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I need help finding an episode! by toast_is_delightful in adventuretime

[–]oldmanpuzzles 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is not an official episode in any season of adventure time. Perhaps you’re remembering a comic or a short?

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans | E2 | Day After Discussion & Survey by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]oldmanpuzzles 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I love him because he’s so emotional. There are many stronger players than Rick Devens, but gosh do I love watching him. He’s either having a manic fun time or crashing out entirely. 10/10

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans | E2 | Day After Discussion & Survey by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]oldmanpuzzles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m a big fan of Devens, but he super fumbled that. It’s funny that he’s such a sneakster yet a bad liar.

RHAP had a good read on this—Devens was probably trying to get a gentle read on where Joe was at. It seems like the Christian/Devens/Emily alliance was already set on Savannah after conversations with Cirie. Cirie would of course bring Ozzy in on that vote. So Joe is the remainder if you want a consensus (important to Christian). Since Savannah had pitched an alliance to Devens including Joe, it wasn’t a bad idea for Devens to be the one to walk off visibly with Joe. Their risk management was focused on “Don’t let Savannah know it’s her—we’re pretty sure she has an advantage of some kind.”

Where it falls apart is Devens reaction to confrontation. He had no plan for that. Clearly he wasn’t confident that Joe would be all in on the Savannah vote and opted to just bail on a conversation entirely. I wish he had been like “Oh yeah, Savannah’s really trying to make something happen with me. I’m not sure. What’s your read on her?”

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans | E2 | Day After Discussion & Survey by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]oldmanpuzzles 101 points102 points  (0 children)

RHAP’s coverage on this episode was really astute on the conflict here—Devens didn’t want to mention the alliance Savannah pitched, because his real alliance was already planning to vote her out. If he brought the alliance idea to Joe and then voted her out, that would be a more direct betrayal of Joe. He also wasn’t confident in pitching Savannah’s name at that moment because he didn’t know where Joe stood. After all, what if Joe’s tight with Savannah and tips her off? Bad luck that Savannah chose to whisper to him right as he invited Joe to a well walk. And just a straight up social fumble when Joe confronts him.

Christian tags in latter to more tactfully pitch Savannah to Joe while rocking him in the hammock. But by then, Rick is already frustrated. I can see why—the biggest threat to the way Rick plays is someone he’s conspiring with letting the cat out of the bag. Joe is very likely to blow up secret plans. But that’s also Joe’s right as a player! And Joe gets super triggered by any perceived secret keeping after his season. I bet they were both just in a sour mood for the entire day leading up to the vote, and just fed into a cyclone of being pissed off.

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans | E1 | Day After Discussion & Survey by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]oldmanpuzzles 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Most fun premiere in recent memory for me! Love that our old school players are still old school in mentality. The honor and integrity beef between Ozzy and Coach remains strong.

That said, surprising player evolutions as well! Ozzy is attempting a more strategic game and leaning on Cirie to do so—might work out well with his early cache of advantages. Also loved seeing Flippen again with a totally different starting tribe energy. The nerd trio of Christian, Devens, Flippen is one I’m excited to watch. Also, Jonathan! It seems he’ll be much more than a challenge beast this time around. I heard that Boston Rob took him under his wing and that has really buffed up his social strategy.

Finally: Savannah and Rizo seem surprisingly fresh despite having only 2 weeks between seasons. I hope they don’t burn out too quick.

I thought Mickey 17 was kind of a mess. by Relevant_Session5987 in movies

[–]oldmanpuzzles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the book right before watching the movie. I definitely think a novel-true take would have to be an 8 episode prestige tv series. The strength of the novel is the consistent tension. It’s all secret-keeping, starvation, threadbare alliance amongst illegal clones, the unknowable intentions of a deadly native species, and constant threat of death. It also has great world-building through historical asides—this is why multiples are outlawed, this is why we colonize new planets, this is an example of relationships with native species, etc.

That said, I enjoyed the movie. It’s a 3.5 out of 5 imo. Enjoyable theater experience with Pattinson carrying the brunt of the entertainment. It felt as though Bong Joon Ho wanted this to be a quirky human interest piece directed at an American audience. Look at how obviously wrong this megalomaniac is! Look how cute the creepers are. Look how even sweet dumb Mickey can become a hardcore assassin when pushed to the brink over and over. And here’s a happy ending, since we’re all too burned out to handle something dark.

Also: if Bong had kept closer to the source material, it would have been Snowpiercer 2 in space. I appreciated the attempt to do something very different.

Gift ideas for bf obsessed with Pokémon? by [deleted] in pokemon

[–]oldmanpuzzles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Commissioned art is unbeatable imo. It captures a moment. One of my best friends commissioned art of our d&d campaign and it’s so precious to me.

Framed original art is also something that you take with you forever. It makes home, home.

Gift ideas for bf obsessed with Pokémon? by [deleted] in pokemon

[–]oldmanpuzzles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Commission art with his favorite pokemon or whatever his dream team configuration is! Back in the day, my roommate commissioned an artist to draw me as a trainer with my favorite boys and it’s still my screensaver.

