Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

[ThermionicScott]

For my first move, I'm going to take the perhaps-unusual step of upvoting OGS and downvoting Peterson Flake. I had a surprisingly wide range of experiences with the latter, whereas OGS always seems to deliver the same mild sweet flavor.

Anomalous - Sutliff - 11
Grape - Captain Black - 7
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 9
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 11
Squadron Leader - SG - 11
Royal - Captain Black - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 11
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 10
Dockworker - HU - 10
Oriental Silk - C&D - 9
Match 20 - Sutliff - 8
Pegasus - C&D - 11
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 10
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 11
Stratfordshire - C&D - 10
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 11
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 10
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 10
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 10
From Beyond - C&D - 10
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 10
Hogshead - SPC - 10
Black - Sillem's - 10
Dorchester - Esoterica - 11
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 10
Exclusive - C&D - 11
Skiff Mixture - SG - 10
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 9
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 10
Royal Yacht - Peterson - 9
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 11

P.S. Edited to include @minerLuke 's deltas.

 

[mingc]

Nevermind

 

[jbfrady]

I'll keep this vote within the house of Sutliff.
Anomalous +1
Maple Shadows -1

Update:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 12
Grape - Captain Black - 7
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 9
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 11
Squadron Leader - SG - 11
Royal - Captain Black - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 11
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 10
Dockworker - HU - 10
Oriental Silk - C&D - 9
Match 20 - Sutliff - 8
Pegasus - C&D - 11
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 10
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 11
Stratfordshire - C&D - 10
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 11
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 9
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 10
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 10
From Beyond - C&D - 10
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 10
Hogshead - SPC - 10
Black - Sillem's - 10
Dorchester - Esoterica - 11
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 10
Exclusive - C&D - 11
Skiff Mixture - SG - 10
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 9
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 10
Royal Yacht - Peterson - 9
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 11

 

[pipenschmoeker123]

Grape - Captain Black - -1
Ennerdale - GH - +1

 

[Servant King]

I'm going to maintain faithfulness to my nominee:

PSLNF +1
G&H Bob's Chocolate Flake -1

@Streeper541 looks like your nominee is going down like Dukakis. Is it just sour grapes?

@sablebrush52 you'd better get on here and start voting...Holly's Non-Plus Ultra is on the ticket, and if it starts picking up steam, there will be MAYHEM on this forum...

 

[Streeper541]

I'm going to maintain faithfulness to my nominee:

PSLNF +1
G&H Bob's Chocolate Flake -1

@Streeper541 looks like your nominee is going down like Dukakis. Is it just sour grapes?

@sablebrush52 you'd better get on here and start voting...Holly's Non-Plus Ultra is on the ticket, and if it starts picking up steam, there will be MAYHEM on this forum...

Maybe... I don't really understand the rules to the game anyway.

Am I supposed to vote today or something? Was I supposed to vote yesterday? Do I get a vote everyday? I don't know...

 

[mingc]

My vote for Jan. 2, 2023:

Mixture 79 +1
Hogshead -1

 

[ThermionicScott]

Maybe... I don't really understand the rules to the game anyway.

Am I supposed to vote today or something? Was I supposed to vote yesterday? Do I get a vote everyday? I don't know...

You can vote everyday!

 

[jbfrady]

Maybe... I don't really understand the rules to the game anyway.

Am I supposed to vote today or something? Was I supposed to vote yesterday? Do I get a vote everyday? I don't know...

You can vote every day but you don't have to. You just deduct one point from any listed blend and transfer it to one of your choice.

 

[Chasing Embers]

With the side comments I see how one sided this is. Too confusing to follow so I'm out.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

...and, it seems to involve math. Too difficult for me. I barely know how to use the WAYS thread, ha ha.

 

[BriarBrook]

Don't try Visions of Celephäis. It's way stronger grape than CBG. I wouldn't have liked either in my first couple of decades of smoking.

Celephais will nuke your pipe, your tongue, your house, and any children you may conceive in the the future... but it tastes/smells fantastic!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Celephais will nuke your pipe, your tongue, your house, and any children you may conceive in the the future... but it tastes/smells fantastic!

I originally bought an Andrey Kharitonov rose just for it. But use it for CBG.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

McConnell Red Virginia +1
Pegasus -1

So why hasn't a blend been knocked out yet? I thought the lowest scoring blend is knocked out every day?

 

[ThermionicScott]

McConnell Red Virginia +1
Pegasus -1

So why hasn't a blend been knocked out yet? I thought the lowest scoring blend is knocked out every day?

A blend needs to run out of "health points" to die. Might take a couple days for that to start happening, unless there is broad agreement on some blends.

 

[jbfrady]

A blend needs to run out of "health points" to die. Might take a couple days for that to start happening, unless there is broad agreement on some blends.

Indeed. It'll move more quickly once the first one dies.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

I'll put the kettle on, sounds like we could be here for a very long time.

 

[Ryan]

+ 1 1989
- 1 Exclusive

 

[Servant King]

It'll move more quickly once the first one dies.

Didn't Jim Jones say that?

 

[cshubhra]

Dark Birds Eye +1
Match 20 -1