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Great game with Junaid which went to 3 conundrums, guess who won?: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=6100
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Well played to both. Never heard of SCRUBLAND though, so I though that was a tough conundrum.Jay S wrote:Great game with Junaid which went to 3 conundrums, guess who won?: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=6100
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108 not exceptional but leading 68- 8 after 6 rounds, from a possible 68 at that point. Still it beat me in quite a few rounds after that.
108 not exceptional but leading 68- 8 after 6 rounds, from a possible 68 at that point. Still it beat me in quite a few rounds after that.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Congratulations to that bastard Kirk Bevins on breaking my Numbers Attack record! Well played, mate. I'm especially annoyed as the 190 I got a couple of days back should've been a 200 - the one I missed (the 19th!) was easy and I was really kicking myself for being so substandard.
Still, I've nicked Jono's Speed Numbers Attack record, so it's not all bad.
Still, I've nicked Jono's Speed Numbers Attack record, so it's not all bad.
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I usually can't be bothered to play 20 numbers rounds but my dad keeps me in touch with setting me a challenge most times we're both on. I want to get to that magic 200 but if it looked like i'd fall below your record of 194 then the competitive streak in me would kick in and I'd go 4 large etc to win. Now on 197 it's gonna be 1 large all the way until I get one wrong.jimbentley wrote:Congratulations to that bastard Kirk Bevins on breaking my Numbers Attack record! Well played, mate. I'm especially annoyed as the 190 I got a couple of days back should've been a 200 - the one I missed (the 19th!) was easy and I was really kicking myself for being so substandard.
Still, I've nicked Jono's Speed Numbers Attack record, so it's not all bad.
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I'm sure he'd be too modest to mention it, but I just spotted this one in the Game Browser. The standard of Speedgoating among the top players now is just insane.
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I was just going to post that actuallyCharlie Reams wrote:I'm sure he'd be too modest to mention it
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I am pleased with this.
Luckily for me, lots of Prime's 3 large selections turned out to be really easy.
Luckily for me, lots of Prime's 3 large selections turned out to be really easy.
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That's damn good Jimbo.
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Wow, I'm impressed!!
(But then you think I don't look a day over 29, and therefore can do no wrong in my eyes!! )
(But then you think I don't look a day over 29, and therefore can do no wrong in my eyes!! )
She came, she saw - oh well, at least she tried!
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Cheers, Charlie and Debbi! I thought I might be able to outdo my old record of 168, but didn't think I could get anywhere near that (I've still only managed 194 on the 30-second version, so this is a bit of an anomaly really).
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I'm claiming the slowest ever conundrum, I got PROCREATE yesterday in 29.8 seconds.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Cant remember when it was but once I in a normal game I got the conundrum in 30.01 secs or something!Martin Gardner wrote:I'm claiming the slowest ever conundrum, I got PROCREATE yesterday in 29.8 seconds.
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In a speed game (10s) I'm pretty sure I've buzzed in (didn't get it though) on something like 11.6 seconds.
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I've had one at about 31.8s I think...Martin Gardner wrote:I'm claiming the slowest ever conundrum, I got PROCREATE yesterday in 29.8 seconds.
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Two remarkable games, This one where I got all maximums on the letters and numbers, but then gave the wrong response for the conundrum, and then this one where I only dropped one point in the entire game - IONIZES instead of SIMONIZE.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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If we're playing the "dropped one point" game, then here's a recent one:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7330
A quality game where both players scored over 100.
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This game had some good-quality spots, mostly from Paul:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7403
Let the record also note that he managed the shamefully amazing spot of TERIYAKI in one of the following games which was wiped after my Apterous froze.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7403
Let the record also note that he managed the shamefully amazing spot of TERIYAKI in one of the following games which was wiped after my Apterous froze.
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This is my closest game to the max score so far, missing out by just 3 points (UNCLOTHE, MANDIR and DISTALLY): http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7720
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Woohoo! 2nd ever time! Hopefully the 2nd of many...
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7745
I was pleased with my solution for Round 10. Hover your mouse over "213" and it will tell you my solution.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7745
I was pleased with my solution for Round 10. Hover your mouse over "213" and it will tell you my solution.
