Just One - Game Thread

kitten_k

Green&Red wrote: »

Tile is really throwing me off!

We have faith in you G&R

Mollyb60

I was Flanders. It was the first thing I thought of when I heard neighbour. Good Job Levar! I had a horrible moment of panic when I didn't get the other clues at first. I thought I had done it wrong.

Kolido

Reberetta wrote: »

Ladyskunk should just guess some random thing. Then sack her team.

Probably better off passing. Dont know why Im giving other teams hints.

Mollyb60

Woohoo, well done LeVar! Totoro was mine, and it's just as well I picked it because....

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I was Flanders. It was the first thing I thought of when I heard neighbour. Good Job Levar! I had a horrible moment of panic when I didn't get the other clues at first. I thought I had done it wrong.

....Flanders was the other option I considered going with. So even if you didn't know the Totoro reference I still chose the right one, as there would have only been two clues otherwise.

Reberetta

Kolido wrote: »

Probably better off passing. Dont know why Im giving other teams hints.

I forgot you lose a point for an incorrect answer.

Do I only get one guess?

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Do I only get one guess?

Yes, just the one guess.

If you want to put it in bold so I know it's your guess then you can:)

Necro

Necro wrote: »

Yes, just the one guess.

If you want to put it in bold so I know it's your guess then you can:)

I don't know how to do that on my phone. I'll just write GUESS

Necro

That's fine BuileBeag I will accept that

Ok I'm just gonna guess because honestly .. James and Saturn.. like what the heck is that?!?!

Right my thinking is the following....

James : James Bond

Saturn : Rings of Saturn.

Something to do with rings... Wedding ring? Gold ring on your finger... Tie that in with bond....


GUESS: GOLDFINGER.

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Ok I'm just gonna guess because honestly .. James and Saturn.. like what the heck is that?!?!

Right my thinking is the following....

James : James Bond

Saturn : Rings of Saturn.

Something to do with rings... Wedding ring? Gold ring on your finger... Tie that in with bond....


GUESS: GOLDFINGER.

Unfortunately that is incorrect.

The correct answer was: Peach

The duplicated clue you missed out on was: Princess

Which may have helped you a little more I think.

Reberetta

Good guess Builebeag.

I thought it was giant.

Giant planet. James and Giant Peach.

Awww yep princess would have helped. I LOVE MARIO! James and the giant peach then. Doh. What's the Saturn about though guys?

Also I'm so sorry! I failed you all!!!

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Reberetta wrote: »

Good guess Builebeag.

I thought it was giant.

Giant planet. James and Giant Peach.

Same.

Kolido

Unlucky Buile, my clue was princess. I was just going go fruit but thought it might duplicate.

For the 2 clues you had, that was a brilliant guess you put together.

Reberetta

Deleted User wrote: »

. What's the Saturn about though guys?

Google tells me that Saturn Peach is a thing. Hard luck, tough one.

Tauriel

I thought that one was sun.

I was thinking Jameson and the sun of Saturn.

quickbeam

I wouldn't have got that one. I just Googled. I'd never heard of a Saturn Peach before.

quickbeam

Trigger

Jeepers that was a toughie on the clues you had, I would have saying bond for James too..

Never heard of a Saturn Peach..

Reberetta

Sack your team Builebeag. Join Homer's Trigger Happy Rebels and Mollywood Stars. We're like the Lost Boys, only cooler

quickbeam

quickbeam wrote: »

Oooooh I call that a donut peach!

mustang shelly

mustang shelly wrote: »

I thought that one was sun.

I was thinking Jameson and the sun of Saturn.

Now if I'd thought of that I would have been sure I was right!!

tusk

I am very disgusted in myself :pac:

Trigger

tusk wrote: »

I am very disgusted in myself :pac:

I'm just surprised you got your clues in on time in fairness

Necro

For the rest of the clues I actually have a very good completion rate.

Just 6 people have yet to send on their remaining 7 clues.

Thanks for that folks, means we can likely keep this running at the same rate

Green&Red

ORANGE for us please

Necro

Green&Red wrote: »

ORANGE for us please

Correct!

(Sorry for lack of gifs, on phone in bed)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Green&Red wrote: »

ORANGE for us please

Did you ever figure out what Tile was? Guessed it was Orange from the rest of the clues, but Tile had me baffled.

Trigger

Deja Boo wrote: »

what do you mean no valid clues ? I followed the clue rules... and she didn't get an opportunity to guess from what we all sent in?

...this game makes no sense.

All the clues were duplicated I'd say so therefore invalid

Deja Boo

Deja Boo wrote: »

what do you mean no valid clues ? I followed the clue rules... and she didn't get an opportunity to guess from what we all sent in?

...this game makes no sense.

Think it just means that at least one of your fellow team-mates submitted the same clue, so it gets removed because your guesser only gets clues that aren't duplicated.

So either all four of you gave the same clue, or two of you gave one "same" and the other two gave a different "same".

Deja Boo

so she gets no clue...at all? ...seems odd.

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Deja Boo wrote: »

so she gets no clue...at all? ...seems odd.

