| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11816 Registered: 4-2010 |
They call me a first offender and a loser, and place me in the last position...yet I am happy about this. Why? As always, "I" = me (Balin) | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 395 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is sport relevant? Did you actually lose anything? Offender as someone who offended somebody else? Or as a game player with an offensive role? Is the last position actually the worst? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11817 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is sport relevant? No Did you actually lose anything? No Offender as someone who offended somebody else? Noish Or as a game player with an offensive role? No Is the last position actually the worst? Technically, the worst would be not having a position at all. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 401 Registered: 1-2011 |
They = H?A?M? F? Mixed? They = an organisation? a group of people which can be described by a common name? Relevant how many they are? Anything else about "they" releavant? If so: nationality? age? religion? political views? hobby? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11823 Registered: 4-2010 |
They = H?A?M? F? Mixed? HA-Mixed, but one HAF is more relevant than the rest They = an organisation? Yope a group of people which can be described by a common name? Yes, with a slight exception to the one HAF Relevant how many they are? No - assume in the hundreds Anything else about "they" releavant? Yes If so: nationality? age? religion? political views? hobby? This alone | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 1025 Registered: 5-2009 |
"First offender" is a term I associate with criminology. Is any crime relevant? Another breach of law? Of another rule? If any rule breaking is relevant: Did it occur in real life? Or only in imagination? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2348 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the title relevant? If so, is Spanish relevant? Is Beck? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11839 Registered: 4-2010 |
"First offender" is a term I associate with criminology. Is any crime relevant? Another breach of law? Of another rule? No to all, but this is a true story If any rule breaking is relevant: Did it occur in real life? Or only in imagination? Is the title relevant? Only in the sense of the term "Loser," which I also used in the puzzle statement If so, is Spanish relevant? Is Beck? So no to these | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 422 Registered: 1-2011 |
Do you share the common hobby with Them? You were placed in the last position = you were classified as last? Last position in the list? in the competition? School relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11860 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do you share the common hobby with Them? Yes You were placed in the last position = you were classified as last? Yes Last position in the list? in the competition? This is close enough - in last place School relevant? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3688 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you hope to get the last position? Was last position the best position overall? Or the best position avaiable to you? Offender: offensive relevant? First: being the first at doing something? Doing something for the first time? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11880 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you hope to get the last position? Yes, but may mislead Was last position the best position overall? No Or the best position avaiable to you? Yes, at the time Offender: offensive relevant? No First: being the first at doing something? Doing something for the first time? This | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3693 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you restricted to last place, because you were doing something for the first time? Competing for the first time? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11889 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you restricted to last place, because you were doing something for the first time? Competing for the first time? Yes to both | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3697 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you called a first offender because it was your first time competing? And a loser, because you got last place? But you were happy because it was the best you could get? And better than no place at all? Were you competing in: doing something? Making something? Accomplishing something? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11896 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you called a first offender because it was your first time competing? Yes, and then some. And a loser, because you got last place? Because I got a place at all But you were happy because it was the best you could get? Yes And better than no place at all? Yes Were you competing in: doing something? Making something? Accomplishing something? None of these Still, why was I called by those specific terms? Yes, Google is allowed. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2353 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the Biggest Loser relevant? If not, is it something similar, where being a Loser is actually good? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11926 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the Biggest Loser relevant? No If not, is it something similar, where being a Loser is actually good? Yes | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 447 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is this a kind of "lucky loser" thing? That somebody who doesn't qualify to something at first, get the chance to participate, because he/she is the best of those not qualified? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 680 Registered: 9-2010 |
Or is it a competition where you had to qualify (and did) and were happy just to qualify even though you finished last? Or is it something along the lines of the study which shows that Olympic competitors who finish in last place (that is, among those who actually finish and don't get DNF or DQ) are actually much happier than those who finish in fourth place (just off the medal stand) mainly because these people often have backstories that make just competing and finishing a great accomplishment, whereas whoever finished in fourth just missed winning a medal, which is probably the main reason they came. Is it something in a similar vein to this? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11933 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this a kind of "lucky loser" thing? That somebody who doesn't qualify to something at first, get the chance to participate, because he/she is the best of those not qualified? No, not like this Or is it a competition where you had to qualify (and did) and were happy just to qualify even though you finished last? Well, there's no real "qualifying" Or is it something along the lines of the study which shows that Olympic competitors who finish in last place (that is, among those who actually finish and don't get DNF or DQ) are actually much happier than those who finish in fourth place (just off the medal stand) mainly because these people often have backstories that make just competing and finishing a great accomplishment, whereas whoever finished in fourth just missed winning a medal, which is probably the main reason they came. Is it something in a similar vein to this? Noish - there's a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place; the rest are all Honorable Mentions. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 682 Registered: 9-2010 |