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(4 x 100 + 25 + 1) / (8 - 6) is much simpler. You were just showing off and sipping some water no doubt.Kirk Bevins wrote:I was pleased with my solution for Round 10. Hover your mouse over "213" and it will tell you my solution.
Nice game though - well done.
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I'd say 4x25 + 100 + 8 + 6 - 1 is simpler stillDan Vanniasingham wrote:(4 x 100 + 25 + 1) / (8 - 6) is much simpler. You were just showing off and sipping some water no doubt.Kirk Bevins wrote:I was pleased with my solution for Round 10. Hover your mouse over "213" and it will tell you my solution.
Nice game though - well done.
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No I wasn't showing off. The basics were 100x2+25-12, on in other words, 100x(8/4)+25-2x6 and then factorising to give:Dan Vanniasingham wrote: (4 x 100 + 25 + 1) / (8 - 6) is much simpler. You were just showing off and sipping some water no doubt.
(100-6)x(8/4)+25.
Much more intuitive than your method, Dan!
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Beautiful stuff.Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=7904
What a game! High quality stuff! New record!
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Not really anything to brag about, but Kirk and I just played Apterous' 8000th game, which ended with a 102-101 win for the Bevmeister. We were speed-playing most of the rounds to ensure that no one got in before us, so the standard is mixed, but hey.
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Nearly hit a max game against Hurrell earlier but picked up 99.3% of the max which isn't too shabby. I now own the top 3 spots on highest scores and as Ben Pugh points out also the highest percentage of max out of those on the top scores table.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8453
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8453
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Both you and James would have kicked my ass there!Kirk Bevins wrote:Nearly hit a max game against Hurrell earlier but picked up 99.3% of the max which isn't too shabby. I now own the top 3 spots on highest scores and as Ben Pugh points out also the highest percentage of max out of those on the top scores table.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8453
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I love the fact I needed a 6 letter word or more in round 13 to get the best ever score on apterous and the max was a bloody 4! From both getting a 9 to both getting a 4 - must be a record in there somewhere.
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Another -1 game (-1 in Duplicate Scrabble means you only dropped one point)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8812.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8812.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Just had a game with Jim which finished 106-103 without any nines available; the scores were perfectly tied for the first 13 rounds!
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Also notable in this game are the letters HIDABUSER coming up in that very order.Martin Gardner wrote:Another -1 game (-1 in Duplicate Scrabble means you only dropped one point)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8812.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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I'm sure this won't last long since I only scored in 22 of 26 rounds, but for now I have the record for the Marathon, 184.
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Correct: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9023Charlie Reams wrote:I'm sure this won't last long since I only scored in 22 of 26 rounds, but for now I have the record for the Marathon, 184.
Oh, and the record for the Goatathon is currently set by me also:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8994
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I eventually won this game:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9113
Is that a record number of conundrums?
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9113
Is that a record number of conundrums?
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Don't know if you know, but you no longer have the record: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9035Kirk Bevins wrote:Oh, and the record for the Goatathon is currently set by me also:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=8994
There was a total of eight 9's in the game.
And I got EXORDIA in one round
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Just bloody tied 246
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9213
But it was against Prime, if that makes it any more special. (Yes it does)
Notable is the round when i was kicking myself with FAUNA whilst Prime got the triple-darren EPIFAUNA. Actually he had a chance later on to pick EPIFAUNA again, with me geared up to get it. Oh well.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9213
But it was against Prime, if that makes it any more special. (Yes it does)
Notable is the round when i was kicking myself with FAUNA whilst Prime got the triple-darren EPIFAUNA. Actually he had a chance later on to pick EPIFAUNA again, with me geared up to get it. Oh well.
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Well done JonoJon O'Neill wrote:Just bloody tied 246
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9213
But it was against Prime, if that makes it any more special. (Yes it does)
Notable is the round when i was kicking myself with FAUNA whilst Prime got the triple-darren EPIFAUNA. Actually he had a chance later on to pick EPIFAUNA again, with me geared up to get it. Oh well.
