NZ Wheel of Fortune (Framm 18 vs. DOMO vs. xtopherusD)

[xtopherusD]

I could probably go not-terribly with this game...

/in!

[xtopherusD]

On ya, mate!

[xtopherusD]

R

*cheers from the audience*

[xtopherusD]

I know this.

Yep.

[xtopherusD]

Hooray!

[xtopherusD]

Yep, I'll pass.

[xtopherusD]

PENTHOUSE APARTMENT

[xtopherusD]

d72?

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (27) = 27

[xtopherusD]

I'll take an

H

, please.

[xtopherusD]

STAHP

[xtopherusD]

Oh, um... I have no idea. You were meant to stop later!

Can I have an

N

?

[xtopherusD]

Gah!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (64) = 64

[xtopherusD]

I'll (officially this time) guess

N

.

[xtopherusD]

I feel like I've got about half of it :/

I'll try spinning again.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (34) = 34

[xtopherusD]

lol

?

[xtopherusD]

No, the wheel. 8 was a baaad spin

[xtopherusD]

KATE BECKINSALE

?

[xtopherusD]

G

[xtopherusD]

Wait, I miscounted, can I choose a different letter at all?

[xtopherusD]

I forgot about the N in the third word of

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

[xtopherusD]

This spin. That killed me.

[xtopherusD]

Congrats, TML!

I need to /in again for less bad spins and more good solves

[xtopherusD]

Fill in the Blanks are actually really cool.

[xtopherusD]

Funny, working out who the artist was gave me the song

[xtopherusD]

It does. But you use a different pointer

[xtopherusD]

Freakin' accommodation with terrible signal.


Hey Richard, is that border a gradient of our three colours? Because that's really quite impressive.

[xtopherusD]

Freakin' new page.

[xtopherusD]

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (8) = 8

[xtopherusD]

Is there a

T

at all?

[xtopherusD]

You're better off than I am.

Me too!

[xtopherusD]

The more, the merrier

[xtopherusD]

*SIIIIIIIGH*

[xtopherusD]

T

?

[xtopherusD]

R

.

[xtopherusD]

I'll

pass

, too.

[xtopherusD]

Good to know I'm on a completely wrong track, then.

[xtopherusD]

Ugh.

C

!

[xtopherusD]

/in again. One day I'll do well.

[xtopherusD]

And I haven't even played Deal or No Deal!

[xtopherusD]

Well...

dramonic, Blastoide, Rob13, CareyHammer, puzzledan, StrangerCoug, jmj3000, Wisdom, Aj the Epic and Superdeclan

[xtopherusD]

I have most of it by now, too. Possibly the whole thing, with a guess.

[xtopherusD]

Hi, Luck Is Trash! How are you?

I think he meant that

you're

Luck Is Trash.

[xtopherusD]

ANZAC Day?

[xtopherusD]

Sorry,

ANZAC Day

?

[xtopherusD]

Not really. Nearly 6 minutes.

[xtopherusD]

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (14) = 14

[xtopherusD]

I'll take your alliteration as a clue, and guess for an

S

!

[xtopherusD]

I'll spin again.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (5) = 5

[xtopherusD]

I'll take any

N

s, please.

[xtopherusD]

Hmm, one in twelve chance of a bad spin...

I'll take it!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (7) = 7

[xtopherusD]

Playing it safe for now, where are the

T

s?

[xtopherusD]

Buy an

A

?

[xtopherusD]

Future xtoph probably hates me right now.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (30) = 30

[xtopherusD]

Another $50?

[xtopherusD]

R

!

[xtopherusD]

I'll spin one last time.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (71) = 71

[xtopherusD]

I'll go with

H

.

[xtopherusD]

The clue is

PERSON WHO ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN

, though I don't know the answer.

One name comes to mind. Is it

John Wilkes Booth

?

[xtopherusD]

It's amazing. Continue doing this colour magic.

[xtopherusD]

This is... in English, right?

[xtopherusD]

The problem I have here is that if there's an error but no player knows the answer, it's not possible to check that there isn't a problem after making a guess. If diginova hadn't indicated earlier that he knew it, who would have had to take the bullet for the second D?


It just doesn't feel right to take this.

[xtopherusD]

"Quick brown fox" has duplicates.

"Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx"?

[xtopherusD]

I thought you'd have known this one, ani!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (66) = 66

[xtopherusD]

Not a bad spin. Can I have the

N

s?

[xtopherusD]

Let's try for some big money, eh?

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (16) = 16

[xtopherusD]

Hmm.

G

!

[xtopherusD]

Ah, why not.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (29) = 29

[xtopherusD]

I don't like the idea of risking another spin.

L

[xtopherusD]

I think I'll solve now.

"ROLLING IN THE DEEP" - ADELE

Spoiler: Out of interest...

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (69) = 69

[xtopherusD]

Aaand that would've been the thousand >.<

[xtopherusD]

GREAT DEPRESSION

[xtopherusD]

Interesting...

R

?

[xtopherusD]

I'll pass on this one.

