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Hasty Treat - The Domain Name Game

Wes Bos

Wes Bos Host

Scott Tolinski

Scott Tolinski Host

Topic 0 14:02

Round 5 begins

Scott Tolinski

points.

Wes Bos

They're both available. So if you got 700 boxes, you can get them up.

Wes Bos

that's the ASCII representation

Scott Tolinski

business? I got I got I got 20 points minus, to me. Alright. Well, try nail me a Scott. No. No. I'm not gonna have any bag wise here. Okay? It's not gonna happen.

Scott Tolinski

Yeah.

Scott Tolinski

No sense because if you screw up Node price, you're shot. You're totally shot. We talked about fixing this at the end of last time, and, of course, the benefactor of this all did not want to listen to that. So,

Scott Tolinski

20 minus 295

Scott Tolinski

Is it like a debugging type of a top level domain, like an actual, technical use for this top level domain? No.

Scott Tolinski

Oh, You negative 126

Scott Tolinski

talk about gossip that much. So okay. So next question JS, how much does it cost? Is it an it's for gossip?

Wes Bos

Scott Bagua.

Scott Tolinski

It is a Yep.

Wes Bos

Yeah. Okay. I'll give you that. Okay.

Scott Tolinski

They don't I watched a lot of Chinese films, and they don't ever, is oh, no. You don't have negative 126. That's me, Dotc0.ke.

Wes Bos

of a Chinese character domain name. The okay. So that's really interesting.

Wes Bos

Yes.

Scott Tolinski

Congratulations It is business,

Scott Tolinski

Seems like it's a Chinese thing.

Wes Bos

Companies domain. Okay. I can pronounce it for you if you want.

Scott Tolinski

Out of bounds.

Wes Bos

What do you mean, like, to get points for it? I'll give you let's give give them 5 points for knowing it's a Chinese domain name. K?

Scott Tolinski

ASCII characters. Okay. So, Bagua, what's it what's it for, though? So Bagua converts to gossip in Chinese. Oh, man. There's no way I would ever know Bagua.

Wes Bos

Xndashdash Oh, he is salty, folks. Salty. How much does it cost to register a SEO? I'm gonna go with, No.

Wes Bos

Because like, I think we both know right now. It's a And what about Wes? Yes.

Wes Bos

324.90.

Scott Tolinski

126.

Scott Tolinski

points, so that's great. Congratulations So negative 10 there.

Wes Bos

Dotxndashdash45q11c.

Scott Tolinski

Negative 401 K.

Topic 1 09:27

Round 2 ends, Wes still in the lead

Scott Tolinski

to negative 15. Wes, you're basically hanging tight, treading water, Hey, Wes. It's, been a hectic morning for both of us. So this one is guaranteed to be a mess, and I'm excited about that. But you know what won't be a mess JS your Wes site because you have a, one of our sponsors, which is LogRocket. And LogRocket is going to be the service that allows you to visually see that mess so you can fix it. Now what is LogRocket? Well, it is a visual

Wes Bos

Because the Kenya is, like, one of the only countries that starts with k e, and I know there's a lot of countries that don't have a dot whatever. They have a dot c o dot their their name. Like, toadotjp on.

Scott Tolinski

Wes. It's Kenya.

Wes Bos

This is a country. You're trying to throw me that it's Coke. It's not. It's, I'm gonna say it's Kenya. I see.

Scott Tolinski

and I am plundering here, although last trend was was decently okay for me. Okay. So let's get into the next Node. Wes, what do you got for me? Dottr.

Scott Tolinski

You're gonna even out there. Big old whopping 0 on those because they're both available. So you have lost 5 points this round, which means you are Kenyans named Scott. Yes. Apparently. Yeah. So the current point total is negative 126 What? Oh, come on. I did so well.

Scott Tolinski

points for you.

Wes Bos

K. I'm going to say this is a country.

Scott Tolinski

Coke.

Wes Bos

Mhmm.

Scott Tolinski

Woah. That's pretty close. That's not bad. Yeah. That's not bad. That's a win in my books. That's the closest we've been. That's that's only negative fifteen

Wes Bos

Is Scott and Wes available? I'm gonna say Scott is not and Wes is.

Scott Tolinski

Dang. Gotcha. How'd you know this was Kenya? obviously.

Wes Bos

$39.

Wes Bos

is Japan.

Topic 2 02:23

Explanation of game rules and scoring

Wes Bos

Whoever wins, wins.

Wes Bos

a country, or is that for a a business that that can register that? The second 1 is what type of country business is it for? So you have to guess the country, or you have to guess what Scott of, like, what it's targeted at.

Wes Bos

The third thing is how much per year does it cost to register? O n g. What does that mean? Operation nongovernment?

Wes Bos

points for each of those.

