Smugle or Strugle? – Dispatches From Smegle

[Flap Jack]

Howdy doodly do, folks! As we’ve now had 2 weeks of the Difficult Daily, I thought it might be prudent to move discussions of the day’s puzzle and our scores to a dedicated thread, so we’re not just bloating the comments of the “Reintroducing Smegle” post all the time. Let that be for more general feedback (or bug reports).

And of course, if you get any share-worthy frames in Casual Continuous, feel free to post those here too!

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To start us off,

01/05/2022

5/6

Somewhat tricky, but once I’d got the right series I felt confident I could narrow it down enough not to fail.

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Also, what do you think: should this thread be spoiler-free, or not? I’m leaning towards not – because I generally prefer to do the Difficult Daily myself before hearing about others’ scores anyway, and it would be cool to speak openly without having to wait until the next day – but only if there’s consensus on it.

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[RunawayTrain]

23/04/2023 

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Twentica, TPL.

[Dave]

 23/04/2023 

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Twentica, The Beginning. 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 23/04/2023 

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[Stilianides]

23/04/2023 

Not an episode that I have watched many times.

[Unrumble]

Lemons, Trojan, ah it’s the robe

23/04/2023 

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[clem]

23/04/2023 

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[RunawayTrain]

24/04/2023 

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Samsara.  Almost went with Cured, but a last-minute save.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 24/04/2023 

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Officer Rimmer, Cured

[Dave]

24/04/2023 

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Samsara, Cured.

[Unrumble]

Samsara, Mechocracy 

24/04/2023 

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[clem]

24/04/2023 

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[Unrumble]

Me2 as almost definitely series I, then the hair was a giveaway 

 25/04/2023 

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[RunawayTrain]

25/04/2023 

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Parallel Universe (even though I *knew* the colours were off, I just couldn’t think), Waiting for God.

[International Debris]

Me2 as almost definitely series I, then the hair was a giveaway 

 25/04/2023 

This. Kind of weird that Rimmer’s hair changes massively after he dies.

[Stabbim]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 24/04/2023

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you can’t sneak a Smegle from this series past me

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 25/04/2023 

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Thanks for the Memory. Thought it might be Blue Midget cockpit 

[Dave]

25/04/2023 

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Kryten, that hair.

[Formica]

25/04/2023 

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[Unrumble]

Kryten, that hair.

[clem]

25/04/2023 

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Future Echoes

[RunawayTrain]

26/04/2023 

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Give & Take, M-Corp.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 26/04/2023 
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Gice & Take. Who knew Cured was so turquoise 

[Dave]

Who knew Cured was so turquoise 

I did.

26/04/2023 

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[Unrumble]

Give and Take, TPL 

26/04/2023 

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[Stilianides]

26/04/2023 

Not my proudest achievement, but I’m always relieved to get any episodes from that era right.

[clem]

26/04/2023 

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Give & Take 

[RunawayTrain]

27/04/2023 
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Biodiesel*.  
*Bodyswap, but the autocorrect/swipey thing was delightfully unexpected.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 27/04/2023 

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[Dave]

27/04/2023 

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Tension sheet was a giveaway.

[Unrumble]

 27/04/2023 

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[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 27/04/2023 

“It can’t possibly be Timeslides, surely they wouldn’t have something that’s so obviously only in one episode in one of the starting squares, it must turn out to be some kind of red herring, but let’s put it anyway to – oh.”

[Flap Jack]

I like your implication that every day they’re manually selecting which squares are revealed and in which order for optimum difficulty.

[cwickham]

I presume *someone* looks at them before they go live.

[Stilianides]

27/04/2023 

Even I could get that one…

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I presume *someone* looks at them before they go live.

I think that’s been confirmed in one way or another. 

[clem]

27/04/2023 

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Got it from the tension sheet.

[Flap Jack]

I presume *someone* looks at them before they go live.

I think that’s been confirmed in one way or another. 

Looks at the images to make sure that e.g. a frame from the end credits hasn’t slipped through the cracks, perhaps, but manually tweaking the square reveal order? It seems kind of unlikely.

However, if Cappsy has been doing that, then I’m happy to eat my words. It wouldn’t be the first time by a longshot.

[Unrumble]

28/04/2023 

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[RunawayTrain]

28/04/2023 

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Queeg, Parallel Universe.  I might have to turn in my metaphorical fan card for misremembering which episode had that iconic scene/joke – and after the recent rewatch, no less.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 28/04/2023 

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[loadoftottnumb]

I could have sworn that scene was from Parallel Universe. 

[Dave]

28/04/2023 

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Guessed Backwards first for some reason. 

[Jenuall]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 28/04/2023 

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[Ian Symes]

When we first invented the Daily Difficult, I went through about a year’s worth to check they weren’t too obvious from the first square. I think the last two days indicate we’re now past the point I went up to. I’ll get on it…

[Stilianides]

28/04/2023 

Really should have got it in one.

[Ian Symes]

Right, no more easy wins, as of tomorrow. I did take out some that were virtually impossible, such as entirely black screens or re-used generic model shots, so I’m not a complete sadist.

[Flap Jack]

Consider my words eaten! I guess it’s a more reasonable task if you’re only checking the first square.

[clem]

28/04/2023 

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[clem]

29/04/2023 

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Nanarchy, Ouroboros 

[RunawayTrain]

29/04/2023 

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Queeg, Me², then I lost VII-after-they-meet-Kochanski roulette.

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