SCRUBA GAMES DAY 1

• Brush: No scrub  Restored Gillette standard 19mm boar #hollow #oldworld #smoll #runt #composite 

• Razor: kanton straight razor #rustybuttrusty 

• Lather: red house farm X No scrub - no scrub soap

Min/max run is a go. 

Current ratio of soaps to theme 1:1

Scruba games day 2

• Brush: MOAR BOAR #oldworld #subbroosh #zamac
• razor: Russian ruby #adjustable
• Soap: spearhead seaforth! - sea spice lime

On theme because the soap has sea in the name.

u/priusaurus appreciation is because he has joined the photo contest judging crew. That's the first step to respectability. Sorry mate.

scruba games day 3

• Razor: Russian ruby adjustable
• Brush: yaqi 26mm faux horse rainbow synthetic #fauxfur
• Lather: red house farm x no scrub - no scrub shaving soap
• Post shave: allium

For the judges. Soap has bear fat in it (see the no scrubs announcement, the yaqi can be seen in the pic.

But today is about u/onionmiasma and just as cowzilla3 had to share his day with priusaurus, so onion has to share with u/jeffm54321 who loves all things allium.

It's a bit mean on poor onion. He's allergic to alliums and so they go and make his day allium day. Fucking typical of the 'humour' in this place.

But if I'm going to play I'm going to play properly. Now in the UK we do things natural. The idea of a block of allium crystal is pretty out there but I have had a jar of onion granules become solid and I can see the advantage there i suppose.

Anyway, I looked at the alliums that I had available and realized that I could pay my respects by not choosing onion and instead went for garlic which has all the same medicine qualities.

I did a two pass shave with this bloody excellent soap ( thanks again u/grindermonk) and then rubbed garlic over my fave like im some sort of bruschetta. It stings and the smell is Discordant but hey I'm now one of the allium gang.

scruba games day 4

• Razor: ruby adjustable
• Brush: yaqi 26mm faux horse rainbow synthetic
• Lather: barrister and mann - softheart sandalwood

As chuck d once said.

" Base how low can you go"

Or Meghan Trainor

" It's all about that base"

Best historic base: softheart

Best current base: softheart because it must be current if I'm using it

Best discontinued base: softheart

Best future base: for me this games with the min/max still softheart.

Thus we hit a point where softheart is past present and future and we ask whether until the last smoosh has been lathered, is any base really dead?

No treble.

I appreciated a musical reference today that wasn't KISS.

scruba games day 5

Well that was fucking stupid wasn't it.

I'm not playing to win because you know I don't have the requisite number of soaps, razors, brushes, vendors, or indeed the required amount of shit that needs to be given to win.

But when last years winner u/priusaurus is doing a lame pretend last minute shave, newly minted judge u/onionmiasma is replaying his greatest hits and at least half the shavers are 'using this that I bought for last time' then you know that I gotta do something.

Fucking scrubs all of them.

I don't have pharmacist soap because I'm not a scrub.

I am not going to buy it because I'm not a scrub

I am not going to lame out and use a DQable soap because I'm not a scrub.

I am going to take the daily challenge possible because I am not a scrub.

• Razor: no scrub x zenith MOAR BOAR #REVENANT #rainbow
• Brush: ruby adjustable #composite

*Lather: dermol 200 emollient shower cream

Yes I cellotaped a blade to the bottom of the brush. Yes I used the razor to spread shower cream on my face. Yes it cut at least one hair before the whole thing collapsed.

(And then yes I was a scrub and finished off with softheart sandalwood to take me back to a happy place)

Boring judge bit: on theme because I got this shower stuff from a pharmacist for my boy and because product doesn't specify shaving product. Tags work because I restored this brush into a razor fixing what was clearly a mistake and also because the new razor is green and white And the new brush is mixed material of plastic and metal.

True Icarus flight:

Genius reverse lather, develops sub exclusive razor, poignant, yet non-lengthy write-up, but crashes and burns by airbudding the lather product rule

scruba games day 6

Wettuber. What is this place, badger and blade?

