The Mystery Building Game

[MayorVieira 1]

the mystery building game

E n t e r t a i n i n g  S i m t r o p o l i s  s i n c e  2 0 0 3

 

   

 

 

We're back! We lost our original topic, but with the help of some dedicated players we got our scoreboard back to where it was... thanks raindog, mies and simwario. Without further ado, let me explain the way the game works. If you're not familiar with it, please take your time to read this:

 

 

In each round I'll post a picture of a building somewhere in the world. Your goal is to try and guess its location and name, and you'll be awarded points in the game's scoreboard when succesful.

 

RULE #1: your guess can include the country*, city and building name. You might guess only the country; the country and the city; or you can try a complete guess. You can guess two countries/ cities/ buildings per post.

 

RULE #2: when can you guess again? You must respect a 5-hour wait between your guesses. However, everyone's allowed to guess after I post a new picture or a hint (confirmation of correct country or city guesses are considered to be hints). Hints, by the way, will be posted after 10 wrong guesses.

 

RULE #3: whenever someone gets 3 buildings in a row, that person is out for one round. This rule was created in an attempt to make the game more challenging to everyone by avoiding huge differences in the scoreboard. If you'd like to see a specific building in MBG, that's the time to request it. If you're out of the round, I'll post the building you suggested in it. Just PM me as soon as you post your possible 3rd consecutive right guess.

 

Additional rules:  don't spam, don't edit your posts, don't guess continents, be respectful.

* in your country guesses, some details are to be observed:

UK or Great Britain are invalid guesses (guess either England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).

The Vatican City is not in Italy (at least in this game). Your country guess should be Vatican. 

 

 

Now, let me tell you how our scoreboard works:

You'll get 2 points for a correct country guess, 3 for the city and 5 for the building name. Complete answers are awarded with 2 extra points.

 

Enjoy!

[MayorVieira 1]

 

 

SCOREBOARD BETTER VIEWED AT 1024X768

 

So far, we visited 123 buildings located in 102 cities, in 52 different countries.

(buildings featured in the Mystery Building Live event not counting)

 

 

   Mystery Building Game Hall of Fame:

 

01- mies ............................................................... MBG1 winner

02- erka ............................................................ MBG1 runner-up

03- The_Dalai_Llama ................................................. MBG1 3rd place

04- hello_SC4 ....................................................... MBGLive winner

 

 

   Mystery Building 2 scoreboard:

 

01- mies .................................................................. 107 pts.

02- hello_SC4 .............................................................. 20 pts.

03- simwario ............................................................... 19 pts.

04- Treinreiziger .......................................................... 17 pts.

05- raindog ................................................................ 16 pts.

06- flrscf ................................................................. 15 pts.

07- erka ................................................................... 12 pts.

08- RobledoRessainance/ K_m_H/ Skyfire2275 ................................. 08 pts.

11- GingerBlokey/ van1357/ amal81 .......................................... 05 pts.

14- Zza Xsaru/ beesbees/ simmax/ Monteferro................................. 02 pts.

 

 

   The one-against-all aternative scoreboard:

 

01- Everyone .............................................................. 146 pts.

02- mies .................................................................. 107 pts.

 

   Buildings List:

 

001- Podsreda Castle, Podsreda, Slovenia ................................. hello_SC4

002- Church of St. George of the Greeks, Famagusta, Cyprus .................... mies

003- National Library, Thimpu, Bhutan ......................................... mies

004- Parliament, Ottawa, Canada ............................................... mies

005- La Clerecía, Salamanca, Spain ................................... Treinreiziger

006- Lakshmi Nayaran Temple, Delhi, India ............................ Treinreiziger

007- Palácio Quitandinha, Petrópolis, Brazil ............................... raindog

008- Oskar Fredriks Kyrka, Gothemburg, Sweden ................................ K_m_H

009- Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand ............................. simwario

010- Las Monjas, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico .................. RobledoRessainance

011- Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia, Spain .......................................... mies

012- Wildflower Hall, Shimla, India ........................................... mies

013- Signal Box, Basel, Swizerland ............................................ erka

014- Selfridges, Birmingham, England .................................. GingerBlokey

015- Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam ............................... mies

016- Leça Swimming Pools, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal .......................... mies

017- Mercado Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil ........................ erka

018- Chiesa dei SS Pietro e Paolo, Rome, Italy ................................ mies

019- Victory Arch, Paghman, Afghanistan ....................................... mies

