Who initially created the eso-community.net forum, in what year, and for what purpose? (3p) (1 point for each subquestion)
Who: Stanley_Winston/Amhaye/Ward
Year: 2015
Purpose: 2 acceptable answers: To host (a) tournament(s), and/or for the mac community
17/44 got the full 3 points for this one.
Which ESOC member was often painted as a dictator of the site by certain members? (1p)
H2O
27/44 got this one right. Other answers submitted more than once were Mr_Bramboy (4), Zoi (3), n0el (2) and Garja (2)
Fill in the blank: The [blank] crew had frequent altercations with moderators in ESOC's earlier years (1p)
basement
31/44 got this right
What is the single demand of the #modtheear movement? (1p)
To make fightinfrenchman a moderator
Amazingly, 6 people managed to get this one wrong. With 38/44 getting it right, it's tied with the Bernie Sanders fan question for easiest question on the quiz.
Which forum member holds the record of most AoE3 betting event victories? (1p)
Zoi/zoom
19/44 got this right
Which of these members were at some point moderating ESOC? (3p) (one point subtracted from the 3 for each missing selection and for each wrong one)
Garja
fightinfrenchman
Kaiserklein
Dolan
gibson
RefluxSemantic
princeofcarthage
(princeofcarthage and Dolan weren't official moderators, but did moderate the forums when they were on staff)
Between which two players was the final of the AoE3 LAN tournament in Manchester? (1p)
LordRaphael and diarouga
36/44 got this right
What is the second largest thread on ESOC as of June 2022? (1p)
The COVID thread
Only 5/44 got this right, making it the hardest question on the quiz. Other common guesses included the US politics megathread (which is the biggest), the memes thread (mostly by non-off-topic posters), freetalk friday, and the european politics thread.
What is the highest member rank on ESOC, unlocked upon reaching 10000 posts? (1p)
Ninja
23/44 got this right
In what city was the first ESOC meetup? (1p)
Chicago
20/44 got this right. 6 guessed Amsterdam, which was the second meetup, and 5 guessed Manchester
Which Norwegian forum member is an outspoken fan of Bernie Sanders? (1p)
iwillspankyou
38/44 got this right. Tied with the #modtheear question for easiest question on the quiz.
Under what username did iNcog create a new identity on ESOC? (1p)
kami_ryu
23/44 got this right
What game has Goodspeed been trying to convince everyone to play since ESOC's inception? (1p)
Go
34/44 got this right. Embarrassingly for me, 10 of you apparently didn't know this. I should double my efforts
The first ESOC couple was a romance between people of which two nationalities? (1p)
French and German
20/44 got this right. Many seem to have forgotten or never knew about Kaiserklein and QueenOfDestiny. The most common answer, barely edging out the correct answer, was American and Dutch (21/44).
Which forum member started the "ESOC crypto corner" thread? (1p)
Snuden
14/44 got this right
Which one of these members has NOT posted an apology thread as of June 14 2022? (1p)
SomppuKunkku
Hazza54321
SirCallen
fightinfrenchman
gibson
Who is the messiah of ESOC's unofficial religion? (1p)
Garja
Only 26/44 got this right. Spread the gospel!
Which ESOC member was alleged to be the founder of ISIS? (1p)
Jerom/momuu/RefluxSemantic
21/44 got this right
Describe in ~50 words what happened during the infamous "liebe" (2p) (below is duck's answer, which I thought was most concise)
Doctor dee one cee kay, boobs brigade, Gustav, cheddar, and the ear went to wildwood. The latter three were (allegedly) too loud at night, so doctor dee one cee Kay and boobs brigade left the hotel in the morning before the trip ended and demanded that the core basement posters pay for the hotel costs (they are thus commonly referred to as "the extortionists"
I think somewhere around 15-20 got the full points for this one, but I can't be bothered to read all of the answers again to verify. Interestingly though, both basement members who took the quiz got it wrong:
fightinfrenchman answered: I don't think I could even condense it to 500 words
evilcheadar answered: 4 friends had two shots and walked the boardwalk, what happened after would change history