As teen shaving sensation u/j33pguy13 and his older relative u/bacconchop will attest its all about tiktok with todays youth. So today I made a slapper TIKTOK using the insta thingy. #downwiththekids

• Razor: no scrub industries MM24 scrub edition #twins
• Razor: eldrormr industries MM24 scrubity 4 edition #twins
• Brush: MOAR BOAR
• lather: house of mammoth x barrister and mann - smash

Edit: judge bit - smash is a cocktail inspired soap and the scrub edition is an approved MM24 edition not an unauthorized copy

Enndeegee's created the unorthodox scrubty4, which was then produced by EldrormR industries and sanctioned as a valid copy after the fact. Probably the most unique way to qualify for the #TWINS tag we've seen.

Enndeegee's created the unorthodox scrubty4, which was then produced by EldrormR industries and sanctioned as a valid copy after the fact. Probably the most unique way to qualify for the #TWINS tag we've seen.

The judges want an ATG SOTD the judges get a ATG SOTD. I guess it means the robot djudge is growing in coverage.

ATG shave posted on ATG forum

• Brush: MOAR
• Razor: eldrormr industries - scrubity four #rustybuttrusty #fliptop
• Lather: no scrub x red house farm - no scrub

Not on theme because I don't have anything maggards branded and some killjoy judge DWd my last attempt at circumnavigation. 

Every knows maggs logo is a maple leaf and I have some maple syrup.

It coulda been glorious.

But for reals maggs is great and shipping costs to UK are the reason I shop there. But as I have no intention of every playing lather games I never got round to buying a maggs soap.

scruba games day 9?

Welcome to the u/enndeegee pub quiz.

There's one round with nine questions with a linked theme which constitutes the final 10th question.

Entrants should include their team name which will also be judged based on British public house humour.  

This is more important than recording a proper shave of the day today(or I'm trying to be tricksy again and seeing if I can get it to work for everyone not using old Reddit) as the judge's quiz was not mobile friendly for me. i.e i got 0

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Round 1:

What is the largest city in Andalucia?

What soap smells better than being sun according to u/semaj3000 ( even though he would only admit it to himself in the middle of the night when crying into his pillow)?

Which football team have won the Europa league/uefa cup the most often(?)[* soap: barrister and mann - seville )

What is the best type of orange to use for marmalade?

What is the final word of the Rossini opera about a wet shaving expert?

What is the name of one of the biggest hits by Band Zonder Naam? 

What is the name of a smaller Cadillac that was in production from 1976 to 2004?

What is the surname of Alvin, Simon and Theodore once adopted by Dave?

What is an anagram of le Elvis?

What is the common theme for all questions?

Player didn't like the official quiz, and created his own.

another day another scruba games post

• Brush: restored Gillette standard 19mm boar

• Razor: ruby adjustable 

• Lather: no scrub X red house farm - no scrub
• Post shave: Wickham shaving co - gothic revival

No failing to be clever as this day is all about doing things together and the no scrub soap is a collaboration between no scrub and red house farm, made especially for the LG 2024 no scrubs. What could possibly be more on theme?

To celebrate I thought a few facts would be useful:

After 9 days of the games we currently stand at 61 no scrubbed posts.

This is broken down across:

• 36 players (including judges)
• 1 non player
• 1 mom
• 1 child 

There has been 1 non LG SOTD post which achieved a no scrub, and on the least scrubbed day 1 non player was the only person who was not blind to the pointlessness of videos. (Sorry I couldn't resist).

I've been being kind too and only three players have been scrubbed. 1 is a judge, 1 a reigning photo champion and 1 is the scrubber himself. 

And here's an entirely appropriate song for me for the day

don't hate the scruba hate the game

• Lather: no scrub x red house farm - no scrub soap
• Brush: Gillette standard 19mm boar 
• Razor: Schick injector
• Post shave: random baby cream because it pisses off u/visceralwatch 

Theme: lavender is apparently flower Challenge: pale/cream/whites

When I first didn't play lather games challenges were hard, and so was I. Now maybe if I'd used the little blue pill I'd be still be hard (if symptoms last more than 4 hours see a doctor), but I didn't. Instead I stacked challenges with an old favourite alongside this boring one.

Edit: forgot to add that there's a special and totally officially endorsed no scrubs exclusive discount at barrister and mann. Thanks to u/bostonphototourist for joining in with the no scrub award and u/jeffm54321 for alerting me to it.

