Ghostbusters or Pirates?
"Consider the Alternative" October 6, 2022
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I won't argue with that. And it's why I think they breathed a huge "Phew!" when they picked the "OPTION" email first.
(Or second, or third.... "That one didn't count because I coughed when I hit the button. Try again!")
Saw. And agree with his defense. (How could I not? It's his puzzle after all!)Joe Ross wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:40 pm Read @MattGaffney's replies to THE OTHERS on crosswordfiend. He correctly and firmly defended OTHELLO & debunked THE TEMPEST. Matt may not be a part of the selection process, but there's no way @MikeMillerwsj & Mike Shenk are going to go against his emphatic & repeated objection to a bad answer.
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DAMN… got close. Obviously way late, for some reason I didn’t start this one until today. I figured out the alternatives- Eisenhower, Saturday, October, Othello, Rhode Island, Harvard… but couldn’t figure out how to make those into a word. I don’t think I would have managed to figure out the next step- taking the first letter of the real, plus the alternative, and finding a 3 letter grid entry that started with those 2. Oh well. At least I got halfway there!
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Pirates. Savvy?
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Well as a Lost fan I am not sure if I am happy to be with the OTHERS or not and I appreciate the nuances re play titles and anagramming. This was a truly elegant meta even for Matt who is at the top of the game. That said I wonder if we might be ready to add a new term alongside being PAGEANTed given the stats. I will propose that a result like this where the incorrect but identical answers outnumber the correct (and yes more elegant) one be referred to as anOTHER (or something like that-you all are far more clever than I am) and I for one will now occasionally sweat not only being PAGEANTed but anOTHER of “those” metas.
I learned a lot from this discussion thank you all. And thanks Matt, as always. stay well all. Tomorrow is another Thursday.
I learned a lot from this discussion thank you all. And thanks Matt, as always. stay well all. Tomorrow is another Thursday.
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In the case of these puzzles it seems that Occam's Razor does not always apply.kurtalert wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:28 pm DAMN… got close. Obviously way late, for some reason I didn’t start this one until today. I figured out the alternatives- Eisenhower, Saturday, October, Othello, Rhode Island, Harvard… but couldn’t figure out how to make those into a word. I don’t think I would have managed to figure out the next step- taking the first letter of the real, plus the alternative, and finding a 3 letter grid entry that started with those 2. Oh well. At least I got halfway there!
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Merest of nudges got me to the full beach… thanks to @Wendy Walker and the gang! I think I would have seen this tonight if I had the freedom to sit and look at it, but 3 little granddaughters are about all Nana can handle today! ( :
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Why did the rating system go away?
flyingMoose wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:41 amA 4 in the olden days based on the rated metas of yore.
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When Muggledom moved to a bigger, better server, the rating system could not go with it for some reason. That is my understanding.Cruciverbalisticexpi wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:39 pm Why did the rating system go away?
flyingMoose wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:41 amA 4 in the olden days based on the rated metas of yore.
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That makes sense. Appreciate the quick response!
flyingMoose wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:49 pmWhen Muggledom moved to a bigger, better server, the rating system could not go with it for some reason. That is my understanding.Cruciverbalisticexpi wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:39 pm Why did the rating system go away?
flyingMoose wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:41 am
A 4 in the olden days based on the rated metas of yore.