The FOFC Mole Season 2: OFFICIAL GAME THREAD - Page 11

MJ4H · 09-11-2009, 09:47 AM

Decision time. Guess or roll again? Cost is lowering prize to $15k for rolling again.

MIJB#19 · 09-11-2009, 09:54 AM

That reminds me of one of Super Mario's enemies.

samifan24 · 09-11-2009, 10:32 AM

Unless someone can recognize it for sure I say we roll again. The problem is we likely won't need all of those rolls to make a guess.

Butter · 09-11-2009, 10:37 AM

Looks familiar... but it having teeth is throwing me off.

Poli · 09-11-2009, 10:40 AM

roll again.

Butter · 09-11-2009, 10:41 AM

Roll again.

claphamsa · 09-11-2009, 10:57 AM

looks stoned!

hoopsguy · 09-11-2009, 05:24 PM

I don't know it, but I'm not exactly a gaming savant these days. I guess we roll again.

BrianD · 09-12-2009, 08:31 AM

Roll again sounds good to me. I have not clue.

MJ4H · 09-12-2009, 09:17 AM

hoopsguy 1
Butter 3
MIJB 6
claphamsa 3
BrianD 3
samifan24 4
Poli 2

hoopsguy · 09-12-2009, 09:19 AM

Poli, want to work together to open F5?

hoopsguy · 09-12-2009, 09:21 AM

That would leave the option to open a 9 and a 10, probably somewhere in the E-G/2-3 range depending on where people wanted to go.

I'm up for other suggestions, but that (plus my move with Poli) was my first thought.

Poli · 09-12-2009, 09:27 AM

I can do that.

samifan24 · 09-12-2009, 10:51 AM

G3 would get my vote.

MIJB#19 · 09-12-2009, 01:36 PM

I'm not agreeing with the ideas to open more squares around the face that we already have. It seems pretty obvious to me that we're seeing a create and background from the Super Mario universe.

I'd be more interested in seeing what else is on the picture, to find out which game of the series it is, or which console it could be.

BrianD · 09-12-2009, 11:32 PM

Sami and Hoops, join with me for D2.

BrianD · 09-12-2009, 11:35 PM

MIJB, Clap, and Butter, why don't you all combine to open G8. I think we've got this one after these two moves.

hoopsguy · 09-13-2009, 12:11 AM

Brian, why do you think that D2 and G8 are optimal moves? G8 is not attached to anything - why is that a better spot to move than something connected to our existing removed pieces?

claphamsa · 09-13-2009, 06:38 AM

yeah, those dont make a ton of sense....

BrianD · 09-13-2009, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Brian, why do you think that D2 and G8 are optimal moves? G8 is not attached to anything - why is that a better spot to move than something connected to our existing removed pieces?

Because I think Mario is under one of them.

I'm pretty sure we are looking at Super Mario Galaxy.

hoopsguy · 09-13-2009, 08:32 AM

OK - I'm just wondering how we got from "nope - we don't know it" to "I bet this is Super Mario" without making an additional move. It looks like MIJB made a comment on it earlier, but no one responded to it at all and said "move again" but now we are taking shots at random spots on the board.

I'll go along with where the group wants to go, but this approach seems kind of strange to me.

samifan24 · 09-13-2009, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

MIJB, Clap, and Butter, why don't you all combine to open G8. I think we've got this one after these two moves.

I don't think we should make this move. It's random.

claphamsa · 09-13-2009, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

Because I think Mario is under one of them.

I'm pretty sure we are looking at Super Mario Galaxy.

ok... so you think you know what it is... but those specific spots? is this a published photo?

samifan24 · 09-13-2009, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

Because I think Mario is under one of them.

I'm pretty sure we are looking at Super Mario Galaxy.

If you thought you knew what it was we are looking at, why didn't you speak up earlier before we had to make another roll? I'm confused...

BrianD · 09-13-2009, 09:15 AM

It clicked late. If you want to go with safer moves, I'll go along with it.

MJ4H · 09-13-2009, 10:10 AM

Just scanned this and saw a couple of things that might constitute moves but I'm kind of sick and will be out for a bit. It would help if someone can let me know if there is an obvious move up there so I can knock it out quickly when I get home and get a few minutes.

Blech, bad bad allergies.

hoopsguy · 09-13-2009, 10:22 AM

I'm holding off on a move with my piece until we hear from MIJB as well. It seems like both him and Brian are on the same page in terms of game thoughts and wanting to move elsewhere. So I would like to see that conversation move a little bit before committing my action.

MIJB#19 · 09-13-2009, 11:40 AM

To me the face of the centered figure (classic enemy, don't know the name) and background (typical hill with a pipe line) all scream Super Mario universe, but I have no idea where to look at this board for more clues, nor am I familiar enough with console games of the past 15 or so years to have a more educated guess at which game. We could take a dozen random shots in the big grey areas and still find nothing.

Since we've already bought a new turn, I think BrianD has a good point in thinking we could find Mario in the bottom right corner. And then I'd prefer seeing us take 3 shots rather than 2...

But that's my 2 cents, we're with a 7-men group here.

