Countdown in Lincoln 2013- Saturday 26th January

[Jon Corby]

Where did I see that Jim is coming but not playing? What the hell's going on?

[Gavin Chipper]

Where did I see that Jim is coming but not playing? What the hell's going on?

Think I saw it on Facebook.

Also, I had memories of seing Conor on the list previously. But maybe I was imagining. Also, where are the Hursts?

Where's RB?

[Matt Morrison]

Where did I see that Jim is coming but not playing? What the hell's going on?

Yeah on Facebook you can only see my wall post, Heather's comment, your comment, and Jim's comment are all missing - I can't imagine Jim has actually deleted them, probably Facebook playing up but it's been like that for a day or so now, odd.
Can confirm he did indeed say that though - with the comments not working I've not had a chance to ask him why yet! Jim we love you so much.

[Jon Corby]

Think I saw it on Facebook.

Yeah, I figured that's where I must have seen it, but I looked for it and couldn't find it.

Where's RB?

Rose is still on there, don't worry.

[Jon Corby]

probably Facebook playing up but it's been like that for a day or so now, odd.

Hmm yeah, I made a hilarious quip on the 'Me & Heather as Jono's parents' photo/discussion yesterday which I can't see now either. Facebook sucks ass.

[Gavin Chipper]

Maybe Jim thinks COLIN is optional? Who's going to be the one to tell him?

[Rhys Benjamin]

Where's RB?

You called?

[Ryan Taylor]

Michelle Nevitt should be much lower down.

[Anthony Endsor]

[quote="Kirk Bevins"]It is with deep regret that I will have to miss my first COLIN ever due to the heavy snow.

You know what they say about words said in jest

[Ben Wilson]

44 now! This could be an issue as I've only got enough goodies for 50 goodie bags.

[Ben Wilson]

Updated seedings. There's been a bit of movement at the top!

Jon Corby 1
Conor Travers 2
Dan McColm 3
Jack Worsley 4
Dylan Taylor 5
Edward McCullagh 6
Thomas Cappleman 7
Mark Deeks 8
James Robinson 9
Dinos Sfyris 10
Mark Tournoff 11
Jon O'Neill 12
Graeme Cole 13
Matt Bayfield 14
Rob Foster 15
Ryan Taylor 16
Richard Priest 17
Andy Platt 18
Andy McGurn 19
Jennifer Steadman 20
Heather Styles 21
Zarte Siempre 22
Lauren Hamer 23
Michelle Nevitt 24
Thomas Carey 25
Mike Brown 26
Nathan Cullen 27
Amie Bateen 28
Rose Boyle 29
Jayne Wisniewski 30
Tracey Mills 31
Chris Marshall 32
Paul Worsley 33
Stewart Gordon 34
Julie Russell 35
Phil Collinge 36
Rob Gibney 37
Matt Morrison 38
Joseph Krol 39
Toby Pereira 40
Dave Coulthurst 41
Lee Fisher 42
Keith Walton 43
Michael Cullen 44
Supee Juachan 45
Gregor Morgan 46
Rekha Prasad 47

[James Robinson]

A drop form #4 to #9!! Sounds a bit harsh, but probably fair in fairness.

[Jon Corby]

Hahaha, still number one. I take it you haven't looked at my latest games on apterous?

[Andy Platt]

Cheers again to Ben for an excellent as ever tournament. Arguably the best yet?

[Ben Wilson]

Thanks to all who attended, I've literally just got up after leaving the afterparty just after 11 (apologies if I missed you whilst going round saying good bye to everyone), climbing into bed at 11:45 and immediately wondering when the hell it became daylight. Yesterday was probably the most exhausting day I've ever spent organising a co-event, but definitely one of the most rewarding. Some lessons were learned- never buy glass trophies, for one- and some amazing games were played that will hopefully be recapped later for all to gawp at. Still though, 41 is a new co-event attendance record, but who wants to bet that will be broken before the end of the year?

Many, many thanks to everyone who made the event possible, especially to my mother for providing refreshments throughout the day, to Graeme Cole for working wonders with the IT setup, to Ryan Taylor and Lee Fisher for providing puzzles for the puzzle magazine, and to everyone for contributing to the biggest and, I dare say, best COLIN ever.

Full results will go up in a separate thread in a bit.

One final thing- apologies to anyone who gets home and finds empty folders on their CD-ROMs that should contain photos- that's Microsoft for you.

[Jack Worsley]

I had a great day yesterday! Thanks once again to Ben for a well-organised and very exciting event. It was great to meet a few new people and to be involved in some very good games. Hopefully I'll be back next year.