[xtopherusD]

Um, G?

[xtopherusD]

I wasn't part of that puzzle, was I?

I'll try for an

A

.

[xtopherusD]

Sure thing!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (26) = 26

[xtopherusD]

A, H, M, P

[xtopherusD]

I believe this is

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

!

[xtopherusD]

Finally worked it out.

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

[xtopherusD]

Take the $800 spot.

[xtopherusD]

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (56) = 56

[xtopherusD]

T

[xtopherusD]

Spin!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (12) = 12

[xtopherusD]

R

!

[xtopherusD]

Ah, you've convinced me.

Buy an

A

.

[xtopherusD]

Possibly the most that a single vowel has ever helped me.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (58) = 58

[xtopherusD]

I'll take the

N

.

[xtopherusD]

I always worry about spinning, but I don't have much of a choice at this stage.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[xtopherusD]

Hmm.

R

[xtopherusD]

You've got to be kidding me

[xtopherusD]

I cannot imagine...

[xtopherusD]

The end to my own sentence?

I can't imagine doing all that work. It's crazy.

[xtopherusD]

Oh wow.

[xtopherusD]

Oh, different marker :/

[xtopherusD]

Hooray!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (57) = 57

[xtopherusD]

*checks if B has been called*

No? Good.

B

!

[xtopherusD]

Never heard of a Ngata, but I'll take the spin.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (36) = 36

[xtopherusD]

If that's what I think it is...

[xtopherusD]

Yes I did!

I'll take some

D

s, please!

[xtopherusD]

I can use my Wild Card straight away, right?

[xtopherusD]

I'd like to do that and call an

L

, then.

[xtopherusD]

Hmm... Pay for vowels... Solve now... Decisions, decisions...


Solve:

DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE

!

[xtopherusD]

Absolutely!

FIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE

[xtopherusD]

WHAT?

[xtopherusD]

Well, I'm going to need a whole lot of luck here, and a new Wild Card wouldn't go unappreciated either...

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (19) = 19

[xtopherusD]

B

[xtopherusD]

And that's nowhere near what I need.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (20) = 20

[xtopherusD]

It'll have to do.

W

[xtopherusD]

I can't say that the wheel has been nice enough to me yet...

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (38) = 38

[xtopherusD]

It's not bad, but I'll just take the

K

for now.

[xtopherusD]

Wait, you don't have it? I was running on the assumption that it was as good as solved! This makes things much more interesting...

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (52) = 52

[xtopherusD]

Come on, Wheel, work with me here.

[xtopherusD]

I don't know what it is either, but you should both pass on your turns so I can cash in my $25k by figuring it out.

Now I really have to play this right.

Go with the

D

[xtopherusD]

Spin.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (62) = 62

[xtopherusD]

I'll call the

P

...

I may need some time to think about the wedge.

[xtopherusD]

Wait,

ten

thousand? Hmm...


After running some numbers, I'm pretty sure that on average I'll get about $9500 if I keep spinning after this. That's not even accounting for bankrupt spins or anything, and even if I avoid those it's something of a best case scenario.

I think... I think I have to take this chance.

Flip the Mystery Wedge, please.

[xtopherusD]

And don't leave me waiting too long, if you can avoid it

[xtopherusD]

Damn.

Let's just hope the speedup goes really, really,

really

well.

[xtopherusD]

6,000 isn't a big enough lead.

This is still true, right?

[xtopherusD]

Pass

[xtopherusD]

Something tells me there isn't a please there.

[xtopherusD]

I looked and said I'd get back to it. Thanks for the reminder.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (31) = 31

[xtopherusD]

Dammit Wheel.

L

[xtopherusD]

The plan is to spin top dollar and call the most frequent letter. Let's see how it "

turns

" out.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (70) = 70

[xtopherusD]

DAMMIT, WHEEL

[xtopherusD]

I know, it's a radical strategy.

[xtopherusD]

Um.

R

[xtopherusD]

Oh, did I miss it? Damn, looks like I can't win.

(sorry about that)

[xtopherusD]

I guess I've never had to remember before.

[xtopherusD]

Ooh, I've always wanted to be a Kingmaker!

[xtopherusD]

They must really hate surprises in Ireland?

[xtopherusD]

:o I just realised I'm not back in the queue for this. I guess I'm not sure I like the idea of probably going up against SC...

Yeah /in okay

[xtopherusD]

The wheel spins...

Spoiler:

This way.

[xtopherusD]

a lighter note

tone the glow down

[xtopherusD]

As long as it was intentional...

[xtopherusD]

And without any advertisers! Something seems a little fishy, if you ask me...

[xtopherusD]

Amateurs. I got it from no letters.

[xtopherusD]

It was a planned downtine with an announcement and everything, so that would be fair.

It looks like that was a different thing and the planned move is happening later because of it.

I guess it has the same effect on this game, though.

[xtopherusD]

And we usually

forget

to think about the next marker over...

[xtopherusD]

[xtopherusD]

I wish I could say that that Í gives it away for me. I have to

pass

.

