| 20 FEB 2006 at 10:49pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (20 FEB 2006 10:32pm)
The Flight of the Amazon Queen shot was very sneaky. It had me looking for games with monks and wizards.
that was my favorite one last week! loved all the discworld guesses too!
on the other hand, i rarely regret a picture i post, but i did regret the 80 days one... i should have gotten a different one... :-/
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| 20 FEB 2006 at 11:15pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Do you mean you would have picked one from another game or another shot from 80 Days? I didn't guess it correctly, but with 20/20 hindsight, I can see that it does reflect the ornate style of the game.
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| 20 FEB 2006 at 11:42pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | another sshot from 80 days
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| 21 FEB 2006 at 2:31pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Syberia is always easy to guess if you wait until the last day.
Should have guessed FotAQ and probably The Dark Eye as I played to that point.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 27 FEB 2006 at 4:10pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | i think shany has now secured her place in the top 5 after the great 2 double-pointers in the 1.5 section! one of those rare weeks when someone scores more pts than bastich!!!
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| 27 FEB 2006 at 4:52pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | I was sure Bastich would find them too since he said he was playing freeware games recently, but they were both pretty obscure titles.
Though I was sure more people would remember The Butler Did It.
I know I won't be so lucky this week though...
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| 27 FEB 2006 at 5:21pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | [smiley=doh.gif] The thumping sound you hear is me kicking myself very hard. The Butler Did It is one I wrote down as a possibility for number 10, but at 4:00 A.M. this morning, I decided not to go with it. I was way off with the other 4 I missed, but that one hurts. Note to self: Play Zork Nemesis before the next tournament.)
Congratulations on a great week, Shany! You really did well with those. [smiley=thumbup.gif]
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 27 FEB 2006 at 5:41pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | Thanks!
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| 27 FEB 2006 at 7:06pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Shany, you are the Indie Goddess! [smiley=bowdown.gif]
And I claim the copyright to that name-change, if it's coming up now!
Kidding.
I want to join LK... *SLAP*
That was the sound my head makes...this was a week of bad misses...
First of all: RTMI...sneaky shot
Then: Simon 2 (I should have been reminded by the looks of it...totally forgot about Simon)
And Obsidian: I had only one guess left and many candidates. I went for the wrong one...
Plus, the two Indie games could have been guessed, because I saw both of them just recently...argh.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 6 MAR 2006 at 3:38pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | tough week huh? but i liked it and it worked exactly like i wanted it to! first of all, i really like seeing different ppl making double-pointers, and there were two this week: wimli and ragfox... as a result, wimli moved up in the top 10 and ragfox is now reclaiming a place in the top 5! in general, places 5-10 have become very interesting right now... also, i told elfstone once that no matter how often he makes a "the pawn" guess, when the game is actually there he will not guess it!
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| 6 MAR 2006 at 4:21pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | I missed out on two guesses - Broken Sword and Duckman. Both I recognized the animation style but couldn't find proof.
This week is also tough. I recognized no. 1 and then just kept scrolling down to see if there's anything I know...
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| 6 MAR 2006 at 7:48pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | [smiley=shaking_head.gif][sigh] This was my worst week so far with only 3 out of 10. I guessed some of the right games but for the wrong pictures. However, I did get The Pawn. (Go easy on the head thwacking, Elfstone.) Nice job, Wimli and Ragfox!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 7 MAR 2006 at 3:44am |
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Status : Offline | This was one week I REALLY wanted to break my handicap. I knew #10 was either Overseer or Pandora Directive but wasn't willing to gamble on either guess. Likewise, I was POSITIVE the dog was from a Law & Order game, but I didn't know which one.
I was completely fooled by Duckman though. I thought it was some amateur game or something. I knew I had seen it before though, which annoyed me all week long. Why was I familiar with some amateur game I kept asking myself? Well, because it wasn't one... LOL!
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| 7 MAR 2006 at 4:38pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Bastich (7 MAR 2006 3:44am)
This was one week I REALLY wanted to break my handicap. I knew #10 was either Overseer or Pandora Directive but wasn't willing to gamble on either guess. Likewise, I was POSITIVE the dog was from a Law & Order game, but I didn't know which one.
I was completely fooled by Duckman though. I thought it was some amateur game or something. I knew I had seen it before though, which annoyed me all week long. Why was I familiar with some amateur game I kept asking myself? Well, because it wasn't one... LOL!
i was really surprised that you didn't guess duckman and pandora... i was actually pretty sure that you would be ruining wimli's and ragfox's double-pointers!
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| 10 MAR 2006 at 8:42pm |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (6 MAR 2006 3:38pm)
tough week huh? but i liked it and it worked exactly like i wanted it to! first of all, i really like seeing different ppl making double-pointers, and there were two this week: wimli and ragfox... as a result, wimli moved up in the top 10 and ragfox is now reclaiming a place in the top 5! in general, places 5-10 have become very interesting right now... also, i told elfstone once that no matter how often he makes a "the pawn" guess, when the game is actually there he will not guess it!
Well, I had to do something for my come back. Hadn't been able to participate for the last 2,5 weeks due to lots of work and switching between old and new computer. What better way to get back than with a double pointer. I was kinda surprised that it happened with Duckman though. I have't played the game myself, but whenever I see a screen shot featuring low resolution graphics, I always think of Duckman! : If I'm not mistaken it featured a resolution of 320x200 when 640x480 had already been the norm for a long, long time. Of course I hadn't the same problem as Shany or Bastich: I don't have to deal with the doubt whether these shots come from indie games, I've never played one before. I don't even have enough time to keep up with commercial releases.
