I am in desperate need of help. I can't get into it, at all. No matter what I do, it says either that I'm a spammer, or that they don't recognize my answer.
The questions are:

What is the capital of Assyria?
&
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

For Unladen Swallow,

I think I've gotten the correct answer, which is "African or European", correct me if I'm wrong, but even just simply browsing the web, I can't seem to get the correct answer for the first question.

How do you sign up?

well the point of those questions are so that they have people join their website who know how to look things up. you have to google the answers.. geez..

Assyria
Country
Assyria was a major Semitic kingdom or empire of the Ancient Near East, existing in various forms during a period of approximately nineteen centuries from circa 2500 BC to 605 BC, spanning the Early Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age. Wikipedia
Capitals: Assur, Nineveh
Government: Monarchy

thanks for trying, but noopee.

so the answer was neither Assur or Nineveh?

Okay, I found the solution.
You have to sign up with a fake email,
and the answer to the first question:
Ninevah
the answer to the second:
African or European?

http://www.modthesims.info/archive/...p?t-463013.html

You don't need to sign up, just click the VIP area, go in and get what you need. You only need to sign up if you want to post. Do you really want to post there...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R3FvS4xr4

Some say, if you don't know how to sign up, you're not ready to sign up. Part of it is true, like, why would you want to sign up? Do you absolutely need to post without getting eaten?

Unfortunately MATY has a tendency to point and laugh at everyone who is not in the "in" crowd over there. I love Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I saw it when it first came out, but it's a 40 year old movie, in English. Its jokes are not going to be common knowledge to anyone in a different age group or a different culture who hasn't and probably never will see the movie. I'm afraid it's just part of the whole atmosphere over there, which is defined as "We know everything about the game but if you ask a question you're an idiot." I avoid the place except for a few downloads. It's useless.

If I were you, I wouldn't post anything there, pal.

I don't know. I don't post a lot over there, unless there is something worth posting, like bug reports, but noone has so far picked a fight with me, the only one who tried was banned shortly afterwards due to assholery, and I am definitely not part of the in-crowd. I read the rules and I lurked a lot and so it became quite clear what to do there and what not.
And when it comes to registering: although I know Monty Python I am not a native English speaker, so I didn't know the answers either and googled them. The only mistake I made at first was with the capital of Assyria (it isn't Niniveh), but registering wasn't something I remember with horror.

I especially like the fights with the grammar police, in particualr those that go on for days about some linguistic pernicketiness (had to look that up, nice word ) where the grammar police is just as wrong as the original poster. Those hours of entertainment are priceless and of course I don't post in those threads. Leave them ignorant for the sake of moar fight

Edit: BTW, the V.I.P area doesn't take you anywhere, just a prompt to sign in, and neither does the Free area (it gives access to Pescado's mods only). One needs a link to the forums. In fact I only recently discovered that there was some kind of "homepage" facade. I found my way into MATY via a link on MTS here that took me to the forums directly.

They don't like newbies unless you have something to contribute usually

I love it... I learned a new word today "assholery"

I did manage to be able to register and the only reason I did was because they made it so difficult to do so and I got super pissed off. Never posted at MATY (More Arrogant Than You)...but like you, love to lurk about and enjoy the "assholery" ... btw - Niniveh did work for me. It was the fake e-mail address that got me in LOL.

You mean you already knew "pernicketiness "? I'm impressed. I had to look that one up, too.

i've gotten chewed out by Bitch (Witch) for basically no reason

The VIP button takes you to the forums when you hit Submit (or Go or whatever it is).

Going to say I can access the whole thing from the VIP page-although I did sign up there years ago, so maybe that makes a difference. I've never posted or wish to post in a place where saying hi is some kind of drama.

I tend to lurk in the Sims 2 threads at times because Pescado has useful information, but I don't sign up because of the sarcastic rudeness of most of the members.

Bitch Witch would be a fantastic username and I am sorely tempted to use it next time I register somewhere.

Disagreeing with me won't change the fact that I'm right. You know who you are.

I think that someone bought disagree privileges in a bundle, because when I came back to this thread everyone up to Orilon had 1 additional disagree. Those who had some before got one more and those who didn't have any got their first one then.

Edit: and just after typing this the rest of the posts got theirs, too.

Edit2: See? Now I've got mine. One minute later.

It's really childish whoever does that.

So it's either someone from MATY or someone who hates them with a passion. I think both parties can be found here on MTS.

Or maybe it's a Doilyrific Diabolical Disagreer?

Let's be honest here, it takes a certain wit to use sarcasm in such a way where it becomes amusing; any toad from the bottom of the pond can be rude.

Furthermore, when I saw the title of this thread I thought it might possibly be a Sims 3 Competition for people with a taste for masochism or at the very least a penchant for ritual humiliation - the one who can stand the most pigtail pulling, pointing and 'head in a flushing Bargain John' torture wins a nice badge and a bag of toffee.