Wes Bos

because there are some domain names out there that have been claimed by companies

Wes Bos

the last 1 JS, is Scott dot whatever and Scott there in West Scott whatever available? So, we're going to give you Yeah. Let's talk about how the points are. So we're gonna pick a t l d. A t l d is top level domain. Like, that means Scott or whatever. And Oh, good.

Wes Bos

or is it, like, a business or marketing domain name? So we'll pick 1 that we we've did before. Scott a f. Is that for 324.

Wes Bos

Rock Tuck, paper, scissors,

Scott Tolinski

Throw.

Wes Bos

Cool. So do you want a rock, paper, scissors for the first one? Whoever wins goes 1st. Okay. Do you do rock, paper, scissors, throw?

Wes Bos

and the the other person has to Wes, is it for a country,

Wes Bos

and a dot T. J. Maxx,

Wes Bos

And then finally, Oh.

Wes Bos

And you may also say unregisterable

Wes Bos

and you can't just go register those. Those Yarn those are saved by the companies.

Scott Tolinski

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Although throw is way more Canadian. Of course, we do would say shoot in America here. Of course. Yeah.

Topic 3 05:50

Round 2 begins

Scott Tolinski

And both are available. So you get an additional

Wes Bos

Oh, o n g?

Wes Bos

What type of corporation is it for? It is for a nongovernment Woah. It's a country?

Scott Tolinski

Okay.

Wes Bos

I'm so I'm I'm going ahead here, but I'm gonna say the type of business is some some sort of, like, something something group, Wes is for Sudan, and I Node. Wes CSS is for South Sudan. I just learned. I'm at 0 points now. Next one, how much does it cost to register 45q11c.

Scott Tolinski

It's going to be for, 20 plus points minus a hun 295 so you get plus 5.

Scott Tolinski

with no change in points, so I'm still at negative 126. That's fantastic. I'm very happy about that. Okay. Well, I have a fun one for you. How about this 1? Good luck.

Scott Tolinski

If it says private registration, does that mean it's unregisterable?

Wes Bos

Minus 20 points.

Wes Bos

Achilles' heel here. I've got a next one for you. It is

Scott Tolinski

20 points, which means you come out

Wes Bos

friends.

Scott Tolinski

So I'm currently at negative no.

Wes Bos

and this is gonna be some sort of business that is unregisterable.

Scott Tolinski

organization.

Wes Bos

It's actually not pronounced colon.

Wes Bos

unregisterable

Wes Bos

Woah.

Wes Bos

but not at all. Dot cologne.

Wes Bos

Really?

Wes Bos

Close, Scott has 4, I have 4,

Wes Bos

So what type of business is it for? I am going to say it is a

Scott Tolinski

So Fantastic round for me. I come out at, Correct.

Scott Tolinski

negative 10. So the total at the end of round 1 is looking very similar to last time. Negative 126

Scott Tolinski

coconut trees.

Scott Tolinski

by 29, $19 Cool. Hey. 0 album, that's the first one that you Node. Yeah. Heck yeah. Nailed it. But there should be bonus points if you get it, like, exactly. Next time, we'll do that. We should just wipe out my negative

Wes Bos

what type of business is colon? I saw this one, and I was like, what could that possibly be? So I'm gonna say, what type is business support? It's for a large corporation.

Scott Tolinski

That is going to be from a business?

Wes Bos

Made for businesses Mhmm. Because it does have a price. I shouldn't have said this before. Oh, it does have a price? Okay. Hold on. Yeah. Then maybe not. Wes, like, just try to go ahead and and get it. So hold on. I let's let's go back to the 2nd quarter. It's available. Wes. Okay. Okay.

Scott Tolinski

$49. Node.

Wes Bos

and I guess that's how they spell it in German. That was a good one. That was rough. That was a rough the r u f f rough.

Wes Bos

dotkoeln.

Scott Tolinski

No. You're wrong.

Wes Bos

yes to both.

Wes Bos

That was pretty close. 29.

Scott Tolinski

to negative 10. I'm really bad with these prices. That's definitely gonna be my, No. There's not nothing technical about it. Nothing technical about it. It just exists.

Wes Bos

I'm gonna say I think so. Yes.

Wes Bos

of the Cologne community as well as residents of the city itself. So Cologne is a city in Germany, Wes. Is Scott dot Bagua available?

Wes Bos

So it JS a TLD

Scott Tolinski

No. Okay. So pricing here pricing on this one,

Scott Tolinski

Yes.

Wes Bos

I got even rougher one coming for you.

Scott Tolinski

Okay. Okay.

Scott Tolinski

I'm gonna go with $49 25.

Scott Tolinski

46 points. Well, I'm gonna say Wes and Scott are available, both of them. They are. Ding ding.

Scott Tolinski

again.

Wes Bos

business.

