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Owen Carroll
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Hey guys I've been meaning to ask this for a while so I was wondering who you's would say had the 3 hardest octoruns?
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Mark Murray by a country mile-honourable mentions to maybe Michael Pfeffer and Chris Thorn.
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Tom S wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:13 pm Mark Murray by a country mile-honourable mentions to maybe Michael Pfeffer and Chris Thorn.
Mark Murray definitely for me. Then Elliott Mack and maybe James slater.
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*cough*

not quite Mark's, but
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Thomas Carey wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:09 am *cough*

not quite Mark's, but
Are you trying to point out in a subtle way that yours was hard? Or do you disagree with what I said about James and Elliott, what I consider a hard octoruns is how many crucial conundrums you've had in a run. And you only had one but don't get me wrong, you did very well in that game and the whole way through!
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Owen Carroll wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:03 am
Thomas Carey wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:09 am *cough*

not quite Mark's, but
Are you trying to point out in a subtle way that yours was hard? Or do you disagree with what I said about James and Elliott, what I consider a hard octoruns is how many crucial conundrums you've had in a run. And you only had one but don't get me wrong, you did very well in that game and the whole way through!
Thomas was speaking about your first point, and I would agree that there at least 2 other great players bar Adam who Thomas faced, so would say his was worthy of a mention.
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Tom S wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:39 am
Owen Carroll wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:03 am
Thomas Carey wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:09 am *cough*

not quite Mark's, but
Are you trying to point out in a subtle way that yours was hard? Or do you disagree with what I said about James and Elliott, what I consider a hard octoruns is how many crucial conundrums you've had in a run. And you only had one but don't get me wrong, you did very well in that game and the whole way through!
Thomas was speaking about your first point, and I would agree that there at least 2 other great players bar Adam who Thomas faced, so would say his was worthy of a mention.
Yeah true. Sorry Thomas.
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Owen Carroll wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:03 am
Thomas Carey wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:09 am *cough*

not quite Mark's, but
Are you trying to point out in a subtle way that yours was hard? Or do you disagree with what I said about James and Elliott, what I consider a hard octoruns is how many crucial conundrums you've had in a run. And you only had one but don't get me wrong, you did very well in that game and the whole way through!
I would judge the hardness of an octorun by the quality of the opponents, not how close the games were. All the weaker octochamps would have had hard octoruns by your definition - not that I'm accusing James or Elliott of being weak of course!
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:33 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:03 am
Thomas Carey wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:09 am *cough*

not quite Mark's, but
Are you trying to point out in a subtle way that yours was hard? Or do you disagree with what I said about James and Elliott, what I consider a hard octoruns is how many crucial conundrums you've had in a run. And you only had one but don't get me wrong, you did very well in that game and the whole way through!
I would judge the hardness of an octorun by the quality of the opponents, not how close the games were. All the weaker octochamps would have had hard octoruns by your definition - not that I'm accusing James or Elliott of being weak of course!
Fair point. So who would you say had the hardest octoruns after mark Murray?
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Owen Carroll wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:06 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:33 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:03 am
Are you trying to point out in a subtle way that yours was hard? Or do you disagree with what I said about James and Elliott, what I consider a hard octoruns is how many crucial conundrums you've had in a run. And you only had one but don't get me wrong, you did very well in that game and the whole way through!
I would judge the hardness of an octorun by the quality of the opponents, not how close the games were. All the weaker octochamps would have had hard octoruns by your definition - not that I'm accusing James or Elliott of being weak of course!
Fair point. So who would you say had the hardest octoruns after mark Murray?
Dunno. I'd have to check.
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