| 20 MAR 2006 at 4:18pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Grrrrrrrrr! That loud gnawing sound you hear is me chewing on the furniture. Shadowgate was in my top three guesses until I bumped it out last night in favor of Noctropolis.
Looking at this week's offerings, I think my chance for a perfect week has passed me by. [sigh] Excuse me while I go bite the sofa awhile.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 20 MAR 2006 at 4:20pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | yeah, this week is a little tough!
you did get the high score this week though lady k! 8-)
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| 20 MAR 2006 at 6:36pm |
RagfoxIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (13 MAR 2006 4:24pm)
Hold on...who is Ragfox?
Well, he's just an Adventure Gamer from Italy. (btw... hi everybody )
I'm not a regular here on JA, but I'm really enjoying the Phoenix Trivia (great work, Aya!), even though I've never played - or even heard of - many of these games (I'm not too fond of modern AGs and I've missed many "classics" of the past).
Knowing that the 5th position is too far away for me, I hope I can mantain my sixth place. It will be tough, but I'll do my best to repel Wimli's attacks (Stefana isn't jocking too.)
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| 20 MAR 2006 at 8:02pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (20 MAR 2006 4:18pm)
Grrrrrrrrr! That loud gnawing sound you hear is me chewing on the furniture. Shadowgate was in my top three guesses until I bumped it out last night in favor of Noctropolis.
That makes two of us [smiley=hair_pull.gif]
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| 21 MAR 2006 at 1:52pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | hey ragfox... glad to know you're enjoying the tourney!
i guess the top 5 is more or less set... there is still mathematical hope for you, but it would be really hard (plus, i don't think that shany would not defend herself!)... on the other hand, places 6-10 are obviously going to be determined on the last minute!
btw, there are several players from italy (more than you think!)... i wonder how come we don't have any italian forum members
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| 24 MAR 2006 at 8:22pm |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ragfox (20 MAR 2006 6:36pm)
Originally Posted By Elfstone (13 MAR 2006 4:24pm)
Hold on...who is Ragfox?
Well, he's just an Adventure Gamer from Italy. (btw... hi everybody )
I'm not a regular here on JA, but I'm really enjoying the Phoenix Trivia (great work, Aya!), even though I've never played - or even heard of - many of these games (I'm not too fond of modern AGs and I've missed many "classics" of the past).
Knowing that the 5th position is too far away for me, I hope I can mantain my sixth place. It will be tough, but I'll do my best to repel Wimli's attacks (Stefana isn't jocking too.)
Welcome to the forum Ragfox! And don't worry about me taking up the sixth spot in the rankings. Aya's doing a pretty good job picking out the games I don't know or recognize. I think it's Stefana you should be worried about more, she already has as many points as I do. I won't be able to hold her back for much longer. She has her eyes set on that sixth spot of yours.
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| 27 MAR 2006 at 2:30pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | btw, since this is the final week, it's gonna be extra tough to keep you busy!
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| 27 MAR 2006 at 2:37pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | What perfect timing! Once this tourney ends the Mystery Manor one begins!
Aya: You mean the last week is going to be tougher than week 12? [smiley=shudder.gif]
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| 27 MAR 2006 at 2:46pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | YES! [smiley=skull_laugh.gif]
(although i can never tell with you ppl... when i think it's a piece of cake no one makes any pts, and when i think it's tough everyone does 10/10........)
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| 27 MAR 2006 at 3:59pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | and papabrody hits 100!!! 8-)
now let's see if lady k can make it too! she needs 11.5 pts, so it's gonna be tough - but not impossible... for the record, her personal high is 11.5 on week 6! also, this is the 2nd week in a row she scores the most pts! 8-)
also, elfstone broke his 50smth "consitancy" by breaking the 60 barrier! 8-) too bad jerry isn't playing... it would be interesting to see if they'd finish hand-in-hand again!
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| 28 MAR 2006 at 12:28am |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (27 MAR 2006 2:29pm)
btw, since this is the final week, it's gonna be extra tough to keep you busy!
Lol, I thought these last two weeks were already as hard as it would get! Week 12 was really tough! Not only tough games, but tough shots too. I know the general style of most of the games used last week, but no way would I have guessed QfG 5 (shot looked like a comedy or parody game), Ripper (looked like a complex Myst-clone like puzzle) or Innocent Until Caught (what the hell is this prehistoric beast doing in a futuristic game) from those shots :. I've never been so off the mark that much before. Nice job Aya! And congrats to Lady Kestrel: 8/10 this week, that's amazing! 8-)
Oh well, on to the last week. Looking at it, it'll be very difficult to hold on to my 7th spot. Here's hoping some wild guessing may be spot on!
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| 28 MAR 2006 at 3:40am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I really surprised myself by getting two more (Ripper and Legend of the Sword) at the penultimate hour (well, around 5:00 AM this morning), but this week is definitely tougher. Unless a miracle happens, I will be hard put to break 100. Kudos to Papabrody and our discordant Bastich for doing so! [smiley=bowdown.gif]
Wim,
I kept thinking the Quest for Glory shot was an older game with a carnival or circus, so I was off track there, but The White Chamber had me completely fooled. I focused on cartoon comedies and not blood and guts. That was one of Aya's sneakiest, I think.
Shany,
I look forward to seeing you over at the MM tournament. I think you'll have a good time with all that we've prepared.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 28 MAR 2006 at 2:53pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | the qfg5 pic was one of the best pics used in a tourney so far! if you have played the game, you should recognize it immediately, cause you use that boat a lot... if you haven't played the game, it would throw you off the track! (at least, that's how it's supposed to work!)