Topic 4 16:41

Round 5 ends, Scott makes a comeback

Wes Bos

Oh, Real Estate Investment Trust. That's a business that's,

Scott Tolinski

dotreit.

Topic 5 16:49

Final round begins

Scott Tolinski

you I have survived this round allowing you to have a pixel perfect replay.

Scott Tolinski

No.

Wes Bos

Okay. How much does it cost to get a REIT? I'm gonna say Organization nongovernment.

Scott Tolinski

1460 let's see how many points I actually have right now. It is, tool that gives you a scrubbable time line of anytime an error El Salvador.

Scott Tolinski

So you okay. Well, you didn't even wait for me to say yes. Okay. Well, I know. Okay. Go ahead. Tell me if I'm right. You are.

Scott Tolinski

I lost the game? Oh, looks like the the scoreboard. Yes. Unfortunately, Wes, you have lost the game on the very last round of the game.

Wes Bos

$39.

Scott Tolinski

plus It's for a large corporation.

Scott Tolinski

Getting down to Bagua level here. Wow.

Wes Bos

Mhmm. $1,000.

Wes Bos

Node way.

Wes Bos

Oh. You rounded up that round because

Scott Tolinski

So you finished that round with negative 1465.

Scott Tolinski

fourteen forty

Scott Tolinski

You are right, sir.

Scott Tolinski

So, yes, they're both available.

Wes Bos

and it's going to cost

Wes Bos

For Scott dot REIT. Is that true? I got it? No.

Wes Bos

Man, that was that was, like, Istanbul.

Wes Bos

dedicated to real estate,

Scott Tolinski

Ruh row. Big ruh row.

Scott Tolinski

Oh. Scott dot REIT Bos $1,499.

Scott Tolinski

finished that round at negative are now negative

Topic 6 11:00

Round 3 begins

Scott Tolinski

I would say Scott is not available. Wes is available.

Scott Tolinski

Is it for Trinidad?

Scott Tolinski

Nailed it.

Scott Tolinski

Is it really? so that's great.

Scott Tolinski

Yeah.

Scott Tolinski

T r is going to be a country.

Scott Tolinski

126. That's what we should.

Scott Tolinski

Yep. So that's 55 points from me. Now I gotta keep these 5 points. That's t r.

Scott Tolinski

How much does it cost to red shirt? They go with my, my good old friend, $49.

Scott Tolinski

that Trinidad was an okay guess. What is their TLD? Dottt, I think. Trinidad and Tobago. Yeah. It's dottt. I had I had a concern that Tobago had a part of this.

Wes Bos

Is Scott dot t r available? Scott dot t r.

Scott Tolinski

Man, my, memory this morning is just not going really great. I'm scanning the globe in my brain, in my visual brain space. I'm seeing the countries and projecting the map in onto a a a sphere instead of onto a plane.

Scott Tolinski

Mark. Yeah. Okay. So I have, ended this round with a big old zeros on the board. Negative 126.

Topic 7 03:55

First round begins

Scott Tolinski

It is

Wes Bos

dot Wes d.

Wes Bos

is Yes.

Wes Bos

It is available.

Scott Tolinski

negative Cost of money then, I'm gonna say it's $29.

Wes Bos

Yeah. That that's what I'm basing it off of. Should we just always use Scott? Node

Wes Bos

Okay. He cut I go 1st. Paper. Yeah. Alright. My first

Wes Bos

minus 49. You're at negative

Scott Tolinski

Wes,

Wes Bos

domain that you have to guess

Scott Tolinski

Yeah. Yeah. Keystone here.

Scott Tolinski

points. Man, this point thing really gets me. Alright. Is Scott

Scott Tolinski

Alright. Mine is 10. Man, I'm getting worked already. Alright. I will say Wes

Wes Bos

a domain name? So I just typed in Scott.

Scott Tolinski

available? I'm gonna say

Wes Bos

$75. Oh, come on. So you are that's 175

Wes Bos

It is 100 and Maybe. Yeah. That seems Kinda like a ORG. But Yeah. Interesting. Never heard of that one. How much does it cost to register per year? I'm gonna say $19.

Wes Bos

Is that a country or a business?

Scott Tolinski

I'm gonna say it's 49 54.

Scott Tolinski

It is available.

Wes Bos

No. It is Sudan.

Wes Bos

So you have to tell me how much does it cost per year. Do we have to search for Scott dot Wes to determine that? Or

Scott Tolinski

is also available.

Scott Tolinski

a country.

Wes Bos

Incorrect.

Wes Bos

126 Turkey.

Scott Tolinski

Yay. I finally did not lose points. So I I come out at the end of that round.

Wes Bos

Correct.

Scott Tolinski

Dot s d.

Topic 8 12:31

Round 4 begins

Scott Tolinski

It is Istanbul.

Wes Bos

available? I'm gonna say Scott is not And Wes is is available. Yes. Give me my 10 points there. And so is Scott.reit.

