Howlin' Howland

Top Pun (a competition to make up the best puns)

20 hours ago, Jez Bell said:

Hola fellow phobics!

Anyone interested in a new game?  As it turns out, I have some hosting time available.

@Howlin' Howland @Dolorous Gabe @Ser Not Appearing @Fragile Bird @Julia H. @RhaenysBee @rocksniffer @a free shadow @Castellan

Yes.

I think we've done this before.

Change one letter in the title of a movie, TV show, or book to completely change its meaning.

For example, change Star Wars to Star Cars a show about celebrity automobiles.

Breaking Bed (a porno)

Jews (just when you thought it was safe to go back in the synagogue)

The worst part about hosting a game is that you don't get to play.  Here's some ideas I had:

Round 1: (Pryat Pree)

Wasting a savage Valyrian bitch

Round 2: (Bloodraven)

Monstrous, terrifying piece of loathsomeness.

Round 3 (Quaithe)

Pretentious counselor provides generous exposition.

Round 4 (Melisandre)

We’ll calmly justify murdering humans.  Wildfire!!!

Round 5 (Jojen Reed)

Even fucking Bran verily undermines undead nonsense.

Round 6 (Qyburn)

Get the corpse prepared.

Round 7 (White Walkers)

Icy joyless yokels.

Ser wins the final round to finish in second.  A free shadow ruins his bid for a perfect 1 point game.  Rocksniffer continues his trend of scoring well when he doesn't vote.  And Castellan secures the win for this game.

Final Standings:

Castellan 71+8=79

Ser Not Appearing 54+17=71

Dolorous Gabe 54+11=65

Jez Bell 54+8=62

Fragile Bird 48+3=51

rocksniffer 32+15=47

RhaenysBee 31+4=35

Eternally_His 11

a free shadow 1+1=2

Thank you to all who played and I hope you enjoyed the game.   Congrats to the winner, Castellan 

Round 7 Results:

1. Hells' lifeless resuscitations: chilling glaciation haunts mankind. (Dolorous Gabe) 1+1+1+3+3+2=11

2. Crystal frozen bodies that render death! (Fragile Bird) 1+1+1=3

3. Holy lolly, revenge coldly: gelid hordes march! (RhaenysBee) 1+1+1+1=4

4. Harken! Library reveals Cold Gods' hidden mythology. (Jez Bell) 1+1+2+1+2+1=8

5. Chilly fellows brazenly trafficking reanimated draftees. (rocksniffer) 1+1+3+1+2+3+2+2=15

6. Cold foreigners! Baby traders! Rotten DEVILS!!! (Castellan) 1+1+2+3+1=8

7. Cold, frigid bastards try ruining daylight. (Ser Not Appearing) 1+1+3+2+3+3+4=17

a free shadow 1=1

Two players haven't voted yet so I sent them DMs.  Hopefully I hear back from them but even if I don't I'll wrap this up by the end of the week.

1 hour ago, Dolorous Gabe said:

1st) 5

2nd) 4

3rd) 3

Gabe, I made an error when I initially posted the Round 7 entries, I missed entry 7 when I was cutting and pasting.  Please consider the entry and let me know if you want to change your votes.

All, I owe one of you an apology.  There were 7 entries but the last one was on a different page in my notes and I didn't copy and paste it in.  This is the full list of entries:

Round 7 Entries:

1. Hells' lifeless resuscitations: chilling glaciation haunts mankind.

2. Crystal frozen bodies that render death!

3. Holy lolly, revenge coldly: gelid hordes march! 

4. Harken! Library reveals Cold Gods' hidden mythology.

5. Chilly fellows brazenly trafficking reanimated draftees.

6. Cold foreigners! Baby traders! Rotten DEVILS!!!

7. Cold, frigid bastards try ruining daylight.

Round 7 Entries:

1. Hells' lifeless resuscitations: chilling glaciation haunts mankind.

2. Crystal frozen bodies that render death!

3. Holy lolly, revenge coldly: gelid hordes march! 

4. Harken! Library reveals Cold Gods' hidden mythology.

5. Chilly fellows brazenly trafficking reanimated draftees.

6. Cold foreigners! Baby traders! Rotten DEVILS!!!

7. Cold, frigid bastards try ruining daylight.

I'd initially missed an entry I've edited the original post to add it.

