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Hey Clue Crew!

Voting for The Creature of Kapu Cave ended an hour ago, and out of 324 votes…

A - 11 votes
B - 49 votes
C - 99 votes
D - 132 votes *WINNER*
F - 33 votes

Our second ever D game! Will The White Wolf of Icicle Creek follow, or will it fare higher? We’ll find out in two days! Voting starts now!

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - A bit mid, will usually only play once or twice a year.
F - Unfinished. Unplayable. One of the worst.

I’ll post the updated tier rankings after work!

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Hey Clue Crew!

We are nearly to the halfway point of these rankings! Voting for Danger by Design ended, and out of 301 votes…

A - 49 votes
B - 102 votes
C - 118 votes *WINNER*
D - 26 votes
F - 6 votes

Our third ever C game!

Round 15 voting starts now! How will The Creature of Kapu Cave stack up!? Voting starts now, and as always, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - A bit mid, will usually only play once or twice a year.
F - Unfinished. Unplayable. One of the worst.

Fight the power!

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Whales rule!

Hey guys!

This is coming way later than I planned. I meant to post this on my lunch break earlier but got distracted. But now that I’m out of my online class, here we go!

Round 14!

378 votes were put in for Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, and the decision by a landslide is…

A - 281 votes
B - 63 votes
C - 28 votes
D - 6 votes
F - 0 votes

…A GAME!!!!

Which means that voting for Danger By Design starts now!

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I love everything about this scene. I love it, so. so. so much. Laurie's monologue especially. Her beautiful and brilliant monologue.

Potential hot take. I feel that Laurie, Kate, and Jaclyn were judged more harshly than they should have been. When the season was airing, the comments were all about how fake the women were and how terrible friends they were to each other. The three women have a complex and resilient friendship that goes back to back to their high school days. That's at least 25 years of solid history, and that's a rarity. Even most marriages don't last that long. Relationships are fickle, and we got to see this point of their lives play out after being apart for so long, shocked and surprised at how different they've become and letting it manifest a worser version of themselves to put on display, and yet by the end, their love and bond are both apparent.

Jaclyn's line "Most people judge me for my superficial defects. You guys judge me for my profound defects," spoke volumes about how she really feels about Kate and Laurie. Their fights were insignificant to her.

Kate compares her friendship with Jaclyn and Laurie to a garden that blooms after a long period of watering and nurturing the soil of it. Again, she said it: their friendship is her garden, and the girls themselves and all the significant achievements in life are the flowers. Their time apart still allows them to grow together.

Laurie and her brilliant and beautiful monologue, in comparison, speaks about how sad she's felt because her mistakes felt transparent after being with them for the week. She wasn't talking about the fact that she knew the other two were gossiping about her, but because they've both achieved a place where they're happy and content with how their lives turned out, while her own is on extremely shaky ground. Her "belief systems" (love, work, motherhood) fell apart, but Kate and Jaclyn are her true constants in life.

You would swear they hate each other, but look at how they speak at the end of their trip and the season. Their friendship survived well into adulthood because they accept that they're growing into different people constantly and they're allowing themselves to grow together, all their fights and squabbles be damned!

Very rarely does a scene or a monologue sticks with me, but Laurie's monologue in particular resonates. I know it hasn't even been a year and a half since the finale, but just being a year older than I was when the finale aired (32 > 33), her words feel more truthful now. You do have to justify your life choices and stuff, but it's exhausting having to do. If religion gives you meaning, great. If love gives your life meaning, great. If it doesn't, that's okay. She's right that time does, and it's great to be happy to be at the table. In turn, it makes me think of my own friendship with my best friend of 8 years and all the good and bad and ugly we've been through and now we're states a part, we're growing as people and it's letting our friendship grow.

Mike White is one of my all time favorite writers. He has a real knack for writing realistic and complex relationships. Makes me real excited to see what season 4 delivers.

Hey clue crew!

