I said I wasn't going to post this until tomorrow, but with all the traveling and now winding down, Christmas night is providing the chance to sit back, smoke a pipe, and start this crazy ass game. So, here goes. I'll post the nominees momentarily but first let's go over the rules.
To begin with, each blend will be awarded 10 hit points. Once a blend reaches zero hit points, it is eliminated and cannot be revived. Once per calendar day (according to your own local time), you get a vote. If you miss a day, you can't vote twice.
A vote is simple: You deduct a point from one blend and transfer it to another.
Note: Any user on this site can vote daily, whether you nominated a blend or not.
I'll cast the first vote and I'll note the blends affected by italics and a bolded number. Here goes:
-1 Country Squire Cowboy Coffee
+1 AC Peterson Escudo
Nominees
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AC Peterson
Escudo - 11
Capstan
Capstan Blue - 10
Cascadia
Trail Head - 10
Cornell & Diehl
Eight State Burley - 10
Exclusive - 10
Pegasus - 10
Steamworks - 10
Sun Bear - 10
Winchester - 10
Country Squire
Cowboy Coffee - 9
Shepherds Pie - 10
Daughters & Ryan
3 Sails - 10
Ryback - 10
Drucquer & Sons
Rule Britannia - 10
Dunhill/Peterson
Early Morning Pipe - 10
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen
1931 Flake - 10
Esoterica
Dunbar - 10
Pembroke - 10
Gawith Hoggarth
Aniseed Twist - 10
Bosun Cut Plug - 10
Bosun Plug - 10
Dark Flake Aromatic - 10
Ennerdale Flake - 10
GL Pease
Bankside - 10
Geometrie - 10
Horizons - 10
Telegraph Hill - 10
Quiet Nights - 10
HU
Makhuwa - 10
Lane
1-Q - 10
BCA - 10
HU Tobacco
Aus dem Krater no. 2 - 10
Director's Cut - 10
Mac Baren
HH Burley Flake - 10
HH Latakia Flake - 10
Old Dark Fired - 10
Royal Twist - 10
Missouri Meerschaum
Luminaire - 10
Orlik
Golden Sliced - 10
Ravenwood
Gates of Argonath - 10
Samuel Gawith
1792 Flake - 10
Cabbie's Roll Cut - 10
Savinelli
Doblone D'Oro - 10
Sutliff
Cringle Flake - 10
Match Victorian - 10
Phantom Privateer - 10
The Old Boss - 10
Watch City
558 - 10
Bipolar Express - 10
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As far as blends go, we've got a metric shit load to choose from. Last year's final 2 are absent from the list (Rich Dark Honeydew and Dunhill/Peterson Flake) but some of the fun-to-pummel blends are still around. Notably, Pegasus. That one got heated, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes this time around.
Last year, there wasn't a single GLP blend on the registry but this time around, Greg's clocking in with five, tying GH as the second-most represented, but Cornell & Diehl is the blending house to beat here. There's half a dozen C&D's on the list and C&D fanatics love those blends like mistresses.
Once the game's firmly afoot we'll introduce some rule changes to keep it interesting. Thankfully, many of you remember the game and so we can count on it being an amusing debacle.
Oh, and one last thing... @Servant King nominated Orlik. Do with that information what you will. And with that, the game is on.
To begin with, each blend will be awarded 10 hit points. Once a blend reaches zero hit points, it is eliminated and cannot be revived. Once per calendar day (according to your own local time), you get a vote. If you miss a day, you can't vote twice.
A vote is simple: You deduct a point from one blend and transfer it to another.
Note: Any user on this site can vote daily, whether you nominated a blend or not.
I'll cast the first vote and I'll note the blends affected by italics and a bolded number. Here goes:
-1 Country Squire Cowboy Coffee
+1 AC Peterson Escudo
Nominees
----------------
AC Peterson
Escudo - 11
Capstan
Capstan Blue - 10
Cascadia
Trail Head - 10
Cornell & Diehl
Eight State Burley - 10
Exclusive - 10
Pegasus - 10
Steamworks - 10
Sun Bear - 10
Winchester - 10
Country Squire
Cowboy Coffee - 9
Shepherds Pie - 10
Daughters & Ryan
3 Sails - 10
Ryback - 10
Drucquer & Sons
Rule Britannia - 10
Dunhill/Peterson
Early Morning Pipe - 10
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen
1931 Flake - 10
Esoterica
Dunbar - 10
Pembroke - 10
Gawith Hoggarth
Aniseed Twist - 10
Bosun Cut Plug - 10
Bosun Plug - 10
Dark Flake Aromatic - 10
Ennerdale Flake - 10
GL Pease
Bankside - 10
Geometrie - 10
Horizons - 10
Telegraph Hill - 10
Quiet Nights - 10
HU
Makhuwa - 10
Lane
1-Q - 10
BCA - 10
HU Tobacco
Aus dem Krater no. 2 - 10
Director's Cut - 10
Mac Baren
HH Burley Flake - 10
HH Latakia Flake - 10
Old Dark Fired - 10
Royal Twist - 10
Missouri Meerschaum
Luminaire - 10
Orlik
Golden Sliced - 10
Ravenwood
Gates of Argonath - 10
Samuel Gawith
1792 Flake - 10
Cabbie's Roll Cut - 10
Savinelli
Doblone D'Oro - 10
Sutliff
Cringle Flake - 10
Match Victorian - 10
Phantom Privateer - 10
The Old Boss - 10
Watch City
558 - 10
Bipolar Express - 10
---
As far as blends go, we've got a metric shit load to choose from. Last year's final 2 are absent from the list (Rich Dark Honeydew and Dunhill/Peterson Flake) but some of the fun-to-pummel blends are still around. Notably, Pegasus. That one got heated, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes this time around.
Last year, there wasn't a single GLP blend on the registry but this time around, Greg's clocking in with five, tying GH as the second-most represented, but Cornell & Diehl is the blending house to beat here. There's half a dozen C&D's on the list and C&D fanatics love those blends like mistresses.
Once the game's firmly afoot we'll introduce some rule changes to keep it interesting. Thankfully, many of you remember the game and so we can count on it being an amusing debacle.
Oh, and one last thing... @Servant King nominated Orlik. Do with that information what you will. And with that, the game is on.
