+1 Bosun Plug
-1 HH Lat poutpouri flake
-1 HH Lat poutpouri flake
Best Blend of 2024: The Elimination Game Part
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It has been brought to my attention that this game has become a tiddly bit repetitive. Folks tend to like the same blends today that they liked yesterday, and to abhor the same in-turn. And as @sablebrush52 noted, I have the power to sway - if not the outcome - then public response. In that way, as said this year, I don't represent the powers that be, but the media.
Like the media, b'iness ain't good if there ain't shit a'brewing. So let's present a change of pace. I did something similar last year, but this time I'll put a couple more twists on the rules. From this point onward, unless otherwise specified, these introductions are permanent rule changes, effective immediately.
Rule 1. Each vote now consists of 3 points rather than 2. You must include one up-vote and one down-vote, but you get an extra to use as you see fit. This vote can be spread or it can be added. In other words, if you want to boost or diminish a single blend by 2 points, you can do that. Also, if you want to boost or detract from two separate blends, you can do that too. The third vote is yours to command.
But I warn you, add too many points to this game and I'll start sad-face emojiing the shit out of you...
Rule 2. The person who deals a dying blow to a blend gets a one-time bonus super vote, consisting of a +3 and -3. Because it's effective immediately and because @brooklynpiper killed Dark Flake Aromatic, this will mark the first such vote. And because I'm not a total dick, I'm going to cast a vote that doesn't kill anything to benefit myself.
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+Escudo
-2 Cabbie's
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Nominees
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AC Peterson
Escudo - 8
Cornell & Diehl
Exclusive - 24
Steamworks - 28
Sun Bear - 25
Winchester - 24
Country Squire
Cowboy Coffee - 8
Daughters & Ryan
Ryback -13
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen
1931 Flake - 12
Esoterica
Pembroke - 18
Gawith Hoggarth
Aniseed Twist - 4
Bosun Plug - 19
GL Pease
Bankside - 18
Horizons - 14
Telegraph Hill - 27
Quiet Nights - 16
HU Tobacco
Aus dem Krater no. 2 - 16
Director's Cut - 19
Makhuwa - 19
Mac Baren
HH Burley Flake - 26
HH Latakia Flake - 18
Royal Twist - 1
Missouri Meerschaum
Luminaire - 14
Samuel Gawith
1792 Flake - 18
Cabbie's Roll Cut - 7
Sutliff
Cringle Flake - 17
Match Victorian - 11
Watch City
558 - 27
Deceased, in order of disappearance:
1-Q - Lane
BCA - Lane
Bosun Cut Plug - GH
Golden Sliced - Orlik
Trail Head - Cascadia
Capstan Blue - Capstan
Rule Britannia - Drucquer & Sons
Bipolar Express - Watch City
Ennerdale Flake - GH
Three Sails - D&R
Dunbar - Esoterica
Pegasus - C&D
Shepherds Pie - Country Squire
Gates of Argonath - Ravenwood
The Old Boss - Sutliff
Geometrie - GLP
Phantom Privateer - Sutliff
Early Morning Pipe - Dunhill/Peterson
Eight State Burley - C&D
Old Dark Fired - Mac Baren
Doblone D'Oro - Savinelli
Dark Flake Aromatic - GH
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P.S. We lost Dark Flake Aromatic today. I like to think that its death was much the same as @JimInks said of its burning consistency: "clean and slow." It will be missed. Or it won't. That's your call, I suppose.
Like the media, b'iness ain't good if there ain't shit a'brewing. So let's present a change of pace. I did something similar last year, but this time I'll put a couple more twists on the rules. From this point onward, unless otherwise specified, these introductions are permanent rule changes, effective immediately.
Rule 1. Each vote now consists of 3 points rather than 2. You must include one up-vote and one down-vote, but you get an extra to use as you see fit. This vote can be spread or it can be added. In other words, if you want to boost or diminish a single blend by 2 points, you can do that. Also, if you want to boost or detract from two separate blends, you can do that too. The third vote is yours to command.
But I warn you, add too many points to this game and I'll start sad-face emojiing the shit out of you...
Rule 2. The person who deals a dying blow to a blend gets a one-time bonus super vote, consisting of a +3 and -3. Because it's effective immediately and because @brooklynpiper killed Dark Flake Aromatic, this will mark the first such vote. And because I'm not a total dick, I'm going to cast a vote that doesn't kill anything to benefit myself.
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+Escudo
-2 Cabbie's
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Nominees
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AC Peterson
Escudo - 8
Cornell & Diehl
Exclusive - 24
Steamworks - 28
Sun Bear - 25
Winchester - 24
Country Squire
Cowboy Coffee - 8
Daughters & Ryan
Ryback -13
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen
1931 Flake - 12
Esoterica
Pembroke - 18
Gawith Hoggarth
Aniseed Twist - 4
Bosun Plug - 19
GL Pease
Bankside - 18
Horizons - 14
Telegraph Hill - 27
Quiet Nights - 16
HU Tobacco
Aus dem Krater no. 2 - 16
Director's Cut - 19
Makhuwa - 19
Mac Baren
HH Burley Flake - 26
HH Latakia Flake - 18
Royal Twist - 1
Missouri Meerschaum
Luminaire - 14
Samuel Gawith
1792 Flake - 18
Cabbie's Roll Cut - 7
Sutliff
Cringle Flake - 17
Match Victorian - 11
Watch City
558 - 27
Deceased, in order of disappearance:
1-Q - Lane
BCA - Lane
Bosun Cut Plug - GH
Golden Sliced - Orlik
Trail Head - Cascadia
Capstan Blue - Capstan
Rule Britannia - Drucquer & Sons
Bipolar Express - Watch City
Ennerdale Flake - GH
Three Sails - D&R
Dunbar - Esoterica
Pegasus - C&D
Shepherds Pie - Country Squire
Gates of Argonath - Ravenwood
The Old Boss - Sutliff
Geometrie - GLP
Phantom Privateer - Sutliff
Early Morning Pipe - Dunhill/Peterson
Eight State Burley - C&D
Old Dark Fired - Mac Baren
Doblone D'Oro - Savinelli
Dark Flake Aromatic - GH
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P.S. We lost Dark Flake Aromatic today. I like to think that its death was much the same as @JimInks said of its burning consistency: "clean and slow." It will be missed. Or it won't. That's your call, I suppose.
Ah shoot. I’m a morning voter. Betting I already voted today.
It’s any consolation @ThomasS already did the trick
I'm with you, my friend. I feel like a moron for voting early...never again!
+1 HH Lata...dammit, I almost did it again!! Ugh...
I’m staying up till 9:01pm PST. To blast on potpourri blends!!!
Actually… due to @Grangerous and @jdlander it only had 2 left, so you can divert your past negative. But then…
You get another super
So I have a 3-zooka?
If so I will do the honorable thing and downvote cabbies -3, as it wasn’t even sold in the US in 2024
Then I will do the dishonorable thing and upvote Ry +3, frowneys be damned, but no remaining blend deserves my vote.
If so I will do the honorable thing and downvote cabbies -3, as it wasn’t even sold in the US in 2024
Then I will do the dishonorable thing and upvote Ry +3, frowneys be damned, but no remaining blend deserves my vote.
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