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July 13th, 2020 × #Domains#Games#Web Development

Hasty Treat - The Domain Name Game

Wes and Scott play a guessing game to identify obscure top level domain names. After falling behind early, Scott makes a dramatic comeback in later rounds to ultimately win.

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Topic 0 00:00

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Monday. Monday. Monday.

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Open wide dev fans. Get ready to stuff your face with JavaScript, CSS, Node modules, barbecue tips, get workflows, breakdancing, soft skill, web development, the hastiest, the craziest, the tastiest web development treats coming in hot. Here is Wes, Barracuda, Bos, and Scott, El Toro Loco, Tolinski.

Topic 1 00:26

Introduction to top level domain name guessing game

Scott Tolinski

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

Wes Bos

Wes Bos. Hey, everybody.

Scott Tolinski

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Scott Tolinski

Alright. Thank you. Log Rocket. Now if only Log Rocket could have saved me from the last time we played the TLD game, I really got worked. I think I had a bit of a comeback, but I think I ultimately 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.

Topic 2 02:23

Explanation of game rules and scoring

Wes Bos

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 Scott has 4, I have 4, and the the other person has to Wes, is it for a country, 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 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? And you may also say unregisterable because there are some domain names out there that have been claimed by companies that cannot be registered by you. Like, we just talked about this earlier. There's a Scott Node Depot and a dot T. J. Maxx, and you can't just go register those. Those Yarn those are saved by the companies.

Wes Bos

And then finally, the last 1 JS, is Scott dot whatever and Scott there in West Scott whatever available? So, we're going to give you points for each of those.

Wes Bos

Whoever wins, wins.

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?

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.

Wes Bos

Rock Tuck, paper, scissors,

Scott Tolinski

Throw.

Topic 3 03:55

First round begins

Wes Bos

Okay. He cut I go 1st. Paper. Yeah. Alright. My first domain that you have to guess is dot Wes d.

Wes Bos

Is that a country or a business?

Scott Tolinski

Dot s d.

Scott Tolinski

It is a country.

Wes Bos

Correct.

Scott Tolinski

What country or business is Wes El Salvador.

Wes Bos

No. It is Sudan.

Wes Bos

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 a domain name? So I just typed in Scott.

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

Scott Tolinski

Yeah. Yeah. Keystone here.

Scott Tolinski

I'm gonna say it's 49

Wes Bos

Incorrect.

Wes Bos

It is 100 and $75. Oh, come on. So you are that's 175 minus 49. You're at negative 126

Scott Tolinski

points. Man, this point thing really gets me. Alright. Is Scott available? I'm gonna say no.

Scott Tolinski

It is available.

Scott Tolinski

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

Wes Bos

Oh, good.

Wes Bos

It is available.

Scott Tolinski

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

Scott Tolinski

Fantastic round for me. I come out at, negative Wes, so that's great.

Topic 4 05:43

Round 1 ends, Wes in the lead

Scott Tolinski

Love it.

Wes Bos

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

Scott Tolinski

this one's good, dot0ng.

Topic 5 05:50

Round 2 begins

Wes Bos

Oh, o n g?

Scott Tolinski

Yep.

Wes Bos

I'm gonna say business.

Scott Tolinski

It is business, so you get plus 5.

Wes Bos

So what type of business is it for? I am going to say it is a unregisterable 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, and this is gonna be some sort of business that is unregisterable.

Wes Bos

So I'm gonna say, what type is business support? It's for a large corporation.

Scott Tolinski

It's for a large corporation.

Scott Tolinski

No. You're wrong.

Scott Tolinski

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

Wes Bos

I think so. Yes.

Wes Bos

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.

Wes Bos

What type of corporation is it for? It is for a nongovernment

Scott Tolinski

organization.

Wes Bos

Woah.

Wes Bos

Really? O n g. What does that mean? Operation nongovernment? Organization nongovernment.

Wes Bos

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.

Scott Tolinski

$19 runies. It is $49. Node.

Scott Tolinski

That don't don't don't act like that's a big hit. That's not a big hit. You could lost 30 points, so you're at negative 30 points here. And is Scott and Wes available? I'm gonna go ahead and say

Wes Bos

yes to both.

Scott Tolinski

And both are available. So you get an additional 20 points, which means you come out negative 10. So the total at the end of round 1 is looking very similar to last time. Negative 126 to negative 10. I'm really bad with these prices. That's definitely gonna be my,

Wes Bos

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

Scott Tolinski

That is going to be from a business? Yes.

Scott Tolinski

Okay.

Scott Tolinski

So

Wes Bos

what type of business is colon? I saw this one, and I was like, what could that possibly be? It's actually not pronounced colon.

Scott Tolinski

It's going to be for, coconut trees.

Wes Bos

Close, but not at all. Dot cologne.

Wes Bos

So it JS a TLD friends.

Wes Bos

Made for businesses of the Cologne community as well as residents of the city itself. So Cologne is a city in Germany, 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

I got even rougher one coming for you.

Scott Tolinski

No. Okay. So pricing here pricing on this one, I'm gonna go with $49 again.

Wes Bos

That was pretty close. 29.

Scott Tolinski

Okay. Okay.

Scott Tolinski

Okay. So I can do some math here. 49 by 29, obviously.

Wes Bos

Minus 20 points.

Scott Tolinski

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

Scott Tolinski

I have survived this round 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.

Topic 6 09:27

Round 2 ends, Wes still in the lead

Scott Tolinski

Dotc0.ke.