And also I did a playlist for yesterday - it's in the DQT

NOSCRUBS discount code at B&M

I changed razor after the photo and couldn't be arsed to redo the photo games day 12

• Lather: body shop - maca root and aloe shaving cream
• Razor: Schick injector #rainbow
• Brush: yaqi rainbow synthetic

As some judge once said “enndeegee is playing his own game” or something like that because you know I don't really pay attention to the podcast when I'm running. (Humble brag I did 4 miles at a hair under 8 mins a mile for the first time in ages. Smug.) I am and I thought I'd do a kinda explanation of the game I'm playing over and above than the obvious - that I'm just here for the shits and giggles.

We all know that there is an element of the lather games that is pay to win. But to what extent is it really pay to play. How high could someone get without breaking the bank. And of course how often can I shill the no scrub soap that u/grindermonk made and which is absolutely epic.

So I looked at what I already owned 25ish soaps , similar number of user grade razors and 5 brushes. I looked at the calendar (on the 28th of may or so) and worked out what I could hit using the minimum number of brushes, soaps and razors in my collection. Where I could get away with a theme with a squint I'd chance it and hope the explanation was good enough. And the day I couldn't make it work I winged. (Badly it turns out ).

I'd then do each daily challenge to the best of my ability leaning into the shits and giggles and either fly high or flame out. Thanks u/djundjila for the Icarus tag. I should really flair it.

So my personal challenge: how high can I get with as small a den as possible? Can I get above halfway?

I've not done the maths till now but by my reckoning if it all goes in my favour (and it hasn't) I could (won't) hit

1. 29/30 theme days (58)
2. 0/30 relevant post shaves (don't use em. Long story and I'm not nesting comments. Today) (0)
3. 30/30 topical consistency (20)
4. 5/5 Legendary points (5)
5. 10ish/20 Scavenger hunt points (1)
6. 0/2 Hardware sponsors (0)
7. 4/16 software points (4)
8. 0/5 various bonus points (0)

That's 80+ points (I think. I can't read, write or do maths proper). Based on last year need to nail it if I'm going to be above half way mark. So I have to play hard, but also where there's a choice go for the funnier option over the safe bet.

Tl;Dr I'm an idiot with a point to prove and here's my LG mini den*

*With no scrub industries reverse items deconstructed

no scrub detective agency case files day 13: the baffling brother-in-law of Batman Brady: the search for Los Dupe

• Razor: ruby adjustable

• Brush: MOAR

• Lather: Chicago grooming co. - AG1889

It was a cold and wet June morning. The rain spat like u/semaj3000 at Donny based Wednesday fans and out on the street the bin lorry was reversing. I'd forgotten to put the grey bin out again. It was this case. It'd been 13 days and I was still no closer to cracking the case than u/cowzilla3 was finishing the great spice off.

I stared at my reflection, skin pallid, eyelids droopy, lather dripping. I looked like u/j33pguy13 but handsome. If I didn't work it out soon I'd never find out the truth, and without the truth I'd be nothing but a scrub.

As I shaved I went over the facts.

I’d uncovered the so called batman Brady, the mountain man to Los Dupe’s Aventus, the prom king to his Le Male, but the man himself remained tantalisingly out of reach.

And what's worse was batman Brady was clearly worried about being sent to the great copyright infringement office in the sky and so after one single comment had said less than alg82’s points tally.

I had almost nothing. The well was drier than u/jeffm54321’s face after Osma, but I couldn't give up. The days theme relied on it.

I replayed the conversation in my head. over and over.

Time to lay out the facts.

• Last year's games - that rules out all ROTYs
• Brother in law - that rules out u/newtothethis
• Prize - that rules out last year's judges and alg82, artisans and u/enndeegee
• No mention of winner - could rule out u/priusaurus
• Has lots of brushes but won't share - could rule in Prius and his lather games trophy brush
• American spelling and phrasing - rules out the euro gang (except the expats)
• No mention of distance to brother in-law: rules out the expats
• No old spice dupes, that rules out u/cowzilla3

My mind twisted and turned, like one of u/bunnynator1001’s handles. There just wasn't enough info. Should I jump to assumptions, make an informed guess? I nearly nicked myself such was the distraction.

• No mention of burning desert heat. Did that rule out u/ginopono?
• No mention of sister being involved. That rules out u/ktturtlesue and u/onionmiasma
• I can't spell chrono so that rules him out.

I thought again as I rinsed my brush and razor under the hot tap and then as I looked up at my reflection on the steamed up mirror, the answer was there in front of me.

