The FOFC Mole Season 2: OFFICIAL GAME THREAD - Page 9

MJ4H · 08-29-2009, 04:37 PM

Right.

MIJB#19 · 08-30-2009, 04:29 AM

So the idea is to keep rebuying until we know for sure what we're looking at?
Not agreeing or disagreeing, just trying to understand the logic of the game here.

MIJB#19 · 08-31-2009, 09:51 AM

bumptidumptibump.

MJ4H · 08-31-2009, 09:58 AM

I was a little unsure if the previous posts constituted "conversation" according to hoopsguy, but if no one objects, I'm going to open B7 in a couple of hours.

samifan24 · 08-31-2009, 10:17 AM

Sorry I went out of town and couldn't check the thread over the weekend. Looks like I didn't miss much though.

hoopsguy · 08-31-2009, 10:37 AM

OK, lets run B7.

MJ4H · 08-31-2009, 10:49 AM

So far this game has been at a much more relaxed pace than last season's game. I don't think that is necessarily bad.

MJ4H · 08-31-2009, 10:49 AM

I should have time at lunch to post the new picture by the way. Class about to start here.

MJ4H · 08-31-2009, 11:45 AM

Options: Guess or Purchase New Turn. New Turn will cost $7500 from the $25,000 prize you would win for guessing (not out of the current group pot).

BrianD · 08-31-2009, 01:07 PM

Not sure about the rest of you, but I have no idea what this could be. I vote for a new turn.

Poli · 08-31-2009, 01:24 PM

I'm for a new turn...but I'm firm on that's some sort of creature in a seat. By the top portion of the screen, I believe it's a plane...if that's a white cloud up there.

samifan24 · 08-31-2009, 02:32 PM

New turn. And I think they're on a boat.

hoopsguy · 08-31-2009, 02:59 PM

New turn, I suppose. Do we want to try and open stuff above us or to the right?

MJ4H · 08-31-2009, 04:42 PM

That's four for new turn. New turn it is.

hoopsguy 1
Butter 3
MIJB 3
claphamsa 5
BrianD 5
samifan24 5
Poli 1

samifan24 · 08-31-2009, 05:44 PM

I say BrianD and I team up for C5 or we have a couple of people add up to 12 so we can get D6. We're close on this one I think.

BrianD · 08-31-2009, 07:21 PM

The game looks very much like one a friend showed me. There were two characters with a main and a sidekick. It seemed like they were in an old beat-up plane. Something like Ratchet and Clank, or Banjoo and Kazooie, or one of those two-person titles.

BrianD · 08-31-2009, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

I say BrianD and I team up for C5 or we have a couple of people add up to 12 so we can get D6. We're close on this one I think.

Sounds good, let's do C5.

Butter · 09-01-2009, 06:57 AM

I think we should do a couple in the middle as well, if possible. Since two 5's are going out, we are left with 5-3-3-1-1

We could go 5-3-1 (C4?) and 3-1 (E/G, 5/7?) and pick a couple that way, or if people want to continue to connect the open squares, we could do 5-3-3-1 to pick off something in the D column and just leave the single hanging.

And there's other possibilities as well, but those are the 2 I find most attractive.

claphamsa · 09-01-2009, 07:00 AM

I say we go for c4!

claphamsa · 09-01-2009, 07:00 AM

im pretty sure i know what it is, and that will open an important spot! not that i play vidoe games....

hoopsguy · 09-01-2009, 07:02 AM

Agree on C5, think that we wait to determine the D slot until we have the results of C5.

hoopsguy · 09-01-2009, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by claphamsa

I say we go for c4!

No harm in speculating in the thread what the game is, right? If so, that could help one of us potentially find some cover art for the game and validate/invalidate your guess.

BrianD - I felt like the graphics had kind of a "Sega Genesis" feel to me as well looking at this. I don't know either of the games you had mentioned, but I did a Google images search on "Ratchet & Clank" and it seemed kind of "close but no cigar" in terms of matching up with what we have seen so far.

samifan24 · 09-01-2009, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by claphamsa

im pretty sure i know what it is, and that will open an important spot! not that i play vidoe games....

Why not give us a guess?

samifan24 · 09-01-2009, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

Sounds good, let's do C5.

BrianD and I would like to open C5.

claphamsa · 09-01-2009, 10:06 AM

im pretty sure its rachett and clank and if we take off c4 and 5 we can be sure. (wither that or ill be proven wrong)

BrianD · 09-02-2009, 09:03 AM

Bumping so we don't drop below page 1.

MIJB#19 · 09-02-2009, 09:28 AM

ping gamemaster!

MJ4H · 09-02-2009, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

BrianD and I would like to open C5.

Eh, missed this altogether. Sorry, I'll get on this at first opportunity.