Scott Tolinski

Coke.

Wes Bos

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

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

Wes. It's Kenya.

Wes Bos

Yes.

Scott Tolinski

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

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 is Japan.

Wes Bos

Mhmm.

Wes Bos

Oh, he is salty, folks. Salty. How much does it cost to register a SEO? I'm gonna go with, $39.

Scott Tolinski

54.

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 points for you.

Wes Bos

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

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 to negative 15. Wes, you're basically hanging tight, treading water, 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.

Topic 7 11:00

Round 3 begins

Scott Tolinski

T r is going to be a country.

Scott Tolinski

Yep. So that's 55 points from me. Now I gotta keep these 5 points. That's 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

Is it for Trinidad?

Wes Bos

No.

Wes Bos

Turkey.

Scott Tolinski

Oh, 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.

Scott Tolinski

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

Scott Tolinski

Nailed it.

Scott Tolinski

Is it really? Yeah.

Scott Tolinski

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 126. That's what we should.

Wes Bos

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

Scott Tolinski

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

Wes Bos

Even now, they're both not available. Both not available.

Scott Tolinski

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

Topic 8 12:21

Round 3 ends, Wes still leading

Scott Tolinski

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

Topic 9 12:31

Round 4 begins

Wes Bos

Dot I s t.

Wes Bos

Oh, international space travel, Maybe.

Wes Bos

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

Wes Bos

Woah. It's a country? Istanbul.

Scott Tolinski

It is Istanbul.

Scott Tolinski

Woah.

Scott Tolinski

It was just actually a city. Right? Istanbul. Yeah. So

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 one.

Wes Bos

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

Wes Bos

Oh.

Wes Bos

But, you you you got points for that. I'll give it to you. Alright. How much does it cost to register to IST? I'm going to go with

Scott Tolinski

$29.

Scott Tolinski

19.

Scott Tolinski

Oh.

Scott Tolinski

So negative 10 there.

Wes Bos

Is Scott available? I'm gonna say Scott is not and Wes is because it's kinda cool, ist. Yeah. That is kind of a cool Yeah. Scott.

Scott Tolinski

They are both available.

Scott Tolinski

Wow. Scottist. Get it. Yeah. I know. Right? 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 to negative 25. So doing pretty good, Wes.

Topic 10 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 11 14:02

Round 5 begins

Scott Tolinski

Out of bounds.

Wes Bos

Dotxndashdash45q11c.

Wes Bos

Xndashdash 45q11c.

Scott Tolinski

It is a business? Correct.

Scott Tolinski

K.

Scott Tolinski

Is it like a debugging type of a top level domain, like an actual, technical use for this top level domain? No. There's not nothing technical about it. Nothing technical about it. It just exists.

Wes Bos

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

Scott Tolinski

Yeah.

Wes Bos

Scott Bagua.

Scott Tolinski

Seems like it's a Chinese thing.

Wes Bos

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

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? Because like, I think we both know right now. It's a that's the ASCII representation of a Chinese character domain name. The okay. So that's really interesting.

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.

Scott Tolinski

They don't I watched a lot of Chinese films, and they don't ever, talk about gossip that much. So okay. So next question JS, how much does it cost? Is it an it's for gossip? Cost of money then, I'm gonna say it's $29.

Scott Tolinski

It's, like, a100000.

Wes Bos

324.90.

Wes Bos

Node on.

Wes Bos

324.

Scott Tolinski

Oh,

Wes Bos

Wes. Is Scott dot Bagua available? Yes.

Wes Bos

And what about Wes? Yes.

Wes Bos

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

Scott Tolinski

Congratulations to me.

Scott Tolinski

I got I got I got 20 points minus, 20 plus points minus a hun 295 points.

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, let's see how many points I actually have right now. It is, 20 minus 295 minus 126.

Scott Tolinski

Oh, come on. I did so well.

Scott Tolinski

Negative 401 points, so that's great. Congratulations 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

It is dotreit.

Topic 12 16:41

Round 5 ends, Scott makes a comeback

Wes Bos

Oh, Real Estate Investment Trust. That's a business that's, dedicated to real estate, and it's going to cost

Topic 13 16:49

Final round begins

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

You are right, sir.

Wes Bos

Okay. How much does it cost to get a REIT? I'm gonna say $39.

Wes Bos

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

Scott Tolinski

Oh. Scott dot REIT Bos $1,499.

Wes Bos

Node way.

Scott Tolinski

You are now negative 1460 here.

Scott Tolinski

No.

Scott Tolinski

Getting down to Bagua level here. Wow.

Wes Bos

I was so cocky because I knew it. Mhmm.

Wes Bos

Mhmm. $1,000.

Wes Bos

And Wes is is available. Yes. Give me my 10 points there. And so is Scott.reit.

Scott Tolinski

So, yes, they're both available.

Wes Bos

Oh. You rounded up that round because

Scott Tolinski

you finished that round at negative fourteen forty plus negative 126 is oh, no. You don't have negative 126. That's me, 25.

Scott Tolinski

So you finished that round with negative 1465.

Scott Tolinski

No.

Scott Tolinski

Ruh row. Big ruh row.

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

Man, that was that was, like, 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?

Topic 14 18:18

Game concludes, Scott wins in dramatic comeback

Scott Tolinski

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

Wes Bos

$100.

Wes Bos

Wow.

Scott Tolinski

So sorry.

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 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.

Wes Bos

Peace.

Scott Tolinski

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