[xtopherusD]

I'm glad I did have that first word right. But I'll

pass

also.

[xtopherusD]

Thanks!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (70) = 70

[xtopherusD]

Oh, I hope I've counted that one wrong.

[xtopherusD]

I did count to Lose a Turn last night and $250 at one stage since. It seems I need to get my head back in the game.

Let's see a

D

or two, thanks.

[xtopherusD]

You posted an uncropped version for pecanpie's first spin - which happens to be in the exact position I went from!

[xtopherusD]

[xtopherusD]

I thought that was strange! And I think I'll stick to spinning until I get more money than can be contained in a single banknote.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (50) = 50

[xtopherusD]

Hah. And I wasn't going to count my spin this time.

[xtopherusD]

I'm worried to choose the R, now.

Will I regret asking for some

M

s?

[xtopherusD]

I knew it!

[xtopherusD]

Quotations are so long!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (50) = 50

[xtopherusD]

S

for... something, please.

[xtopherusD]

I always struggle to find something different to say each time I guess letters. This is just such a simple but repeatable template!

And you're correct; I will spin.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (45) = 45

[xtopherusD]

T

for, um, tea, please.

[xtopherusD]

I think I'll do something I've often avoided and

buy an A

.

[xtopherusD]

The puzzle sure is looking interesting but I'm going to the wheel.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (24) = 24

[xtopherusD]

Hmmm. Free Play.

Can I see the

E

s, please?

[xtopherusD]

That's great. Let's spin.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (40) = 40

[xtopherusD]

Top dollar is $900, right? Besides the Jackpot, of course. If so, are there any

D

s?

[xtopherusD]

Oooh I mistranslated the half-baked word there. Would've gone for something else if I'd realised. I'll continue spinning... *

crosses fingers and

*

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (69) = 69

[xtopherusD]

Definitely! For now can I get some

M

s?

[xtopherusD]

Short of the lead? That's nowhere near what I want!

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (31) = 31

[xtopherusD]

New Year's happened twice for me this year! At the moment I'm holidaying in a state without Daylight Savings Time, so we watched the fireworks in Sydney at 23:00 and 0:00, Queensland time. And that's without mentioning the explosion of American-timed New Year posts over the web!

[xtopherusD]

The

L

, please.

[xtopherusD]

It's sort of like, "Remove the L from the set of guessable letters", in most cases. I don't know if anyone consciously implies it, but I think that's the general idea.

Spin again? Spin again.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (25) = 25

[xtopherusD]

Hey, wheel. Cooperate.

G

for *grumbles*, please.

[xtopherusD]

Ah, one more.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (15) = 15

[xtopherusD]

R

!

[xtopherusD]

Well, I didn't like the $300 all that much anyway. Time for one more.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (11) = 11

... Has there been a time when I've said I'll do one more spin and actually stopped? I recall being in this sort of situation far too many times.

[xtopherusD]

This wheel is really grinding my gears right now, but I can't afford any bad spins.


I'd like the

N

s, and then I'll

solve:

A RIDDLE WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY INSIDE AN ENIGMA

[xtopherusD]

I'm sorry! I know that spinning and guessing are two different beasts but I assumed that making the solved puzzle would sort of follow on from the Ns.

I guess not! It won't happen again.

[xtopherusD]

That looks like 5 Ts to me - SC should be at $2750?

[xtopherusD]

Pass

.

[xtopherusD]

Interesting.

W

?

[xtopherusD]

Oh, I see. This is "QQQQQQQ XXXXX".

Pronounced "[

radio static

] [

CRT static

]".

[xtopherusD]

I'll pass on that offer, thanks.

L

?

[xtopherusD]

Got nothing.

Pass

.

[xtopherusD]

Gah, put me back /in please. I'm following the thread closely enough that I really should just be joining the game.

[xtopherusD]

Free Play is basically a $250 wedge, but you also have the option of "buying" a vowel, for free.

[xtopherusD]

But also you can't lose your turn on it.

[xtopherusD]

[xtopherusD]

Wait, whose turn is it?

[xtopherusD]

waitwatiwait

[xtopherusD]

waitwatiwait

[xtopherusD]

Sorry again!

[xtopherusD]

Pass

[xtopherusD]

I

just

checked this thread to no new posts, but went back to egosearch and it was at the top of the page with Framm's post. Crazy.

[xtopherusD]

[xtopherusD]

Okay! Let's see if I still remember how this goes.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (18) = 18

[xtopherusD]

I'll take an

N

, thanks.

[xtopherusD]

Of course.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (43) = 43

[xtopherusD]

Is there a

P

or two?

[xtopherusD]

Hopefully I won't regret another spin.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (45) = 45

[xtopherusD]

I'm looking for an

M

.

[xtopherusD]

I think I'll solve now!

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

[xtopherusD]

Thanks, Rich. I'll start with a spin.

Original Roll String: 1d72

1 72-Sided Dice: (10) = 10

[xtopherusD]

Well, I can't complain! There has to be a

T

.