Game rules:
Posting: On your turn, select a movie and check to see that it hasn’t been done before. Post a frame from the movie when you pause it at the 20:20 mark. Wait for at least a couple people to guess, or 24 hours. Then post a frame from 40:40 and wait again. Continue for 60:60, 80:80, 100:100, etc. If nobody can guess your movie, you lose and must post again.
Guessing: Use only what’s in your mind (don’t Google it). You get one guess per frame, and if you want to guess again, you’ll have to wait until the next frame gets posted. If you guess the movie, it’s your turn to post.
You know what would be a great New Year’s resolution for this thread? If people who can commit to a guess can also commit to getting a new frame up within 24 hours after being declared the winner. This game has really dragged to a halt over the last few months.
Please don’t let it come to that. I love it when you guess, Chris.
Look, I agree that we need to pick up the pace. But there will be lag times. During the holidays for instance, things got a little rough. I got very sick over New Year’s, and I’m sorry I set the tone for the long wait. That will happen sometimes.
But by and large I agree with John that we can pick up the pace. I’d just rather not lose some of my favorite people who may be able to guess from work, but have to wait to post a frame.
I don’t want to lose anyone either: I just want people to seriously ask themselves before they guess whether they can get a new frame up within 24 hours if they win.
Most people who guess from the office are great about posting something when they get home, IMO. And I think we all understand that real life comes up occasionally, so I don’t mind the occasional long gap. But as someone who really enjoys this game, it feels to me like over the last few months it has become a lot more common for people to take a 48+ hour gap between one game and another. Considering the fact that a 20:20 game can often resolve itself within minutes of the first frame going up, and you might miss that opportunity to guess multiple games in a row, all that downtime starts feeling drawn out.
Anyway, not singling out anyone in particular, or trying to be a dick and police people. I’d just love it if there was less downtime, without necessarily losing any players. I think all of us would.
I suppose another reason why it’s taking longer to post new entries is… much of the low hanging fruit, the movies that tons of people have in their home collections, were posted a few thousand entries ago. The movies posted now are more obscure or brand new. Harder to guess, harder to replace.
Or so I would guess. Maybe I’m conflating the problem with overfishing.
That looks like an elevated rail line, so I’m goi g to be a homer and say that’s the L in Chicago. And guess The Big Sick.
Because it is literally the first recent movie set in Chicago I could think of. Also because it’s Bella, which almost 100% means I’ve not seen the movie no matter what it is ;)
