Official Thread of Brag

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:06 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=40980

Record equaller

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:39 pm

Just noticed I'm featured twice on a Statland list!

On the lowest all scoring games list, but I'm in.

http://www.apterous.org/statland.php?se ... ring_games

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:00 am

It seems I have the most appearances on that list, with three. Not sure what to make of that.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:47 am

Julie T wrote:Just noticed I'm featured twice on a Statland list!
On the lowest all scoring games list, but I'm in.

http://www.apterous.org/statland.php?se ... ring_games

At the moment it just says "Database error".

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:53 pm

On behalf of Chris, I'm posting this in brag. Truly brilliant. I held some hope from my round 9 spot but then, bam, some more obscure words from Chris and I'm floored. Relentless.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41326

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:28 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:On behalf of Chris, I'm posting this in brag. Truly brilliant. I held some hope from my round 9 spot but then, bam, some more obscure words from Chris and I'm floored. Relentless.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41326

Wow, thanks for that Kirk.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:01 am

Fritzlicious

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:42 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Fritzlicious

An interesting game. After observing Matthew's CAVORTING, Dinos toyed successfully with SODOMITES which led to unanticipated NUPTIALS. Both players missed out on a juicy HEADMISTRESS, choosing to tangle instead with a pair of MAULERS. All ended sadly with Matthew getting SECTIONED and Dinos getting HOSPITALIZED.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:08 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Fritzlicious

Matt's conundrum attempts

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:41 am

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Andrew Hulme wrote:My first ever max game!!!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=36829
Well done mate. Goatdown is far easier to get max games for though. Getting a 15 rounder max game is your next step!

AArrrrrgghh. Wanted to respond to this with my max game for ages. If only id risked CARTOONY I'd have one. Still my best ever game in terms of maxes. But sigh:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41792

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:22 pm

A new personal best in standard

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41999

In hindsight, a bit gutted to be one spot away from the record, but not exactly kicking myself!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:09 pm

Junaid Mubeen wrote:A new personal best in standard

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=41999

In hindsight, a bit gutted to be one spot away from the record, but not exactly kicking myself!

Sweet. At least you can claim the raw score record, or something.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:16 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42063
this game got me to 1600 ranking points - woohoo!

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:33 pm

Thought I'd post this little triolet of speedgoats with Chris Davies which I enjoyed, especially the second although in hindsight I'm even more gutted about round one and he beat me by a fraction to the conundrum which I only know cause I saw one the other day in a museum

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:38 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42224

My best game by a long shot, with good numbers and some favourite words of mine (though not round 3), and all against quality competition. I had the conundrum but buzzed in a split second too late.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:42 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Thought I'd post this little triolet of speedgoats with Chris Davies which I enjoyed, especially the second although in hindsight I'm even more gutted about round one and he beat me by a fraction to the conundrum which I only know cause I saw one the other day in a museum

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

The second one has some terrible playing from me - the other two weren't so bad. I would have won the third, had I picked S for SENARIUS like I meant to, but I went and picked the wrong letter and didn't realise until I had about a second of time left

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:43 pm

I think it is a testament to how bad my form has been lately that I want to put this here. Even if I did miss ORANGE in round 1...

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:23 pm

Woohoo, I can finally retire from speedgoat

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42490

Slightly bizarre time to get it as if you look at the games prior to this you can see I was just half-arsing it waiting for my COMA game to start, then I realised half way throughI was on a perfect game and got so nervous I picked 4 vowels to start in my last round

Simon Myers · Post by **Simon Myers** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:29 pm

Paul Howe wrote:Woohoo, I can finally retire from speedgoat

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42490

Slightly bizarre time to get it as if you look at the games prior to this you can see I was just half-arsing it waiting for my COMA game to start, then I realised half way throughI was on a perfect game and got so nervous I picked 4 vowels to start in my last round

Well done Paul, great game to get a max in too. Could this mean a graduation to Goatblitz, perhaps?

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:40 pm

Simon Myers wrote: Well done Paul, great game to get a max in too. Could this mean a graduation to Goatblitz, perhaps?

Yes, I think so, its definitely a purer form of the game, but I doubt I'll be playing as often now I've been released from my obsession.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:45 pm

Paul Howe wrote:Woohoo, I can finally retire from speedgoat

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42490

This is brilliant. I can sort of comprehend how it could be done (on a round by round basis) but christ, I couldn't even come close to being able to think fast enough to actually do it. Game of the week!

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:50 pm

Yeah, you didn't get 142 though did you, you fucking twat?

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:09 am

Paul Howe wrote:Woohoo, I can finally retire from speedgoat

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42490

Slightly bizarre time to get it as if you look at the games prior to this you can see I was just half-arsing it waiting for my COMA game to start, then I realised half way throughI was on a perfect game and got so nervous I picked 4 vowels to start in my last round

Awesome stuff

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:02 am

JimBentley wrote: This is brilliant. I can sort of comprehend how it could be done (on a round by round basis) but christ, I couldn't even come close to being able to think fast enough to actually do it. Game of the week!

