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by Chris Civil
Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Friday November 6th 2009
Replies: 50
Views: 5537

Re: Spoilers For Friday November 6th 2009

Once again conratulations Ryan, you were the worthy victor.

I wouldn't want to sully the good name of apterous by claiming to be an apterite, the bulk of my preparation was done with lexpert until I realised all too late that the dictionaries varied greatly between the two.
by Chris Civil
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 5th February 2009
Replies: 42
Views: 7844

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th February 2009

Glad someone mentioned 'optimise' as I armchair declared it and then disallowed it due to my lazy validation methods (google the word, if it offers a definition then I take it as allowed). Sadly my R11 attemp of 'doorkeep' was not valid under either adjudication method. Was nice to see a spirited co...
by Chris Civil
Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:01 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1083862

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Craig Beevers wrote:Think I might have played you in a charity event somewhere near Chesterfield, back when JEANED wasn't allowed.
I think you might be right, I do seem to remember getting soundly thrashed by someone a lot like you.
by Chris Civil
Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1083862

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Hello all, my name is Chris Civil, I'm 31 and live and work in Birmingham for a law college. I used to be a keenish scrabble player and after playing one rated tournament where I got some lucky letters had a provisional ranking just outside the top UK 100, circumstances meant that I haven't played a...