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| 28 MAR 2006 at 3:43pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (28 MAR 2006 3:39am)
Shany,
I look forward to seeing you over at the MM tournament. I think you'll have a good time with all that we've prepared.
I'm looking foward to it as well!
This week is tough! All my wild guesses were wrong so far, and I don't have an idea where to start looking... oh well.
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 2:12am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (28 MAR 2006 2:53pm)
the qfg5 pic was one of the best pics used in a tourney so far! if you have played the game, you should recognize it immediately, cause you use that boat a lot... if you haven't played the game, it would throw you off the track! (at least, that's how it's supposed to work!)
It obviously worked on me!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 8:26pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (13 MAR 2006 4:43pm)
i do know another forum member that plays with an alias too though!
Seeing as how this is the final week, I might as well reveal that I'm Roger Wilco.
I had this brilliant plan: I would play with an alias, so people wouldn't see my name beneath any Nancy Drew or Laura Bow pics and make a correct guess just b/c they saw my name beneath a pic. I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for [s]those meddling kids[/s] that sneaky Aya, who used a pic from LB1 and ND:GDML in week 1! Not only that, but I guessed the LB pic and missed the ND one.
Ha - but I got the last laugh later when a pic from LB2 appeared. No mooching off of me that week.
Originally Posted By Aya (28 MAR 2006 2:53pm)
the qfg5 pic was one of the best pics used in a tourney so far! if you have played the game, you should recognize it immediately, cause you use that boat a lot...
QFG5 is one of my favorite games!
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 9:49pm |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (28 MAR 2006 3:39am)
Wim,
I kept thinking the Quest for Glory shot was an older game with a carnival or circus, so I was off track there, but The White Chamber had me completely fooled. I focused on cartoon comedies and not blood and guts. That was one of Aya's sneakiest, I think.
Lol, I know what you mean! For shot 5, I was thinking more of a comedy adventure, maybe even more a parody or something. I guess the QfG5 team knew how to bring variation into their game.
And for The White Chamber, I thought I had heard that title before. Isn't it that free anime horror adventure? Yet another weird shot then! I guess when Aya himself says it's a tough week, he really does mean business.
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| 30 MAR 2006 at 2:35am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Susan,
You fooled me. I thought Frank B. might be Roger Wilco because he likes many of those same games.
Come to think of it, I haven't seen Frank around for quite a while. I hope he's okay.
Speaking of tough weeks, this one is proving to be a bit of a slog for me as most of my inspirations have fallen rather flat so far.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 2 APR 2006 at 10:32pm |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hm, VERY few correct guesses so far. Is everybody waiting till the last moment to send in their guesses, or has Aya finally managed to put together the most cruel week out of the tournaments' history?
Oh, and who is this Nik the Greek guy? Out of nowhere, he just nails 7/10 shots. Now that's seriously going to shake up the bottom half of the top ten in the rankings!
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| 2 APR 2006 at 10:45pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Wimli (2 APR 2006 10:31pm)
Hm, VERY few correct guesses so far. Is everybody waiting till the last moment to send in their guesses, or has Aya finally managed to put together the most cruel week out of the tournaments' history?
it is probably the most cruel week in the tourneys history... that doesn't mean it can't get any worse! [smiley=skull_laugh.gif]
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| 2 APR 2006 at 11:10pm |
WimliGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (2 APR 2006 10:45pm)
Originally Posted By Wimli (2 APR 2006 10:31pm)
Hm, VERY few correct guesses so far. Is everybody waiting till the last moment to send in their guesses, or has Aya finally managed to put together the most cruel week out of the tournaments' history?
it is probably the most cruel week in the tourneys history... that doesn't mean it can't get any worse! [smiley=skull_laugh.gif]
Bring it on I'd say! Seems like I'll end up in the same old 8th place again this time round, so no matter what you throw at me, or how well the rest performs, that place will always be mine.
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| 3 APR 2006 at 3:24pm |
| Deleted User | Thanks Aya for a fun 13 weeks [smiley=clap.gif] Bastich [smiley=raise_eyebrow.gif].....Great job! Look forward to getting that easter egg with you in it (get to see what you look like too!). I'm off to buy a new pair of glasses to correct the eye-strain this tournament caused [smiley=rolleyes.gif]
See ya!
Mike
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| 3 APR 2006 at 6:14pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | This was a difficult week, although my personal worst was week 9. I didn't come close with any of the six I missed this week. I figured you might use Scratches, Aya, but didn't associate it with what looked like a stone horse's head. Jack French is a new one on me, but it's nice to know that it's a Flash game I'll be able to play on my Mac.
Congratulations, Bastich, on your usual outstanding performance! Now you have to start making more games for us since you know too many to play anymore.
Papabrody,
It has been a pleasure to be beaten once more by you, but just wait until next time.
Congratulations, too, to Ragfox for winning the luck of the draw. [smiley=thumbs.gif]
Thank you very much for a fantastically frustrating but fun tournament, Aya! The phoenix truly did arise for the occasion. [smiley=clap.gif]
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 3 APR 2006 at 6:16pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Unbelievable...I knew #4 and #5 (well, I guessed them), but didn't send those guesses, because I thought it doesn't matter if I guess them, but those were the first that popped into my mind, no idea why. Never played any of them.
Thank you, again, Aya...it was fun and torture at the same time, as usual.
[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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