MJ4H · 09-02-2009, 10:27 AM

hoopsguy 1
Butter 3
MIJB 3
claphamsa 5
Poli 1

BrianD · 09-02-2009, 12:11 PM

That is Ratchet and Clank, isn't it? Are we going to have to figure out which R&C game this is?

MJ4H · 09-02-2009, 01:25 PM

I will answer that question generally. You may make a general guess, like the one you are proposing, and I may ask you to be more specific if necessary with no penalty (if I said be more specific, you would know you had the right series and need to figure out which one, but you wouldn't be committed to guessing for sure--in other words you could continue on without that counting as a guess and ending the game). In some cases, the general may be good enough.

So, if you were 100% positive that the game were, say Ratchet and Clank, you could guess that without penalty and I may say you win or I may say I'll need more than that. A third thing is I may say no it isn't and that would count as a guess, ending the game. I would only do that if it was not a Ratchet and Clank game, not if you just weren't specific enough.

Hope that clears it up. Basically, if you are confident, don't let be unsure of the specificness requirement deter you from guessing.

BrianD · 09-02-2009, 06:31 PM

I think opening C4 or D5 should give us the rest of the face of what looks like Ratchet. Let's use up this turn before we make our R&C guess.

hoopsguy · 09-03-2009, 08:32 AM

I'm going to be away from a computer for several days starting tomorrow. I'm all for contributing my one to either C4 or D5 so please consider this consent for whatever the rest of the group wants to do.

Poli · 09-03-2009, 09:19 AM

What hoops said.

MIJB#19 · 09-03-2009, 10:52 AM

I'll pile on with any further suggestions on this grid.

Poli · 09-04-2009, 12:09 PM

MJ4H · 09-04-2009, 12:12 PM

We are waiting on someone to state what combo of dice to use and those players to agree, or a guess to be made (you can guess any time if you'd like to).

MIJB#19 · 09-04-2009, 12:42 PM

As far as I can tell, we can combine all (and discard hoopsguy's 1) for a 12 and open c4 or d5. If that's what the plan is, I'll confirm in advance of being willing to do that.

At the same time, I don't really see why we should wait with guessing if it is so obvious to half of us (me not included) what game (series?) this is.

BrianD · 09-04-2009, 12:49 PM

I think I'd recommend going D5. Let's get that one open and then go for our guess.

claphamsa · 09-04-2009, 01:00 PM

it doesnt hurt us to open more at this point I vote d5!

MJ4H · 09-04-2009, 01:03 PM

So to me it looks like we just need Butter to confirm and we will open D5.

Poli · 09-04-2009, 01:14 PM

Butter · 09-04-2009, 01:20 PM

Confirm opening D5.

MIJB#19 · 09-04-2009, 01:21 PM

yay for progress!

MJ4H · 09-04-2009, 01:27 PM

Discarding hoopsguy's roll since he cannot be paired with anyone, that leaves us at the decision to guess now or buy another roll for $5,000 more. Guessing correctly now wins $20,000. Buying another roll would make the correct guess eventually worth only $15,000. (I suddenly thought I may have mistakenly said guessing now is worth 17.5k earlier, but it is actually worth 20k. The progression is 25, 20, 15, 7.5, 0). Guessing now and missing means this puzzle nets you $0.

MIJB#19 · 09-04-2009, 01:29 PM

Doesn't seem like new information to me, but I'm not familair with that game.

claphamsa · 09-04-2009, 01:32 PM

it comes down to now... is ratchet and clank a good enough guess? I say it is!

Poli · 09-04-2009, 01:52 PM

Go forz it.

hoopsguy · 09-04-2009, 02:04 PM

Agreed, lets put in the guess and see if there is further clarification needed. I'm pretty sure (based on looking at the Google images earlier this week) that this is a R&C game. But since I have not played any of them I would not have any insight into which one it might be.

BrianD · 09-04-2009, 03:45 PM

I concur, official guess, Ratchet & Clank.

08-29-2009, 04:37 PM	#401
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Right. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

08-30-2009, 04:29 AM	#402
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	So the idea is to keep rebuying until we know for sure what we're looking at? Not agreeing or disagreeing, just trying to understand the logic of the game 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

08-31-2009, 09:51 AM	#403
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	bumptidumptibump. __________________ * 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

08-31-2009, 09:58 AM	#404
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I was a little unsure if the previous posts constituted "conversation" according to hoopsguy, but if no one objects, I'm going to open B7 in a couple of hours. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

08-31-2009, 10:17 AM	#405
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Sorry I went out of town and couldn't check the thread over the weekend. Looks like I didn't miss much though. __________________ "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

08-31-2009, 10:37 AM	#406
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	OK, lets run B7.

08-31-2009, 10:49 AM	#407
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	So far this game has been at a much more relaxed pace than last season's game. I don't think that is necessarily bad. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

08-31-2009, 10:49 AM	#408
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I should have time at lunch to post the new picture by the way. Class about to start here. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

08-31-2009, 01:07 PM	#410
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Not sure about the rest of you, but I have no idea what this could be. I vote for a new turn.