020- Pierhead Building, Cardiff, Wales ........................................ mies

021- ING House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands .................................. flrscf

022- Krause Music Store, Chicago, USA ......................................... mies

023- Las Bóvedas, Cartagena, Colombia .................................. Skyfire2275

024- Craven Cottage, London, England ........................................ amal81

--------------------------- MYSTERY BUILDING GAME 1 LIST ---------------------------

001- ...................................................... Campidoglio, Rome, Italy

002- .................................................. Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan

003- .................................................. Hanging Church, Cairo, Egypt

004- .................................................... La Giralda, Sevilla, Spain

005- ......................................... Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

006- ................................. Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, USA

007- ............................................. Palais des Papes, Avignon, France

008- ....................................................... MASP, São Paulo, Brazil

009- ............................................ Royal Pavillion, Brighton, England

010- ..................................... Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, USA

011- ................................... Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, France

012- ................................................. Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain

013- .................................................... Great Mosque, Djenné, Mali

014- ..............................................Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China

015- ................................. Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia

016- ............................. Church of Our Lady of Týn, Prague, Czech Republic

017- ........................................... Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

018- ...................................... Metropolitan Cathedral, Brasília, Brazil

019- ................................ Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, England

020- ..................................................... Robie House, Chicago, USA

021- .......................................... Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi, India

022- ................................ Chiesa di San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Rome, Italy

023- ........................................ Convento de Santo Domingo, Cuzco, Peru

024- ................................................. Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal

025- .............................................. Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand

026- ....................................... Museo de la Revolución, La Habana, Cuba

027- ................................................... Palais Royal, Paris, France

028- .......................................... Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA

029- .................................................. The Monastery, Petra, Jordan

030- ........................................... Igreja do Carmo, Ouro Preto, Brazil

031- ................................................... Lions Gate, Mycenae, Greece

032- ............................................. The Cloisters, New York City, USA

033- ............................................... Bet Giorgis, Lalibela, Ethiopia

034- ............................................. Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz, France

035- ....................................... Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay

036- ..................................................... Aldona Church, Goa, India

037- ........................... Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

038- ........................................... Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland

039- .......................................... Galleries Lafayette, Berlin, Germany

040- ............................................ Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, USA

041- ....................................................... YMCA, Jerusalem, Israel

042- ............................. Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, New Caledonia

043- ............................................... MCA Building, Sydney, Australia

044- .......................................... Santa Cruz Fortress, Niterói, Brazil

045- ................................................ Pirelli Building, Milan, Italy

046- ............................................... Forum Les Halles, Paris, France

047- ............................................... City Hall Complex, Tokyo, Japan

048- ......................................... Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago, Chile

049- ..................................... Elevador de Santa Justa, Lisbon, Portugal

050- ............................................... Chiswick House, London, England

051- ......................................... Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco

052- ............................... St. Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia

053- .............................................. Chiat/ Day Building, Venice, USA

054- ....................................... Brignole Railway Station, Genova, Italy

055- ............................... Marie Reine du Monde Basilica, Montréal, Canada

056- .............................................. Il Palazzo Hotel, Fukuoka, Japan

057- ....................................... Jim Thompson's House, Bangkok, Thailand

058- ..................................... Panteón de los Héroes, Asunción, Paraguay

059- ................................................. Custom House, Dublin, Ireland

060- .................................. Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

061- ....................................... Ginger and Fred, Prague, Czech Republic

062- .............................................. Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel

063- ........................................ Catedral de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain

064- ........................................... El Bahia Palace, Marrakech, Morocco

065- .............................................. Galarus Oratory, Dingle, Ireland

066- ............................. Église St. Jean-Baptiste, St. Jean de Luz, France

067- ......................................... National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, USA

068- ................................................. Torre del Oro, Sevilla, Spain

069- ............................................. Sandamani Paya, Mandalay, Myanmar

070- ............................................... Wotruba Kirche, Vienna, Austria

071- .................................................... Carré D'Art, Nîmes, France

072- ........................................ Cymbalista Synagogue, Tel Aviv, Israel

073- .............................................. MIT Simmons Hall, Cambridge, USA

074- .......................................... Chiesa di San Pietro, Perugia, Italy

075- .................................................. Gran Teatro, La Habana, Cuba

076- .............................................. Mexican Embassy, Berlin, Germany

077- ................................ Iglesia de Santa Maria de Loreto, Achao, Chile

078- ......................................... Palacio Miramar, San Sebastián, Spain

079- ................................ Torre de los Ingleses, Buenos Aires, Argentina

