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Uncommon card · Science
Allan Alcorn, an Uncommon card
Allan Edwin Alcorn is an American computer scientist and video game designer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Allan Alcorn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Allan Alcorn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for ______ Pong, one of the first video games.
Answer
creating. He is best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games. From the Allan Alcorn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
Answer
2000s. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. From the Allan Alcorn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Luciano Floridi. Luciano Floridi 64 · Allan Alcorn 60 · Ludvig Nobel 55 · Helipad 51 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games.
- In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Allan Alcorn article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Allan Alcorn
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Allan Alcorn in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ludvig NobelUncommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 35
- Matthias Jakob SchleidenUncommon · Science · ATK 58 DEF 32
- Volodar MurzinUncommon · Society · ATK 53 DEF 37
- BasketUncommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 38
- Fannie FarmerUncommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 34
- GAZ-3102Uncommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 30
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Allan Alcorn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : vonguard from Oakland, Nmibia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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