Herowannabe

No worries. What do you think of our clue and possible guesses for this round?

I know what you mean @Bondsmith Eregion. Usually when I finish (re)reading one of Brandon’s I immediately start reading another one. It’s just so hard to read other authors, now, but there are a few I enjoy +1 both of these. Kingkiller in particular is very good, and I would even go so far as to put it on the same level as Brandon’s stuff, though it has a different feel/style. Personally I lost interest in SoT once it got to the point where it was feeling a direct rip off of Wheel of Time. The first book, Wizard’s First Rule, was good, but I don’t think I’d recommend anything beyond that. And speaking of Wheel of Time, I assume you’ve read it if you’ve read all of Brandon’s books, since he was called in to finish the series after Robert Jordan died. If not, definitely read WoT next. As for recommendations that haven’t been made yet.... I highly recommend The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It’s masterfully written and just sucks you in- in the sense that you feel like you’re there experiencing all the magical sights and sounds and wonders. Ready Player One is a really fun sort of modern/sci-fi/pop-culture book, especially if you are into 80’s movies and music, video games, World of Warcraft, and etc. And it’s being made into a movie that is coming out at the end of March. And if you like Ready Player One, the Bobiverse trilogy is also really good and fun and captures a lot of the same sort of snarky, modern-day humor that RPO has.

Well we’re running out of time so we better make some guesses. So far we all seem pretty agreed on Highstorm, so let’s get that one out of the way. @luckat @Kered @Hemalurgic Headshot Anything to add? Anyone want to make the second (and third?) guess for us? If not I’ll be coming back in a couple hours to guess Lift.

Nah, it's been confirmed. Eye of the Tiger belongs fully to Dalinar.

Ugh, I popped into this thread resolving to answer the most recent question no matter what it was. Both options sound horrible. But I guess I’d rather be strung up. At least I’d have a chance of seeing some of the cool stuff walking around in the Highstorm before I died. Who would you rather have as your older brother: Sadeas or Amaram?

@Jondesu, added you to the red team, as you can see by the updated player list. okay blue team, Stormlight 2. Hmm... there are a lot of names that could go with Stormlight, some more than others. The ones that stand out to me the most are Lift, Szeth, Highstorm, and maybe Kalak. If he had wanted us to guess Lift and Szeth then “Radiants” would have been a more specific clue, which makes me think Highstorm is one of them. For the other... possibly Lift, because of her ability to metabolize Stormlight. @Kered @Hemalurgic Headshot @luckat What are your thoughts?

@Personification you’ve outdone yourself again. Fantastic! Was this “Undoubted” a typo or intentional? If intentional, I don’t get it.

And what does the blue Natanatan myth have to do with Dalinar and/or Adolin?

I love it all except for the line “... and the silver spoon, little boy blue and the man in the moon.” It just doesn’t fit Roshar or Dalinar at all so it kind of stands out. Instead, maybe something like: ”And the Thrill’s in the battle after ten heartbeats, Glory Spren come when my foes I defeat”

The problem is that even though one player may be ready to pass some of their teammates might not be. So going forward, if at least half of the team members on a team declare that they are done guessing or ready to pass then we can consider their turn done and the other team’s spymaster can start their turn if they wish.

Technically we still had a few hours left, but nobody showed up wanting to make any other guesses so it didn’t really matter.

Well, seeing as our other team members still haven’t spoken up, let’s make these guesses official. Forgery The Path No further guesses from me.

Agreed! Mistborn is my favorite series of all time, but as far as stand-alone books go Warbreaker has a special place in my heart. It’s just so unique and fascinating! Anyway, Brandon has made his intentions pretty clear. Go to his website and search for “State of the Sanderson” for more info, but basically, the sequel (only 1 is planned) will be called Nightblood and will fill in the gaps of what happened between Warbreaker and the Stormlight Archive. Unfortunately, it’s pretty far down on his to do list- after Stormlight5 if I remember correctly, which means we still have several years to wait. *sigh*

Don't forget to tag your team members when you post your clues. Thanks. Also, I mentioned this to the Spymasters when I PM'd them, but just realized that I forgot to say anything in the thread. This time around we're going to try a 48 hour time limit on turns, to prevent them from taking too long. So based on the time stamp on @xinoehp512's post, here's a countdown timer to the end of the blue team's turn: Those seems the most likely candidates to me as well. If nobody disagrees (or beats me to it), then I'll officially post those guesses sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.

