Game of the Week nominations: 23 Feb - 1 March

[Charlie Reams]

Quality game between an established expert and a rapidly improving new player: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28634

[Junaid Mubeen]

Kirk certainly seems to be rapidly improving, that's for sure.

[Kirk Bevins]

Quality game between an established expert and a rapidly improving new player: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28634

Wow, I wouldn't call that a quality game. It was quite tight but a lot of the rounds were flat. I can't believe I had SHAMS in round 1 and was SHAMAS away from another max game.

[Dinos Sfyris]

Was pretty pleased with this one especially round 12. 4th highest Speedgoat of all time http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28739 Would have been highest (and possibly closest max to metamax) if Ian had received my psychic urge to pick another C for COMPACTED!

[Paul Howe]

Was pretty pleased with this one especially round 12. 4th highest Speedgoat of all time http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28739 Would have been highest (and possibly closest max to metamax) if Ian had received my psychic urge to pick another C for COMPACTED!

Nice one. 5 out of 6 nines on your own pick is probably a record, even if one was unintentional.

[Kirk Bevins]

Nice one. 5 out of 6 nines on your own pick is probably a record, even if one was unintentional.

I had 5 out of 6 nines too on speedgoat:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16177

[Jimmy Gough]

Maybe it's because I've rarely played hyper, but don't you think this is fudging amazing?!

[Kirk Bevins]

Maybe it's because I've rarely played hyper, but don't you think this is fudging amazing?!

That's a regular game of Countdown so, er, no.

Edit: You've since changed the link to an actual hyper numbers attack - it was a game from Amey Deshpande only seconds ago. Hmmm

[Jimmy Gough]

Maybe it's because I've rarely played hyper, but don't you think this is fudging amazing?!

That's a regular game of Countdown so, er, no.

Not sure what I did there! I meant JB's game . Edited now.

[Kirk Bevins]

Got my first speed 9 max game, against Mr Eadie nonetheless.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=29006

[JimBentley]

Maybe it's because I've rarely played hyper, but don't you think this is fudging amazing?!

That's a regular game of Countdown so, er, no.

Not sure what I did there! I meant JB's game . Edited now.

Much as I appreciate being bigged up and all, but that's one of my most awful Hyper Numbers Attacks ever. It disappointed me.

[Charlie Reams]

Got my first speed 9 max game, against Mr Eadie nonetheless.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=29006

I think you mean "no less". Better to stick to words of 9 letters or fewer in future I think.

[D Eadie]

Surely it doesnt matter who you are up against, if you get a max score, nobody can affect it, unless they distract you with obscene comments in the chat area. I might have to do that next time.

Seriously though, that was very impressive and of course nothing i can do to stop your score, but i was slightly disgraced in only scoring about 20 myself. The speed rounds are too much for me at the moment, i'm so rusty i cannot tell you. Am starting to think that as i approach my 40th birthday, that i'm past it for good. I have two options - one is to swat and be a nerd and really play for hours each week, or the other is to sit down, analyze my grey pubic hair, beer gut and crows feet, and accept that i'm a washed up nothing. The similarities with myself and Christopher Biggins are uncanny.

[Kirk Bevins]

I think you mean "no less". Better to stick to words of 9 letters or fewer in future I think.

Haha I'm really no good with words. Even ones less than 9 letters I don't know what half of them mean, and even if I did I'd need to learn sentence structure and grammar.

[Charlie Reams]

I feel I deserve some kind of sympathy award for the most painful miss yet in my campaign to get a Speed 9 max.

[Kirk Bevins]

Lots of lovely words and 9s amongst this lot:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30283

[Kirk Bevins]

Here's another with Jono and me. Not a bad game considering each round was just 3 seconds long.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30301

[Jimmy Gough]

Here's another with Jono and me. Not a bad game considering each round was just 3 seconds long.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30301

This too http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30303

[Dinos Sfyris]

Lots of lovely words and 9s amongst this lot:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30283

CEANOTHUS...OUGIYAS...Unbelievable!

[Phil Reynolds]

Lots of lovely words and 9s amongst this lot:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30283

CEANOTHUS...OUGIYAS...Unbelievable!

I have a ceanothus in my garden and it never occurred to me until now that that was how to spell it.

[Martin Gardner]

I might as well post this: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30414

I don't think it beats what's come before it.

[Martin Gardner]

I might as well post this: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30414

I don't think it beats what's come before it.

I'm just gutted I didn't choose a final T in the PROOFED round .

[Charlie Reams]

Not that good overall TBH, but a new PB for me and some nice words.