Remembering some guys through Puckdoku

[Super Fadio Bro]

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[KrugAvoy]

As a fan of a former AHL team who was affiliated with 4 of these teams. I think I had an advantage of remembering a few obsolete random names of guys and being able to get my 1st 0.0% guess Being a Bruins fan helped me with the B's column.

 

[SenzZen]

Puckdoku Game 47 - 9/9:

7 Uniqueness

Puckdoku

Guess NHL players based on team, season, and stats. Choose wisely, as you only get 9 shots to fill the board.

www.puckdoku.com

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[SenzZen]

Puckdoku Game 48 - 9/9:

12 Uniqueness

Puckdoku

Guess NHL players based on team, season, and stats. Choose wisely, as you only get 9 shots to fill the board.

www.puckdoku.com

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[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 48 - 9/9:

8 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Moogoon

 

[ViD]

Puckdoku Game 48 - 9/9:

8 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Moogoon

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Seems like you cheated a bit

 

[kvladimir]

Seems like you cheated a bit

What do you consider cheating in Puckdoku?

 

[Teemu]

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Another all ex-Hawk board. Just a couple of years between the Hawks and Sens for that goalie

 

[Bear of Bad News]

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I had some that I was really proud of today - Bunny Larocque for Blues/Flyers, Craig Janney for Blues/Coyotes, Jacques Plante for 200+ Blue, Phil Myre for Canadiens/Flyers, David Aebischer for Canadiens/Coyotes, Rogie Vachon for Canadiens 200+ winner.

Unfortunately, I was too damn dumb and thought I was entering Aebischer in the right spot but wasn't paying attention enough, so I crapped out.

 

[ViD]

What do you consider cheating in Puckdoku?

Looking up players anywhere but in your head

 

[Stive Morgan]

I went vanilla as hell on the goalies lol

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[kvladimir]

Looking up players anywhere but in your head

Fair enough. My personal rules are that I only look anything up if I have a player in mind for a square already, and just need to verify that I'm right, rather than take the risk. This is especially necessary for categories like "200+ career goals" or "200+ PIMS single season". It wouldn't be fun if you get a square wrong because the lesser-known enforcer you thought of had a career high of 199 PIMS (that actually happened to me a few games back).

There are just some squares that no one could reasonably hit at a low % without getting lucky or checking up on the player's profile, so it's more fun to do it this way, IMO.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Fair enough. My personal rules are that I only look anything up if I have a player in mind for a square already, and just need to verify that I'm right, rather than take the risk. This is especially necessary for categories like "200+ career goals" or "200+ PIMS single season". It wouldn't be fun if you get a square wrong because the lesser-known enforcer you thought of had a career high of 199 PIMS (that actually happened to me a few games back).

That's part of the game. Do you take the risk on a less-popular choice with a chance that you are wrong, or do you go for a safer option?

If you really want to "verify that you're right", the game offers an option for that, and will tell you whether you're right.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

I don't know how some of you guys get uniqueness scores of like 12. Today I got 58. I consider anything under 30 a massive win.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

I don't know how some of you guys get uniqueness scores of like 12. Today I got 58. I consider anything under 30 a massive win.

Many people Google these, it's super obvious. There's even a site that gives you the right answers.

 

[kvladimir]

Many people Google these, it's super obvious. There's even a site that gives you the right answers.

Like I said above, I check once I have a player in mind to make sure I don't throw away a correct answer, but aside from that, I just spend way more time thinking about each square than a sane person should...

 

[Avs2022]

While sleepy at work, I entered two correct answers in the wrong space.

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As far as the cheating goes, I think the people that are older and have been fans longer are able to recall players from the past that gives them a low uniqueness score. However, I see some results that I often think, "that dude knows too much about hockey" or "that must have been looked up".

A strategy I use is older well known players who towards the end of their careers (or sometimes beginning) played on another team for a short stint before moving on from the NHL. My issue is that I often get a wrong answer, but I keep playing.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Like I said above, I check once I have a player in mind to make sure I don't throw away a correct answer, but aside from that, I just spend way more time thinking about each square than a sane person should...

Still cheating. I won't write out my response again since you ignored the first one, but it's still cheating.

 

[kvladimir]

Still cheating. I won't write out my response again since you ignored the first one, but it's still cheating.

I mean, I can try it this way, no big deal, it's just a fun game, but I feel like this would make it less fun? We'll see...

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I mean, I can try it this way, no big deal, it's just a fun game, but I feel like this would make it less fun? We'll see...

You can play it any way that you'd like to play it - but if you're going to compare scores with anyone (including on here), you need to disclose that you're playing with help.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Today was the easiest so far, at least for me, this was also the second 9/9 i got.

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Puckdoku Game 49 - 9/9:

163 Uniqueness

I was a bit surprised Brayden Point was only 1%

edit. And yes, I know my score isn't that good even though it was easy

 

[kvladimir]

Ok, starting today, no hockeydb confirmations... we'll see how this goes

Today I did very well, but got too cute on TBL/SJS (Ty Wishart, who I'm guessing never played for SJS before getting traded... pretty sure I was thinking of a different defenceman.... no not Matt Carle or Dan Boyle)

Puckdoku Game 49 - 8/9:

107 Uniqueness

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I also got too cute today, thinking that

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Al Montoya must have backed up a few games in Dallas or something. But no.

 

[SomeDude]

 

[Leafshater67]

I try to pick guys that most won’t but I had a couple here that I could only think of obvious ones.