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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 06:35 PM Post #1 |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 9 2015, 06:40 PM Post #2 |
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Could 7 be Sativa_Rose? |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 06:40 PM Post #3 |
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Amplefy, perhaps? (placed at #2 in Machete's list and placed 2nd in TES1 as Appleframer)
Achromatic was voted out of Cancer according to the info doc, and Machete is alluding to how his name fits with the lack of color in the 3rd phase team names. |
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| ArchangelBaruch | Jan 9 2015, 06:46 PM Post #4 |
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Both of those are references to TES1, when he just said there ian't any. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 9 2015, 06:47 PM Post #5 |
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I think you're right about Amplefy, since I couldn't make sense of Popcorn for that and only Popcorn's elimination and the current challenge's rules writing qualify as something new to connect. I feel bad for Mannequin and Hapex if they didn't pick up on the connection. There's also an Ice_Scorpio who quit, so maybe Achromaticis "overthinking" that one. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 9 2015, 06:48 PM Post #6 |
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Ah, well then maybe it's not Apple? Hmm.. I wonder what Machete considers "now" in "only makes sense now" then? |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 06:55 PM Post #7 |
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Am I? I think it makes perfect sense. Also Machete references him "holding TES2 to the standards of Mafia", which implies that he knew him to have high standards for forum games. A Google search shows that Achromatic is a poster on the Contests board and a long time user. I don't see how Ice_Scorpio fits any of the criteria, save for not having been inactivity-kicked. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 07:02 PM Post #8 |
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#5 is probably Traptin3days Machete references a band (Trapt) who only had 1 famous song (Headstrong). According to Wikipedia, it was featured in the trailer for a Bruce Willis film about civil war in Nigeria. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 07:11 PM Post #9 |
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#8 must be PepsiWithCoke the double entendre I think Machete is referring to here is that "Coke" could mean either Coca-Cola or Cocaine. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 9 2015, 07:23 PM Post #10 |
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I'll just defer to Kefi's psycho-analysis then. |
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| Cody11533 | Jan 9 2015, 08:47 PM Post #11 |
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What the hell is this challenge? Curse you (future) Machete! Anyway, #3 should be the first person off of Aquarius. I think that would be Judgmenl, since the modkill came later. I'll look into this some more tomorrow. I'm really curious who in the world #1 is referring to. Any Donkey Kong Country fans here who can provide some context for the song? On second thought, #1 has to be Swiftblade based on the title. Edited by Cody11533, Jan 9 2015, 08:53 PM.
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 09:13 PM Post #12 |
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I thought Machete's zodiac sign would be Capricorn? First player eliminated from Capricorn would be countzander Edited by Kefiroth, Jan 9 2015, 11:12 PM.
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 9 2015, 10:43 PM Post #13 |
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Yeah, he might expect it to be Aquarius if a list shows the signs in order starting with the first one that begins during the year, but if he actually looked it up he'd see it's Capricorn. Anyway, I'm going to state the obvious now. It would be good for Gemini's chances if Baruch, Choco, and Kirby all submit this time.. and if you guys vary your answers on the ones you're least confident about. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 10:59 PM Post #14 |
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After thinking about it some more, I'm pretty sure #2 must be lucky. The "number-related coincidence" is that luckynumber777 placed 11th; the numbers 7 and 11 having relevance to certain dice games (and a popular corner store chain) Edited by Kefiroth, Jan 9 2015, 11:03 PM.
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 11:07 PM Post #15 |
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#4 sounds like it could be a reference to whatever it was that Machete caught Death_Of_Effie doing and modkilled him for. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 9 2015, 11:22 PM Post #16 |
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#10 might be TranA32 or FemmeFromMars? ...I'll let you guys piece together the reasoning there and with that, I think I've delved far enough into the Mind of Machete for one night. time for a break Edited by Kefiroth, Jan 9 2015, 11:47 PM.
