I texted the following fake Oblique Strategy to a friend playing Civilization IV last week: loosen the most important knot.
It must have worked really well because he never responded.
― Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Friday, 1 January 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
2 January 2010: Ghost echoes
― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Saturday, 2 January 2010 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
3 January 2010:
Make a sudden, destructive, unpredictable action; incorporate.
― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Sunday, 3 January 2010 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Uh, I just quit my job and talked to a lawyer about starting up a business that manufactures giant "mirror cubes". These hollow "mirror cubes" would be covered in mirrors on the interior, so that when you step inside of them and apply a light, it reflects in all directions and casts freaky infinite shadows everywhere. Also there are different colors to choose from, and a strobe light. The company will be called Infinite Mirror Cube, Inc.
Now what?
― chicken sandwich CARL!! (Z S), Sunday, 3 January 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is going to kill. keep it up WmC
whoa dude mirror cube
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Sunday, 3 January 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
ZS, if the mirror cubes take off, invest in epilepsy drugs and research.
Methodology for this thread: I roll percentile dice to determine whether to pick a card from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th editions or the GC aphorisms. I'm going to overrule the dice if they don't come up GC at least once a week.
― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Sunday, 3 January 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
4 January 2010:
Not building a wall; making a brick
― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Monday, 4 January 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
classic
― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, 4 January 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
5 January 2010:
What mistakes did you make last time?
― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
6 January 2010:
What is the reality of the situation?
― America's Next Most Disabled Ballerina (WmC), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm in my pajamas?
― The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
why do i love the logic of oblique strategies? because i am a dork
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
7 January 2010:
Sometimes God hides.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
8 January 2010:
Always the first steps
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Friday, 8 January 2010 12:07 (fourteen years ago) link
9 January 2010:
Ghost echoes
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Saturday, 9 January 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
10 January 2010:
Balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency principle.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Sunday, 10 January 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
11 January 2010:
Is there something missing?
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Monday, 11 January 2010 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
haha oh shit
― Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 January 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
12 January 2010:
Each part does the work of that part, and no other.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/oblique
― exploding angel vagina (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
13 January 2010:
Turn it upside down
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
14 january: Love to hear percussion?
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf gukbe: the strategy for tomorrow is already here today?mirror cubez!
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll post the one for the 14th on the 14th. I don't know wtf Gukbe's playing at.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
My original concept for this thread, about six months ago or so, was to post a Guitar Craft aphorism every day with the hope of maybe debating them, whether they're actually good life advice or relevant beyond the narrow purview of Learnin' the Gitbox the Fripp Way. But it didn't seem like a thread with legs.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
one of the dudes in my band is always talking about the league of crafty guitarists and the convoluted shit they would work on. perhaps you could pick the one with the most potential for debate and then see what happens?
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know wtf Gukbe's playing at.
like I was the only one who immediately when there
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
gukbe be ruinin your thread six months in the planning
― conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link
this seems like English, but...?
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
now you're helpin him
― conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
15 january 2010:
― conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link
posting the year makes it seem official! soz for ruining your thread.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
you didn't, conrad was concern-trolling
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
excellent! i am enjoying this, though this one has led to Gloria Estefan bouncing around my head all day.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
not real trollin just makin fun of u
― conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
that's cold shit conrad. suddenly the internet doesn't seem so nice anymore.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
WHOMP
― conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 03:33 (fourteen years ago) link
13th January 2*1* - Tomorrow's another day.
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 January 2010 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link
wait so we turned it upside down on the first of the year, then turned it upside down again on the 13th. doesn't that mean it's rightside up now? what if i miss being upside down :(
or maybe it's like one of those glass frames with dyed sand inside, and every time you turn it upside down it creates a new pattern of sand, and it's like life because you can never recapture exactly what you once had.
you can buy those sand things at Knott's Berry Farm, or at least you could in 1993.
― Al Gore invented the internet to house the bitterness of humanity (reddening), Thursday, 14 January 2010 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
14 January 2010:
Remove a restriction
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder if citing the ilx oblique strategy of the day would cover me in traffic court…
― chicken sandwich CARL!! (Z S), Thursday, 14 January 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
11 January 2010:Is there something missing, officer?
Is there something missing, officer?
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 January 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
15 January 2010:
Relaxation is necessary tension.Tension is unnecessary tension.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Friday, 15 January 2010 14:17 (fourteen years ago) link
16 January 2010:
Ask people to work against their better judgement.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Saturday, 16 January 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
17 January 2010:
The problem with knowing what we want is we just might get it.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Sunday, 17 January 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might be repeating a lame old proverb.
― CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Sunday, 17 January 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I really hate this one. It's from Fripp, not Eno.
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Sunday, 17 January 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
18 January 2010:
Give way to your worst impulse
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Monday, 18 January 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
uh oh.
― Mark G, Monday, 18 January 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
My actual worse impulse, or what I currently think is the worst?
― mh, Monday, 18 January 2010 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
23 March 2012:
Work at a different speed
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Friday, 23 March 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
I choose "slow/idle" today
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
that's the only speed i got.
― ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
24 March 2012:
Towards the insignificant
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Z S, 1983 - present
― 1986 Olive Garden (Z S), Saturday, 24 March 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
abandoned Buzz Lightyear tag-line
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 March 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
25 March 2012:
Tape your mouth
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
so Sunday is roleplaying day
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
26 March 2012:
Give the game away
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Monday, 26 March 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.spiralknights.com/
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
27 March 2012:
Consult other sources
— promising— unpromising
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
28 March 2012:
Simple subtraction
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
Subtract me from work = I wish
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
29 March 2012:
Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
this might be my favorite strategy so far.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
30 March 2012:
Breathe more deeply
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
ooh another good one
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
trying this one right now
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
31 March 2012:
Only one element of each kind
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
for those of you with 3 or more children, that means you have to choose only one son and only one daughter. i'm sorry.
― 1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
This is going to make interior decorating very interesting or very frustrating
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
1 April 2012:
A line has two sides
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
O_O
cool!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
2 April 2012:
One the search is in progress, something will be found
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
3 April 2012:
Display your talent
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
4 April 2012:
Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
5 April 2012:
How would you have done it?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
6 April 2012:
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
¿ʇɐɥʍ ʍou 'ʎɐʞo
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 April 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Turn it upside down twice
― 1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
turn it upside down....then shake it really hard til all the money falls out of its pockets
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
8 April 2012:
Remember. Those quiet evenings.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
10 April 2012:
Don't stress one thing more than another
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
stress all the things!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, the last 2 were most pertinent for the extremely stressful 4-day moving house I just did over easter.
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
11 April 2012:
Listen in total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
11 april 2012
minute incriments; it can't only go backwards
― arby's, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
12 April 2012:
Do the words need changing?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 12 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Do the sheets need changing? Yes.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
14 April 2012:
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
15 April 2012:
Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 15 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
16 April 2012:
What context would look right?
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 16 April 2012 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
capitalist system has been pulling this strategy on us for hundreds of years already, amirite brothers & sisters?
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Monday, 16 April 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
17 April 2012:
Reverse
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
?tahw woN
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
Double reverse!
― Aimless, Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
1 May 2012:
(one to mark proximity to #10,000,000)
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link