Okay, here are our teams for round 2 (so far): Blue Team: SM: Xinoehp512 Kered Hemalurgic Headshot Luckat Herowannabe Red Team: SM: Scion of the Mists Steeldancer Rebecca Darkness_ Jondesu The Spymasters (@xinoehp512 @Scion of the Mists) have their instructions, and are free to begin whenever they are ready.

It’s all good, it happens to us all. added you to the list.

Added you. Also, I have now created the grid for round 2. We'll give it a day or so for players to finish signing up, and to give everyone (and especially @xinoehp512 and @Scion of the Mists as spymasters) the chance to veto any codenames they feel might be too obscure or difficult. Fair warning for spoilers:The grid this time around contains references to people/events/etc from Stormlight Archive (including Oathbringer) Mistborn (up through Shadows of Self), Warbreaker, Elantris, and the Emperor's Soul. The codenames themselves don't contain any spoilers, but the articles that they are linked to can contain spoilers, so if you're worried about spoiling anything then don't click on the respective links. EDIT: forgot the link to the grid, though it's the same one that we used for round 1.

Added you both to the list! And with that we're already at our minimum number of players. I guess I better start getting the grid generated.

Okay, so far we have: Blue Spymaster: @xinoehp512 Red Spymaster: @Scion of the Mists Players: @Kered @Steeldancer @Hemalurgic Headshot @Rebecca @luckat @Darkness_ I’ll play, too, unless it looks like we’ll need an impartial moderator.

Gallant and Sandlings were both blue agents, but the Synod was the Assassin in White! Game over! The red team wins! (and that is why it’s generally not a good idea to take wild shots in the dark. ) here’s the key card for the round. I’ll get it posted in the spreadsheet, too, for easier reference. So that means we can start getting ready for round 2. I figure we’ll start sign-ups over each round, and not try to keep the same teams (unless everyone really wants to). So again, we’ll alternate assigning players to teams based on the order they sign up, and we’ll be looking for volunteers to be one of the Spymasters. Once we have a Spymaster and 2+ players per team we’ll start round 2. Since round 1 ended so quickly, @xinoehp512 if you want another shot at Spymaster that’s fine, and I’m happy to be a Spymaster again if needs be. Also, this time around I’d like to try implementing a time limit on turns so that they don’t drag on too long. I think 48 hours is enough, starting from the moment the Spymaster posts their clue- does that sound good? And along with that, when Spymasters post their clue they should please @ mention the members of their team, so that they know it’s time to start guessing. Speaking of which, I’ll go ahead and mention everyone who signed up for Round 1 in case they want to sign up for round 2. @xinoehp512 @Darkness_ @Silverblade5 @Hemalurgic Headshot @Steeldancer @Kered @Jondesu @luckat

Sometime after your team actually makes some guesses. So far you’ve talked about the grid but haven’t actually made any guesses. Remember to make guesses you simply need to post your guesses in bold. Edit: @Darkness_ @Silverblade5 @Hemalurgic Headshot

150 points is barely enough to get the Raider by itself on the table. You should go up to 200 or 300. As for facing the raider, just do your best to stay out of its kill zones- the spots on either side where it’s front and rear arcs overlap. 5 attacks in one round will chew up anything.

There was a topic in the General Brandon discussion forum where people were sharing their favorite songs and stuff. It probably makes more sense to discuss it there rather than here in the forum specifically for entertainment stuff that isn’t Sanderson related.

Anyone planning on going to the Salt Lake City Regionals tournament this Saturday? Specifically, those of you I know live in the area, like @Ecthelion III, @Ookla the Philosopher, and @Shumei. I’ll be there (obviously). Just look for the guy with the Mistborn maneuver templates.

Thanks for the mention!