BrianD · 09-13-2009, 01:10 PM

I hope this isn't meta-gaming, but I do know that there are often exemptions on the line during these challenges, so I'll comment that these might be E3 games.

MIJB#19 · 09-13-2009, 01:49 PM

Rules question: is it free ball to use google and try to find images that would help my case here?

MJ4H · 09-13-2009, 02:35 PM

I have no problem with that.

MIJB#19 · 09-13-2009, 03:27 PM

Try an image search for "Goomba", that should give you a picture of the Mario enemy we're looking at.

claphamsa · 09-14-2009, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Try an image search for "Goomba", that should give you a picture of the Mario enemy we're looking at.

ok I agree with this.... so its mario of some kind?

MIJB#19 · 09-14-2009, 02:07 PM

From the info I got so far, and supported by BrianD's comment, it seems like it's Super Mario Galaxy or Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Because of the roll already made, I'm kind of flipflopping in thinking it's a good idea to reveal some more of the 'Goomba' and make a more educated guess which version it is.

MIJB#19 · 09-15-2009, 03:23 PM

Alright guys, let's get this moving again.

Butter · 09-15-2009, 03:27 PM

It's not Super Paper Mario, is it? Whatever that is in C3 looks kinda flat...

hoopsguy · 09-15-2009, 07:24 PM

Wikipedia lists the Goomba's as appearing in:
1.) Super Mario World (original appearance)
2.) Paper Mario series (friendly characters in some cases)
3.) Super Smash Bros Melee (cameo)
4.) Super Smash Bros Brawl (cameo)
5.) Zelda: Link's Awakening (cameo)

I'm guessing it is neither of the last three, given that he appears to be prominently featured. So I think we take a shot with one of the first two on this list.

As far as where to put the pieces, I'm fine with either approach. If we want to take the BrianD approach we can take a shot at a specific square but I don't see how you would reach the conclusion that Mario would be in a specific spot. Or how it would help determine which of the top two games on this list would be our mystery title.

BrianD · 09-15-2009, 07:43 PM

I figure we are looking at an action shot. Either Mario is jumping off the block toward the Goomba, or the Goomba is chasing Mario. As to how it helps us even if we do find Mario...it probably doesn't matter. I think we are getting too specific again.

Butter · 09-16-2009, 06:38 AM

Good thing we decided to roll again.

claphamsa · 09-16-2009, 06:48 AM

so where do we go from here?

MIJB#19 · 09-16-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Wikipedia lists the Goomba's as appearing in:
1.) Super Mario World (original appearance)
2.) Paper Mario series (friendly characters in some cases)

So I think we take a shot with one of the first two on this list.

No way that's a Super Mario World shot, Goomba's in that game looked very different.

hoopsguy · 09-16-2009, 05:49 PM

OK, so since we have the moves lets make them and then put in a guess.

Is there any compelling reason to not just go ahead and put the moves near the stuff that is already exposed?

At this point I'll just go along with whatever someone else wants to do so we can proceed with our guess. It sounds like we are pretty much ready to make one ...

BrianD · 09-16-2009, 06:27 PM

I will combine with MIJB and Clap to open G4.

MIJB#19 · 09-16-2009, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

I will combine with MIJB and Clap to open G4.

I'm in.

claphamsa · 09-16-2009, 07:17 PM

MJ4H · 09-16-2009, 10:08 PM

hoopsguy 1
Butter 3
samifan24 4
Poli 2

samifan24 · 09-16-2009, 10:22 PM

How about G7 or E7? Something lower, where Mario might be, but without using up all our moves at once?

Butter · 09-17-2009, 06:34 AM

I would combine with hoops to open G7...

MIJB#19 · 09-19-2009, 04:09 AM

Back to page 1 you go, thread.

hoopsguy · 09-19-2009, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

I would combine with hoops to open G7...

I would rather do G5 unless you have a strong reason for wanting G7.

09-11-2009, 09:54 AM	#502
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	That reminds me of one of Super Mario's enemies. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-11-2009, 10:32 AM	#503
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Unless someone can recognize it for sure I say we roll again. The problem is we likely won't need all of those rolls to make a guess. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

09-11-2009, 10:37 AM	#504
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Looks familiar... but it having teeth is throwing me off. __________________ My listening habits

09-11-2009, 10:40 AM	#505
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	roll again. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

09-11-2009, 10:41 AM	#506
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Roll again. __________________ My listening habits

09-11-2009, 10:57 AM	#507
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	looks stoned! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-11-2009, 05:24 PM	#508
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	I don't know it, but I'm not exactly a gaming savant these days. I guess we roll again.

09-12-2009, 08:31 AM	#509
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Roll again sounds good to me. I have not clue.

09-12-2009, 09:17 AM	#510
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	hoopsguy 1 Butter 3 MIJB 6 claphamsa 3 BrianD 3 samifan24 4 Poli 2 __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

09-12-2009, 09:19 AM	#511
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Poli, want to work together to open F5?

09-12-2009, 09:21 AM	#512
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	That would leave the option to open a 9 and a 10, probably somewhere in the E-G/2-3 range depending on where people wanted to go. I'm up for other suggestions, but that (plus my move with Poli) was my first thought.