Please vote for your favorite three.

Gabe with a monster round jumps into a three way tie for second, but with a 17 point lead the game is Castellan's to lose.

Round 6 Results:

1. Victor Frankenstein follower. Red Keep's quack vagabond. (Dolorous Gabe) 1+1+2+3+3+1+3+4=18

2. Voracious for females: researching “knowledge”. Quamlessly vicious. (Fragile Bird) 1+1+3+2+2=9

3. Vivifying foul Frankenstein, rescuer kiboshed Queens vanquishing. (Ser Not Appearing) 1+1+1=3

4. Vile fucking freak relishes knowledge 'quietly'... viciously! (rocksniffer) 1+3+2+1+1=8

5. Verified* freelancer, fact-based research,  knowledge-building - Qyburn Versity  (RhaenysBee) 1+1+2+3+1=8

6. Very funny.  Frankenstein?  Reanimating knight's Qyburn's vision! (Jez Bell) 1+1+1=3

7. Very frightening fellow reassembles kinetic quiet "vindicator". (Castellan) 1+1+1+2+2+3=10

Standings:

Castellan 61 + 10 = 71

Ser Not Appearing 51 + 3 = 54

Jez Bell 51 + 3 = 54

Dolorous Gabe 36 + 18 = 54

Fragile Bird 39 + 9 =48

rocksniffer 24 + 8 = 32

RhaenysBee 23 + 8 = 31

Eternally_His 11

a free shadow 1

I've got a few players who have responded to my dms but not yet gotten me their final entry.  One has given me multiple entries and the other has said they will get me one.

There's going to be an extension at least until Monday afternoon.  Over half the players haven't sent in final entries and it's a long holiday weekend in the States.  I'll send out PMs shortly.

Standings:

Castellan 55+6 = 61

Ser Not Appearing 46 + 5 = 51

Jez Bell 40 + 11 = 51

Fragile Bird 32 + 7 = 39

Dolorous Gabe 27 + 9 = 36

rocksniffer 11 + 13 = 24

RhaenysBee 21 + 2 = 23

Eternally_His 11

a free shadow 1

Please try to vote and get me your entries by 6:00 PM ET 11/23/2022.  If you need more time don't hesitate to ask.

 Round 5 Results:

1.  Manacled wolf vision; likely snowy future (Ser Not Appearing) 1+1+3=5

2.  Edible fate backhanded virtuous underling - untimely nothingness. (Castellan) 1+1+1+3=6

3.  Important knowledge, greenly foreseen, translated. (rocksniffer) 1+2+3+3+4=13

4.  Moody wee visionary looms succulent fate. (Dolorous Gabe) 1+1+1+1+3+2=9

5.  Epicurious: "Frog Boy's Velouté . Understated umami. Nutty." (Jez Bell) 1+1+3+2+2+1+1=11

6.  Meal with “views” - laugh speculating fans. (Fragile Bird) 1+1+2+1+2=7

rocksniffer won the round but he didn't vote.  It looks like a three way race between Castellan, Ser and Jez.

Round 6 Entries:

1. Victor Frankenstein follower. Red Keep's quack vagabond.

2. Voracious for females: researching “knowledge”. Quamlessly vicious.

3. Vivifying foul Frankenstein, rescuer kiboshed Queens vanquishing.

4. Vile fucking freak relishes knowledge 'quietly'... viciously!

5. Verified* freelancer, fact-based research,  knowledge-building - Qyburn Versity 

6. Very funny.  Frankenstein?  Reanimating knight's Qyburn's vision!

7. Very frightening fellow reassembles kinetic quiet "vindicator".

Everyone went with the longest entry, which I appreciate.  Please vote for your top three.