Wes Bos

But,

Scott Tolinski

Wow. Scottist. Get it. Yeah. I know. Right? It's, like, a100000.

Wes Bos

I'm going to go with

Scott Tolinski

They are both available.

Scott Tolinski

Oh.

Scott Tolinski

19.

Scott Tolinski

25. So Woah.

Scott Tolinski

Istanbul. Yeah. So

Scott Tolinski

It was just actually a city. Right?

Wes Bos

I'm gonna say it's a business, not a country.

Wes Bos

and Wes is because it's kinda cool, ist. Yeah. That is kind of a cool Yeah. Scott.

Wes Bos

that was interesting because that that's a new one. Like, that's not I've been around for a while, but it is a geographical

Scott Tolinski

Okay. So the you have rounded up that round with a a negative 10. So you were if we play this game for, like, 20 plus rounds, I might actually come out on top. The current score is negative 126

Wes Bos

Maybe.

Wes Bos

Oh, international space travel, Even now, they're both not available. Both not available.

Scott Tolinski

to negative

Wes Bos

Dot I s t.

Wes Bos

one.

Wes Bos

Is Scott

Scott Tolinski

$29.

Scott Tolinski

doing pretty good, Wes.

Wes Bos

you you you got points for that. I'll give it to you. Alright. How much does it cost to register to IST? that cannot be registered by you. Like, we just talked about this earlier. There's a Scott Node Depot

Wes Bos

The Scott cologne could be either there because it it was made for business purposes, but it also is geographical.

Topic 9 18:18

Game concludes, Scott wins in dramatic comeback

Wes Bos

Peace.

Wes Bos

$100.

Scott Tolinski

Type it in. Give it do do a verification check if you like.

Scott Tolinski

So sorry about that one. I I was I was feeling charitable. I had a 1 all nice one lined up for you, and then, you went bagua on me, so I had to go, bust out my reed my

Wes Bos

Wow.

Scott Tolinski

this show.

Wes Bos

like, a overtime shootout where everyone thought it was fine. I had a huge lead. Even halfway through, I knew what REIT was and the price. Are you sure it's $1,000? I was so cocky because I knew it. Mhmm.

Scott Tolinski

So sorry.

Scott Tolinski

my back pocket. I thought for sure bagua would would come and kill it. Yep. Alright. Wes the most part, dead. That was good. So, if you like that, let us know. Shoot us a tweet at syntax f m. Hopefully, you learned a few new TLDs today. Anything else to add? No. That was a lot of fun, and, definitely, I think we both have sort of rough mornings. This was a a nice little nice little kickoff to the day, so thanks thanks, Wes. I had a lot of fun. Beautiful. Alright. I'll catch you later. Later.

Topic 10 00:26

Introduction to top level domain name guessing game

Scott Tolinski

lost out to to the Wes. Wes, the the I'm trying to come up with a cool nickname for you, but I guess it's just Wes Bare. The domain Node master.

Scott Tolinski

sign up, and you will get 14 days for free.

Wes Bos

Wes Bos. Hey, everybody.

Scott Tolinski

with the console login errors. No more emailing

Scott Tolinski

in real time with the network request activity runies. It is Oh, here.

Scott Tolinski

Alright. Thank you. Log Drop a review if you like

Scott Tolinski

this Monday. Hasty treat. We're gonna be playing the top level domain game where we

Scott Tolinski

it's been a while since we've done this. So if you you haven't heard a top level domain game episode, what we do, basically, is we pick a top level domain from a list and the other person needs to guess it. We'll give you a a better rundown of the rules right before we start, but let's get into it. My name is Scott Tolinski. I'm a developer from Denver, Colorado. And with me, as always, is to me.

Scott Tolinski

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Scott Tolinski

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Scott Tolinski

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Scott Tolinski

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Topic 11 13:55

Round 4 ends, Wes still ahead

Wes Bos

I have got a good one for you. Oh, no. This might be a little bit out of bounds, but I'm going for it. There's no rules against it.

Topic 12 05:43

Round 1 ends, Wes in the lead

Scott Tolinski

Love it.

Scott Tolinski

this one's good, dot0ng.

Wes Bos

Alright. Hit me with what you got. Okay. So my first one for you,

Topic 13 00:00

Transcript

Announcer

Tolinski.

Announcer

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Announcer

Bos, and Scott, El Toro Loco,

Announcer

soft skill, web development, the hastiest, the craziest, the tastiest web development treats coming in hot. Here is Wes, Barracuda,

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Monday. Monday. Monday.

Topic 14 12:21

Round 3 ends, Wes still leading

Scott Tolinski

I s t.

Scott Tolinski

That was a a good round for me. Did not lose any more points. Okay. Wes, I have for you minus

Scott Tolinski

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