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Spoilers for Wednesday 18 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 69)
Hurray it's Robin McKay day! And the "strange" Wigan United has only been mentioned once so far...
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OBELISK as an alt in R1 but there is a beater.
My alt 1st numbers was (9x8+5+1)x10+75, just to be awkward.
My alt 1st numbers was (9x8+5+1)x10+75, just to be awkward.
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Sorry guys, gotta designate today's recap as a partial. The Shockwave Flash plugin was crashing during EVERY SINGLE round. I got everything except the order of the letters in the selection in the UNFAIR round and McKay's method for 626. Really hope someone might be able to fill in the missing data.
Congrats Robin -- cracking debut score, and second highest of the series so far. You beat me by a big margin, and would have blown me out of the water even if I hadn't spent 75% of the show repeatedly refreshing my video feed.
Congrats Robin -- cracking debut score, and second highest of the series so far. You beat me by a big margin, and would have blown me out of the water even if I hadn't spent 75% of the show repeatedly refreshing my video feed.
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Well didn't he do well! A studio max - the SPOONS round had beaters too, I believe.
As 25 squared is my favourite method: alt 4th numbers ((7x5)-10)x25+1.
As 25 squared is my favourite method: alt 4th numbers ((7x5)-10)x25+1.
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Robin did ((25x4)-10)x7-5+1
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Thanks Tony! Alternate for that round: ((7 - 4) * 10 - 5) * 25 + 1.
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Superb ton debut, Robin. Very well played, sir.
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Yep, and I got one of those beaters, unbelievably! Wonder who will post it first? Oh and that's a clueTony Atkins wrote: SPOONS round had beaters too, I believe.
As 25 squared is my favourite method: alt 4th numbers ((7x5)-10)x25+1.
Thanks Tony - I spent 28 seconds looking for the second 25 and gave up!
My 192 was (7x9+1)x3, and then I saw another way during Robin's method, something along the lines of 18x10+12.
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I did have a little giggle to myself when you said "should be entertaining" in our chat yesterday Johnny.
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Haha, entertaining it was indeed! Only realised after the show that you equalled the highest début score ever. Permanent congratulations.Rob McKay wrote:I did have a little giggle to myself when you said "should be entertaining" in our chat yesterday Johnny.
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I'm glad they kept the "Wigan are better than Man Utd" part in, haha.
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I actually thought it took me longer to get telephone, lol, but Tony was a really nice guy and everyone on the crew was fabulous.Johnny Canuck wrote:Haha, entertaining it was indeed! Only realised after the show that you equalled the highest début score ever. Permanent congratulations.Rob McKay wrote:I did have a little giggle to myself when you said "should be entertaining" in our chat yesterday Johnny.
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Strange, haha.Tony Atkins wrote:Hurray it's Robin McKay day! And the "strange" Wigan United has only been mentioned once so far...
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The letters in the UNFAIR round were RXFWUAIAN
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"And the corner's nine?"
Well there are two anagrams of INCREASED they could have got!
Well there are two anagrams of INCREASED they could have got!
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Great debut welcome to the teapot club
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 18 May 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 69)
All small alt for first numbers: (10+9)x(8+1)x5
3rd simply: (9-1)x2x3x4
3rd simply: (9-1)x2x3x4
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Thanks Tracey and can I just say thanks to you and Mark for helping me find my feet in Manchester and also it was a delight to meet you both again.Tracey Anne Mills wrote:Great debut welcome to the teapot club
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We don't need two Tonys! SOONEST is the word you got. Guys, this is a spoilers thread. It's exactly what it's for! What you do is - post the words and numbers solutions you get.Philip Wilson wrote:Yep, and I got one of those beaters, unbelievably! Wonder who will post it first? Oh and that's a clueTony Atkins wrote: SPOONS round had beaters too, I believe.
As 25 squared is my favourite method: alt 4th numbers ((7x5)-10)x25+1.
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It was great fun seeing you, hopefully at a Co:EventRob McKay wrote:Thanks Tracey and can I just say thanks to you and Mark for helping me find my feet in Manchester and also it was a delight to meet you both again.Tracey Anne Mills wrote:Great debut welcome to the teapot club
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STEPSON in round 5 and OPERATIST in round 8. I was pretty pleased with those until I missed INCREASED.
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Top job Rob. Hope to see you at a co-event again soon!
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Another administrative error potentially gains a huge impact as a result of this game. Tony goes onto the seed table two points ahead of David Edgar from earlier this series. However, during one of his prelims, David had the word OUTRANG wrongly disallowed, and if it were to have been allowed he would be ahead of Tony. Wouldn't normally be a huge deal but in this particular instance they may very well end up being the #8 and #9 seeds.
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You too Trace, I am going to try and pencil in Co:HudTracey Anne Mills wrote:It was great fun seeing you, hopefully at a Co:EventRob McKay wrote:Thanks Tracey and can I just say thanks to you and Mark for helping me find my feet in Manchester and also it was a delight to meet you both again.Tracey Anne Mills wrote:Great debut welcome to the teapot club
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Thanks Thomas/Tom - which do you prefer to be called, btw? Always meant to ask. Yup I am going to defo try and get up for Co:Hud this year. Been too long since my last Co:Event.Thomas Carey wrote:Top job Rob. Hope to see you at a co-event again soon!
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I felt a bit cheated with OPERATIST as it was a new word. Nah I'm only joking.Tim Down wrote:STEPSON in round 5 and OPERATIST in round 8. I was pretty pleased with those until I missed INCREASED.
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I really don't mind tbh, it's annoying not knowing which one to use. Most people use Tom though. Do you have a preference of Robin/Rob? I think your forum account is the first time I've seen you use RobRob McKay wrote:Thanks Thomas/Tom - which do you prefer to be called, btw? Always meant to ask. Yup I am going to defo try and get up for Co:Hud this year. Been too long since my last Co:Event.Thomas Carey wrote:Top job Rob. Hope to see you at a co-event again soon!
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I don't mind either Tom. One thing that does get under my skin is when people call me Robert, lol. Its Robin haha.
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NotedGavin Chipper wrote:We don't need two Tonys! SOONEST is the word you got. Guys, this is a spoilers thread. It's exactly what it's for! What you do is - post the words and numbers solutions you get.Philip Wilson wrote:Yep, and I got one of those beaters, unbelievably! Wonder who will post it first? Oh and that's a clueTony Atkins wrote: SPOONS round had beaters too, I believe.
As 25 squared is my favourite method: alt 4th numbers ((7x5)-10)x25+1.
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Great debut, Robert
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I think there's a moral here. Don't have a name that has a standard abbreviation. Also definitely never have a name with more than three syllables because it's automatically going to be too long for people not to abbreviate.Thomas Carey wrote: I really don't mind tbh, it's annoying not knowing which one to use. Most people use Tom though. Do you have a preference of Robin/Rob? I think your forum account is the first time I've seen you use Rob