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CJ's 3rd connecting wall
Topic Started: May 30 2012, 05:33 PM (3,172 Views)
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A new wall, and another new format! Let's see how this one works.

This time, we have 36 words (in 9 groups of 4). This time, though, the layout is significant: the wall is divided into quarters, each of which contains one word from each combo.

When guessing, you must tell me which four you think go together. Prizes are 10 points for the combo, and 15 points for the reasoning. No points for the reasoning alone, though; either the combo must already have been guessed, or you must post the combo along with the reason.

Of the nine groups, there is one whose reasoning I consider to be very hard to get. If you manage to get this one, you win 50 points.

Maximum number of guesses for the combos is 4 per day, with unlimited guesses for the reasoning. The 'day' starts/finishes at 12:00am GMT (so, 7:00pm EST, or 4:00pm PST).

Also, we have invented combos, which have featured on other people's walls, but this is the first time they're featuring on mine. If you invent a combo that I like (with reasoning), but that isn't one of the ten main combos, then you win 15 points. Unlike the main combos, the invented combos do not have to include one word from each quarter, and those that don't do not count towards your limit of 4 guesses per day.

Prizes are 1 post per point, up to a maximum of 200 posts. Once you've passed that, you can't win any more posts, but you can continue to play for points/fun.

If you're not clear on something, or I've missed something out, then feel free to ask. Otherwise, here is your wall:

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Combos:
1) Bread / Pay / Rick / Drum - -Roll. Answered correctly by PL-Stokie (+25 points)
2) Speed / Jobs / Laden / Ford. - Surnames of people who died in 2011. Answered correctly by PL-Stokie (+25 points)
3) Future / Aztec / Ocean / Medieval - Time zones in The Crystal Maze. Answered correctly by PL-Stokie (+25 points)
4) Poseidon / Alpine / Gibraltar / Yggdrasil - All Linux distributions. Answered correctly by PL-Stokie (+25 points)
5) Powder / Electric / Nanking / Sky - All shades of blue. Answered correctly by thecostumedanceparty (+25 points)
6) Build / Industrial / Computer / Assassin - All form the names of Minecraft mods when "-Craft" is suffixed. Answered correctly by HeroofDarkness (+25 points)
7) Liberty / Gala / Topaz / Discovery - All types of apple. Answered correctly by HeroofDarkness (+25 points)
8) Depth / Fixed / Floating / Congestion - Answered correctly by thecostumedanceparty (+10 points). All types of charge - Answered correctly by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
9) Rain / Chain / Pure / Rabies - Automatic. All are anagrams of country names (Iran, China, Peru, Serbia) - Answered correctly by thecostumedanceparty (+50 points)

Invented combos:
1) Jobs/Computer/Industrial/Future - Apple Technologies. Invented by HeroofDarkness (+15 points)
2) Rain/Electric/Speed/Sky - Thunderstorm. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
3) Rain / Ocean / Sky / Industrial - Water cycle. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
4) Electric / Speed / Industrial / Build - Bullet Train. Invented by HeroofDarkness (+15 points)
5) Electric / Industrial / Congestion / Liberty - New York City. Invented by HeroofDarkness (+15 points)
6) Aztec / Ocean / Discovery / Depth - Lost City of Atlantis. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
7) Nanking / Congestion / Industrial / Sky - Air pollution over Nanking/Nanjing. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
8) Inustrial / Speed / Ford / Congestion - Cars. Invented by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
9) Depth / Discovery / Ocean / Future - the Marianas Trench. Invented by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
10) Poseidon / Gala / Gibraltar / Yggdrasil - All to do with myth and legend. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
11) Poseidon / Topaz / Alpine / Nanking: all vehicle models having to do with the color blue (Poseidon blue, a car, van, even boat; Topaz blue, a car; Alpine blue, another car; Nanking blue, the train on the first page) Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
12) Floating / Ocean /Speed / Build - A speedboat. Invented by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
13) Industrial / Jobs / Ford / Chain - A production line in a Ford factory. Invented by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
14) Yggdrasil / Future / Sky / Depth - Ragnarök. Invented by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
15) Computer / Discovery / Rick / Drum - The Rickroll. Invented by PL-Stokie (+15 points)
16) Industrial / Alpine / Ocean / Sky - all biomes or land mass types. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
17) Industrial / Liberty / Future / Jobs - the 17th/18th century American Dream. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
18) Industrial / Build / Chain / Speed - business monopolization. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
19) Chain / Speed / Powder / Pay - drug dealing. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)
20) Medieval / Congestion / Gala / Assassin - common life in the Middle Ages. Invented by thecostumedanceparty (+15 points)

Scores:
thecostumedanceparty: 250
PL-Stokie: 205
HeroofDarkness: 95




Finally, here's your first clue, right off the bat:

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The combo itself has nothing to do with trains; all that matters is one specific feature of this train....which is probably the most obvious feature :P .