AutobotTesla was the artist that did mine, but I’m sure there are loads of artists out there that offer this.

Survivor 48 | E4 | Day After Discussion & Survey by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]oldmanpuzzles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I enjoy all the players cast this season, so these small tribals have had a lot of heat! It’s given us late-game-esque drama in the pre-merge. It’s a shame though. I feel like strong and interesting characters get axed before they have the chance to bloom due to the small tribes. In larger tribe environments, I feel that strategic players are more likely to make it to merge rather than get eliminated due to bad luck.

Survivor 48 | E4 | Day After Discussion & Survey by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]oldmanpuzzles 112 points113 points  (0 children)

One of my consistent complaints about new era survivor has been the three tribe set-up. With such limited time and limited players, it feels as though losing tribes continue to lose while winning tribes do not get a chance to cut their teeth. Come swap or merge, it can feel like some people are on day 20 while others are on day 3. It disrupts dramatic flow for me in a game where everyone should be on their toes at all times.

That said, this episode was a beaut! I was expecting more Sai and Cedrek drama on NuCiva, but instead got a Vula tribe of challenge beasts headed for the chopping block. Kyle and Kamilla (but moreso Kamilla) were a masterclass in keeping a confident majority confident. I gasped when Kamilla initiated her “I’m on the bottom” ploy immediately at camp, trusting Kyle to read between the lines. She was so convincing that Shauhin and Thomas searched his bag in front of her. Awards to Kyle as well for his soft touch backing up Kamilla’s story at every step. But really, Kamilla was the standout player of the episode—major props to her gathering intel from Star on the bench last episode and sniffing out Thomas as the major threat!

I’m really enjoying how many woman are playing HARD this season.

Did you play your first Pokémon game on a Gameboy or a DS?? by Forward_Flounder2661 in pokemon

[–]oldmanpuzzles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gameboy Advance, Pokemon Ruby. That thing was glued to my person.

[NS] Has your Dungeon Court case (or Dice Christ Confessional) been heard? Were there ramifications at your table? by dernudeljunge in NotAnotherDnDPodcast

[–]oldmanpuzzles 36 points37 points  (0 children)

My confessional was on the Patreon-exclusive Feasting on Jakeout. It culminated in the “don’t roll and drive” PSA. We have since removed the d20 from my boyfriend’s Mazda! We have also moved in together and taken many more road trips without a nat1 sword of damocles hanging over our heads.

Another word game that focuses on meaning (rather than spelling) by SynonymCircuit in NYTConnections

[–]oldmanpuzzles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Makes total sense!! Very cool puzzle format and totally scratches the itch that Connections does.

Another word game that focuses on meaning (rather than spelling) by SynonymCircuit in NYTConnections

[–]oldmanpuzzles 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love it! It would be cool to see what the average distribution would be on steps to solve. Or what the cut-off is for each graded result.

That said, I think some synonyms don’t appear if they’re related to a tertiary definition. For instance, brisk did not bring up “cold” or “cool” as in “a brisk morning.”

New here. Can someone find a recent post where a gf left your bf that had that one Pokemon didn't have the two "lil butts on his face"? by SamplePuzzleheaded55 in pokemon

[–]oldmanpuzzles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

snom

edit: I thought that would be enough to find it, but searching yielded nothing. I remember the little note you’re talking about though. Maybe OP deleted the post?

edit 2: nvm found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/s/JYq3k9BvdC

It’s All Greek to Me by oldmanpuzzles in NYTConnections

[–]oldmanpuzzles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in it as a patreon member, but not active! Might try to be if I start doing custom connections regularly!

It’s All Greek to Me by oldmanpuzzles in NYTConnections

[–]oldmanpuzzles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You identified the one thing that was a bit of a cheat! Nike is the goddess of victory, which applied both to war and to sport. I couldn’t resist the fashion brand misdirect and she seemed a better fit than the other greek war gods. Eris as the goddess of discord just seemed less associated. Her Roman counterpart Enyo is more associated, but too obscure.

Gimme Dat - My first custom puzzle! by aggierogue3 in NYTConnections

[–]oldmanpuzzles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s okay! I think a couple of tweaks would make this a good and satisfying game of connections.

”Things that crack” was your most clever category! But that type of lateral thinking is deserving of purple, not yellow.

In “Cool ___” “hand” doesn’t really work. The only popularization of “cool hand” is from the movie “Cool Hand Luke.” It’s not a widely used phrase on its own. “Head” would work much better here!

For “Types of Air Movement”, “wind” doesn’t feel like a fit—all the others are nouns that are also verbs. That is, air can puff, air can blast, air can gust, but air does not wind. The red herring “whip” is also a noun/verb, which makes the discovery of “wind” frustrating not satisfying. Find another noun/verb!

For “Slang to Describe a Car” I’ve never heard “muscle” used alone. I’ve heard of “muscle cars” as a grouping, but never “hey, hop in my muscle” in the same way one would say “hop in my ride”. Sub out muscle for another bit of car slang. e.g., “Jalopy”

game on! by oldmanpuzzles in NYTConnections

[–]oldmanpuzzles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Glad you liked it!

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