Polls for Round 12 closed a few hours ago! Out of 355 votes…

A - 79 votes
B - 126 votes *WINNER*
C - 109 votes
D - 35 votes
F - 6 votes

It’s been a few rounds since we had one, but Secret of the Old Clock was voted into B!!

Truth be told, I honestly thought there was a chance that C would overtake B. B is well deserved, though.

But now, we move onto Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon! Voting starts now! As always, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - A bit mid, will usually only play once or twice a year.
F - Unfinished. Unplayable. One of the worst.

Hasta la Pasta!

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Hey clue crew!

I’m so late on posting this, and I even forgot to post the updated tier ranking last round. School kept me insanely busy this past week (midterms). But we’re past all that, so here we are with round 12!

332 votes were cast for The Curse of Blackmoor Manor and out of those votes…

A - 214 votes *WINNER*
B - 75 votes
C - 22 votes
D - 13 votes
F - 8 votes

Another A game!

Let’s see if Secret of the Old Clock will be able to secure an A ranking! Voting begins now, and as always, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems
D - A bit mid, will usually only play once or twice a year.
F - Unfinished. Unplayable. One of the worst.

Until next time, make sure you pick those vegetables.

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Nothing new learned, except they’re also filming something in Monaco. Still a neat write up about the new season.

Hey Clue Crew,

Here we go - Round 11! The Secret of Shadow Ranch won by a landslide, out of 315 votes! And once again…

A - 245 votes - WINNER
B - 52 votes.
C - 15 votes.
D - 0 votes.
F - 3 votes.

…we have another A game!

Voting for The Curse of Blackmoor Manor is now open! I’ll admit, this is one round of voting I’ve been waiting for. It’s one of my all time favorites in the series! Would anyone else agree?

As a reminder for the rankings:

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - A bit mid, will usually only play once or twice a year.
F - Unfinished. Unplayable. One of the worst.

I’ll post the updated tier ranking when I go on my lunch break at work!

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Hey Clue Crew,

Ahh! I’m late to posting this. I procrastinated on completing this week’s assignments for school way longer than I should have allowed myself to. But, everything is done AS OF NOW! So without further ado, I announce the results of Round 9: Danger on Deception Island!

A - 189 votes - WINNER
B - 88 votes.
C - 37 votes.
D - 11 votes.
F - 1 vote.

Voting for Secret of Shadow Ranch is now open! Will it also be ranked as an A game, or will it fall short!? We’ll know in two days time.

As a reminder for the rankings:

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - A bit mid, will usually only play once or twice a year.
F - Unfinished. Unplayable. One of the worst.

*PLEASE READ*

Since we’re now on round 10, how do you feel about introducing an S tier ranking? S tier voting could be held every 5 rounds, or we could hold off on introducing S tier until ALL of the games have been ranked? If yes, what rules would you implement? Give me your thoughts!

Have fun!

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We are back with round 9, ladies and gentleman! 281 votes were cast for The Haunted Carousel, and the results are in!

A - 61 votes
B - 106 votes
C - 69 votes
D - 42 votes
F - 3 votes

B wins out!

And now, we begin our voting for Danger on Deception Island! As usual, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites. The cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems
D - A bit mid, usually will play once or twice a year
F - Unplayable. Unfinished. One of the worst.

Don’t let the turkeys get you down!

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Hey clue crew!

Wow. People really showed up for Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake. 388 votes were cast and the people have spoken!

A - 190 votes
B - 125 votes
C - 54 votes
D - 19 votes
F - 0 votes

Our third A game, ladies and gentleman!

How will The Haunted Carousel rank? Voting starts now! As a reminder, the ranks are as follows:

A - The fan favorites, the cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - A bit mid, usually only play every once or twice a year.
F - Unplayable. Unfinished. One of the worst.

Scopa!

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They had such a complex and messy relationship and Cordelia has really come into herself since Fiona died, I’m excited to see how (if at all) their relationship will be after her being stuck in knotty pine hell for a decade will be. Will they be more reluctantly cordial? Will there be forgiveness?

Hey clue crew!

The polls are closed for Secret of the Scarlet Hand and the results are in!