09-12-2009, 09:27 AM	#513
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	I can do that. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

09-12-2009, 10:51 AM	#514
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	G3 would get my vote. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

09-12-2009, 01:36 PM	#515
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	I'm not agreeing with the ideas to open more squares around the face that we already have. It seems pretty obvious to me that we're seeing a create and background from the Super Mario universe. I'd be more interested in seeing what else is on the picture, to find out which game of the series it is, or which console it could be. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-12-2009, 11:32 PM	#516
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Sami and Hoops, join with me for D2.

09-12-2009, 11:35 PM	#517
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	MIJB, Clap, and Butter, why don't you all combine to open G8. I think we've got this one after these two moves.

09-13-2009, 12:11 AM	#518
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Brian, why do you think that D2 and G8 are optimal moves? G8 is not attached to anything - why is that a better spot to move than something connected to our existing removed pieces?

09-13-2009, 06:38 AM	#519
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	yeah, those dont make a ton of sense.... __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-13-2009, 08:32 AM	#521
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	OK - I'm just wondering how we got from "nope - we don't know it" to "I bet this is Super Mario" without making an additional move. It looks like MIJB made a comment on it earlier, but no one responded to it at all and said "move again" but now we are taking shots at random spots on the board. I'll go along with where the group wants to go, but this approach seems kind of strange to me.

09-13-2009, 09:15 AM	#525
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	It clicked late. If you want to go with safer moves, I'll go along with it.

09-13-2009, 10:10 AM	#526
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Just scanned this and saw a couple of things that might constitute moves but I'm kind of sick and will be out for a bit. It would help if someone can let me know if there is an obvious move up there so I can knock it out quickly when I get home and get a few minutes. Blech, bad bad allergies. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

09-13-2009, 10:22 AM	#527
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	I'm holding off on a move with my piece until we hear from MIJB as well. It seems like both him and Brian are on the same page in terms of game thoughts and wanting to move elsewhere. So I would like to see that conversation move a little bit before committing my action.

09-13-2009, 11:40 AM	#528
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	To me the face of the centered figure (classic enemy, don't know the name) and background (typical hill with a pipe line) all scream Super Mario universe, but I have no idea where to look at this board for more clues, nor am I familiar enough with console games of the past 15 or so years to have a more educated guess at which game. We could take a dozen random shots in the big grey areas and still find nothing. Since we've already bought a new turn, I think BrianD has a good point in thinking we could find Mario in the bottom right corner. And then I'd prefer seeing us take 3 shots rather than 2... But that's my 2 cents, we're with a 7-men group here. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-13-2009, 01:10 PM	#529
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I hope this isn't meta-gaming, but I do know that there are often exemptions on the line during these challenges, so I'll comment that these might be E3 games.

09-13-2009, 01:49 PM	#530
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Rules question: is it free ball to use google and try to find images that would help my case here? __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-13-2009, 02:35 PM	#531
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I have no problem with that. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

09-13-2009, 03:27 PM	#532
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Try an image search for "Goomba", that should give you a picture of the Mario enemy we're looking at. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-14-2009, 02:07 PM	#534
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	From the info I got so far, and supported by BrianD's comment, it seems like it's Super Mario Galaxy or Super Mario Galaxy 2. Because of the roll already made, I'm kind of flipflopping in thinking it's a good idea to reveal some more of the 'Goomba' and make a more educated guess which version it is. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-15-2009, 03:23 PM	#535
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Alright guys, let's get this moving again. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-15-2009, 03:27 PM	#536
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	It's not Super Paper Mario, is it? Whatever that is in C3 looks kinda flat... __________________ My listening habits

09-15-2009, 07:24 PM	#537
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Wikipedia lists the Goomba's as appearing in: 1.) Super Mario World (original appearance) 2.) Paper Mario series (friendly characters in some cases) 3.) Super Smash Bros Melee (cameo) 4.) Super Smash Bros Brawl (cameo) 5.) Zelda: Link's Awakening (cameo) I'm guessing it is neither of the last three, given that he appears to be prominently featured. So I think we take a shot with one of the first two on this list. As far as where to put the pieces, I'm fine with either approach. If we want to take the BrianD approach we can take a shot at a specific square but I don't see how you would reach the conclusion that Mario would be in a specific spot. Or how it would help determine which of the top two games on this list would be our mystery title.

09-15-2009, 07:43 PM	#538
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I figure we are looking at an action shot. Either Mario is jumping off the block toward the Goomba, or the Goomba is chasing Mario. As to how it helps us even if we do find Mario...it probably doesn't matter. I think we are getting too specific again.

09-16-2009, 06:38 AM	#539
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Good thing we decided to roll again. __________________ My listening habits

09-16-2009, 06:48 AM	#540
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	so where do we go from here? __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-16-2009, 05:49 PM	#542
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	OK, so since we have the moves lets make them and then put in a guess. Is there any compelling reason to not just go ahead and put the moves near the stuff that is already exposed? At this point I'll just go along with whatever someone else wants to do so we can proceed with our guess. It sounds like we are pretty much ready to make one ...