Guess the Progamer Revisited

So I'm studying graphic design at uni and fourth year is dedicated to MS Paint. One of our assessment tasks is to waste as much time as possible on something completely unrelated to the course. This guessing thing has been done before on TL but I thought it might be fun to have a go. Not really sure how hard these will be for you all, probably not very. I've also included some very poorly contrived cryptic-crossword type clues; you won't need them I'd say. Good luck!

1. Death to zine's other half.

+ Show Spoiler +

2. Sordid soloer.

+ Show Spoiler +

3. A weighty reassurance.

+ Show Spoiler +

4. Comes in a variety of flavours.

+ Show Spoiler +

5. Uncastrated male horse, pees freely, sees nothing.

+ Show Spoiler +

6. Soaks hemp in water to separate build order.

+ Show Spoiler +

7. Oh behind an authorial King.

+ Show Spoiler +

8. He had a divine and amusingly unconventional hammer time.

+ Show Spoiler +

9. Pitches above his size.

+ Show Spoiler +

10. The supreme Egyptian cracker.

+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: How many correct?

1 (3)

19%

6 (3)

19%

2 (2)

13%

3 (2)

13%

4 (2)

13%

5 (1)

6%

7 (1)

6%

8 (1)

6%

10 (1)

6%

9 (0)

0%

16 total votes

Your vote: How many correct?

(Vote): 1
(Vote): 2
(Vote): 3
(Vote): 4
(Vote): 5
(Vote): 6
(Vote): 7
(Vote): 8
(Vote): 9
(Vote): 10

Last edit: 2012-03-28 01:16:17

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eodynn Germany. March 27 2012 23:10. Posts 44

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I failed horribly S:
still knew who TLO was for some reason.

theBALLS Singapore. March 27 2012 23:16. Posts 2102

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Got everyone except for whitera and nestea

I thought nestea was select!

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DarkPlasmaBall United States. March 27 2012 23:21. Posts 19998

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I got em all except for Dimaga, but some of them weren't super easy

Well done ^^ Sometimes the clues helped; sometimes I just looked at the pic (e.g. Polt).

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mordek United States. March 27 2012 23:29. Posts 3300

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Got 3 and 5-9 without taking too long. A good combination of name hints and picture. Kicking myself when I clicked the spoiler on #1. I knew I recognized it!

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mrGRAPE Singapore. March 27 2012 23:32. Posts 293

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Somehow, I could tell it was TLO even though it was mostly just beards.

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figq March 27 2012 23:38. Posts 9589

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Only missed 2 - + Show Spoiler +
The text descriptions helped me, also just knowing well the popular photos of progamers.

It's a quite interesting experiment, because for example I could look at the image of + Show Spoiler + and see that he's there almost just as clearly as if it was a non-puzzle picture, yet it was very puzzled. It's an interesting experience for one's brain to face its own ability to comprehend reordering effortlessly (muhc hwo ew cna raed tihs instantly).

Last edit: 2012-03-27 23:44:14

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Ringall Finland. March 27 2012 23:48. Posts 136

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4/10 :/ I am ashamed of my performance.
Awesome blog though :3

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ohsea.toc Australia. March 27 2012 23:50. Posts 338

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On March 27 2012 23:38 figq wrote:
Only missed 2 - + Show Spoiler +
The text descriptions helped me, also just knowing well the popular photos of progamers.

It's a quite interesting experiment, because for example I could look at the image of + Show Spoiler + and see that he's there almost just as clearly as if it was a non-puzzle picture, yet it was very puzzled. It's an interesting experience for one's brain to face its own ability to comprehend reordering effortlessly (muhc hwo ew cna raed tihs instantly).

Yes. Some gamers have very defining characteristics, for example + Show Spoiler +, and these definitely help. I did choose the the + Show Spoiler + one partly because I knew it would confuse people: the make-up. I left part of the + Show Spoiler + in to compensate. I thought + Show Spoiler + would be really easy for some reason, I guess because + Show Spoiler +

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DarkPlasmaBall United States. March 28 2012 00:22. Posts 19998

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How could people think Nestea was Select when the picture shows the person is on IM and the clue is "4. Comes in a variety of flavours." ?

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FXOkaRmy Canada. March 28 2012 00:25. Posts 572

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Only one I didn't get was TLO lol

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TheRhox Canada. March 28 2012 00:26. Posts 868

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got + Show Spoiler +, + Show Spoiler +, + Show Spoiler +, and + Show Spoiler +

Last edit: 2012-03-28 00:26:54

cmen15 United States. March 28 2012 00:43. Posts 1457

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I am really bad at this game.... rly bad. lol

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Erik.TheRed United States. March 28 2012 01:47. Posts 1171

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Progamer Picasso

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Rad United States. March 28 2012 02:27. Posts 738

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I got ret and stephano pretty easily. I should have gotten a few more but I didn't realize the hints were hints.

I also thought nestea was select haha ^^ But I do have select vs creator playing in the background...

Last edit: 2012-03-28 02:28:21

ohsea.toc Australia. March 28 2012 11:36. Posts 338

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Seems as though people found it harder than I thought they would.

On March 28 2012 01:47 Erik.TheRed wrote:
Progamer Picasso

A much better title. This is giving me ideas...

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