On my part...

So... who here likes rice? by Scapegrace on 2016-09-18 00:14:00 UTC Reply

Everybody likes rice. Especially starving people.

FreeRice.com is an organization that makes you answer quiz questions regarding, well, all sorts of things, really. For every question you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to the World Food Programme. I used to spend a lot of time doing it a while ago and then forgot about it until happy chance brought it back to my attention. And I think that might be true of a lot of people, so, with that in mind...

The PPC Rice Division is accepting applications.

Let's do some good. =]

Expand this post →

Most recent rice stats! by Scapegrace on 2016-09-21 18:16:00 UTC Reply

Total Donated (grains): 62,390
Total Donated (metric): 1,299.792 grams (3 d.p.)
Total Donated (imperial): 2.866 pounds (3 d.p.)
Total Donated (adult humans fed for a day): 3

Members: 12
Average Donation per Member: 5,199.2 grains

Top 5 Members:-
#1: Scapegrace (40,000)
#2: Iximaz (8,430)
#3: Akrinor (4,480)
#4: Huinesoron (3,860)
#5: Mattman The Comet (2,260)

Global group ranking (This Week): #55
Global group ranking (All Time): #6424

---

Congratulations to everyone! I'd particularly like to thank Akrinor, one of the Board's newbies, for showing up and consistently contributing so much. We've done a lot of good already. Let's keep going. =]

Expand this post →
Things I've discovered: by Huinesoron on 2016-09-21 14:43:00 UTC Reply

-I suck at famous quotes.
-I suck at literature.
-I am kind of rubbish at World Landmarks, not getting much above level 3/10.
-I am worryingly good at the German I haven't studied since 2008 - I hit level 10/10 (briefly, but I did).
-Most alarmingly of all, I'm apparently really good at guessing the artists of famous paintings. As in, I've never seen the paintings before, but go 'oh, that looks like a Monet', or 'that looks English, must be Turner'. I think I got to halfway through the levels before it turned into 'I have no idea who any of those are'. (My favourite: 'that looks evil, must be- yep, it's Bosch'.)

hS

Expand this post →

Meanwhile, I can flags good. =] (nm) by Scapegrace on 2016-09-21 17:49:00 UTC Reply

Me like English vocab. Me word good. (nm) by Iximaz on 2016-09-21 17:54:00 UTC Reply

Definitely true of me by DawnFire on 2016-09-21 14:36:00 UTC Reply

I even made an account in... first year university, I believe. I still have it, and even remember the login, so... *dons the mantle of Brightshadow--name changes are apparently impossible--and prepares to ~~duel~~ play*

~DF

A brief point: by Scapegrace on 2016-09-21 17:47:00 UTC Reply

Remember to play for the group! DF, you and Hardric are both on 0 in the group despite having played and donated. If you want to play for the group, go to the group page here and click the Play button on the top right-hand side. Go team! =]

On my part... by DawnFire on 2016-09-21 19:20:00 UTC Reply

...it's that I've played before joining the group and haven't played yet since joining. It's a good reminder, though, especially for someone like me who's never been in a group on this site before.

~DF

We've donated over one pound so far! (nm) by Iximaz on 2016-09-19 16:49:00 UTC Reply

To be precise... by Scapegrace on 2016-09-19 19:50:00 UTC Reply

These are the Rice Division's statistics at time of writing:-

---

Total Donated (grains): 41,330
Total Donated (metric): 861.042 grams (3 d.p.)
Total Donated (imperial): 1.898 pounds (3 d.p.)

Members: 8
Average Donation per Member: 5,166.25 grains

Top 5 Members:-
#1: Scapegrace (28,000)
#2: Iximaz (8,220)
#3: Mattman The Comet (2,000)
#4: DCCCV (1,480)
#5: doctorlit (1,130)

---

No, I don't have a life, however did you guess?

In any event, we've done really well, and we're closing in rapidly on the 1kg mark. The more people join, the more mouths our tiny little community can feed. =]

Expand this post →

WHat does "3 d.p." mean? (nm) by son_of_heaven176 on 2016-09-20 04:57:00 UTC Reply

Three decimal places. (nm) by Scapegrace on 2016-09-20 12:48:00 UTC Reply

One note: by Iximaz on 2016-09-18 01:19:00 UTC Reply

If you have an adblocker enabled, disable it for FreeRice since they pay for the rice in the first place through ad revenue.