View Poll Results: Are you good at solving mysteries?

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  • Please, mysteries don't stand a chance

    2 11.76%
  • I'm usually pretty good

    6 35.29%
  • I do alright sometimes

    3 17.65%
  • Pretty average, I'd say

    1 5.88%
  • I could figure them out but it doesn't come effortlessly to me

    2 11.76%
  • Very rarely do I figure them out before the reveal

    2 11.76%
  • I couldn't solve one to save my life

    1 5.88%
  • Varies pretty widely

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  • I don't partake in the genre so I have no idea

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Thread: Are you good at (solving) mysteries?

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    Pinkasaurus Rex Pumpkin's Avatar
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    Default Are you good at (solving) mysteries?

    Whether it be books, movies, video games, or whatever else. Do you always figure out the mystery or are you hopeless like me?

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    I'm pretty good usually.

    Whether that's because I have a wicked brain or because a lot of 'mysteries' are so heavily cliche.... well, now that's a mystery


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    It's pretty rare when I'm completely right. I'll sometimes get a few things right on, but really for the most part I'm not that great.

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    Not really, no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Night Fury View Post
    I'm pretty good usually.

    Whether that's because I have a wicked brain or because a lot of 'mysteries' are so heavily cliche....
    Same with me. When it comes to TV, I very often get mysteries nearly or completely right. It's not because I'm a genius (although...), but because I've seen quite a lot of movies and TV shows, and the same patterns pop up again and again.

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    Usually it's because (like others have said) the mysteries are so cliched. Sometimes it's because there are enough minute details presented that I've been able to pierce it together.


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    Frankly, I am pretty bad at solving mysteries and would shamelessly go to my little sister for help, she's pretty good at that stuff.
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    I usually do okay.

    Pumpkin fusses at me for ruining shows.

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    It'll be like, opening credits and he has the whole thing solved

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    im so good at closing cases

    that i might close this thread after i post

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    I like to think I'm pretty good. Though I try to avoid using the 'genre-savvy' approach so I end up overthinking simple/clichéd mysteries a lot.

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    I say I'm okay because while most of the time I can predict how a story will go no problem, I'd say that's more due to genre-savy and the fact that i've spent waaaaaay too much time on TV Tropes. Actual cleverness and deductive skills - I'd say I'm pretty average at those.

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    .... Does Scooby Doo count ??!


    If not, then no


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    Yeah i'm pretty good. I really enjoy them. I mean I wasn't pretty good at mafia for no reason!

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    No, not really. Though I am pretty good at finding my shoes.

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