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Andrew Feist

Interesting message when trying to resume a game against the Guardian:
ClientGame624 [CXPLAY]: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Character cannot be cast to [Lapterous.game.RoundSummary;

Andrew Feist

2) Not affecting game play in any 'meaningful' way? Really? Perhaps I'm just being extraordinarily silly, but no I don't see any meaningful differences, no. I get an 8, you get a different 8, it's 8-8. I get an 8, you get the same 8, it's 0-0. Even if you have to choose between a choice of 9's, if ...

Andrew Feist

2) Not affecting game play in any 'meaningful' way? Really? Perhaps I'm just being extraordinarily silly, but no I don't see any meaningful differences, no. I get an 8, you get a different 8, it's 8-8. I get an 8, you get the same 8, it's 0-0. Even if you have to choose between a choice of 9's, if ...

Andrew Feist

Charlie Reams wrote:How about a Prisoner's Dilemma variant where if the players offer the same word, they both get zero.

Spitting in the eye of people looking for a max game, while not actually affecting game play in any meaningful way! Perfect!

Andrew Feist

Me and Chris played each other in both The Open and the U1400. The way we were thinking is that the first two games I list are part of the Open and the third game is part of the U1400, if you want to do something else Andrew, go ahead. Open: Chris Philpot 2- Jordan F 0 http://apterous.org/viewgame....

Andrew Feist

The unplayed matches in the Open were adjudicated as follows: David O'Donnell forfeit win vs. Phil Makepeace Adam Gillard vs. Simon Myers draw Kai Laddiman forfeit loss vs. Philip Jarvis Dan Seasmith* forfeit loss vs. Niall Seymour Tom Rowell vs. Ian Dent* double forfeit loss Players marked with * h...

Andrew Feist

Charlie Reams wrote:I give this variant idea 10 out of 10.

Is it okay if I choose to interpret the first number in two's complement?

Andrew Feist

Charlie, you'd better be ready to extend that table of pencils.

Andrew Feist

It's so big it requires a server reboot!

Andrew Feist

Now that I've had more sleep, I'll try to be more coherent about what I'm trying to say (not that anybody who disagreed before will agree with me now, but not the point): To me, playing against Prune is a lot like playing the duel which is a lot like playing Flat scoring -- it's all about what you c...

Andrew Feist

Thanks, although a clear distinction between records against humans and records against bots would have been sufficient.. :) Yes I know, I'm an ungrateful cunt. Why? Whether I play Apterous Prime or Innis Carson - who cares? I don't think anyone would care too much about the difference between Prim...

Andrew Feist

Charlie Reams wrote:
Chris Davies wrote:I'm working Saturday evening, will this event start before 5pm?
The exact nature of the event will be revealed just after midnight on Saturday. I don't want to say too much more at this stage.

I've cleared my schedule for the entire 24 hours just in case.

Andrew Feist

Utterly bizarre, but also strangely charming, especially the way the episodes have a story line (there's a real twist near the end!!) as well meticulously detailed game recaps, complete with invalid conundrums. After having to set 21 conundrums for a 49-round game, you'd probably go off in a huff t...

Andrew Feist

The unplayed matches in the open were adjudged as follows: Dinos Sfyris forfeit win vs. Dan Seasmith Lloyd Pettet draw vs. Ian Dent Also, the result of the unfinished match between Matt Bayfield and Kevin Davis was allowed to stand as a complete match. Any unfinished matches in the other sections ca...

Andrew Feist

If we don't see him in the remaining 90 minutes or so before the end of the day, then we'll call it a 1-0 match win.

What to do with Sfyris/Seasmith and Pettet/Dent will be more interesting....

Andrew Feist

In the open against Adam Gillard:
One thrashing
and another

Andrew Feist

Matt Morrison wrote:u1200: Andy Wilson 74 - 80 Matt Morrison

And now when are you going to finish this match.

Andrew Feist

Excuse my ignorance, but I don't know how to check my PM / where the inbox is located. You may have noticed that I'm on this game an awful lot, especially in the evenings. I won't be on it today (Tuesday) but will be on at some point later in the week. Look up. More. More. A bit more. Down a bit. T...

Andrew Feist

Jordan F 75- Adam Gillard 96 A kiwi away from a crucial *sigh* http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=-3377027158442416240 Thanks Jordan for a close game. Now I need to find someone called Andrew Feist for a best of 3 affair... does anyone know if he's been informed that this tournament is taking...

Andrew Feist

David O'Donnell wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:Excellent stuff. Also: OH FOR GOD'S SAKE.
Guess you were highest rated player in the second half.