It looks like we've had one player drop out.  I've got entries from seven players for Round six but one of them sent me three entries so I'm going to give them some time to choose which they want to go with.  There's also another player who hasn't voted  I've PMd them both and will post the results as soon as I hear back from them.  Hopefully it will be tonight but it might not be until tomorrow.

Round 7:

Since we don’t know the names of any of the individuals, this round is a group.  The Others.

Acronyms:

IJY

CFBTRD

HLRCGHM

This is the final round.  I'm holding off on setting a deadline until Round 6 ends.  As always, good luck!

I've got two players who haven't submitted an entry, one who's submitted several but I've asked them for clarification of which they want to use, and two players who haven't voted.  I've PM'd them all and there will be an extension until at least 5:00 PM ET tomorrow, 11/15.  As always, if anyone needs an extension please ask. 

I'm rolling up the letters for the final round right now and I will post them shortly.

I've got 7 players in this game.  But I only have three players who've voted for round five and I only have three players who've submitted entries for round six.

I would appreciate it if you would get me your votes and entries by 5:00 PM ET tomorrow 11/14.

Herding cats.

13 minutes ago, RhaenysBee said:

I’m back! May I still vote? I’ll try to come up with something for Qyburn. Sorry about dropping out last round  

Glad to have you back.  Feel free to vote.  I hope to finish this round Monday 5:00 PM ET so you have plenty of time to come up with an entry for this round.

Round 5 Entries:

1.  Manacled wolf vision; likely snowy future

2.  Edible fate backhanded virtuous underling - untimely nothingness.

3.  Important knowledge, greenly foreseen, translated.

4.  Moody wee visionary looms succulent fate.

5.  Epicurious: "Frog Boy's Velouté . Understated umami. Nutty."

6.  Meal with “views” - laugh speculating fans.

Vote for your top 3.  Good luck.  Please try to vote for your favorite Round 5 entries and get me your entries for Round 6 by 5:00 PM ET Monday the 14^th.

Also, I’ve already had some very strong entries for Qyburn so, if you want to win, bring your A-game this round.

I've got one player who submitted multiple entries but hasn't told me which one they prefer.  I've got another player who told me they'd get me an entry last night who still hasn't gotten me one.  And I've got a third player who's opted out of this round for IRL reasons, but maybe they'll still play if I give them more time.

So, I'm granting an extension until 5:00 PM ET Monday 11/7.  That's a hard deadline and I won't grant extensions beyond it.

Round 4 Results:

1. Wine, Cressen? Jolly'up, 'Maester half-wit'. (Jez Bell) 1+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 11

2. Heretics! End war, pretend unity!  (RhaenysBee) 1+ 1 = 2

3. "Jesus" f***ing quest (Dolorous Gabe) 1+ 1+ 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 = 17

4. Her end was pyrrhic unveiling… (Fragile Bird) 1+ 1+ 2 = 4

5. His enchanting woman pyromaniacally utilitarian. (Castellan) 1+ 1+ 2 + 1 + 2 = 7

6. Hearken emulators...Woman 'pyres' usurpers! (rocksniffer) 1+ 1 + 3 = 5

7. Woman conjures juniors, murders, humps wildly.  (Ser Not Appearing) 1+ 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 13

Standings:

Castellan 48 + 7 = 55

Ser Not Appearing 33 + 13 = 46

Jez Bell 29 + 11 = 40

Fragile Bird 28 + 4 =32

RhaenysBee 21 + 2 = 23

Dolorous Gabe 10 + 17 =27

Eternally_His 11

rocksniffer 6 + 5 = 11

a free shadow 1

Ser got the most votes but Gabe got the most first place votes, strong round by both.  Castellan still has a commanding lead with just three rounds to go.

I'll post the results from Round 4 and the Round 5 entries when I hear back from the other players, but here is the Round 6 theme and letters:

Round 6:

Qyburn

Acronyms:

GTCP

DHEPU

VFFRKQV

I look forward to anyone who even tries the VFFRKQV letters, I laughed when I rolled them up, good luck.