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It seems like a load of people view having to set the following day's CCC as a punishment, so I'd like to suggest a few changes.
How about we set up a "CCC setters" group - membership open to all who want to do it - and each member in turn gets a week's worth of puzzles to set?
No "prize", no "punishment" for answering correctly - except the warm glow you get from success and the approbation of your compatriots - so it might be "open" to more members? Take it back a little towards the Original CCC since it appears that DD's political faux pas has removed him from our presence eternally.
Thoughts people? Good idea / bad idea / I like turtles / suggestions that don't involve fire and / or brimstone gladly accepted.
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I suppose it would give people who rarely get to the answer first a chance to be a “setter”. (That would probably include me as a rule, despite my recent couple of “wins”!) But does anyone really see it as a chore they’d rather avoid? I suppose they must or you wouldn’t suggest this, but really folks, there are more onerous tasks in life that this, really there are…
But, yeah, I’d be game if others want.
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It probably will give some satisfaction for some like me (no-native English), but first you have to see if there is anyone who would willingly set up CCC when not being forced by rules... So first you should look for a list of 'setters'...
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It's a good idea - so if anyone who is interested in being in the "setters" group could reply, either by responding here, or via the "email" link at the bottom and we'll get an idea of how many there are. We'll probably need at least four or five to make it work, and the more the merrier!
The current count is : Two
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modified 6-Nov-17 6:04am.
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I think this is a good idea.
I have (rarely) managed to solve the CCC, but creating a new one is beyond my abilities. My mind simply isn't sufficiently pretzel-like. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Sh*t idea.
So you think people are looking on setting one as a chore, so you propose making them set 5.
Plus your taking away the motivation of trying to correctly guess it. For example I've thought of a great clue so am looking to solve one so I can post it. I haven't thought of 5 great clues though.
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
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It if 5:30 in the morning where I am, and, I can see the day's CCC has already been published and solved. So, for me, it is a series of posts to scroll past...
There is no point in trying to solve it, event if it hasn't been solved, because then, as per the 'rules' I would have to get up in the middle of the night to meet the 'required' deadline.
Better option: move it to 'Weird and Wonderful'.
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However - if you are a 'setter' you can send your weekly clues to OG (or someone else who volunteer) and that one will post them 'in-time'...
As to solve no more sets the next-day 'setter' we can remove the time barrier and let you enjoy the challenge at any time you have...
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What about letting the winners say whether they'll set the following day's CCC themself or delegate it to the next one in the "setters-queue" ?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I'd be happy with that and would also love to be part of the setters group if possible.
Andy B
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OG == AG?
Why were you talking to yourself in the previous post?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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OG != AG
OG == PG, if that helps?
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No.
I haven't responded to nicknames like that since I was at school. And even then, I broke the guy's nose and nobody ever did it again.
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Cool story bro, probably didn't happen.
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Ah yes. Could not recall that.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I am thinking along the same lines as A_Griffin above. Specifically: The default should still be that the winner sets it. If he/she declines then it goes to the group.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I wasn't actually thinking that - but still, it's an idea. I don't really have a strong preference any which way.
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OriginalGriff wrote: it appears that DD's political faux pas has removed him from our presence eternally.
Was that just deciding to enter local politics; or did he do something more substantive unwise (presumably while drunk) that made him pull the plug?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Referring to travelers as "pikies" and "thieving troublemakers" on Farcebook while trying to get elected didn't go too well: in the middle of the biggest swing to the Tories, he converted a Tory safe seat into a Labour win ... and hasn't been back since.
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Restraint for fashion share. (10)
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Am I allowed to post the answer this quickly?
I'm going to make a cup of coffee, then that's it...
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As soon as you want ... there is no "minimum time limit"
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