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Michael Wallace wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Is there a post I'm missing that would offer some context?

Something to do with "gay" in the dictionary?
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132. Answers below.


1. muckier (7)
2. politesse (18)
3. pudendum (8)
4. turn (4)
5. 657 -> 50*(8+5)+10-3 (10)
6. camisole (8)
7. loafing (7)
8. litreages (18)
9. frigates (8)
10. 473 -> 25*(9+9+5-4)-2 (10)
11. manta (5)
12. albedos (7)
13. grows (5)
14. 300 ((6+4+1)*7-2)*4 (7)
15. MECHANIZE (10)
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It's now so broken even the "oops" message has gone :(
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Another Kountdown challenge. 4 letters rounds of 3 vowels, 4 of 4 vowels, and 3 of 5 vowels. As determined by random.org, one 4 large numbers, one 2 large numbers, and one 6 small numbers, and conundrum made by me. According to Kountdown, maximum score is 120, of course I'm not sure if every max that Kountdown has is accurate, but we'll see.

1. KFFIUABQC
2. MREGNORRE
3. UBWITDOFD
4. AUEWSGMPT
5. 3 5 25 50 75 100 Target: 424
6. NEHANOLUY
7. RSTVAUAYU
8. NHSRTMOAI
9. IAIETPCFV
10. 4 6 8 9 25 100 Target: 349
11. EZIJUDORI
12. NTAASRAEU
13. AESFOUGLO
14. 4 4 6 6 9 9 Target: 546
15. ISEEGOONS
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101.


1. QUACK
2. MERGER
3. OUTDID
4. GAMUTS
5. 5*100-75-(3-50/25) = 424
6. HALON
7. AVAST
8. HARMONIST
9. CAPTIVE
10. (100-9-6)*4+8 = 348
11. RIDE
12. SAUNTER
13. FOULS
14. (9*9+6+4)*6 = 546

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118 I think.

1. QUAFF (5) 2. MERGER (6) 3. OUTBID (6) 4. UPSTAGE (7) 5. 100*5 - 75 - 3 + 50/25 = 424 (10) 6. NOUNAL (6) 7. AVAST (5) 8. HARMONIST (18) 9. CAPTIVE (7) 10. (100 + 8)*4 + 25 - 6 = 349 (10) 11. IODIZE (6) 12. SAUNTER (7) 13. FOULS (5) 14. (9*6)*(6 + 4) + 6 = 546 (10) 15. OOGENESIS (10)
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Me and Michelle got 119 combined. We think we missed the max in R13 - possibly AFOULS?

Scorecard below:

1. QUICK
2. GENOME
3. OUTDID
4. MEATUS
5. 5*100-75-3+50/25
6. NOUNAL
7. ASTRAY
8. HARMONIST
9. CAPTIVE
10. 4*(100-8)-25+6
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13. LOUSE
14. 6*9*(9+4/4)+6
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Some conundrums for you all, of various difficulties, in no particular order:

1. MINCENUDE
2. GREENLADY
3. PRERUSTIC
4. SCOUTFIRE
5. TURNALIVE
6. SALONEENS
7. GROSSRAGE
8. BLOODMESS
9. AGENTNINE
10. HULLBEAST
11. GALLIFREY
12. ARSEMODEL
13. WETDREAMS
14. ANTTIQUES
15. MARKACTED
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Ryan: R11 not valid, I'm afraid.

Jen: you've got one of the numbers upside down in R14. :-)
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Whoops :? I meant (9*6)*(9 + 4/4) + 6 = 546, but you can deduct 10 if you want.

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Who's the Master now?

R01: W R O D O M R U B
R02: 2, 5, 7, 9, 9, 10. Target: 515.
R03: A R E D S T O N E (conundrum)
R04: E I D D D Z T I E
R05: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 100. Target: 870.
R06: B R I N G U S O N (conundrum)
R07: E D I B S E G E U
R08: 3, 4, 5, 8, 25, 100. Target: 251.
R09: G R E A T D A I N (conundrum)
R10: Y L L A K O M U R
R11: 2, 5, 10, 50, 75, 100. Target: 956.
R12: S O U R B O G I E (conundrum)
R13: T S O A B P U O D
R14: 5, 6, 25, 50, 75, 100. Target: 171.
R15: A X E L H O G A N (conundrum)

If the Kountdown solver has not deceived us, as it almost always does, the max is 132.
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I just randomly picked some numbers for a number game, and turned out with a single solution puzzle. See if you guys can see it.