Its the thing that makes the game interesting.

Essentially it means the Cluers are playing Peehs against the other players on their team, to avoid duplicating clues so that their guesser won't be left with nothing, which will ultimately make the clues more obscure for the guessers.

Deja Boo

ok, gotchya... ta lads

Trigger

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Its the thing that makes the game interesting.

Essentially it means the Cluers are playing Peehs against the other players on their team, to avoid duplicating clues so that their guesser won't be left with nothing, which will ultimately make the clues more obscure for the guessers.

Exactly, so the cluers really need to stay away from the easy enough clues as more than likely someone else will be thinking the same.

It makes giving the clues a game in itself and then hoping that the guesser has enough knowledge to put the obscure clues together.

I actually live this game :pac: wouldnt wish guessing in anyone though

lassykk

Green&Red wrote: »

ORANGE for us please

Good stuff G&R - Was hoping Tile wouldn't throw you off - interested to see what that meant myself too. I offered up Citrus in the hope that it wouldn't duplicate - My first thought was Fanta but I thought it might be too obvious

Electric Nitwit

Once LadySkunk miraculously pulls the answer from thin air* we can discuss what went wrong. Probably good to do that before we all submit the rest of the clues, in case we get a feel for the way we're each playing. I'm going to hazard a guess that I matched Shelly, and Deja and Duffers matched

*or passes, of course. But I'm aware of what I said about that :pac:

Clarabel

Wait you weren't supposed to submit all the clues together?

Mine are all in.

kitten_k

So who submitted tile? Mine was club

Electric Nitwit

Clarabel wrote: »

Wait you weren't supposed to submit all the clues together?

Mine are all in.

All the rest should go in now, I presume Necro was allowing the first by itself while we all got used to the game

So far Necro, great game! Despite our team getting savaged in the first round

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

All the rest should go in now, I presume Necro was allowing the first by itself while we all got used to the game

So far Necro, great game! Despite our team getting savaged in the first round

That's it exactly, once I update the spreadsheet this eve I think I'm only waiting on 4 people for all clues anyways, possibly less.

I'm glad it's being well received so far, pace is probably a bit slow but I think that's fair given the number of players and letting them have a chance to submit clues/guesses.

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

...pace is probably a bit slow but I think that's fair given the number of players and letting them have a chance to submit clues/guesses.

To be fair to LadySkunk, she's got a lot to consider - The Oxford English Dictionary contains entries for 171,476 words :pac:

Green&Red

Clarabel wrote: »

Wait you weren't supposed to submit all the clues together?

Mine are all in.

As a four you don't need to worry about this, we are such unique beings that there is no fear of duplicates

Tauriel

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

To be fair to LadySkunk, she's got a lot to consider - The Oxford English Dictionary contains entries for 171,476 words :pac:

The suspense is killing me :D

tusk

mustang shelly wrote: »

The suspense is killing me :D

get used to it,...................

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Trigger wrote: »

Exactly, so the cluers really need to stay away from the easy enough clues as more than likely someone else will be thinking the same.

It makes giving the clues a game in itself and then hoping that the guesser has enough knowledge to put the obscure clues together.

I actually live this game :pac: wouldnt wish guessing in anyone though

Really? I think its great fun being the guesser. Having to decipher the clues is a blast, and giving the guess in thread instead of via PM with everyone watching is a bit of a rush too. If we play again, it would be nice to give cluer a try, but think guesser is much more my style.

FYI, Homer's Trigger-Happy Rebels and Mollywood Stars, if I end up in the same position as LadySkunk at any stage with no clues to work with, my intention is to take a stab in the dark and pluck an answer out of thin air. Go big or go home, right?

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Once LadySkunk miraculously pulls the answer from thin air* we can discuss what went wrong. Probably good to do that before we all submit the rest of the clues, in case we get a feel for the way we're each playing. I'm going to hazard a guess that I matched Shelly, and Deja and Duffers matched

*or passes, of course. But I'm aware of what I said about that :pac:

Shall we take it as read that Skunkers is passing?

I'd quite like to know who clued what before submitting my remaining clues, but I'm aware I may be holding everything up

Tauriel

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Shall we take it as read that Skunkers is passing?

I'd quite like to know who clued what before submitting my remaining clues, but I'm aware I may be holding everything up

Has anyone PM'd her?

quickbeam

To avoid the situation Skunk finds herself in, can teams decide among themselves that one will pick an obvious clue and three will pick obscure ones? Or is that cheating?

Of course what might be obscure to some might be obvious to others and vice versa. So no guarantee that there won't still be duplicates. But maybe it's a strategy that could work.

Kolido

quickbeam wrote: »

To avoid the situation Skunk finds herself in, can teams decide among themselves that one will pick an obvious clue and three will pick obscure ones? Or is that cheating?

Of course what might be obscure to some might be obvious to others and vice versa. So no guarantee that there won't still be duplicates. But maybe it's a strategy that could work.

Maybe something mods could look at in future games. I have the idea of doing a rotating guesser if I ever run one of these.