A - 99 votes
B - 96 votes
C - 67 votes
D - 28 votes
F - 10 votes

Ladies and gentleman, based on 300 votes, we have our second A game!!!

Will Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake also make the cut for A tier? We’ll find out in two days! Voting starts NOW!

As a reminder, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites, cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - Mid, will usually only replay once or twice a year.
F - Unplayable. Unfinished. The worst.

Stay beautiful!

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Hey clue crew! 277 people voted on The Final Scene and the results are in!

A - 92 votes
B - 106 votes
C - 52 votes
D - 23 votes
F - 4 votes

I’m genuinely surprised that it wasn’t voted A, but B wins! The next round of voting begins now for Secret of the Scarlet Hand!

As a reminder, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites, cream of the crop.
B - Good enough to be held in high regards.
C - Underrated gems.
D - Mid, will usually only replay once or twice a year.
F - Unplayable. Unfinished. The worst.

I’ll post the updated tier rankings when I get home from work. Until then,

Whales rule!

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I’m only a legal secretary at my public defenders office, putting in the work to move up to paralegal eventually. I’ve been in the role almost 8 months now and it’s been a solid experience, except for one attorney.

He doesn’t take phone calls from clients more than half the time. He refuses to allow meetings scheduled to speak with clients. When he does communicate with clients, it’s the bare minimum and he’s notorious for hanging up on clients and walking away from them mid-conversation. We secretaries have to deal with being chewed out by his clients who call multiple times a day, every day, every week, every month because he won’t speak with them and then have to take the brunt of further complaints because they get pissed when the director and the judges won’t approve a change of attorney.

The kicker is that he apparently gets away with it because he’s been here for 20 years, the longest serving public defender.

Hate it. Hate it. Hate it.

Downvote me if you disagree, but I welcome discussion. But hear me out.

Project Hail Mary was a great movie. I really enjoyed it, but for as good as it is, I don’t think it deserves an Adapted Screenplay nomination. I say this for a few reasons.

As other people on other subs have pointed out, it didn’t truly capture the spirit of the book. The biggest issue is that the film toned down how much of a threat Astrophage is not just to humanity, but to entire solar systems. It’s brought up in a flashback to when he was teaching, it’s brought up in a meeting with the scientists, and other fleeting moments, but “fleeting” is the keyword: it’s presence in the film was otherwise scaled back, when the whole point of the book was that it’s a larger than life presence that weighs on them all. The Sahara was turned into a solar farm, Antarctica was nuked to give Ryland more time, courts tried bringing in Stratt, other nations were far more involved than portrayed.

Not to mention, the ending. Ryland had a very specific reason for why he went back for Rocky: because he realized that the Astrophage adapted to phase through the material Rocky’s ship was made out of, and that he had enough to either go home or go back to save Rocky.

All those experiments, all those explanations, gone. The fact that Andy Weir had to go on record to explain the decision to change the ending means it wasn’t the right decision.

Ryan Gosling and Sandra Huller were terrific in their roles, but there was no need to change their characters from the book. Ryland is less of a scientist and Stratt is a much softer character than the book. Again, it takes away from what Project Hail Mary was about.

Hey clue crew!

I messed up with Round 4, and accidentally set the poll to expire after 3 days, not 2. I posted this in that thread, but still putting that out there here as a reminder. Round 4 voting was done as of 11:30ish last night! With 314 votes…

A - 177 Votes
B - 85 Votes
C - 39 Votes
D - 12 Votes
F - 1 Vote

Ladies and gentlemen, our first A game!!!

And now we vote on The Final Scene! As a reminder, the rankings are as follows:

A - The fan favorites
B - Good enough to be held in high regards
C - Underrated gems
D - A bit mid, will usually only replay once or twice a year.
F - Unplayable. Unfinished. One of the worst.

I’m on mobile posting this from work so I won’t be able to post the updated tier ranking until I go to lunch in a couple of hours, but I wanted to get this round going in the meantime. I’ll update this post then! In the meantime,

Don’t take any wooden nickels!

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