Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

[Duck]

Dorchester -2

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

So the latest pile on is Maple Shadows is it lads? OK, I'm in:

Maple Shadows -2

 

[mingc]

Ennerdale +1
Maple Shadows -1

 

[sablebrush52]

Who the hell is Maple Shadows,and why is everyone dumping on her?

 

[sablebrush52]

This is going to make the starcat thread look short.

 

[captainsousie]

This is going to make the starcat thread look short.

Methinks you have forgotten the majesty of Starcat. He/she was a true chaos poet.

 

[sablebrush52]

Methinks you have forgotten the majesty of Starcat. He/she was a true chaos poet.

I speak to length only, not to girth.

 

[captainsousie]

I speak to length only, not to girth.

Touchè

 

[brandaves]

PSLNF +2

 

[Scottmi]

Dorchester +1
Dark Birdseye -1

 

[pipenschmoeker123]

Full Virginia Flake - SG - + 1
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - -1

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Skiff Mixture +1
Maple Shadows -1

 

[jbfrady]

I'm'a take a swing at Squadron Leader for 2.

Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 15
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 25
Squadron Leader - SG - 6
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 12
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 11
Dockworker - HU - 13
Oriental Silk - C&D - 13
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 14
Ennerdale - GH - 20
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 20
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 19
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 10
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 1
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 15
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 14
Black - Sillem's - 17
Dorchester - Esoterica - 7
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 9
Skiff Mixture - SG - 14
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 7
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 13
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 13
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 18

Deceased:
Grape - Captain Black
Match 20 - Sutliff
Hogshead - Seattle Pipe Club
Royal - Captain Black
Royal Yacht - Peterson
Exclusive - C&D
Stratfordshire - C&D
Mixture #79 - Sutliff
Aged Burley Flake - Solani
From Beyond - C&D
Pegasus - C&D

Holly's Non Plus Ultra, the sole blend on the board from Dan Tobacco, is holding onto life like Hans Gruber from that rooftop. Namely, it's soon to fall and go splat. Meanwhile, Maple Shadows fell from grace faster than Louis C.K. and now it's back to the baseline ten hit points. Stokkebye's luxury has taken a decisive lead, five points ahead of its nearest competitors. Five blends rest in the single-digits, though 'twould appear that Dorchester will perish first. It's been marked for death by mob boss Don @cshubhra, and sources say Dorchester awoke this morning to find Pegasus's severed head in its bed.

 

[Bbailey324]

I don't think I voted yet today. Brown Twist #4 -2.

 

[woodsroad]

I have to say it.
Every time I see the words “Elimination Game”, I think of toddlers playing.

That is all.

 

[cshubhra]

Dorchester-2

 

[woodsroad]

Methinks you have forgotten the majesty of Starcat. He/she was a true chaos poet.

For those of us that were there, there’s no explaining the experience. It was like being at Woodstock, while everyone one else was stuck on the Thruway.

Holly's Non Plus Ultra -1
Skiff Mixture +1

 

[Lyon0oq]

I recently picked up a tin of the 1855, and think it is fantastic. Guess I'll be trying the 1989 next!

 

[simong]

Never had Maple Showers, like Golden Showers I imagine. Disgusting! -1.
Not forgetting the new Ennerdale of course. Disgusting! -1.

 

[sardonicus87]

Who the hell is Maple Shadows,and why is everyone dumping on her?

Those dumping on her are people who don't like flavor and probably think mayonnaise is too spicy.

That or it's retaliation for Pegasus dying.

Maple Shadows got dumped on by several before it was even released because "ew, burley", or something like that. I think all the negative press I've seen on it was from people that didn't even try it. Everyone that did either likes it or thinks it's OK, save for maybe 2 people in total. Though mostly, nobody's really said anything about it that much. Other than one review on TR and Jim's review here where a bunch of people were like "ugh, pass, this will be gross", I haven't seen much other than my own posts in WAYS.

Then again, I also don't pay much attention to online either, skimming things occasionally when bored.