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 12:02 AM Post #17 |
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Tran has the number 32 in it, so in addition to the male/female references, Machete may have noticed Tran due to the 32 in the name. |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 07:47 AM Post #18 |
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1. This player is still in the game. If I was giving everyone a theme song, this would be the one for this user: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcnMB0vLhzI . Why? Lots of reasons. If I told you, I'd be doing your job for you. Since as I said this player is still in the game, your options are narrowed down a lot, and one of you is the answer, which means that this particular player could earn a point by putting their own name down! (Will that make all of you guess yourselves? >_>) Swiftblade? 2. An interesting little number-related coincidence with placement here. I notice these things. Sort of ironic I guess? I mean it's more than JUST placement, more like what it involves I guess you could say. That's the connection. Only makes sense that this stage. Earlier, nothing to connect really... Amplefy? (unlikely) luckynumber777? (likely) 3. I just f***ing knew going into this thing that my team was going to fail miserably at representing us >_>. Not a popular team to sign up for and a team filled with names I didn't recognize. They didn't disappoint. Well they did disappoint, yeah, but in the sense that I knew this was my team and that it would fail, they didn't disappoint in terms of living up to my low expectations. Anyway, this guy was their(our) first casualty. It just wasn't our time... Funny f***ing thing is that it is now technically :P probably countzander (Capricorn), possibly Judgmenl (Aquarius) 4. All it took was me noticing you were a few pixels off. Then I asked Mayo a question about message ID, then it was all ImTheMacheteGuy, P.I. Death_Of_Effie? 5. Yeah, yeah I get the whole time sensitivity thing. I don't really give a f*** about s*** like that, but to an extent I get it. Time is a thing and it might not be what we think it is. Personally, I feel like it's something else altogether which for the most part is not any more relevant than we allow it to be. The problem is that we allow it to be too much. It's sad, but I guess it can't be helped. Time is a force much weaker than we consider it to be, but that does not stop us from being bound to it because of that just being how we have to live our lives. Time is bulls*** and people are bulls*** because people haven't found a way to break time yet. That's all I have to say about that. Also, that band... I dunno man. They had that one song I liked when I first heard it and then it pissed me off. It was in a commercial for a movie. One of those army movies... I think it took place in Africa. I liked it then, the song I mean, by that band. I got sick of it fast. Did they ever do any other songs? No f***ing idea, don't care. But yeah, back to the user. All I think about is that band and time-related s***. Traptin3days? (likely) 6. By his name he should have made it to the 2-team phase. Would have made perfect sense. Went out earlier though and maybe for the best. If he held TES2 to the standards of Mafia, I may have had more aggravation to deal with in terms of player dissatisfaction with the hosting >_>. Not that the rest of yous don't give us more than f***ing enough of that... Also in case I need to disambiguate, he was not inactivity-kicked, partially or fully. Achromatic? (likely) Ice_Scorpio? (unlikely) 7. I have no idea if this person is male or female, but I'm geting a girl vibe. I like her name (I'm assuming "her" in this case, but f*** it, I can assume if I want to assume). Nice name. One part typical for a girl but nice just the same (like a finalist in a fighting tournament). Other part... well I like what I see there :). Exactly what I'm looking for. It's the experience. Not my primary vice, but why limit oneself to a single vice? :). Sorry to say I don't remember you... but I like the name. I think I said that several times. Sativa_Rose? (likely) 8. A smartass if I've ever seen one. Yeah it can be interesting to mix different things together, but really? That's just f***ing pointless. Maybe there's some irony going on that didn't occur to me. Maybe there's a deeper message. Doesn't matter though, it just looks silly. One does not do that. Add what you want, but f***ing one or the other. There's no point in both. It's ridiculous... Unless I'm half wrong. Double meaning on that one part, eh? >_> (Who knows?). On the other hand, maybe one part isn't what the other part suggests it is, in which case, on that part, the double entendre part, I approve indeed. Another vice >_>. PepsiWithCoke? (likely) 9. Almost happened to me but didn't happen to me. Could've done something about it but didn't. *shrugs* I would've in that position, and my position wasn't far off. I mean s***, always expect that nonsense. Never heard back though. Never got further information. I guess that's why things ended that way. I mean, I don't remember, I'm just looking at s*** I've put in... Still, that problem could have been solved. It was not. I said back in a few weeks but not goodbye. DreamwaIker? 10. LIsten, bro... I don't care what color your hair is or how long it is, I DO have a dick. That's important because I always see the references in things. Ghosts might not have dicks, but I do. TranA32? FemmeFromMars? Edited by Choco, Jan 10 2015, 10:44 AM.