3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 1. Target = 623

Have fun :)
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Woohoo, the "oops" page is back! :-D
Adam Dexter wrote:I just randomly picked some numbers for a number game, and turned out with a single solution puzzle. See if you guys can see it.

3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 1. Target = 623

Have fun :)
Could only get 624 in 30 seconds. Took me about two or three minutes to see (6*5*3-1)*(9-2)
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I got to 621 in 30 seconds doing 23*27 but that's all
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Saw that 6*5*3*7 was 630
Sko did ( 6*5*3-1 ) * ( 9-2 ) = 623
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Down at 1:30 am, at least I can go to bed now and hope it's up when I get up. P.S, was right in the middle of a spoilage numbers attack personal best so would have been nice to finish :(
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Oh man. 13 out of 13 maxes, and it chooses that precise fucking moment to die.
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Yep, I was actually getting somewhere with my conundrum practise
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However you recovered that Charlie... Thanks.
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Et's doyn agin...
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It'll be back this evening.
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Charlie Reams wrote:It'll be back this evening.
Which is code for "now".
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It's down again (and DFEOJM backs me up).
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Down for me too
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Seems to be on and off today for me, although it's firmly in the "off" camp right now.
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Just gone down again, just as Andrew was getting idolised by one of his adoring fans lol
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It might as well be down now (the web side of things anyway - dunno about the game), considering that it's completely illegible with the "hilarious" Hallowe'en font!
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It's been down for at least a MINUTE now! :O Panic!!!
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Adam Gillard wrote:It's been down for at least a MINUTE now! :O Panic!!!
Still down, this place patchy too!
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still down :(

good night!
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Can't even get onto the front page to view some tickets or use lexplorer :(
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Simply put, yes.
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Adam Dexter wrote:Simply put, yes.
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At least my rating is safe lol
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I get my computer back from being repaired, decide to check whether my Java issues are solved, and what do I get? "Attempt 54 of 500…"
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Query failed in Jen mode when trying to load apterous homepage. Damn that Steadman.
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Still down

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Aaaaand we're back.
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Afternoon, is the site down? Or is it my ailing computer?!

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Gemma Church wrote:Afternoon, is the site down? Or is it my ailing computer?!

Thanks,

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I couldn't get on earlier. Charlie did post a note yesterday saying that the site would be down for a bit from Thursday onwards, maybe that event happened earlier than expected.
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Yep, this is the scheduled downtime announced earlier in the week (the note was meant to say from Tuesday so I actually managed to delay it for a day, but maybe I wrote Thursday?) I'll be posting updates to the Google+ group if anyone wants to follow along: https://plus.google.com/115731491674925974532/posts
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Cracking, thanks for that and sorry I missed the announcement!

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Maintenance / Update / Installing/writing a new format / Surprise ?

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Charlie Reams wrote:Yep, this is the scheduled downtime announced earlier in the week (the note was meant to say from Tuesday so I actually managed to delay it for a day, but maybe I wrote Thursday?) I'll be posting updates to the Google+ group if anyone wants to follow along: https://plus.google.com/115731491674925974532/posts
I might have remembered wrong...
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Quote

What Charlie?
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Charlie?
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Here's another 15-rounder for you to try while you wait. You're welcome to post your scores here.

R1: B N R A E I V Z E
R2: U V U G I D O H I
R3: 25, 75, 50, 100, 9, 7. Target: 827.
R4: H V P E U S N E A
R5: B P H R A O A A B
R6: 100, 3, 5, 5, 10, 2. Target: 785.
R7: K E N E M E R I Z
R8: L I Q E I C E T O
R9: 50, 1, 4, 9, 1, 6. Target: 438.
R10: V N P S N E E I S
R11: L L K O O I R E G
R12: I I I E U N D R S
R13: P P A E T L O I D
R14: 50, 100, 25, 3, 6, 2. Target: 466.
R15: N O A P T I R U S (conundrum)
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Charlie Reams?
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Johnny 114 and Jason, it will be back as soon as possible
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Was this downtime planned?
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Johnny 116, and yes it was Jason. He mentioned it on Monday, and it's on his google+ page.
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Thank you Thomas
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We would appear to be back, thank God n Charlie.
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Still down for me, although Charlie did mention it might take longer for some people - anyone else still not able to get in?
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You are not the only one Marcus, I am still unable to get in too.
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I got into the home page for a while, but couldn't load the applet. Now I can't get into the site at all, since about 10pm.
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I got into the site this morning (didn't try to play) but can't any more. Some people must have played at some point today though because there were duel positions for the day.
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Works absolutely fine for me, and quite a few other people.
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At the moment it just gives a list of films.
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