Also your games max broke the 300 mark, whereas mine only did 289, so yeah, it makes yours even more special
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I managed my 5th century, new high score and in the first 10 rounds I only missed one max. Yay go me (remember my rating never goes above 300)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9403
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9403
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Wow, you're improving fast. Good to seeJimmy wrote:I managed my 5th century, new high score and in the first 10 rounds I only missed one max. Yay go me (remember my rating never goes above 300)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9403
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Thanks, but the site is really not good for me. I've played almost all weekend.
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Yep, I'm addicted. I'm improving my Countdown skills a lot but my housemates are starting to think I'm weird.Jimmy wrote:Thanks, but the site is really not good for me. I've played almost all weekend.
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That seems to be the general reaction I get at the office too, when I mention I watch Countdown and play this online.Ben Hunter wrote:Yep, I'm addicted. I'm improving my Countdown skills a lot but my housemates are starting to think I'm weird.
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Once again, nothing to compare to all of you octochamps, series finalists, etc. but I was quite proud of my effort here
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10509
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10509
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Gotta love HEARTSHAG as your guess for round 7Jimmy wrote:Once again, nothing to compare to all of you octochamps, series finalists, etc. but I was quite proud of my effort here
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10509
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Despite two fucked-up rounds (one where I somehow forgot to click on the new declaration of one away- but prune got it anyway and one where I thought 16*7=84), I say this: challenge extended, Bentley!
Despite two fucked-up rounds (one where I somehow forgot to click on the new declaration of one away- but prune got it anyway and one where I thought 16*7=84), I say this: challenge extended, Bentley!
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Very impressive Ben.Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10665
Despite two fucked-up rounds (one where I somehow forgot to click on the new declaration of one away- but prune got it anyway and one where I thought 16*7=84), I say this: challenge extended, Bentley!
I did a custom game before involving Hypercountdown Number Rounds and only got 1, just about , but are there any different techniques to solving these 4-figure targets?
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Blimey, nice one, but I'm pretty shit at hypercountdown so there's not going to be much of a challenge from me. Might have a go, though...Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10665
Despite two fucked-up rounds (one where I somehow forgot to click on the new declaration of one away- but prune got it anyway and one where I thought 16*7=84), I say this: challenge extended, Bentley!
[EDIT] 134 for a first attempt, and I was sort of getting the hang of it by the end...sort of...so, er, watch out!
There needs to be a scoreboard for HyperNumbersAttack, though.
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I still haven't played Hypercountdown at all. I must do though because I think I might have invented the game.jimbentley wrote:Blimey, nice one, but I'm pretty shit at hypercountdown so there's not going to be much of a challenge from me. Might have a go, though...Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10665
Despite two fucked-up rounds (one where I somehow forgot to click on the new declaration of one away- but prune got it anyway and one where I thought 16*7=84), I say this: challenge extended, Bentley!
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http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10673
I took Apterous Bevins to a crucial conundrum in a 9-round game, and even led for part of it. I think that's worth bragging about.
I took Apterous Bevins to a crucial conundrum in a 9-round game, and even led for part of it. I think that's worth bragging about.
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It had to happen. Great work Dan!
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Excellent stuff Mr. Vana...Vannasi...Dan!Charlie Reams wrote:It had to happen. Great work Dan!
Also: bollocks. I wanted it.
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Thanks guys! I'm surprised it hadn't fallen already, but having 20 pretty simple games in succession helped.
I'm after the formidable speed numbers 200 now - got the first 17 before getting stumped twice in one effort. Race you there Jim?
I'm after the formidable speed numbers 200 now - got the first 17 before getting stumped twice in one effort. Race you there Jim?
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Way to go Dan! Well done.
She came, she saw - oh well, at least she tried!
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I know this is not as good as the achievements of Bevins and co but a win over Jim in a speed 9 was nice
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=11620
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=11620
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You were good! I was good! But you were better.Oliver Garner wrote:I know this is not as good as the achievements of Bevins and co but a win over Jim in a speed 9 was nice
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=11620
Your rating of minus 23 doesn't really do you justice.
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Oh yeah, of course. I've sort of got the hang of it.Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=10665
Despite two fucked-up rounds (one where I somehow forgot to click on the new declaration of one away- but prune got it anyway and one where I thought 16*7=84), I say this: challenge extended, Bentley!
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Richard Brittain wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=11623
Harsh!