Los Dupe had already won

Private dick ndg is on the case of the undisclosed family relationship in the BatmanBrady tag team

stacking day

OP stacks...all the things.

OP stacks...all the things.

Don't try this at home, kids.

who is your god now

• Razor: ruby adjustable set to 1
• Lather: barrister and mann - Seville
• Brush: no scrub industries HAND brush #topl #oldworld #composite

I have a confession to make.

Its something a bit embarrassing and I've been a bit ashamed to talk about it on the sub. It's hard to admit but I've been visiting since other subs. In incognito mode. I've found myself staring at the ceiling wondering how the lather got their and wondering if there's another way. I've been worrying about your judgemental attitude and well I just can't do it anymore.

I'm u/enndeegee and I'm dry-curious

I'm not dry dry, at least I don't think I am, but I do think that you know, every now and then going dry is the right thing for me. Or at least I think it's an attractive proposition.

So today with the appropriate daily challenge, I figure why not satisfy my urges. Soap because it's my first time and I want to go easy. Smart for the razor setting.

I know that's not going fully dry but baby steps.

Rub soap on face (twice because you fuck up the video), then a one pass shave like youve never had a one pass shave before. After the first little irritating bite it was the smoothest shave known to man. ^1

u/iamsms has been dethroned.

I AM YOUR INDIAN LATHER GOD NOW

^1 It definitely wasn't because the razor became almost immediately clogged and wasn't cutting at all

Judges: Seville is my nearest death tub - check out my pre games shaves for proof it's the one I'm trying to kill

My hand is made of lots of different materials and my nails are a different colour to my skin so qualifies for composite, the fingers are longer than 60mm so they're toll and I'm from the old world.

User takes soap out of tub, rubs it on face without water and then shaves.

NDG really delivered with the video here.

And surprisingly, appears to be on theme.

• lather: body shop - maca root and aloe shaving cream.

Today's shave is dedicated to my favourite two shitposters of the games Jeff and alg

Shitpost in honor of Shitposters (jeff and alg)

stacking day challenge gonewild

I was about half a second too slow to get the picture of my knee stack. So the quick try to grab it as it falls pic is the best I've got. 

But I've led you on dear judge. Its not gonewild because there's no foot pic. You see I know the game. Try to get as many feet pics as possible for your needs. Well fear not. I have come to your rescue. Sub to r/wetshavinggonewild instead of making us do feet pics

• Lather: signature soaps - a brittania shaving soap
• Brush: moar
• Razor: st leger

Theme: vegan soap innit. Challenge: knee lather was ok. A bit pasty but nowt so dry as water day. 

Lather Games day 18 - tl;dr: I'm out, be nice, or not

• Brush: yaqi rainbow synthetic
• Brush: gillette standard 19mm boar
• Razor: st Leger
• Lather: no scrub X red house farm - no scrub shaving soap.

Long one incoming so it's split into three parts so each has its own TL:Dr

cease of trading announcement

So I've been around the sub for nigh on 6 years and in that time I've gone from lurker, to shit poster, to artisan soap, razor and brush maker. I've also taken on the honour of curating the lather games ~~shit list~~ no scrubs list. Not that anyone asked me to do that last one.

But there comes a time in every artisan's life when they decide that though they got into it the love they had is dead, the margins are tough and the competition is tougher.

1. Who wants a no scrub brush when you can go to dogwood or aurora?,
2. Who needs my custom razor when you can just get a wolfman or a Karve or even go on eBay and pick up a 1912?
3. Why get the no scrub soap when you can go to red house farm directly?

I mean who even needs the ~~shit list~~ no scrub list?

Ok so that last one has an answer and the year without a list was the reason I started back up last year, so I do believe a list is needed. But it's not going to be me next year

No scrub industries is officially no more. This year's list will complete, and soaps will be sent out but then that will be that. These fall under fulfilling commitments in terms of business closure and so the no scrub soap is truly a soap from a dead brand. RIP No scrub industries. You wont be missed.

I hope someone wants to curate next year's list though.

TL;DR 1: as Biggie once said: no scrubbing no problems.

wicked_edge appreciation

Let's face it mocking wicked edge is like shooting fish in a barrel. It's easy and simple because there's nothing worse than someone with a little knowledge. We’re superior yadda yadda yadda. But a lot of us went there and then found our way here because its not a bad intro place its just not a community in the same way wetshaving is.

