I'm around and should be more available for a while here. Still on travel, but actually have the chaos sorted out.

Spin, spin, spin that wheel...

$500, I'll try for some C's

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |C|_|_|_| |S|_|_|_|_|_|_|

Thing

Used letters: S R C

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $700
Areas - $500

Just the one C. Hopefully this puzzle isn't as hard as the last.



Putting the wheel up on this page to make it easier to check.

C'mon 11, lets see that 11. Bleh, not so great, believe that works out to $300.

Lets try for a T

|T|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |C|_|T|_| |S|_|_|_|_|_|_|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $700
Areas - $1100

Two Ts for $600. If only making money was always this easy.

Alright, firing up that wheel again. Damn you wheel, give me something decent.

Nice, 7 = $800, now if I can just not botch it with my guess.

Lets go for an N

|T|_|_|_|_|_|_|N|_| |C|_|T|_| |S|_|_|_|_|N|_|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $700
Areas - $2700

Two more letters and $1600 for you. I'm sick right now so pardon me for the lack of color commentary.

Still got nothing, lets try another spin and see what that turns up.

Bleh, darn $300's. Alright, lets try for an L

If I make it, I'll also try buying a vowel, U

|T|_|_|_|_|L|_|N|_| |C|_|T|_| |S|_|_|L|_|N|_|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N L U

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $700
Areas - $3050

Two Ls, so that's good.





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The severe lack of any U in the puzzle, however, is not. Sorry Areas, you're done for now.

Garr, you're up. Have at it.

I'd like to point out that his name is Araes. :)

Oh good grief, how long have I been getting that wrong? I'm sorry man. That's just wrong.

No offense taken, and pretty easy transpose to make. Darn, on the U, I could have sworn that central word was "cute".

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I'm really not making this easy, am I? No B, Sorry Garr.


|T|_|_|_|_|L|_|N|_| |C|_|T|_| |S|_|_|L|_|N|_|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N L U B

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $700
Araes - $3050

Dope, you're up again.

I think I know where to go with this...

I'll buy an I first, please, then I'll hope for some Gs.

|T|_|I|_|_|L|I|N|G| |C|I|T|_| |S|_|_|L|I|N|_|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N L U B I G

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $750
Araes - $3050

Four Is, and the one G gets you your money back. Nice choice.

Alright, let's see what this does.

I'm guessing there's a Y in there, so I'll take that and any Es in there as well.

|T|_|I|_|_|L|I|N|G| |C|I|T|Y| |S|_|Y|L|I|N|E|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N L U B I G Y E

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $2100
Araes - $3050

Two Ys get you a considerable amount of dough, and while there's only one E, the important thing at this point is that it's still your turn.

I hate to roll when I'm this close, but I can't figure that first word out.

Additional Spam:
Free spin, rolling again.

Gimme a K, please.

|T|_|I|_|K|L|I|N|G| |C|I|T|Y| |S|K|Y|L|I|N|E|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N L U B I G Y E K

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $3100
Araes - $3050

If you don't know it, you don't know it, that's just the way it goes. The two Ks in the puzzle are good for an extra $1000, though, so it's not all bad.

Spin or solve? There aren't any vowels left, that's fairly obvious (i just realized that I probably should have told you that a couple of turns ago, but whatever).

I'm gonna have to petition you to verify the spelling of that first word, because I have a feeling you missed something there.

Either that, or I guess I'll be spinning again.

..... I'm really not very good at this, am I? You're right, there should be another N there.

|T|_|I|N|K|L|I|N|G| |C|I|T|Y| |S|K|Y|L|I|N|E|

Thing

Used letters: S R C T N L U B I G Y E K

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $3100
Araes - $3850

Araes get the extra $800 due to my error. And guessing was probably messed up too. At this point Dope's got it, but I guess I'll just let him have the honor of saying the answer.

Do you guys want me to continue to run the game? I feel really bad about this. Both puzzles. At least I'm consistent.

I'm fine with you playing out the game (since, you know, you'll probably try harder), but I would suggest giving Araes the $800 for the next round, since he loses it when the puzzle is correctly solved. If you don't WANT to continue I'll happily moderate the third game. I'd prefer that you stay on, just so that we can actually finish a game.

BTW, the answer is "TWINKLING CITY SKYLINE".

And thus ends round 2.

Dopefish takes the lead with that $3100 puzzle, but Garr's still reasonably close with $2350 in the bank.

I would love to keep modding the game, I just feel like I'm ruining the game by messing up so much. It would probably help if it hadn't been 3 or 4 years since I last watched the show.

Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and give Araes the 800 at the start of this round. Once again, i need to go find a puzzle, so it'll be up in a few. Araes will start this round.

Incidentally, this will probably be the second last round unless I feel the need to extend the game to 5 rounds for some reason.

Nothing that you've done wrong couldn't be fixed, and it's just a game so no big deal. :)

Alright, here we go. Attempt number three. Not a thing for a change.

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Place

Used letters:

Garr - $0
Dopefish - $0
Araes - $800

Araes, you're up first this round.