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 07:54 AM Post #19 |
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"only makes sense at this stage" lucky is 7th jury member |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 07:59 AM Post #20 |
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sativa gives me something drug-related and rose fighting tournament has some results as well so probably |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 08:06 AM Post #21 |
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maybe Dreamwalker for 9? :| |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 10 2015, 10:20 AM Post #22 |
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Ah, I didn't put that together. That makes more sense. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 10 2015, 11:34 AM Post #23 |
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Regarding Choco's summary above, I think we can safely discard Amplefy, since any TES1 context has been confirmed as being irrelevant, and because a much better connection has been found with lucky. Also, if Dream is correct about Cody's #3 suggestion being based off of his assuming that Aquarius was Machete's zodiac sign, then we can discard Judgmenl as well. For #10, we have two answers that both seem to have a connection to a statement from Machete about male/female ambiguity. However, as Dream pointed out, the number 32 has significance for this challenge, so I lean heavily towards TranA32. I wouldn't rule the other out though. For all the ones we have answers for, I am least confident in #1. All we have is a possible connection with Swift's username and the title of the song; that's the best we have to go on though, so I'll take it. Due to uncertainty and the smaller pool of possible correct answers for this particular entry, this might be a good one for the 3 of you to take different answers on. #9 still puzzles me. It seems to be about some peculiar experience whose eventual outcome Machete regrets. Possibly an encounter with law enforcement? (Machete has, I think, referenced such things in the past). From the names list we have both Troll_Police_, and iAmTheLaw45. That's just a wild guess. I'm not really confident with that at all. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 12:07 PM Post #24 |
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Regarding Choco's long post (and on these answers in general). I guess #1 seems okay as Swift. There's a lot of swiftly rotating blades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3adTY5elog #2 might as well remove Amp because Machete was pretty clear about no TES1 references, so even if he could be wrong I doubt he would be *that* wrong. So I think we can settle on #2 being Lucky unless someone proposes something better. I like the "7th jury member" thing too, especially since Machete posted these ramblings right after I called Popcorn the 8th, so that would be fresh in his mind. So yeah, luckynumber777 is solid. #3 is difficult because the "technicality" screams Judgmenl, and I do seem to recall Machete mistaking his astrological sign for something else at some point in TES2. While countzander would be more "correct" about being in Machete's team, I'd like to know what the "technicality" would be. ? I forget how exactly Effie was dq'd, but it had something to do with a screenshot. If it was a faked screenshot, then yeah, #4 is probably Effie. #5 has to be Traptin3days after re-reading that while thinking about his name. I suppose you're right that Ice_Scorpio didn't do much of anything on GameFAQs and hence Achromatic seems more likely for #6... well, idk. I mean we didn't really start with colors in TES2, unless you're talking about people's own highlighting lists. One problem with Achromatic is that he got voted onto Ophiuchus but then failed to re-enter the game. Pulling up my archives from that time, I see Machete posted the following: "3 players were selected from Ophiuchus to return to the game. Their presence was necessary to ensure equal numbers on teams, but they have not confirmed activity. 