[ SECRET POST #6888 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6888 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[NYTimes Connections & Only Connect]




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Comments

[fscom]

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[NYTimes Connections & Only Connect]

Transcript by OP

[fscom]

It was so incredibly satisfying to watch Victoria slagging off the NYTimes Connections game. I needed the show to address it directly at some point and this was perfect - not too harsh, but with a bit of snark about its lower standards.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh fuck off

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[(Anonymous)]

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[kaijinscendre]

Must be a big Connections fan.

[(Anonymous)]

can we get some background info on this? i play the nyt game sometimes haha but i don't get the secret over all

[iff_and_xor]

I’m behind on the show, so I think I haven’t seen this bit yet, but I can give general context.

The layout of the Connections puzzle is the same as Round 3 (aka “The Wall”) of a long-running and pretty well-known UK quiz show called Only Connect.

When the Times first put out the puzzle, there was some murmuring about it being just the same, not necessarily calling a rip-off, but at least possibly owing some inspiration. I’m surprised they actually said something (presumably on the show itself?).

[(Anonymous)]

ooooh ok, i see i see. thanks for the info. that is interesting, i'm going to look into only connect now

[iff_and_xor]

Fair warning, it’s kind of infamously tricky. I always watch with a finger on the pause button for some extra thinking/conferring time. And I’m still proud of myself if I get several questions right even with that added help.

[(Anonymous)]

Connections is a ripoff of the Only Connect connecting wall (round 3). The NYT has never acknowledged the ripoff and has sidestepped all questions about this – although 5 weeks or so after this episode of OC aired, the Connections included words like "sorry," "only," and "connect" at the top. (I may not have the exact phrases right, but it was clearly a response to what Victoria said.)

[(Anonymous)]

ohhhhhh ok i get it, that makes sense. thank you

[(Anonymous)]

Oh well, it's a word game in a newspaper versus a TV show in a different country with a different audience.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not familiar with the NY version but slagging people off with impeccable wit is definitely Victoria's strength...

[(Anonymous)]

Who?

[(Anonymous)]

Victoria Coren Mitchell, host of Only Connect

[(Anonymous)]

I never heard of it.