So did you come in 4th? And you were happy to have a place and not an honorable mention? And to clarify: Do all the competitors who don't place in top 4 get honorable mentions, or only the "winners" who finish above a certain benchmark? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11938 Registered: 4-2010 |
So did you come in 4th? No, I got an honorable mention And you were happy to have a place and not an honorable mention? So no And to clarify: Do all the competitors who don't place in top 4 get honorable mentions, or only the "winners" who finish above a certain benchmark? This, DOYD of "benchmark" | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 688 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it relevant what event you got an honorable mention in? Was it a sporting competition? A game competition (like chess or Halo 4)? An academic event? (Like Model UN, for instance), where one delegation/team gets first, second... and some other good ones get honorable mentions? Was it a competition where there is a clear method for choosing winners (like baseball, or soccer, or chess, or Quiz Bowl)? Something where the judges have to choose? (Like Model UN, or a Who Can Give the Best Motivational Speech Competition?) Something sort of in between involving the judges choosing based on a strict set of guidelines? (Like Olympic gymnastics, or a debate team competetition?) Oh, and were you the "worst" honorable mention? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2356 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the honorable mention benchmark related to being a loser? Like maybe only those who actually lost got honorable mention? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11956 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it relevant what event you got an honorable mention in? Yes Was it a sporting competition? A game competition (like chess or Halo 4)? An academic event? (Like Model UN, for instance), where one delegation/team gets first, second... and some other good ones get honorable mentions? No to these Was it a competition where there is a clear method for choosing winners (like baseball, or soccer, or chess, or Quiz Bowl)? Yope Something where the judges have to choose? (Like Model UN, or a Who Can Give the Best Motivational Speech Competition?) One judge, and Yes Something sort of in between involving the judges choosing based on a strict set of guidelines? (Like Olympic gymnastics, or a debate team competetition?) Noish/Yope Oh, and were you the "worst" honorable mention? Assume no Is the honorable mention benchmark related to being a loser? Yes Like maybe only those who actually lost got honorable mention? No | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 465 Registered: 1-2011 |
Does the relevant competition involve: speaking a lot? writing a lot? moving a lot? thinking a lot? singing? dancing? During the competition, one uses mostly: brain? hands? legs? voice? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11987 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the relevant competition involve: speaking a lot? writing a lot? Writing moving a lot? thinking a lot? singing? dancing? During the competition, one uses mostly: brain? This hands? legs? voice? You have another FA, I think. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2358 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does the competition involve: writing poetry? writing fiction? If so, novels? short stories? writing nonfiction? writing an essay? Writing drama? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2359 Registered: 7-2009 |
Sorry, thought of a couple more... Writing a diary? journal? news article? Or is it more about physical writing: handwriting? typing? LPTF relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11994 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the competition involve: writing poetry? writing fiction? If so, novels? short stories? writing nonfiction? writing an essay? Writing drama? It varies, but it's usually shorter than these. Writing a diary? journal? news article? None of these, but it's for a newspaper. Or is it more about physical writing: handwriting? typing? Neither, but a high majority of the entries are typed (HINT). LTPF relevant? No | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2360 Registered: 7-2009 |
Writing an editorial? A regular column? a puzzle? a comic strip? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11999 Registered: 4-2010 |
Writing an editorial? A regular column? A regular contest a puzzle? a comic strip? You're really close; I just want the specific contest. So to help, here's a HINT: The terms "First Offender" and "Loser" would have given you a much bigger hint had I capitalized them. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 478 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is it a parody/humorous contest? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12011 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a parody/humorous contest? Absolutely! | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 511 Registered: 1-2011 |
Ok, so the contest is to prepare a parodistic/humorous piece of writing, correct? Does "first offender" refer to the fact that the contest is to laugh at people/things? I don't know how to make any step further in this puzzle... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12057 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ok, so the contest is to prepare a parodistic/humorous piece of writing, correct? Yes Does "first offender" refer to the fact that the contest is to laugh at people/things? No I don't know how to make any step further in this puzzle... Come to think of it, the rest is just Google, so... **********SPOILER********** A few weeks ago, I entered the Washington Post's weekly Style Invitational humor contest, and recently found out that I got an honorable mention. When you get your first Ink in the contest (aka "when you first get an entry published"), you are labelled a First Offender. All entrants are considered Losers, and since I (currently) only have one Ink, I am tied for last in the all-time standings. But I am happy about all this, since I actually got Ink at all. Nice job to everyone who worked on this, especially Redwine. And here's the week where I was published - my entry is on page 2. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 697 Registered: 9-2010 |
Lol, that's funny. I'm now reading this week's losers and submitting some for next week. Maybe I'll win (lose?) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12089 Registered: 4-2010 |
Well, "next week" will technically be in four weeks, and results come out online on Fridays. Good luck! | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 702 Registered: 9-2010 |
I know. Thanks! And this is a pretty good topic. I submitted some pretty good ones. By the way, according to the fan/loser club website, your Anagram nickname is "Man Tit Motto". |