Oh, and I'm soooo glad I got the The Pawn shot! I think I used that one nearly EVERY week for the last three tournaments.
Originally Posted By Lady_Kestrel (6 MAR 2006 3:38pm)
Nice job, Wimli and Ragfox!
Thanks Lady K! You're not doing so bad yourself. Keep it up! It's players like you we need to stop Discordance from having too many double pointers.
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| 13 MAR 2006 at 4:25pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | That was a good week, or should I say it was a good day.
Last minute guesses aplenty.
Dogday's style could have been recognised...but...The Mistery of Castle Wildenburg? And Bastich guessed that? So it's not an amateur game, I guess? Looks crazy.
Mystery of the Druids...no way I would have guessed that, I don't even remember the full shot...
This week, I think I can make guesses at 4 or 5 on first glance and one seems very familiar...we'll see about that. I don't think I will lose the position I have right now...it's my new favorite place!
Too bad that Jerry isn't playing any more, motivating me to stay ahead of him. :
Hold on...who is Ragfox?
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 13 MAR 2006 at 4:43pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (13 MAR 2006 4:24pm)
That was a good week, or should I say it was a good day.
Last minute guesses aplenty.
no, you should say good minute! those guesses were the definition of "last minute"... i got the pm exactly at 9:00! (ie 3 pm gmt)
Dogday's style could have been recognised...but...The Mistery of Castle Wildenburg? And Bastich guessed that? So it's not an amateur game, I guess? Looks crazy.
Mystery of the Druids...no way I would have guessed that, I don't even remember the full shot...
i'd say wildenburg is the 2nd most obscure game to appear on this tourney after imprisoned gods! now about bastich... after i got his guess i emailed him a rant that this is not possible for him to have guessed an indie, freeware (online no less) game like that, and he explained that he had just followed a link from a post in the quandary forum about it! like it wasn't enough that he can recognize 99.5% of the games, he's got luck on his side too! :
Hold on...who is Ragfox?
beats me! as opposed to the halloween tourney, where i knew everyone's aliases, here, if someone from the forum decided to use an alias, they could very well not tell me! that's what bastich did, but he couldn't resist guessing 10/10 with 100% accuracy every week, so that pretty much gave him away! i do know another forum member that plays with an alias too though!
btw, in general i cannot believe how few correct guesses there were compared to how easy this week was... i thought that this week would be a wild point grabber, but i was apparently mistaken! :
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| 13 MAR 2006 at 11:23pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Well, I'm irked at myself. Not only did I miss a favorite like Riddle of the Sphinx, I was going to guess Temujin for number ten.....and forgot all about sending it in.
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| 14 MAR 2006 at 1:14am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I didn't think this week was particularly easy. Although my results were decent, everything seemed to come in dribs and drabs. I can't tell you how many pairs of statues' feet I looked at before it dawned on me that they were from ROTS.
The Mystery of Castle Wilkenburg is a new one for me, but it looks like it might be fun to play. I also didn't come close with Dog Day and Wonderland.
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-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 14 MAR 2006 at 2:02am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya (13 MAR 2006 4:43pm)
no, you should say good minute! those guesses were the definition of "last minute"... i got the pm exactly at 9:00! (ie 3 pm gmt)
Are you sure you got your time right? I definitely sent it about 10 minutes earlier...could have taken unusually long though for some reason.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 14 MAR 2006 at 2:22am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (14 MAR 2006 2:02am)
Are you sure you got your time right? I definitely sent it about 10 minutes earlier...could have taken unusually long though for some reason.
Today at 10:00am! that's what the pm says (10 am is ja time)
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| 14 MAR 2006 at 8:43pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya (14 MAR 2006 2:22am)
Originally Posted By Elfstone (14 MAR 2006 2:02am)
Are you sure you got your time right? I definitely sent it about 10 minutes earlier...could have taken unusually long though for some reason.
Today at 10:00am! that's what the pm says (10 am is ja time)
Indeed. Hm. Maybe JA time is wrong?
Well, it was in time.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 14 MAR 2006 at 8:58pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | I'm mad at myself for not guessing Gabriel Knight 1. Seeing how many people guessed it correctly and I forgot to guess it.
I'm also mad at myself for forgetting Dogday had an arcade... I only remembered about the Feeble Files' arcade.
As for Mystery at Castle Wildenburg - I should've known better and played every new freeware game advertised on the forum... this is how I got Frasse and the Peas of Kejick right.
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| 15 MAR 2006 at 12:23am |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Shany (14 MAR 2006 8:58pm)
I'm also mad at myself for forgetting Dogday had an arcade... I only remembered about the Feeble Files' arcade.
Yeah, that one made me think of Feeble Files too! Not of Dogday though, a game I have actually played for some time. Never got very far with it though. :-/
And I can slap myself for missing Indiana Jones. ok, haven's played it yet, but how many games play in that time period and could feature a car like that? Couldn't shrug off my first idea for that pic (Laura Bow 2).
Oh, and Wonderland! Another fiasco! I actually guessed it for nr. 9! Thought about reusing for 8, but decided against it, thinking 8 was from some indie game, while 9 was actually the indie!. Triple Aaargh! :
Aya must have been amused with all this.
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