough to follow the game, but the pieces are so much fun!

Do you have an online journal or blog?  Why or why not?
Why yes! I have a dear friend with whom I exchange regular posts. Well, to be fair, I don't actually write that much, usually just recipes or cleaning tips.

What's the farthest you've been from Tokyo? Did you have fun there?

"I've been to many places across the world, all on business. I can't say it wasn't entirely amusing, but it has been very informative. In my profession, you must be at the height of your ability to succeed with your associates."

Do you like playing Monopoly?

"I never particularly cared for the game, even as a teenager. Something about the intense competition drives me off from the more entertaining aspects of it. I won't, however, be adverse to playing a quick round or two on a computer."

Do you have an online journal or blong? Why or why not?

"Yes, I do. I have two, actually. One is for my personal life, the other for my professional work. My professional one holds the notes and bits and pieces I've learned from my work in the field, to share with my colleagues across the globe."

DeepSubmerge, I hate to do this, especially to a new member who I want to welcome, but I need to call for a new entry from you.  Your answer to the last question qualifies as a "dead giveaway" -- it explicitly narrows the number of possibilities down to about two, which means that the game becomes more about Utena trivia and less about role-playing.  I love your answers to the other questions, though, and I hope you'll re-enter as another character! 

DeepSubmerge wrote:

It's fine
I already guessed it was too easy before I posted it. I'll think of something else and pm you what I've choosen. My guessings still count anyways, no?

Actually, I'd suggest you wait till I close entries before you guess   That way, when new people enter, you don't have to send me more guesses.

I look forward to seeing your new entry! 

Back with the second try (as if you would get rid of me that fast. Pfft )

What's the farthest you've ever been from Tokyo?  Did you have fun there?
Most of my time I can be found at the campus or in the dormitory. I don't go too far because I am not allowed to travel on my own and I am told I need to study. Needless to say, I hate dealing with things like math or economics all day long, it is just boring me.
When I am not around, having days off, I love being at the beach or at a pool where I can fool around with my friends.

Do you like playing Monopoly?
I totally love games you can play with a bunch of friends! It is always so much fun! But I must admit that I dislike Monopoly for one simple reason: I always end up loosing.
Seems like I don't have a hand for money yet.

Do you have an online journal or blog?  Why or why not?
I don't. I don't have a computer. Sometimes I think having an online blog would be terribly fun though.

Last edited by DeepSubmerge (05-04-2008 02:40:16 PM)

Jelli, please send me a PM about your role   I need to see it so I can figure out whether the "little" comment in the last question qualifies as a giveaway.  There just aren't a lot of short characters in Utena.

Thank you, Jelli!

I think Jelli's choice of words is legitimate in this case (and after the round is over I'll explain why).

That's six entries!  I'll close the round in a day or so, so if anyone else wants to play, now's the time to enter!

All the votes are in already!  For the second straight round, we have a tie!  Who tied whom?  Read on!

Stormcrow led conventionally with a set of answers that was very innocent and feminine.  Creepily innocent and feminine, if you ask me.  She has trouble concentrating on Monopoly, but loves playing with the pieces?  I heard a Nanami and a Wakaba, but a majority of guessers -- Naji, Bio, DeepSubmerge, and spectator OnionPrince -- knew that only one character could be this eerily innocuous: Anthy.

NajiMinkin presented a different kind of poser.  Her answers were self-consciously philosophical and melancholy -- "my feelings and the events in my life aren't really my own."  She could've been Anthy in an honest moment, and two guessers thought she was.  Another guessed Akio, and a fourth went for B-ko.  But DeepSubmerge and OnionPrince saw through the illusion.  Naji was Mamiya!

BioKraze's answers were strikingly professional and detached, with a lot of emphasis on networking and a pronounced dislike of competition.  Answers were nearly unanimous about which character he was playing: three guessed Nemuro and two Mikage.  (One picked Juri -- a creative and strong answer, I think.)  All were wrong.  Bio was portraying the Guidance Counselor -- she of "then why are you wearing a boys' uniform?!?" fame.

I liked OnlyInThisLight's answers.  She radiated personality, but it was a quiet, even repressed personality.  This seemed like a character who felt like they had to hide who they were.  Most of our guessers agreed.  I heard Miki, Saionji, Tsuwabuki, and even Utena.  Only Stormcrow and Naji sussed out the truth: OnlyInThisLight portrayed Keiko.  The image of Keiko stuck being the banker instead of the racecar appeals to me

DeepSubmerge took on a challenging role!  Her character clearly loved her friends and disliked school, and put forth a subtle childishness.  Three guessers picked Wakaba, two Utena, and one Shiori -- all good answers, but all wrong.  DeepSubmerge tried the underappreciated Mari, Tsuwabuki's little friend.  Her original entry, by the way, was Tsuwabuki.

IWIW veteran Jellineck also tried a challenging role this time.  Like OnlyInThisLight, Jelli's character sounds sociable but repressed, revealing herself only through her blog.  She's also explicit that she's short, on which more later.  I heard three Wakabas, which were close; an Aiko and a Keiko, which were closer; but only one right answer of Yuuko, from NajiMinkin.

A word on Jellineck's answers.  She erred closer to the line of "how much of a giveaway is too much" than I would have liked.  The comment about going on a crazy trip with a friend is borderline; any of the characters could have done that, but Yuuko is one of the few who we know did it.  The comment about being short would definitely be over the line except for one thing: as Jelli pointed out in email to me, it is really hard to differentiate Aiko from Yuuko without explicit reference to height, hairstyle, or some other "giveaway."  So it's okay this time, but don't make a habit of it! 

So our final score is:

NajiMinkin (Mamiya): 5 - guessed Stormcrow, OnlyInThisLight, and Jelli; guessed by DeepSubmerge and Onion
Stormcrow (Anthy): 5 - guessed OnlyInThisLight; guessed by Naji, Bio, DeepSubmerge, and Onion
DeepSubmerge (Mari): 2 - guessed Stormcrow and Naji
OnlyInThisLight (Keiko): 2 - guessed by Stormcrow and Naji
BioKraze (Guidance Counselor): 1 - guessed Stormcrow
Jellineck (Yuuko): 1 - guessed by Naji
OnionPrince (spectator): 2 - guessed Stormcrow and Naji

Hence, we have a tie!  Naji, Stormcrow, congratulations.  For your tiebreaker, please post Kozue's best response to the following question:

Do you cut your own hair, or do you get someone else to do it?  How come?

After we have Naji's and Stormcrow's answers, the rest of the players will have 24 hours to PM me their votes on which answer is better.  In case of a further tie, the one who posts their answer first is the winner.

Till then!

Last edited by satyreyes (05-06-2008 08:30:52 PM)