I stopped subbing there a year or so ago so my only knowledge is from the vocal mod on discord, who seems to have sorted out a sub exclusive (or not I can't tell), the fact that something about that sub led to the ‘drama’ (yawn) earlier in the year and that two people who I know as valued members here are also mods (which I didn't know until recently). I went and looked yesterday and it's basically still the same place, except for u/mrtangerinesky who was trying to troll (badly). So yeah it's not as good as here but nowhere is, and it keeps feeding us new members so why don't we good naturedly humour them instead of mocking them

TL;DR 2, as Bill withers once said: just to two of us, wetshaving in the sky

Lather physics

But this is the lather games, and nothing gets judge points so much as SPITE shaves. And today my SPITE is reserved for BIG SOAP representative, WOKE humanitarian, and SCIENCE believer u/mammothben - who single handedly ruined the greatest single advancement in lather theory and opened the door to the heretical GUTL

SHAME ON YOU BEN, SHAME ON YOU.

The OG poster (whose post I can’t find), may have gone down a blind alley with his special bowl that built super physics defying dense lather because you know his application of the principle was nutty. But the idea behind it is sound: If you can remove excess air you can get a thicker, and hypothetically denser, slicker, better lather.

This is the point where a true lather games champion, or at least pretender to the throne would go all science and hypothesise and synthesise and eulogise. But I’m not a science believer, I’m all about the vibes. A bowl didn't work because it physically can't compress the lather in the way originally suggested, but there are tools and equipment that can do that, and fortunately the little syringe thing that comes with the kid’s calpol would do that. It looks like this. Big amount of lather goes in the top, plunger goes down and air goes squish

So I lathered up and then added some soap into the syringe and squeezed it onto my face. Did it take longer than Ben’s plate lathering? Yes. Was the lather objectively better than Ben’s plate lather? Yes. Was the lather subjectively better than Ben’s plate lather? Yes. Did it take less time than GUTL? Yes. Was the effort more rewarding than GUTL? Yes Was the lather objectively better than that created by GUTL? Yes. Was the future of wetshaving set back 3 years by small minded u/mammothben and his wetshaving enablers who brigaded a wicked_edge post? Yes.

SHAME ON YOU BEN, SHAME ON YOU.

Tl:dr 3:as velocepdic once said: I give this post a score of pridetwo out of cowzilla3

Edit: fuck knows what happened to original pics so here's a quick retake of the money shot.

NDG trolling

MEME<SPITE

• Lather: house of mammoth x barrister and mann - smash

• Razor: st leger

• Brush: yaqi synthetic

that all you got u/mammothben?

You must have expected a response, u/mammothben.

I think you are bricking it., u/mammothben

I know you were hoping that your so called mammoth mafia were going to get off the fence and back you up, u/mammothben

Did they u/mammothben?

No they did not, u/mammothben

Them be more like mammoth afraid-of-enndeegee-ia, u/mammothben

Did they forget about u/mammothben or are they shook u/mammothben?

Do they care more about the games or the family u/mammothben?

Take this as a sign u/mammothben

It doesnt matter who you call, u/mammothben

You’re didn’t win yesterday’s battle and you’re not going to win the war, u/mammothben

You’re from NY, so you should know what KRS said u/mammothben

Do you know what KRS said u/mammothben?

KRS said that the bridge is over u/mammothben

And so are you and your mafia.

Trashed.

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Judgey bit:

Smash is a collaboration between house of mammoth, and barrister and mann and made by Vida so all three artisans involved are based in union territories. Its also an absolute banger of a scent, was a kind and generous PIF from u/mammothben and the idea behind restoreNY support and a product made by a BIPOC artisan resonated with today's theme for me.

There is a meme in the post too, but only because it has to be there. Boss Higgins already won meme day though so I'm not sure you needed to do today's theme.

Player lathers on far too many inappropriate surfaces.

in the jungle, the mighty jungle the Seville is used tonight

• Lather: barrister and mann - Seville

There was a scrub called enndeegee

Who played the games so sillily

If asked to choose

He'd have fun and lose

Than win them like Prius did boringly

Edit:garden shave innit

fun limerick

Judges, scrub me or not. shave is here , Limericks are in yesterday's thread

sonnet 116

Let me not to the wetshaving of true minds

Admit impediments; our sub is not a sub

Which alters dnb lists for gift-in-kinds

Or allows random posts from scrubs

O no, it is a daily scheduled lot

'That should be in the DQT if I'm not mistaken';

And it's star is our own latherbot

Whose worth's well known, tho tweaks bourbon keeps makin.

