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Semi Irish Alphabet Sheep (Sheep at its most luxurious!) - THE REVEAL!!!!

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  • #502
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Had to sleep last night, so missed the end of this.

    Epic game and reveal Rikand, congrats EN, great win.
    Well done all


  • #503
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,357 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    davetherave wrote: »
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    Possibly my favourite answer of all in the game :D

    Brilliant!


  • #504
    cee_jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    There was some talk of "strategies" used for this. How did people go about putting together their answers?

    Given I finished in the bottom, my "strategy" of random allocation of first thing to come to mind is not recommended! I didn't answer in any order or sequence - I think I tried to answer the Irish questions first though.
    As for the Chewie rule - it took me a while for the implication of that to dawn on me :o


  • #505
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,528 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Ffs, I'm getting the hair dye ads today as well, and I only gave it as an answer by PM!


  • #506
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Ffs, I'm getting the hair dye ads today as well, and I only gave it as an answer by PM!

    Big Brother is everywhere... You only need to think it and they know...

    giphy.gif


  • #507
    ari101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    cee_jay wrote: »
    There was some talk of "strategies" used for this. How did people go about putting together their answers?

    As for the Chewie rule - it took me a while for the implication of that to dawn on me :o

    Not sure if this helps but it is what I tried:

    Brainstormed a few likely popular answers for each category and jot them down.
    From that I picked things I thought were too obvious not to have (Katy Taylor, river Shannon, Dublin city), locked in categories that had good use of less common letter (Ulster), or where there were minimal common choices I could think of (Iguana for lizard).

    After that it was just about trying to use all the letters in ways that were moderately common IMO, so I ticked off Venus and a few others, until the choices started to rule themselves out.

    After that I started playing swapsie with the ones I wasn't happy with, Obadiah remains ;)

    Chewbaccas only occurred to me when Rikand mentioned it in the reveal thread. I fear next time I will over think them entirely :D


  • #508
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    This was a brilliant reveal. I had to go to bed before it finished so it was nice to catch up this morning. Congrats to Electric Nitwit and thanks for running it, Rikand.


  • #509
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    cee_jay wrote: »
    There was some talk of "strategies" used for this. How did people go about putting together their answers?

    I looked up the value of Scrabble letter tiles, and started by finding answers for the highest-scoring letters first, my theory being they would be the hardest to think of

    Then I moved on to vowels, since they'd usually be in the middle of a word, I thought finding good answers starting with those letters might be the best next step

    I tried to answer the questions that had fewer potential answers (like the provinces, teeth and planets) as early as possible, because they'd be harder to correct later on

    After that, most of the answers just slotted in to place with the easier letters, and all that was needed were a few re-jigs :)


  • #510
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,357 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Definitely one question where the three answers that jumped out at me all started with the same letter. I went for one of them. Still...

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    :D

    Just noticed this! :D


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  • #511
    ari101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    HildaOgdenx wrote: »
    Just noticed this! :D

    Wonder if *he'd be up for picking my lotto numbers if *his predictions are usually this good ;)

    *replace pronouns if necessary :D


  • #512
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,381 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    HildaOgdenx wrote: »
    Just noticed this! :D
    ari101 wrote: »
    Wonder if *he'd be up for picking my lotto numbers if *his predictions are usually this good ;)

    *replace pronouns if necessary :D
    Ha ha, I'd love to call it a prediction but it was my usual pre-reveal bluster. There'd be countless examples of me saying the same and finishing nowhere :p


  • #513
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,543 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    My first wooden spoon :))
    So close on so many questions, but hey that’s the way it goes !


  • #514
    Rikand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    ari101 wrote: »

    Chewbaccas only occurred to me when Rikand mentioned it in the reveal thread. I fear next time I will over think them entirely :D

    goodgood-let-the-confusion-flow-through-you.jpg


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