I've unambiguously outlawed pre-game sorting, surely that implies that I consider it to be cheating? Not sure what more I can do other than call Jono a 'big dirty cheaty cheaty ginger cheat', but that would be unnecessarily confrontational and therefore counter-productive.Heather Styles wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:01 amLack of backbone at not being prepared to call being deliberately selective with letters cheating. Also at making exception for a particular type of cheating just because you have done it.Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:10 pmWhat 'lack of backbone'? This is the first I've ever heard of something like this happening at an event- it's not like I can police sixteen simultaneous games of Countdown, after all. I've said firmly 'no p-regame sorting', which is what Jono asked about, but generally people would prefer not to play rounds like 'HMNDIIIII'. Preventing four consecutive identical vowels is the sole concession I've made because I've done that before at Edinburgh-style events, turned over three 'I's, saw that a fourth was about to come out, gone 'screw that' and picked the first non-I vowel instead. It makes the game more fun, and that's why people come to these events- to have fun. Decision stands.Heather Styles wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:01 pm I'm disappointed at your lack of backbone on this, Ben. It makes me feel like a mug that I've played by what are self-evidently the rules at previous events.
As for the second thing, I go to these events to have fun. rounds like the example I gave aren't fun. And it's only cheating if it's against the rules. COLIN is my event, therefore I make the rules.