The 'cryptic guess the username' game

Nitefly · 20 Feb 2008 at 19:46

Hello all,

Just had an idea which might provide some (minimal) entertainment this evening, and hey, everyone loves a 'guessing game' or a quiz. So here we go.

The idea is to give a clue to a OCUK username that other members have to guess. For example:

Clue: "James Bond / Ethan Hunt"
Answer: Spie

Obviously thats very easy (and isn't cryptic in the slightest) but its just to give an idea of the task at hand. Also, the thread will fail miserably is anyone makes it too hard to make a guess or makes it too cryptic. The correct answer giver will provide the next clue, and so on.

Finally, try to make it so the answer is obvous if it is correct (as above), so the guesser can straight away proceed with the next clue rather than awaiting a confimation.

Heres an easy one to get things going:

Clue: Filthy Mutt

Nix · 20 Feb 2008 at 19:47

Dirtydog.

Name the sig: "Too weird to live, too rare to die"

Nitefly · 20 Feb 2008 at 19:53

Nix said:
Dirtydog.

Yup!

Name the sig: "Too weird to live, too rare to die"

... that doesn't really follow the point of the game

Nix · 20 Feb 2008 at 19:54

Nitefly said:
Yup!

... that doesn't really follow the point of the game

It's cryptic, and it's a clue to someone. How's it not part of the game?

Nitefly · 20 Feb 2008 at 19:58

Nix said:
It's cryptic, and it's a clue to someone. How's it not part of the game?

Well it was supposed to directly related to the user name to make things easy. Nix could be 'Steals, in slang'. Also its a sig that (presumably) would have to be known off hand to be possibly able to guess, where as my two examples were obvious.

But if someone gets it, whatever. If not, go again

Kell_ee001 · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:01

Clue - A writing implement on 2 bits of wood

Van Hellseek · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:01

/\ Is that a clue to the above question, or a new one? :confused:

Kell_ee001 · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:02

A new one

The first one wasn't really a clue!

semi-pro waster · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:02

Nix said:
Dirtydog.

Name the sig: "Too weird to live, too rare to die"

cleanbluesky although I think that might be a few signatures ago now.

This users' name refers to a thought pattern in a scientific discipline or when allied with the suffix "shift" describes a change in basic assumptions - usually quite a major one.

Van Hellseek · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:02

So are we sticking to usernames or what?

Van Hellseek · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:03

Kell_ee001 said:
Clue - A writing implement on 2 bits of wood

penski

Kell_ee001 · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:03

Yes

Although now there's 2 to get

lol

Edit - just 1, SPW's

gillywibble · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:03

Kell_ee001 said:
Clue - A writing implement on 2 bits of wood

Penski?

Nitefly · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:04

seek said:
So are we sticking to usernames or what?

Yes please.

Kell_ee001 said:
Clue - A writing implement on 2 bits of wood

Ooo I know *bounces up and down*

Van Hellseek · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:04

I got it

my turn?

Kell_ee001 · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:05

Yes, if SPW's is too hard

semi-pro waster said:
This users' name refers to a thought pattern in a scientific discipline or when allied with the suffix "shift" describes a change in basic assumptions - usually quite a major one.

Van Hellseek · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:06

It was for me.

Next : Cooking utensil fetish. (fetish not relevant to the username though

)

Nitefly · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:07

seek said:
It was for me.

Next : Cooking utensil fetish. (fetish not relevant to the username though )

Johny69?

Van Hellseek · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:08

Nope: think what you use to cook

Mr Jones · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:09

seek said:
Nope: think what you use to cook

Spork?

or is it Tefal?