This is true. I was a little surprised to see the cutoff where it was, but it's a fairly top-heavy field.

Andrew Feist

Jon O'Neill wrote:Jon O'Neill 107 - 81 Matt Morrison

Loadz of 9z

Are there plans to finish the match?

Andrew Feist

The first-round matches are posted, with two hours to spare just because: The Open The Under 1400 (NOTE: Two rounds each week) The Under 1200 The Under 1000 Going up a bit should give you the format information for each section as well. You should send a message to your opponent to schedule a time, ...

Andrew Feist

I got an Opus of O'Donnell and a Hardcover of Hargreaves for declaring "radio" in R13 of this game, which would have been great if there had been a D in the selection. Since there wasn't....

Andrew Feist

We're at 16 at the U1400 section. I could maybe be convinced to take another pair to get up to 18, maybe. If you want to try to convince me, let me know. EDIT: Actually we're at 17, since I hadn't made a card for somebody. Hence: one more please, and we'll stop at 18. How serendipitous. I'll be the...

Andrew Feist

We're now at an even number in the Open, so I can only take people in pairs (i.e., the next person who wants to register won't get in unless someone else comes in after them). We're at 16 at the U1400 section. I could maybe be convinced to take another pair to get up to 18, maybe. If you want to try...

Andrew Feist

Currently we have: 41 players in the Open -- I will take any odd number of players over the weekend to even out the field 15 players in the U1400 -- I will take up to 1 player in this section, first come first served 12 players in the U1200 -- this field is CLOSED 5 players in the U1000 -- I will ta...

Andrew Feist

I'd like to go in the U1400 and U1200 (which I am now eligible for as a result of a poor run of form). I had just assumed that we'd be entered for whatever we were eligible for. Sorry! I based the ratings eligibility on the ratings from right before I opened up registration, so things that are happ...

Andrew Feist

Just a few days left for registration. Currently I have about three dozen in the Open, one dozen each in the U1400 and U1200, and five-twelfths of a dozen in the U1000, so plenty of spots available. If you have already registered and want to make sure I have you in the right place, you can check the...

Andrew Feist

Philip Jarvis wrote: How about a Seniors competition next year for the over 50's (that's age not ranking score)?

It's a thought (I have no idea how many people here qualify). If we did it, though, it would probably be "prize for highest finisher" instead of a separate section.

Andrew Feist

I have created a small (eight puzzles + meta) puzzle suite, which is available on the web right here . Feel free to pass it along to anyone and everyone who you think might be interested. As it says, the puzzles themselves are free to get and play along with; to get hints and/or answers, though, req...

Andrew Feist

Lee Simmonds wrote:In for the Open and whatever division I come under please Andrew (not sure what my rating is and can't access apterous at work).

Cheers

I've got you in the Open, the U1400, and the U1200.

Andrew Feist

Adam Gillard wrote:I checked and I'm only eligible for the U1400. So please sign me up for that. Thanks for the info.

Yeah -- that was supposed to say "all the sections you were qualified for then" or something similar, but somehow it didn't. I've put you in the open and the U1400.

Andrew Feist

My rating has just (very recently) crept above 1400. Does this mean I'm ineligible unless I purposely lose some points? Otherwise I would like to take part. The eligibility was based on the ratings over the week before registration started, so you are eligible for all the sections. (If you wish to ...

Andrew Feist

When trying to play a conundrum attack, I've gotten the following thrice: ClientGame430 [CXPLAY]: java.io.IOException: net.BlockingLayerInterruptedException: net.BlockingNetworkLayer$FinalObjectExtractedException: Stream ended (final object extracted) Full deal: Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 Using JRE versi...

Andrew Feist

So I finally got to see the "how to play" blurb when I played a Top Dog game just now, which is good. Part of the blurb was this:

Mr Dog: I couldn't give you a par score. You'll need to play a few more games before you can play Top Dog properly.

1618 games isn't enough?

Andrew Feist

Andrew Herbertson wrote:Yes please.

You need to pick any or all of the sections you're eligible for (Open, U1400, U1200, and/or U1000).

Andrew Feist

Ian Volante wrote:In please! I notice I'm just above 1200 at the moment, when's the cut-off for ratings eligibility?

Two days ago (description at the website). I've got you available for the Open and the U1400: which do you want?

Andrew Feist

Lloyd: The ratings are based on now (well, recently), and not "game-time" ratings, so I've put you in both the Open and the U1400. If that's not right, then let me know. Karen: I've put you in the Open; did you want the U1400 as well, or instead of? Reminder to all: The Apterous Summer Ope...