080- ............................................. Ataturk Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey

081- .......................................... Chiesa di San Giorgio, Modica, Italy

082- ............................................ Pineapple Folly, Dunmore, Scotland

083- ................... Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco, Salvador, Brazil

084- ................................... Hotel Schloss Dürnstein, Dürnstein, Austria

085- ................................................. Hotel Europe, Nagasaki, Japan

086- ................................. Antiguo Faro, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

087- ......................................... Caminhos de Ferro, Maputo, Mozambique

088- .......................................... Central Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

089- ...................................... Church of St. Therapon, Mytilene, Greece

090- ...................................... Igreja de São Francisco, Évora, Portugal

091- ..................................................... Grand Mosque, Nizwa, Oman

092- ...................................... Sede della Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy

093- ................................ Flour and Grain Exchange Building, Boston, USA

094- ......................... German Evangelic Lutheran Church, Swakopmund, Namibia

095- ........................................... Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA

096- ................................................ Customs House, Shanghai, China

097- ......................................... Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland

098- .......................................... Teatro D. Maria II, Lisbon, Portugal

099- ................................... Parliament Library, Wellington, New Zealand

100- ........................................................ Mystery Building Live*

*featured 25 buildings sorted in 5 different categories                             

[MayorVieira 1]

Say hello to Mystery Building #11:

 

 

So far, we know that the building is located in Spain. Zza Xsaru got the 2 country points in this round.

[The_Dalai_Llama 15]

Somewhere in Alicante or Cartagena?

 

And I'm kind of disappointed to see the original thread disappear like that.  MCUS and MCW are gone, too, but luckily Vatt and I started over.

 

I think we should have been given prior notice, but I don't think it harmed the game.  Oh well.

[Zza Xsaru 0]

Is the building in Toledo?

[hello_SC4 1]

okay, I'm going for Cordoba

[simwario 95]

Maybe in Granada?

[MayorVieira 1]

Date:6/30/2004 11:32:37 PM
Author:The_Dalai_Llama

Somewhere in Alicante or Cartagena?

 

And I'm kind of disappointed to see the original thread disappear like that.  MCUS and MCW are gone, too, but luckily Vatt and I started over.

 

I think we should have been given prior notice, but I don't think it harmed the game.  Oh well.

quote>

Same here, Dalai... it was sad to realise that my thread was gone. I for one am gonna keep an updated backup of the game's scoreboard from now on, just in case.

I noticed most forum games in Simtropolis allow two guesses per post, unlike MBG. This causes confusion and people often make two guesses in their posts here (check the above quote). For that reason, I decided to make a slight change in the rules: two guesses are allowed per post in MBG. This new rule is effective from the mystery building #12 on.

[hello_SC4 1]

Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

[Yellowlab 11]

Alicante?

[mies 0]

Valencia?

[simwario 95]

Las Palmas?

[Zza Xsaru 0]

Hmm, is it in Jerez?

[mies 0]

Sevilla?

[simwario 95]

Murcia?

[mies 0]

Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia, Spain.

 

Great architect, Santiago Calatrava!

[raindog 4]

wow, that is an amazing wine cellar.
see here for some info I found about it (ofcourse after Mies named the building): Calatrava/winecolor>

thanks for showing us these buildings. And so you learn everyday.

[MayorVieira 1]

Congratulations, mies. Right city, right building. It is indeed Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia, Spain. You get 8 points for that.

 

This building was designed by the famous spanish architect Santiago Calatrava as a winery complex.

It was built between 1998 and 2000 in La Rioja, a tradicional wine production region in Spain.

The roof shape resembles the surrounding mountains.

 

 

Say hello to Mystery Building #12:

 

 

Attention: the rule change announced a few posts above is now effective.

[masher 3]

Somewhere in Sweden?

[simwario 95]

Austria or Slowakia?

[mrclean 0]

Romania or Germany?

[Yellowlab 11]

Hmm...I will guess Bulgaria or Albania

[erka 0]

France or Switzerland

[mies 0]

It looks a tiny bit like Hrad Ka

[Jim 6]

I'll go with Germany

[RobledoRessainance 36]

Probably Andorra, or Italy.

[hello_SC4 1]

Liechtenstein or France?

[Meg 368]

Locarno or Geneva

[MayorVieira 1]

Hint:

Surprise, surprise! This building isn't located in Europe...

[The_Dalai_Llama 15]

Russia or maybe Tajikistan?