im with stupid question

[Pyser]

can anyone find or post the first ever im with stupid? or know the origins?

[QuikSand]

I know that we tried out a game called "Make Mine Rare" first, which was basically the inverse of IWS -- submissions tried to give technically correct answers to a series of questions, but were penalized if their answers matched others. I started the first MMR here, but it was a concept that I definitely picked up from usenet groups, and it may well have had its own origins before then.

I launched IWS here shortly afterwards, and the name was mine. I candidly don't know if the exact concept had been used elsewhere, or if I/we just flipped around the MMR concept that I/we had appropriated. Regardless, IWS turned out to be substantially more popular here, I think MIJB started keeping track of the previous champions, and things sort of blossomed from there.

My simple searching didn't turn up the games that had been posted before somewhere around #33, so I don't know exactly when it started. Maybe in 2002. I'd be interested to see if the first one(s) could be dug up... might be amusing to see.

[JeeberD]

I just happened to stumble across an IWS#29 thread...

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=4626

[KWhit]

Speaking of IWS, I think I need to post one.

[timmae]

Speaking of IWS, I think I need to post one.

well why are you posting here then?!! :D

[MIJB#19]

My simple searching didn't turn up the games that had been posted before somewhere around #33, so I don't know exactly when it started. Maybe in 2002. I'd be interested to see if the first one(s) could be dug up... might be amusing to see.Hold on, I think I saved the content of the first bunch of IWSes...

And I do, complete results and questions and answers for IWS#1 through #48.

[MIJB#19]

Questions of IWS#1?

1. Name an NFL team who has never won a Superbowl.
2. Name a current NFL QB who has started at least 30 games for his current team, and has never started a game for any other NFL team.
3. Name a city that serves as capital to one of the 50 US states.
4. Name a planet in our solar system.
5. Name one of the colors of light on a standard traffic signal.
6. Name a poster at FOFC with a screen name that includes only lower case letters.

I'll leave out the answers in case somebody :rolleyes: would like to run a historical re-run of IWS#1. I will share the final standings of that one (QuikSand, as the host, is obviously missing):

airhog 7 13 6 20 18 13 2,555,280
primelord 7 13 4 20 20 13 1,892,800
SplitPersonality1 7 13 3 20 20 13 1,419,600
digamma 7 8 4 20 20 13 1,164,800
TRO 7 3 6 20 18 13 589,680
henry296 7 13 4 20 20 4 582,400
mrskippy 7 13 4 20 18 4 524,160
kcchief19 7 8 4 20 20 4 358,400
easy mac 4 6 3 20 18 13 336,960
wade moore 7 8 1 20 18 13 262,080
EagleFan 2 13 2 20 18 13 243,360
Shorty3281 7 13 3 3 18 13 191,646
Alf 7 6 6 9 20 4 181,440
Kodos 7 8 4 20 20 2 179,200
TroyF 4 13 4 9 20 4 149,760
Cornhuskerly 7 8 4 9 18 4 145,152
Marmel 1 6 3 20 20 13 93,600
Subby 7 13 6 2 20 4 87,360
HornsManiac 3 3 6 20 20 4 86,400
Buccaneer 3 13 1 20 20 4 62,400
MIJB#19 1 13 1 20 18 13 60,840
sabotai 7 6 2 20 18 2 60,480
mustang 3 13 1 20 18 4 56,160
SkyDog 4 4 4 20 20 2 51,200
panerd 7 6 1 20 18 2 30,240
3ric 3 13 3 3 20 4 28,080
revrew 4 1 2 20 20 4 12,800
RainRaven 2 8 1 2 20 13 8,320
CentralMassHokie 7 8 4 9 2 2 8,064
Dutch 7 1 4 1 18 13 6,552
illinifan999 3 6 1 20 18 1 6,480
WSUCougar 1 8 1 9 20 4 5,760
JoninMiddleGA 4 1 4 9 20 2 5,760
sachmo71 3 4 6 1 18 4 5,184
critch 1 4 2 20 20 1 3,200
Axxon 7 2 1 1 20 4 1,120
ravenhawk 7 1 2 1 18 4 1,008
DraftDodger 7 1 1 3 18 1 378
Swaggs 3 4 1 1 18 1 216
scooper 3 3 3 2 2 1 108
Qwikshot 1 2 1 2 2 1 8

Maximum Points 7 13 6 20 20 13 2,839,200

[MIJB#19]

Looking at the (multiple, thus assumingly correct) answers, it should be possible to narrow down the time of origin a bit:
1. Name an NFL team who has never won a Superbowl.
Listed were the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as maximum-points answer.

2. Name a current NFL QB who has started at least 30 games for his current team, and has never started a game for any other NFL team.
Listed, amongst others were Kurt Warner, Kordell Stewart and Steve McNair.

Last but not least, the last visit/post time of some FOFCers of those listed in the results thread could be a hint, but I'm not 100% sure...

[JeeberD]

Speaking of IWS, I think I need to post one.

Bump

[KWhit]

Gulp.