Sub's not time's fool, though BBS necks and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come.

Sub alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom:

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever shaved.

• Lather: bot
• Brush: basil
• Razor: light

Edit: I shaved

Instead of a limerick, Player gives us a sonnet. I'm not quite sure why, but there you go.

LAME challenge day

Lather: Chicago grooming co. - ag1889

Jickys second stronger scent profile is spice according to fragrantica.

Its also clear that none of the judges are bakers because if they were they wouldn't have come with what is literally a lame daily challenge.

For mayana who wont look at the pictures I post no matter what I do: the idiot judges asked us to use a razor on food to carve said food. The pictures show my (nice shiny new) bread lame and then it being used to carve/score patterns into douch and then the final result after baking.

For the kindness of yesterday. I really enjoyed all of the limericks, but feels it a bit weird to award any no scrubs yesterday. If I had have done hugbuckt deserves one for his beautiful song (seriously worth a listen) as well as anyone who mocked me as if you don't I'll become an egotistical maniac and flounce out of the sub over a perceived slight

Clever word play, user bakes a bread, cuts surface with lame

Rustic bourbon sugar and peach dessert - quick 20 minute recipe

Click here to jump to the recipe

This bourbon and peach dessert is the kind of dish that you prepare in advance and eat lather. Its something you'll never boar of eating and if you follow this recipe it'll shave you time so you can go about your lather games without interruption

I love summer. Do you? This recipe reminds me of summer past. Right from when I was a young kid, jubbing into HMV and getting the latest cassettes on the five finger discount through to more recent ones where my beautiful family and I have been blessed with such amazing times. We are truly blessed.

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My daughter loves peaches. I have a funny anecdote about her and peaches and it's more inappropriately sharing of a small child's thoughts and feelings than u/tsrblke has been doing. I mean how cute is that especially if you go to my Instagram and click like on the post that shows her in clothing we flagged free from a trendy company

This is such an easy recipe that I don't know why you haven't made it already and all the ingredients can be bought from you local supermarket. I've put links into my favourite shop as they pay me and they are affiliate links. Use them so as to keep this content free people. 

Obviously if you've got a problem you can switch the bourbon out for something else. Maybe an AA meeting. But if you do want bourbon then this is the finest bourbon available to buy

Which brings us to the recipe. Except I need to put in a few more comments and maybe an anecdote about the song peaches and the band. But purely to sneak in some more affiliate links. Like this one which is a YouTube link to the song peaches

Anyway I've stalled as long as possible. Here's the ingredients

Lather: house of mammoth x barrister and mann - smash

The recipe is below

Didn't shave in kitchen because it was that or go for a run and I picked the latter. And then had a really crap slow run which was the universe scrubbing me as well I deserved.

But SMASH is a dessert flavour soap.

Holy crap. I think Enndeegee is on theme.

And appears to have actually shaved?

Also, this parody of recipe sites is chef's kiss

Merry Christmas You filthy Animals

Edit: was I in time with the pic u/djundjila?

• lather: Martin De Candre - Fougere

I dont know who gave me this soap. I got it in a r/wetshaving secret santa and not one where Santa reviealed themselves. Now its been a couple of years so its entirely possible that the Santa isnt playing the games, but equally its entirely possible that Santa is playing. In fact its probably that Santa didnt reveal themselves for a good reason, and we all know that there are other unrevealed pseudonyms and alt's on the sub and in the games. Could it be that u/antiGUTLLeage guy who has just posted an announcement? And if so who is their non-alt and are they playing or just a judge?

Or maybe, yes maybe, could it be that one of the active players in this years game has a valid reason for keeping their name out of my hands. That's right. Los Dupe strikes again.

Ergo I'm on theme.

Onto the challenge.

There's only two correct answers. The boring serious one, and the epic this is such a stupid idea that we need to get it made asap one.

