Poll of the Day > This is arguably the stupidest poll of all time

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I realize polls are usually mindless and repetitive fodder, but this one is insultingly stupid. How the hell is anyone supposed to remember that, or who is keeping track of it? I could totally understand who is your favorite ghost (even though they're just lazy color swaps,) but this is just moronic.

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TheOrangeMisfit posted...

I realize polls are usually mindless and repetitive fodder, but this one is insultingly stupid. How the hell is anyone supposed to remember that, or who is keeping track of it? I could totally understand who is your favorite ghost (even though they're just lazy color swaps,) but this is just moronic.

What?! You don't still have your Pac Man notebook detailing the movements of the ghosts and how often they killed you so you know which to be more careful around?

Well that's on you really.

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TheOrangeMisfit posted...

I realize polls are usually mindless and repetitive fodder,...

And that's how they get you.

Normally these polls is just to collect information on you, so advertisers can sell you shit you thought you didn't need. It might look like harmless fun, but the Matrix is still trying to figure out humanity.


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What poll?

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TheOrangeMisfit posted...

This is arguably the stupidest poll of all time

I feel like you've forgotten about 90% of the polls that have been on this site.



TheOrangeMisfit posted...

even though they're just lazy color swaps

They're actually not. Each one is programmed with different AI, so they behave in different ways. Which the poll actually alludes to.

One ghost always follows you. Another generally tries to move to where it thinks you're going to go to box you in. A third will follow you, but also backs off if it gets too close. And the third randomizes the behaviors of the other three so you can't predict what it's going to do.

Once you know this, you might actually pay more attention to which one kills you most of the time, so you know WHY you're getting killed. And which one gets you the most will actually give other people an idea of what sort of playstyle you have.

If anything, the real problem with this poll is that it only matters to people who are professional Pac-Man players, whereas most people on GameFAQs are scrubs.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

If anything, the real problem with this poll is that it only matters to people who are professional Pac-Man players, whereas most people on GameFAQs are scrubs.

Yep, with an option for "no clue, but I have played Pac-man before" would have made the options complete.

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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Yep, with an option for "no clue, but I have played Pac-man before" would have made the options complete.

Yeah, but then you get the same problem that would come up every single time if they put "Other" as an option in polls - literally everyone would vote for that one and the entire poll would essentially become meaningless.
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What poll?

These assholes tag team me every. freaking. time.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Yeah, but then you get the same problem that would come up every single time if they put "Other" as an option in polls - literally everyone would vote for that one and the entire poll would essentially become meaningless.

Bullshit.
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Smiffwilm posted...

What poll?

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

One ghost always follows you. Another generally tries to move to where it thinks you're going to go to box you in. A third will follow you, but also backs off if it gets too close. And the third randomizes the behaviors of the other three so you can't predict what it's going to do.

This sounded wrong to me, so I had to go refresh memory by looking it up.

Inky (the blue one) doesn't randomize the behavior of the other three. His target tile is the most complicated tile decision in the game. First, you take Blinky's position, then you draw a line from there to a tile two tiles in front of Pac-Man. Now, double the length of that line, and the tile at the end of that is Inky's target tile.

Ideally, this makes it look like Inky and Blinky are teaming up to ambush Pac-Man. However, if Blinky is too far away from Pac-Man, it makes Inky look like he's just heading off in some random direction.

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