2 of them have not yet read my PMs that I sent 2 nights ago. The 3rd, I apparently did not send a PM to according to my outbox. I will continue to pursue these players for activity, and if they don't wish to play, they'll be eliminated in order to further their active teammates. The other 2 Ophiuchus members read my PMs but neglected to respond. I had specifically said that it they don't wish to rejoin the game (as it had been a significant amount of time), they could ignore my messages. In doing so, they acknowledged that they did not wish to continue." At the time, there were 5 Ophiuchus players: Achromatic Tropic_Sunset Shadow2Life Ice_Scorpio unsthable And Shadow2Life, Ice_Scorpio, and unsthable were the 3 who were initially placed on the player list. That means (deductively) that Achromatic was someone who read Machete's PM but neglected to respond. I feel like that at least partly counts as being inactivity kicked - because if he was active, he would've had no trouble getting on a team, since ultimately none of the Ophiuchus people ended up confirming their activity and returning. So that might throw a dent into the Achromatic Theory for #6. We should look for some other answer. #7 I'm still going with Sativa_Rose, yeah. Everything matches up so well. #8 similarly matches everything. Definitely PepsiWithCoke. As for #9, I don't think that's me. Usually when I talked to Machete in PM he didn't attempt to relate to my game but rather just talked about how much better he was at playing the game than me (and though my situation was different due to my name recognition during and especially at the start of TES2 and hence I had to do some different things to stay alive than what he did, I can still 99% agree he played the game better as an individual than I did). But anyway, the point is that he wasn't feeling similar to me, just better. Also, "I said back in a few weeks but not goodbye" makes no sense with regard to me. And he always hears back from me. So yeah, about the only thing there that is valid for me is "that problem could have been solved" in that I probably could've saved myself in some way if I knew to expect that. So who *does* fit for #9? I think it was someone who quit a long time ago, since Machete doesn't seem to remember well and is just looking at info he put in. Machete almost quit hosting once too, so that could be how it's still talking about TES2. One that stands out to me on the info doc is "110th Place: Ice_Scorpio (quit due to IRL issues, added to Ophiucus - Capricorn)". So it was a guy who went to Ophiuchus but then Machete never heard back from at the time of the merge and so that was the reason he didn't get to keep playing the game. For #10, I don't see Femme bringing forth the "I do have a dick" issue. "Tran" makes much more sense for that, especially since the name has a 32 (Machete's new age) in it. What I don't get is how it has something to do with "Ghosts". I suppose one could propose TheShadowMan683 but even shadows are a stretch to call ghosts.. and "Man" alone wouldn't bring up the hair issue. What about Ashphantom? Ash was one of the women of the struggle, right? Not really sure, but at least it has the "phantom" reference. Maybe there's some other reference to long hair or dicks that only Machete understands. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 12:19 PM Post #25 |
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Oh, actually Ebony and Ivory do "lack color" in the sense of black and white, so Achromatic does still seem rather good. I was accidentally thinking "lacking color" was just talking about Chimera wiping out so much of the other original teams. But yeah, I was wrong. I'll ask Machete about the Achromatic Ophiuchus issue over PM. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 10 2015, 12:31 PM Post #26 |
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I like this suggestion. Not only does it make sense with Machete's reference to ghosts, but Ash (often short for Ashley) can be either a man's or woman's name. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 12:45 PM Post #27 |
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So here's the list of potential answers, with my bogus percentages beside answers for which I'm not confident. Edit: I entirely replaced Judgmenl with countzander since Kefi just pointed out to me on Steam that Machete said "technically" and not "a technicality". 1. Swiftblade09 2. luckynumber777 3. countzander 4. Death_Of_Effie (75% likely) 5. Traptin3days 6. Achromatic (90% likely) 7. Sativa_Rose 8. PepsiWithCoke 9. Ice_Scorpio (40% likely) 10. Ashphantom (50% likely), TranA32 (25% likely), or FemmeFromMars (20% likely) Edited by Dreamwalker, Jan 10 2015, 12:52 PM.
