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08-10-2017, 11:23 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Southeast NC
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Re: A name for builds that achieve goals in a way that is opposite of straightforward
The first thing that pops into my head is something along the lines of "Zaphod Gambit." Something so crazy it should have no hope of working, yet does.
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08-10-2017, 04:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
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Re: A name for builds that achieve goals in a way that is opposite of straightforward
"Obtuse" gets used for this kind of behaviour in other contexts.
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08-14-2017, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: A name for builds that achieve goals in a way that is opposite of straightforward
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Lateral? as in "Lateral thinking"? I know my math teacher accused me of going about things bass ackwards on a number of occasions but put down that I was a "lateral thinker" on my report card :D
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08-15-2017, 08:58 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: A name for builds that achieve goals in a way that is opposite of straightforward
Another word that might fit is "recondite."
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08-15-2017, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cockeysville, MD
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Re: A name for builds that achieve goals in a way that is opposite of straightforward
I've used "Rube Goldberg" as a verb for this sort of thing: "He totally just Rube Golberg-ed that!"
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