ugh. that doesn't even sound too bad. i think i was just spoiled with weeks 1-3.
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
OK, zachlyon, we got the two easy metas this month let's see how we do this weekend when the challenging third puzzle drops.
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
gaffney's? just tried the most recent one and got it (altho it's closed now)
― curly moe shempsen (donna rouge), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Gaffney.
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
i was too late on the first one and i didn't spend much time on it but i was thinking too hard and it went right over my head anyway. last one was sorta fun tho.
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:37 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't get this last one which many people apparently found pretty easy, although thankfully I didn't spend too much time on it. Still not quite on his wavelength. Also haven't quite accustomed myself to the amount that you might need Google and Wikipedia for the meta.
― Albee Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
working retail at christmas, didn't even have a chance to look at it
― passive-aggressive dn change (zachlyon), Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
Nowhere on the muller meta-meta, sent in for the hint but it didn't help.
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 January 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
ditto
― steaklife (donna rouge), Sunday, 6 January 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
Feel like the hint was no hint at all. Have had some half-baked ideas but either they don't seem to lead anywhere or they lead to too many ramifications to chase down - how much time are we supposed to spend on this? Would try harder if more people had solved it pre-hint. Of course we don't know yet how many the hint helped.
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 January 2013 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was already sort of going for what the hint suggested anyway since they kind of lend themselves to that interpretation
― steaklife (donna rouge), Sunday, 6 January 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, exactly, was hoping the hint would be more about what the answer might be rather than elaborating on the cryptic instructions in a useless way.
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 January 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
/sourgrapes
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 January 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't get gaffney's last meta either
― steaklife (donna rouge), Sunday, 6 January 2013 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
From last year? I didn't get it either but it was reasonably hard. This new one is easy as one would expect for Week One.
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 January 2013 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
OK, I just sent in my joke answer since time is running out
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
Looks like FOUR people got it
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2013 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
Muller meta meta of course
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
looking at gaffney's leader list...
459. Tom C. 01/06 - 22:04460. Regina C. 01/06 - 22:05461. Jim C. 01/06 - 22:06462. Mike C. 01/06 - 22:06463. John C. 01/06 - 22:07464. Gladys C. 01/06 - 22:07
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Monday, 7 January 2013 08:20 (eleven years ago) link
Noticed that crew a few weeks ago.
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2013 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
Do U See?
― The POLLed Geir America (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
any luck with gaffney? was gonna say i'm stuck but i literally just had an idea that i'm going with. uh nevermind.
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 09:46 (eleven years ago) link
Nope
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 10:16 (eleven years ago) link
well, if i'm right, it helps to internalize every part of the meta hint
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
the six-letter company one? p sure i got it
― steaklife (donna rouge), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
You probably got it, plenty of others did.
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
help me understand this clue + answer from this week's Inkwell puzzle (SPOILER i guess):
12D Getting it on demand = HARDER
― keef qua keef (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
oh i get it, duh. it's a 'getting it on' demand. i kept separating the phrase into 'getting it' 'on demand'.
― keef qua keef (Jordan), Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Me too! I just did that this morning and was baffled.
― jaymc, Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
glad it's not just me!
― keef qua keef (Jordan), Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
ugh latest gaffney is something about chess and i hate it
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Saturday, 26 January 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
oh NO
― steaklife (donna rouge), Saturday, 26 January 2013 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
i'm going to spend all weekend trying to figure out how to chess move the circle spots and it'll be completely wrong
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Saturday, 26 January 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
yup this is driving me crazy, if we all put "C." at the end of our names can we work together
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Saturday, 26 January 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
ha.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 January 2013 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
There was some kind of Fireball contest this week that I completely forgot to do.
Anyone going to ACPT this year? I am, but I am not feeling it yet.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 January 2013 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
i'll probably do crosswords LA again
seriously stumped on the gaffney meta
― steaklife (donna rouge), Monday, 28 January 2013 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't really tried the meta but I guess I still have a day and a half.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 January 2013 04:55 (eleven years ago) link
i have a juicy lead and nothing to do with it. i think. i can share my notes if someone else wants to try, i'm probably not getting it
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Monday, 28 January 2013 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
AHAHA
i spent hours on this and got nowhere, went down rabbit holes and wrote on papers that looked like the shack in a beautiful mind, and then gave up and guessed elton john because "daniel", and "gravity" reminded me of rocketman, and he wore a lot of rings. couldn't figure out virgin but apparently he feuded with madonna last year.
and it ends up being right. i'm a sham.
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
i thought first that RAMA I and CROWN being in the center of the board (along with "CENTER OF GRAVITY" cluing us in) meant that the middle "M" was like a king and you had to get him in checkmate by moving the circle-knights, which was ridiculous ("checkmate" being "the last word")
and then i found that if you take the circled letters and look at the letters surrounding them via the knight moves suggested by the black block formations (2 left 1 up, 2 left 1 down, 2 right 1 up, 2 right 1 down) you get words: OASIS, SAND, SNOW, STIR, ONO, AEIO. well not the last one but i thought the lack of a U could also be a clue. ONO being so close to VIRGIN made me think they were connected (Two Virgins) but i couldn't make any more connections. desperately i applied this key to every single letter in the puzzle and wrote down any words that came up, hoping to find something hidden.
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
(i hate this puzzle)
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
wait elton totally crossed my mind too!!! wtf
― steaklife (donna rouge), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
I just watched the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road episode of Classic Albums and had no idea it was Elton John. Maybe if Dee Murray had been in the grid
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
I have actually been trying to learn to play chess properly recently and didn't want the puzzle to confuse me so I didn't try too hard.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
i had attempted some kind of cryptic reading of the grid (i.e. "SCREWRINGS...uh...GRINS?") but that fell apart with 40-y/o virgin and "jack" not really having any meaning i could ascribe to it
― steaklife (donna rouge), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
One month until Brooklyn
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 February 2013 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
Will Shortz is a a cratedigger! Well, sort of: http://www.brendanemmettquigley.com/2013/03/flashback-monday-and-q-a-with-will-shortz.html
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2013 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
Missed you guys this weekend. John, I finally bought the Penguin Classics book off of Ben T, after trying to finagle a freebie from here or there for the past year.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, cool.
I'll make it back to ACPT one of these years -- crosswords aren't an especially big part of my life right now. I used to enjoy doing the print version of the AVClub puzzle on the train and haven't yet managed to incorporate its online-only successor into my weekly routine. Cancelled the NYT puzzle subscription, too. So the only one I actually still do regularly is Ink Well.
To be honest, the thing I regret most about skipping the tournament this year is missing the opportunity to kibitz about Learned League with fellow participants.
Any notable run-ins, K? And how'd you do?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link