More poker research - Lollipop

One of our interns (they are plentiful in LA) has been doing some preproduction research on lollipops as a possible addition to our selection of Pokers for our next update, and here are some interesting tidbits she found:

• lollipop maybe derived from a English dialect of the word lolly (tongue) and pop (slap).
• The word lolli might also have its roots in the Romany (Gypsy) word loli phaba, which means “red apples.” Incidently, a lollipop may have been at one point something like a candy apple instead of the hard candy treat we know today.
• There are lollipops that are used to deliver medicine like painkillers.
• Some are marketed as diet aids.
• There’s a Taiwanese Mandopop boyband called Lollipop.
• There’s also a German girl band called Die Lollipops along with an Italian girl band called Lollipop.
• Lil Wayne had a hit song called Lollipop last year.
• There’s a hors doeuvre made from a chicken wing or drumstick called “chicken lollipop.” We’re pretty sure Lumpy will think it’s “delish” if he tries one.

Poker research - Tazer

The QuitIt! staffers do lots of research into what gets aired on our show, and we mostly always do our due diligence.

One of the candidates in our Design a Poker Challenge was a Tazer, so we immediately dispatched one of our interns to research them. After several days of coffee fueled all-nighters, the intern came across this Tazer.

Judging by its specs, this Tazer thing sounds like overkill. Why would anyone need something like this? Who'd be crazy enough to want to get shot by something like this?

Oh, wait. Maybe... Like. These. People:

Our interns were giggling maniacally and creating quite a commotion in the office while watching the clip repeatedly. Lumpy quickly admonished them saying that lethal and non lethal weapons are serious business, and aren't a laughing matter. Lumpy is a pacifist, and he's all about educating the universe about resolving conflict through peaceful means.

But he also said if they had to taze someone, they should get lots of training and taze responsibly!

Afterwards, the intern who researched the Tazer asked, "So, this means this thing's gonna be in the next episode of QuitIt!, right?"

The intern has been dismissed.

By the way, if you want the Tazer to be included in our next update of QI!, make sure to vote! Based on the current standings, it's neck and neck between the Cow Brander and the Tazer!

Remember, the balance of power is in your mouse click!

A Very Special Lumpy PSA

After being informed about the current results of the Design a Poker Challenge Results Voting, Lumpy grew concerned over the status of the two stragglers in the bunch. There is one potential Poker that particularly perturbed him. Through a translator, Lumpy voiced this by saying “… plungers are essential tools in everyday life. Without plungers we’d be knee deep in it.”

In an attempt to help the plunger from peril, Lumpy wanted to bring you this very special Public Service Announcement.

The plunger bails you out of life, now bail out the plunger. Vote plunger!

Design a Poker Challenge Voting Update

Lumpy would like to remind our fans that the voting for our Design a Poker Challenge is still going on over at TouchArcade. We'll be announcing our results on Monday.

Here's a snapshot of how the voting is going at the moment:

The Cow Brander and the Tazer are running neck and neck. Hmm, Lumpy is getting a bit fidgety now...

If your choice is not in the lead, have your voice heard and vote now!

If you've voted already, thanks for helping us make QuitIt! a better app!

Design a Poker Challenge Voting!

Our lead dev guy Ben and the 2n Productions crew reviewed the poke-tastic responses we got from the TouchArcade forum's Design a Poker Challenge, and we've now posted a poll for everyone to vote on their favorite Poker design.

Lumpy says he would like to thank all the TouchArcaders who participated in the Challenge. But he also says he's a bit nervous about which Poker will win. The Lumpster asked Ben to include the Pillow that was suggested as one of the candidates for the poll, but his choice didn't make the cut.

Well, maybe you'll get your Pillow next time Lumpy!

Poke on over to TouchArcade and poke, poke, poke ...err...vote, vote, vote*!

* This doesn't mean we're encouraging people to vote multiple times. :)

Design a Poker Challenge @ TouchArcade

Our fearless lead dev guy Ben has unleashed the Design a Poker Challenge at TouchArcade.

Here's a section of the post from the B-man himself:

What I’d like to do is to involve everyone in helping to design one of the pokers that will go in the next version of QI!

Here’s the rough plan: Get a bunch of suggestions for pokers from everyone. We’ll then select what we feel are the best 5 ones based on comic payoff and implementation. Next, we’ll have a poll to narrow it down to one.

After we select the winning poker, we’ll keep you guys in the loop until we come up with the final version of the poker.

Feel free to offer up as many suggestions as you like.

Our general rule of thumb for a poker is that it can’t be too religious in nature or offensive to people. Also, we’ll have to pass on suggestions that we feel don’t fall within the humor and spirit of the app.

We want to use this as a trial run in learning how to interact with you, our audience. We want to figure out the best way to work with you as a team. For those of you who are actually developers, you know what I mean. Once we feel our way through this, we can try for more interesting ways of "audience participation" in future updates.

Poke on over to TA to join the fun!

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