Good luck!
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Pyrite
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Rick/Pay/Bread/Drum - Roll is the connection.
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CJ
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How did you get that so quickly?!
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Pyrite
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It was Rick, and the fact that the Rickroll song was on the radio this afternoon, while I was coming back from school.

Anyway, I've got another idea for a reasoning, but I've only got two words that fit.
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CJ
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Well, that always helps XD

Good luck finding the other two....if, indeed, your reasoning is correct.
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

Jobs/Computer/Industrial/Future - Apple Technologies
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CJ
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That's not a main combo, but I like it.

Have 15 points for an invented combo.
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Rain/Electric/Speed/Sky: The sudden swipe of a storm (rain and electricity) brushing across the sky

Computer/Future/Industrial/Build: As we build our industry, we create stronger computers which will ease our lives in the future and move us along the continuum of mankind.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, May 30 2012, 06:01 PM.
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CJ
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I'll let you have the first one as an invented combo. I think the second one is a bit vague, though.
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Hey, whatever works. I'm not any good at guessing these anyway. I'm better at making them.

Sky/Ocean/Industrial/Rain: the water cycle?
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, May 30 2012, 06:12 PM.
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CJ
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Have another 15 points for an invented combo.

I thought 'industrial' was a bit of a stretch at first, but I suppose you do get 'clouds' from factories, etc.
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Pyrite
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Medieval/Industrial/Discovery/Computer - the ...... Age
Edited by Pyrite, May 30 2012, 08:29 PM.
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CJ
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Good guess, but I'm not sure I can give it to you as an invented combo. Firstly because it's the Age of Discovery (rather than the Discovery Age), and secondly because I think it's too close to one of the main combos.

You still have 3 guesses, though. That one doesn't count, as it didn't use one from each quarter, and therefore couldn't be a main combo.
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Jobs/Laden/Gala/Ford - All surnames.

Yes, I know it's wrong...
Edited by Pyrite, May 30 2012, 08:30 PM.
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CJ
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Good guess, but again, it's too close to a main combo.

You're definitely along the right lines with that, though.
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HeroineDark
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

electric/speed/industrial/build - Magnetic/bullet train?
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CJ
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I like that one.

Have another 15 points for an invented combo.
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Pyrite
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Jobs/Laden/Ford/Speed - Surnames of famous people (businessmen?)
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CJ
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The main combo is correct, but the reasoning isn't. They are surnames, but there's something else linking those four people.
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Pyrite
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All founders of corporations?

(I'm guessing that because it fits for Jobs, Laden and Ford)
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CJ
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Incorrect.

Hint: The 'Ford' in question isn't Henry Ford.
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Pyrite
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Is the link that all the people died in 2011?
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CJ
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Correct!

(Steve Jobs, Osama bin Laden, Betty Ford, Gary Speed)
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HeroineDark
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

Congestion/Liberty/Industrial/Electric - New York City?
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CJ
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Have another 15 points.

I like how Daniel's dominating the main combos, while you and Adam are pwning the invented combos!
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Pyrite
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Because I haven't got a very creative mind :P
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HeroineDark
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

Because I see multiple patterns at once. with the 4 groups of 4 there are far fewer patterns to be had, hence my domination there. In the inventive groups I will see patterns all the frelling time, distinguishing them from the main combos is hit and miss.
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CJ
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Well, as long as you can see patterns, that's the main thing.
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Poseidon/Aztec/Industrial/Computer: all ages progressing in time (Greek mythology, Aztec civilizations, Industrial Revolution, Computer Age)

I have another (I guess this is my last guess today, right?): Aztec/Ocean/Depth/Discovery (Atlantis? Poseidon is debatable as well)
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, May 31 2012, 12:22 AM.
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CJ
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First one is, again, too close to a main combo. Second one works well as in invented combo, though, so you can have 15 points for that.

Also, neither of those guesses used one word from each quarter (and therefore, neither could be a main combo), and so neither counted towards your 4 guesses. Also, I've set a definite time for when one 'day' ends and the next begins (which is midnight where I am, which passed over an hour ago), so, had those counted towards your four, those would have been your first two guesses for today.

So, each of you has had 4 new guesses as of 1 hour, 25 minutes ago, and you have 22 hours, 35 minutes in which to make them.
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