08-31-2009, 01:24 PM	#411
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	I'm for a new turn...but I'm firm on that's some sort of creature in a seat. By the top portion of the screen, I believe it's a plane...if that's a white cloud up there. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

08-31-2009, 02:32 PM	#412
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	New turn. And I think they're on a boat. __________________ "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

08-31-2009, 02:59 PM	#413
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	New turn, I suppose. Do we want to try and open stuff above us or to the right?

08-31-2009, 04:42 PM	#414
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	That's four for new turn. New turn it is. hoopsguy 1 Butter 3 MIJB 3 claphamsa 5 BrianD 5 samifan24 5 Poli 1 __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

08-31-2009, 05:44 PM	#415
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I say BrianD and I team up for C5 or we have a couple of people add up to 12 so we can get D6. We're close on this one I think. __________________ "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

08-31-2009, 07:21 PM	#416
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	The game looks very much like one a friend showed me. There were two characters with a main and a sidekick. It seemed like they were in an old beat-up plane. Something like Ratchet and Clank, or Banjoo and Kazooie, or one of those two-person titles.

09-01-2009, 06:57 AM	#418
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I think we should do a couple in the middle as well, if possible. Since two 5's are going out, we are left with 5-3-3-1-1 We could go 5-3-1 (C4?) and 3-1 (E/G, 5/7?) and pick a couple that way, or if people want to continue to connect the open squares, we could do 5-3-3-1 to pick off something in the D column and just leave the single hanging. And there's other possibilities as well, but those are the 2 I find most attractive. __________________ My listening habits

09-01-2009, 07:00 AM	#419
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	I say we go for c4! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-01-2009, 07:00 AM	#420
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	im pretty sure i know what it is, and that will open an important spot! not that i play vidoe games.... __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-01-2009, 07:02 AM	#421
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Agree on C5, think that we wait to determine the D slot until we have the results of C5.

09-01-2009, 10:06 AM	#425
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	im pretty sure its rachett and clank and if we take off c4 and 5 we can be sure. (wither that or ill be proven wrong) __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-02-2009, 09:03 AM	#426
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Bumping so we don't drop below page 1.

09-02-2009, 09:28 AM	#427
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	ping gamemaster! __________________ * 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

09-02-2009, 12:11 PM	#430
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	That is Ratchet and Clank, isn't it? Are we going to have to figure out which R&C game this is?

09-02-2009, 01:25 PM	#431
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I will answer that question generally. You may make a general guess, like the one you are proposing, and I may ask you to be more specific if necessary with no penalty (if I said be more specific, you would know you had the right series and need to figure out which one, but you wouldn't be committed to guessing for sure--in other words you could continue on without that counting as a guess and ending the game). In some cases, the general may be good enough. So, if you were 100% positive that the game were, say Ratchet and Clank, you could guess that without penalty and I may say you win or I may say I'll need more than that. A third thing is I may say no it isn't and that would count as a guess, ending the game. I would only do that if it was not a Ratchet and Clank game, not if you just weren't specific enough. Hope that clears it up. Basically, if you are confident, don't let be unsure of the specificness requirement deter you from guessing. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

09-02-2009, 06:31 PM	#432
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I think opening C4 or D5 should give us the rest of the face of what looks like Ratchet. Let's use up this turn before we make our R&C guess.

09-03-2009, 08:32 AM	#433
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	I'm going to be away from a computer for several days starting tomorrow. I'm all for contributing my one to either C4 or D5 so please consider this consent for whatever the rest of the group wants to do.

09-03-2009, 09:19 AM	#434
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	What hoops said. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

09-03-2009, 10:52 AM	#435
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	I'll pile on with any further suggestions on this grid. __________________ * 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

09-04-2009, 12:09 PM	#436
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	bump __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

09-04-2009, 12:12 PM	#437
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	We are waiting on someone to state what combo of dice to use and those players to agree, or a guess to be made (you can guess any time if you'd like to). __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

09-04-2009, 12:42 PM	#438
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	As far as I can tell, we can combine all (and discard hoopsguy's 1) for a 12 and open c4 or d5. If that's what the plan is, I'll confirm in advance of being willing to do that. At the same time, I don't really see why we should wait with guessing if it is so obvious to half of us (me not included) what game (series?) this 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

09-04-2009, 12:49 PM	#439
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I think I'd recommend going D5. Let's get that one open and then go for our guess.

09-04-2009, 01:00 PM	#440
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	it doesnt hurt us to open more at this point I vote d5! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-04-2009, 01:03 PM	#441
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	So to me it looks like we just need Butter to confirm and we will open D5. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

09-04-2009, 01:14 PM	#442
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	Woot __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.