Andrew Feist

Not just low probability, but I have no idea why I know this word.

Andrew Feist

It's that time again -- time to hide from the heat and play some apterous instead. The 2nd annual Apterous Summer Open kicks off June 21, 2010 and runs through August 1, 2010, with three side divisions with eligibility based on rating (one for players rated under 1400, one for players rated under 12...

Andrew Feist

Day 3 and the Nasty Numbers has ended with a somewhat unexpected and total Kirk Bevins victory, the Bevatron proving just as deadly with the numbers as he is with the words with a whopping score of 197 in the final round. Full results can be found, as always, here . Hugh's still in the lead of the ...

Andrew Feist

Do they not work?
Since when?
You do have to give a starting number.

Andrew Feist

I'm in(terested), although this will give me six weeks to forget about this. I've been hearing talk about these mysterious "calendar" things, maybe I'll look into one of those.

Andrew Feist

Matthew Green wrote:The fact that 50% of people on a Countdown forum are in or have been in any sort of relationship with another human being greatly surprises me.

We were young and didn't know any better. But now we have seen the errors of our ways, and it won't happen again, sir.

Andrew Feist

Well, in my Kansas accent (which, of course is really the lack of an accent at all

) it comes out with the syllables pretty equally emphasized. So I'll consider all those votes for the first option.

Andrew Feist

A co-worker asked me, so I figured I'd ask all of you:
"valet" as a person: val-AY, or VAL-ett (or some other choice)?
(Apparently a TV show used the second pronunciation last night.)

Andrew Feist

I'm crap at Scrabble but we want to keep the blank right? Well, there's three tiles left in the bag, if I'm reading the right side correctly, so we've got around one turn left after this one. So I'm not sure as to the advantage of keeping the blank. (Edit: So you could take my DECOR (as an example)...

Andrew Feist

There's DECOR across at E1 for 32.

Andrew Feist

Well, if my target is to make it to five rounds (total), then once I've scored two points I'm golden, whether that happens in round 2, round 4, or round 5.... Of course, but thematically it makes more sense to congratulate someone on reaching their target number of rounds, rather than (target-3). W...

Andrew Feist

This may not be a bug, but it Just Seems Wrong: Mr Dog: Strike 2! Congratulations, you made it to your target! It's not a bug, I just couldn't think of any nice way to convey both good and bad news. Well, if my target is to make it to five rounds (total), then once I've scored two points I'm golden...

Andrew Feist

This may not be a bug, but it Just Seems Wrong:

dogfight chat wrote: Mr Dog: Strike 2! Congratulations, you made it to your target!

Andrew Feist

In terms of points, the largest I see is TUMBRIL at K2 or L2 for 22. There's also BRUT at L9 for 14, but that leaves glm. But I've never quite got the hang of evaluating board position, so I'm not even going to try.

Andrew Feist

While we're nitpicking:

Bradley Holland is playing Andrew Feist in a Omelette 9.

Andrew Feist

Maybe I'm missing the point, or somehow I'm still using a previous version, but I'm not seeing some of the "fixed" and "improved" items: no flag behind word boxes (although the words show up in bold, now); Mr Dog isn't saying anything about the clock getting shorter. (I don't se...

Andrew Feist

Maybe I'm missing the point, or somehow I'm still using a previous version, but I'm not seeing some of the "fixed" and "improved" items: no flag behind word boxes (although the words show up in bold, now); Mr Dog isn't saying anything about the clock getting shorter. (I don't see...

Andrew Feist

Is there any chance of having a cancel button when trying to input a numbers solution, obviously not resetting the clock? I'm not sure whether it should cancel everything or just the last part done but I reckon it would be useful in preventing mis clicks. You know you can cancel your last click any...

Andrew Feist

Pre-qualifying:
Feist 98-57 Seymour
Seymour 81-78 Feist
Seymour 72-89 Feist

Andrew Feist

You seem to be claiming "if you are 11 points behind, you should pick 6 small, since that's least likely to give you any points". I would think that for the people who are behind, you want to look at just winning, not winning and drawing. That's not what I'm claiming, I'm saying if you're...

Andrew Feist

Is there not a simpler way to explain what these numbers mean, and if not, is it actually the case that this gives a better indication of what you are trying to say than just the probability itself, for example? "The probability itself"? I think he means "the probability of winning o...

Andrew Feist

If performance on th show takes precedence in your rankings, then what's octochamp Jim Bentley doing in the pre-qualifying, as well as out current daily champion Craig Chittenden? A lot of the other people who have gone straight into the qualifying I have no recollection of their names outside Apte...

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