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'''Chicken''', also called '''buzzer chicken''' or '''playing (against) the packet''', is a game-within-a-game played by competent quizbowl players. In this game, a player recognizes the most obvious answer from a clue or set of clues, and then must decide whether or not to buzz.  Games of chicken are very common at tournaments where the difficulty is highly variable within and between packets, or at tournaments where a majority of good questions are combined with a critical mass of bad ones.  [[Hose|Hoses]] and [[transparency|transparent]] questions increase the likelihood of games of chicken exponentially.
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'''Chicken''', also called '''buzzer chicken''' or '''playing (against) the packet''', is a game-within-a-game. In this game, players recognize the most obvious answer from a clue or set of clues and then must decide whether or not to buzz.
  
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Teams that assume that they should wait for uniquely identifying clues they know may be disappointed when the other team buzzes in with the obvious answer and gets points, while more aggressive teams may be disappointed when the packet was not as easy as they thought. In most [[good quizbowl|good]] tournaments, a team can change its strategy to become more aggressive or more passive depending on how hard or easy the questions appear to be. Games of chicken occur when there is no clear indicator that a team should change its strategy. [[Jerry Vinokurov]] is known to have exclaimed, "The packet wins again!" after losing battles with the packet through games of chicken, even if his team's superior knowledge base still allowed his team to beat his opponent.
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Games of chicken are very common at tournaments where the difficulty is highly variable or at tournaments with a critical mass of [[Hose|hoses]], [[transparency|transparent]] questions, or just plain bad questions. In most [[good quizbowl|good]] tournaments, a team can change its strategy to become more aggressive or more passive depending on how hard or easy the questions appear to be - games of chicken occur when there is no clear indicator on how a team should adapt.
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[[Jerry Vinokurov]] is known to have exclaimed, "[[The packet wins again!]]" after losing battles with the packet through games of chicken, regardless of the final outcome.
  
 
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Revision as of 00:22, 10 December 2020

Chicken, also called buzzer chicken or playing (against) the packet, is a game-within-a-game. In this game, players recognize the most obvious answer from a clue or set of clues and then must decide whether or not to buzz.

Games of chicken are very common at tournaments where the difficulty is highly variable or at tournaments with a critical mass of hoses, transparent questions, or just plain bad questions. In most good tournaments, a team can change its strategy to become more aggressive or more passive depending on how hard or easy the questions appear to be - games of chicken occur when there is no clear indicator on how a team should adapt.

Jerry Vinokurov is known to have exclaimed, "The packet wins again!" after losing battles with the packet through games of chicken, regardless of the final outcome.

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