The boring one >!MdC sub exclusive brain bowl, in a sandalwood accord approved by numbers!<

The fun one: >!https://ibb.co/3FrtsGG suggested by engineered shave!<

hat

• Lather: no scrub X red house farm - no scrub soap

For u/djundjila proof of a hat shave

For the theme. No scrub soap celebrates the most sacred day of all February 2nd when the hit single no scrubs was released. Tenuous? Maybe but much less than deer season

NDG continues to be NDG

Razor with a hat and a new holiday

bed blockers will be scrubbed today

its late and I'm tired. Fuck off Imgur I don't know why you don't love me any more

• Lather: barrister and mann - Seville

I realise that my other comment will mean this one isn't picked up now (that right u/djundjila?)

Oh well . I've been busy and not looked at the sub most of the day so I get some fun scrubbing tomorrow. 

I had planned on shaving with no scrub soap but instead I'm trying out something stupid. The most common soap I own. I should get DQd surely. I mean the other post means I will anyway I guess.

overload progression

• Lather: barrister and mann - sandalwood

This shave series was inspired by u/djundjila

1 : sandalwood

overoverload progression

• lather: no scrub X red house farm - no scrub soap 

Who as we all know claims that multiple passes over the course of a day with different software constitutes multiple shaves 

2 : sandalwood and lavender

overoveroverload progression

• lather: signature soaps - a Britannia

Which while disputable opened the door to some proper information overload 

3. : aniseed spearmint and peppermint

overoveroverloadload progression

• lather : Wickham soap co. - gothic revival 

Because information overload only really happens when you've been overwhelmed not a one off but a totality of experience.

4: Sandalwood, Pepper, Honey and Blackcurrant

overoveroverloadloadload progression

• Lather: house of mammoth x barrister and mann: smash

And then u/djundjila announced yesterday that multiple shaves ARE picked up in the portal. And so that gave me an idea.

5: peach, cane sugar, tobacco, bourbon, hedione

overoveroverloadloadload proprogression

• Lather: spearhead - sea spice lime

I didn't say it was a good one.

6: Ink, Lime, Bergamot, Oakmoss, Sea Spray, Coriander

overoveroverloadloadload proproprogression

• Lather: chiseled face - Santa Paula

One half pass per soap for a soap with a scent note of one through to ten. With time stamp to prove it

7: Petitgrain, Siberian Fir, Bitter Orange, Clary Sage, Litsea Cubeba, Siam Wood, and Cedar.

10 different shaves by NDG

overoveroverloadloadload proproprogressiongression

• Lather : Wickham Soap co. - ninfeo do Egeria

But then the challenge of finding a progression within my moderate den meant a pivot. The mini scrub den plan was out of the window because this set of posts amused me. its one thing many rigid games players can't do.

8: Lemon, Galbanum, Petitgrain, Bitter Orange, Fig, Lentisque, Woods, Ambe

overoveroverloadloadload proproprogressiongressiongression

• Lather: grooming dept. Mallard coretto

And that's pivot at the drop of a hat. Or in my case stupid idea.

9: Coffee, Brandy, Plum, Berries, Honey, Cacao, Dust, Vanilla, Patchouli.

overoveroverloadloadload proproprogressiongressiongression overoveroverloadloadload proproprogressiongressiongression

• Lather: Chicago grooming co - ag1889

Lots of scent notes on this and I used my left hand.

Note: I know one of the numbers isn't right but close enough.

Note 2: yes my face hurts

Note 3. Here's the album

10+ : too many

The Los Dupe files uncovered

• Lather: no scrub X red house farm - no scrub soap
• Brush: my hand #toll
• Razor: Wilkinson sword classic.

On theme because no scrub soap has no monetary value as it cannot be sold, my hand is free and the Wilko sword is a cheap 5 quid demon razor.

It was a horrible 1 pass shave after my run. But the run itself was interesting. I came across a weird usb stick and decided to bring it home to see what was in it.

There was one folder called DO NOT OPEN opened it, and there was a single word doc. It was called 197$ffpu*3.docx so I figured there was no virus.

Gentlesirs I hit the jackpot. I found out what Los Dupe has been up to these games and I have to apologize for seeking him out. If I had known he was on the side of the justife I never would've got involved.

The below is copied and pasted straight from the doc. Except the redactions are my own, to protect me and my loved ones.

IN THE LATHER GAMES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF R/WETSHAVING

LATHER GAMES

v.

REDACTED (defendant)

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CRIMINAL NO. 9985/24/cg

VIOLATIONS:

Count 1: 24 L.G.C. §SC.28 (Frugal Friday)

INDICTMENT

• The Defendant, REDACTED was the 9th Champion of the Lather Games and a candidate for re-championment in 2024.

