#688-B - "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:15 pm
This puzzle’s contest answer is a major U.S. city.
(Now this is a week 1
)
(Now this is a week 1
)ETA: #10
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#688-B - "Urban Design"
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Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:16 pm
Awaiting beam up, but yeah, definitely week 1
ETA: #10
ETA: #10
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:21 pm
Solved and submitted (even if just for fun).
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:30 pm
Solved & submitted. Beamed up at #27!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:47 pm
I think this was an excellent way to get everybody out of the Comedy Central mess. 688 B is a true week 1. Great job, Matt!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:59 pm
I try to keep my solves as pure as possible by not looking at these boards until after I've submitted an answer. I was completely stymied by COMEDY CENTRAL (Diner is a comedy?!?!), so I just now read through those 7 pages of comments. They would have made me feel somewhat better that there were lots of other people in the same boat as me.
And it was indeed a nice gesture by Matt to send out this substitute puzzle. As Meg said, it is a "true week 1". Solved and beamed up, whew, suddenly life looks a lot better (not that my outlook on life depends on my current rate of success with metas, no, of course, that would be silly).
And it was indeed a nice gesture by Matt to send out this substitute puzzle. As Meg said, it is a "true week 1". Solved and beamed up, whew, suddenly life looks a lot better (not that my outlook on life depends on my current rate of success with metas, no, of course, that would be silly).
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:59 pm
Yep - a definite week 1. Cute 
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:01 pm
I thought Comedy Central was by far the best answer, but I'm happy to keep my "25" undeserved though it may be.
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:03 pm
Ok this time I am for sure ready to beam up!!
I had TMC for Friday’s meta.
I had TMC for Friday’s meta.
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:12 pm
Back on track (submitted at least). I started to worry about myself getting nudges for a week 1. Comforting to know I wasn't the only one.
Edit: Beam me up!
Edit: Beam me up!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:12 pm
Solved, Matt is a great guy and a great constructor!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:22 pm
Beam me up! Very generous of Matt to give us this bonus puzzle!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:23 pm
Week 1 indeed. Beamed up.
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:57 pm
Beam me up -- again!
(I got COMEDY CENTRAL, but with a bit of help, which was definitely unusual for a Week 1.)
(I got COMEDY CENTRAL, but with a bit of help, which was definitely unusual for a Week 1.)
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:00 pm
Make Week 1 Week 1 Again! 180 right by 2:30 pm....the world is back on its axis....
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:09 pm
Beamed up - - a true week one-er!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:10 pm
Beamed up! Fun!
I chose Cinemax because of the "SOFT C"!!!
I chose Cinemax because of the "SOFT C"!!!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:50 pm
Beamed up yet again. Love that we got a bonus meta this week!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:55 pm
You wonder if Matt was realizing what was going on with COMEDY CENTRAL early into the weekend and already started working on the alternate Week 1 or if this was a future Week 1 (though I think he says he loves making ideas on the fly) or where the origin of it came up. Definitely made me smile - and, yeah, bonus meta - come on!!
Re: #688-B "Urban Design"
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:55 pm
Well I submitted my B-side answer and hope I am right. Of course I thought I was right last time with TCM and had beaucoup documentation as to why, oh well.
YAY! Just checked and saw my name on the board, streak of one going! I panicked at first because it said the submissions were closed, must have been a glitch.
Oh, and for the record, I did find a way to come up with an alternate answer, true to my usual style of searching out the odd. Granted, it could not possibly be because the city is and never will be major, but it is always fun to reveal the potholes I fall in.
YAY! Just checked and saw my name on the board, streak of one going! I panicked at first because it said the submissions were closed, must have been a glitch.
Oh, and for the record, I did find a way to come up with an alternate answer, true to my usual style of searching out the odd. Granted, it could not possibly be because the city is and never will be major, but it is always fun to reveal the potholes I fall in.