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 12:52 PM Post #28 |
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I meant more because of your username like he was talking about lucid dreaming |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 12:54 PM Post #29 |
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FemmeFromMars femme is woman mars is man |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 12:57 PM Post #30 |
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iirc he shared a screenshot of a PM that didn't show the username and made it look like he had sent that PM to mayochete |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 12:58 PM Post #31 |
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Yes, I got that. That's why it's still at 20%. |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 12:58 PM Post #32 |
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for #10, there's also theshadowman who was a girl in the merge story |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 12:59 PM Post #33 |
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you said "I don't see Femme bringing forth the "I do have a dick" issue" >_> |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 01:00 PM Post #34 |
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I thought about the lucid dreaming thing at first, but it didn't seem to fit with the whole paragraph. I still don't think it's me, but it would be funny if I convinced you all not to put me and then it ended up being me and you all lost because of it. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 01:01 PM Post #35 |
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Well I did think about the Mars thing, so that was just my fingers being moronic. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 01:02 PM Post #36 |
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Oh, maybe. I hadn't thought about the merge story in awhile. Let me pull it up from my archive... http://pastebin.com/MTEUvjJZ Maybe there's something in there we can use. |
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| Choco | Jan 10 2015, 01:52 PM Post #37 |
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“When Choco turned female, I turned male. It makes sense!" Exclaimed Shadowman. “Move past it already!” |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 06:38 PM Post #38 |
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I think Machete just confirmed in the topic that Achromatic is right and he neglected to consider eliminations from Ophiuchus. |
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| Cody11533 | Jan 10 2015, 07:33 PM Post #39 |
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Looking at what we've got, I'm pretty confident about 1-9. 1. Swiftblade09 2. luckynumber777 3. countzander 4. Death_Of_Effie 5. Traptin3days 6. Achromatic 7. Sativa_Rose 8. PepsiWithCoke 9. Ice_Scorpio Edited by Cody11533, Jan 10 2015, 07:37 PM.
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| Cody11533 | Jan 10 2015, 07:36 PM Post #40 |
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Also, I now believe 10 is SSj3BillMurray. First part is referring to Dragon Ball Z, in which the SSJ3 gives the person super long, blonde hair. The second part is a reference to Ghostbusters. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 07:59 PM Post #41 |
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Sounds great, Cody. I may have never gotten that, since I don't watch BBJ (though I have heard the hair thing before) and also never saw Ghostbusters (yeah, yeah, crucify me! see if I care >_>). |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 10 2015, 08:03 PM Post #42 |
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I like cody's idea as well. Go for it |
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| Cody11533 | Jan 10 2015, 08:23 PM Post #43 |
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Since I can't submit, do the other 3 who can all want to do the same set of answers? Are there any left that we want to consider varying? |
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| ArchangelBaruch | Jan 10 2015, 08:31 PM Post #44 |
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Just tell me what combination you want me to send and I'll do it. |
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| Kefiroth | Jan 10 2015, 08:35 PM Post #45 |
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If we're really confident about all 10, then it's best to submit all the same lists, since that would give us more opportunities to vary answers on the tiebreaker if a non-Gemini ties with us. Of course doing that could just result in an annoying and unneccesary intra-Gemini tiebreaker. it's your call. |
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| Cody11533 | Jan 10 2015, 09:15 PM Post #46 |
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Personally, I love annoying and unnecessary intra-Gemini tiebreakers, but we all know how Baruch feels about them. But seriously, unless anyone has any doubts, we should probably submit the same list. I believe this is what we've got: 1. Swiftblade09 2. luckynumber777 3. countzander 4. Death_Of_Effie 5. Traptin3days 6. Achromatic 7. Sativa_Rose 8. PepsiWithCoke 9. Ice_Scorpio 10. SSj3BillMurray. |
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| Dreamwalker | Jan 10 2015, 11:44 PM Post #47 |
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As indicated by my percentages earlier, I have obvious doubts, mainly about #9. If Machete wasn't even considering that Achromatic was "inactive" at the time of the merge, would he have been talking about Ice_Scorpio not responding to him at the time of the merge? I doubt it. I don't have a better suggestion than Ice_Scorpio yet, but I think people should submit different answers to that anyway. Tie-breaker only matters if one of you guys actually ties for the most points. (On the flipside, if we find a #9 that we can be more confident in, then all 3 of you submitting that answer would maximize the variation we can do on the tie-breaker.) |
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| ArchangelBaruch | Jan 11 2015, 04:58 AM Post #48 |
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Sent cody's post. |
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| Choco | Jan 11 2015, 05:49 AM Post #49 |
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...the fuck is BBJ? |
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| Choco | Jan 11 2015, 06:33 AM Post #50 |
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#2 might be the_key_24 who is the 24th person in the placements list #9 is still eh #10 seems solid but the whole penis seems somewhat out of nowhere |
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