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Post by plasticpepper on Jan 21, 2009 17:56:36 GMT -5
"The walrus ain't Paul" from last year was a red herring. There were other things that were making people think Ringo, but I think it was a case of incorrect guesses rather than red herrings.
Post by rooadoodledoo on Jan 21, 2009 17:57:37 GMT -5
isn't unlikely for for rebilling a nearby city, especially Nashville. Likely not playing however. Doubt the stooges, seems like they have been ruled out just now with the tweet, plus good point on Asheton's death.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 21, 2009 17:59:02 GMT -5
I don't know what the answer is, but having the sleuthing going on in both this thread and a clue-specific thread simultaneously is really making it unnecessarily hard to keep up with. Can we either close this one and only post in the clue-specific threads, or close the clue-specific threads and just have this? It seems silly and counterproductive to have to bounce back between two threads for each clue just to keep up.
I don't know what the answer is, but having the sleuthing going on in both this thread and a clue-specific thread simultaneously is really making it unnecessarily hard to keep up with. Can we either close this one and only post in the clue-specific threads, or close the clue-specific threads and just have this? It seems silly and counterproductive to have to bounce back between two threads for each clue just to keep up.
"I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so fücking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here" -Radiohead
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 21, 2009 18:04:42 GMT -5
I agree that multiple threads is making this unnecessarily difficult. Locking this one might be the way to go, although that will make the other ones slightly more off-topic unless we plan to stop discussing tweets that aren't for specific clues or that are for future clues.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 21, 2009 18:05:40 GMT -5
I think the "when on stage" part does matter -perhaps leading us to a different interpretation of what "one star is missing" means rather than just any band with a dead member.
Post by rooadoodledoo on Jan 21, 2009 18:06:14 GMT -5
hmmm you know there was that whole thing with Phish phans wanting to nominate the lighting guy as an official member of the band because his contribution often made the show...thoughts?
I agree that multiple threads is making this unnecessarily difficult. Locking this one might be the way to go, although that will make the other ones slightly more off-topic unless we plan to stop discussing tweets that aren't for specific clues or that are for future clues.
i think a better idea might be use this as general discussion about the clues and save the individual threads for guess with the reasoning behind it included
Post by experiencehaze on Jan 21, 2009 18:07:37 GMT -5
Then we might have people making 5 separate threads at the exact time, I think it would be easier to just have one big thread. Unless we still have that problem with pages randomly disappearing from large threads.
"I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so fücking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here" -Radiohead
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
Post by rooadoodledoo on Jan 21, 2009 18:08:02 GMT -5
Fifth member A dedicated group of fans — CK5 — unsuccessfully attempted to have Chris Kuroda officially recognized as a member of Phish. The band's lighting designer since 1989, Kuroda was completely responsible for the visual aspect of a Phish concert, establishing it as important as the aural. Each concert was an original experience, and Kuroda's ability to equate light and sound during an improvisational jam was unparalleled.[40] It is not yet clear whether Kuroda will be joining the band at their reunion concert in 2009.
Post by BonnarooDetective on Jan 21, 2009 18:10:30 GMT -5
I don't mind the current clue thread system. I use this thread for ramblings and brainstorming, and the actual clue threads for more serious comments and official guesses.
I agree that multiple threads is making this unnecessarily difficult. Locking this one might be the way to go, although that will make the other ones slightly more off-topic unless we plan to stop discussing tweets that aren't for specific clues or that are for future clues.
Yeah, I have really enjoyed the lessened distarctions in the specific clue threads. But since we end up having to come over here to make sure we haven't missed anything anyway, I'd personally prefer to close this and leave only clue-specific threads. At least that way if someone is working on a specific clue, they have a better chance of being able to focus on that clue without all the guesses and tweets from all the other clues being interspersed. If one then wants to move on to another clue, just go to that clue's thread. That seems like a more productive way to do it to me, though obviously there is no way to prevent clue bleed from thread to thread.
Possibility that this clue relates to an earlier clue?
i dont know i was under the impression that each clue was in reference to a different band, but i dont know if anythings been said one way or another in that regards
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 21, 2009 18:12:56 GMT -5
I think a single thread is easiest too, but we couldn't all agree, so now we have multiple threads. I think at first people were planning to use the others for guesses and this for discussion, but of course it hasn't worked out that way. I think it's useless to try to designate different purposes for the threads; trying to tell people what they're allowed to post in a given thread never really works. As long as we have this thread and the others we're going to be repeating things and worse, we'll have the same people posting the same exact posts in both threads because nobody knows what to do.
This thread came first and some people weren't happy. I'm assuming those people wouldn't be willing to go back to the way it was, so I don't know what to suggest.