• In order to do this the defendant resorted to a plethora of different methods to retain advantage over the pack. This included using multiple brushes, soaps, razors in order to meet the criteria for the games.

• Despite having a range of brushes the defendant chose to use their hands on wildcard wednesday therefore bringing their hands into their shave den as brushes

• Established Lather Games case law has shown that hands cannot be procured and that ownership of a hand is not a requirement to shave. A hand brush is therefore intentionally and not inadvertently owned.

• Despite using his hands as a brush and his knowledge of the book of case law the defendant chose to use a brush, instead of his hands which he had already submitted as a ‘brush’ that he owns

• This was done to gain advantage in the 2024 Lather Games, by seeking to illegally procure points that he is not eligible for. This includes .5 special theme points, and between 1 and 5 bonus points depending on the severity of his crime

Los Dupe — Special counsel

Lather games department of Djustice

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• lather: barrister and mann - softheart sandalwood.

Best sandalwood scent. Still using the Wilkinson sword black beauty because it's ace.

In terms of the daily challenge I thought I'd go through and work out who I thought would win each main award and then side award. But then I didn't rwalise how many there are. God it's amazing quite how many people sponsor side contests. You all rock.

Anyway here's my list.

1. LG CHAMP: ME
2. ROTY: ME
3. FOF: ME
4. PHOTOCONTEST : ME
5. SCAVENGER HUNT: ME

And then the side awards

Participants

The velocepidic award for dead accounts - u/2SaintsDude

The semaj3000 award for services to football - u/AdWorried2804

The itchypooter award for shitposting u/alg82

The raymoonie award for services to advertising- u/Allisnotwellin

The j33pguy13 award for teenage dirtbags - u/bacconchop

The ktturtlesue award for keeping it in the family - u/BatmanBrady

The Yates award for dedication to a sponsor - u/BossHoggins10

The theme Thursday award for shitposting SOTD titles -  u/BourbonInExile

The 2saintsdude award for weekly reading - u/Breadheater9876

The Phteven award for. Best brush - u/ChrisDaBombz

The crossan1983 award for Welsh shaves - u/chronnoisseur42O

The airbud award for services to old spice- u/cowzilla3

The mrlamper1 award for representing the UK nations- u/Crossan1983

The mrtangerinesky award for Bulgarian of the games - u/djanovshaving

The latherbot award for technical support - u/djundjila

The wyze0ne award for tub art - u/Engineered_Shave

The pppork award for long form shitposting u/FireDragonMonkey

The chrisvanmeer award for photography - u/gcgallant

The auto moderator award for totally not a robot - u/georgejo314159

The marquis90 award for innovation- u/ginopono

The adoreyou award for sweet scents - u/hugbckt

The cosmobarber award for repeating a theme - u/iamhonestlylying

The visceralwatch award for videos - u/Impressive_Donut114

The merikus award for lazy judges - u/J33pGuy13

The alg82 award for shitposting - u/jeffm54321

The impressive donut award for all-rounders - u/jwoods23

The hugbkt award for friendship and lighthouses- u/loudmusicboy

The priusaurus award for losing a spite war - u/mammothben

The djanova award for second best Bulgarian - u/MrTangerinesky

The pridetwo award for ROTY - u/MudAccording

The enndeegee award for scrubbing - u/Newtothethis

The SpongeBob award for judge visibility- u/OnionMiasma

The shavinginct award for well formatted posts- u/PhilosphicalZombie

The onionmiasma award for coming second - u/Priusaurus

The chewbaccrrra award for antics - u/raymoonie

The djundila award for winner turned judges - u/RedMosquitoMM

The mammothben award for highest placing artisan - u/rocketk455

The jeffm54321 award for PAA is on the sub DNB list -u/sandmanct1

The wallygator award for fragrant writing - u/schontzm

The newtothethis award for cojones - u/socialkittielynx

The robodjudge award for missing the cut off time u/solongamerica

The hairykopite award for crimes against tea - u/souleater7173

The chuckfalzone award for crimes against poetry - u/Str8_Razor

The cowzilla3 award for airbud - u/TheStallionPartThree

The doctor award for rule loopholing - u/throwa-waaaay

The old_hiker award for promoting the countryside - u/tsrblke

The str8_razor award for dedication to straights - u/whosgotthepudding