Thanks Jim, I still have to do last weeks GOTW first though. It's coming soon folks, I promise.

Jon O'Neill wrote:Yeah, you didn't get 142 though did you, you fucking twat?

I was only doing it to impress you Jono. Why do you have to be so cold?

Stuart Arnot · Post by **Stuart Arnot** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:03 pm

Got my best score, and beat my top maxes by two here.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:14 pm

Paul Howe wrote:Woohoo, I can finally retire from speedgoat

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42490

Slightly bizarre time to get it as if you look at the games prior to this you can see I was just half-arsing it waiting for my COMA game to start, then I realised half way throughI was on a perfect game and got so nervous I picked 4 vowels to start in my last round

Beautiful. Surely GOTW.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:41 pm

Not a bad speedgoat score, shame I hate goatnundrums.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42708

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:41 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42770

Yeah!

boosted my ranking by 23 points

(now i need just a max game and ill apply)

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:51 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42770

Would have been absolutely BEAUTIFUL if Damian had found a 9 letter word in that last selection considering your declaration.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:16 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42807

Not blowing smoke up my own arse here, but has anyone else ever got 24pts before for a 12-letter word?

And do i get a special display case toy?

If not i want one.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:09 pm

D Eadie wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42807

Not blowing smoke up my own arse here, but has anyone else ever got 24pts before for a 12-letter word?

Never in regular Hyper. Bolas got one in Hypergoatdown from his pick and I got one in max-only hypergoatdown from an opponent's pick.

D Eadie wrote:And do i get a special display case toy?

If not i want one.

You deserve one. Seriously.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:15 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42892

Not good in general but round 18 I feel deserves a mention.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:22 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42892

Not good in general but round 18 I feel deserves a mention.

Yay!

Simon Myers · Post by **Simon Myers** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:11 pm

I won a duel!

Quite surprised given I missed some sitters (especially AUDITOR). I suppose learning the full STAINER stem paid off in getting REATTAINS.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:56 am

Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=42892

Not good in general but round 18 I feel deserves a mention.

Blimey - I'd always assumed that Bevatron was a made-up nickname (like Kirkulator) and hadn't realised it was an actual word. I've spent the last few minutes sniggering at lots of online descriptions, from the requirement for shielding around the Bevatron to a tearful account of the Bevatron being shut down.

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:34 pm

Good Game between Innis and I:

I lost getting 13 maxes and instantly getting the conundrum only to be pipped to the post!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=43077

Daniel Dodgson · Post by **Daniel Dodgson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:17 am

Up till round 11, I think I played the best I've ever played. Although for some reason, the moment Dale complimented me (just after CULLED), I completely lost it. Must have been the pressure!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=43823

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:26 am

Daniel Dodgson wrote:Up till round 11, I think I played the best I've ever played. Although for some reason, the moment Dale complimented me (just after CULLED), I completely lost it. Must have been the pressure!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=43823

Ha, he can't even spell GANGISEED.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:36 pm

Speaks for itself.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:50 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:Speaks for itself.

Then immediately after...

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:52 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:Speaks for itself.
Then immediately after...

Absolutely tanked the record, well played.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:51 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:Speaks for itself.
Then immediately after...

Bah. Well done.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:13 pm

Thought I was on for another max game and got an obscure 7 in round 13 which I thought would be a winner and I'd be home and dry but it turns out I miss an obscure 9.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44067

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:28 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Thought I was on for another max game and got an obscure 7 in round 13 which I thought would be a winner and I'd be home and dry but it turns out I miss an obscure 9.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44067

Should've paid more attention in GCSE Biology mate, everyone knows about the glomerulus.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:39 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44072

Goat Attack pb though still some way short of the record- bit gutted to have the very plausible CODENAME^ disallowed (ODE says 2 words, 50p says ODE3 won't) and a bit annoyed by Prune's woeful picking in rounds 10 and 16.

Also, this awesome new official variant really needs support.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:11 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44111

Damn, so close. A stupid miss too

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:09 am

Max Goatdown

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44114

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:45 am

Not apterous as such but since apterous I haven't played the board game for absolutely ages. Well my housemates wanted a game and I said I'd play as DC to make it a bit more even for them. I couldn't believe it that my first game with the board game for well over a year turned out to be a max game. Play along below - feel free to add your words if you want.

Round 1: N T R I E O M R I
Round 2: P P G R E A U Y W
Round 3: R T S O A E D F E
Round 4: F D R U A O W X I
Round 5: 25, 5, 5, 6, 6, 2 TARGET 159

Round 6: N L T E E E T N O
Round 7: N R M I E O M S O
Round 8: T N D I A U B Q I
Round 9: C N F A O U C G I
Round 10: 100, 10, 2, 5, 5, 6 TARGET 915

Round 11: R K D E E E S E B
Round 12: S L H R A I A G S
Round 13: M P S A E O T N A
Round 14: 100, 6, 7, 9, 3, 8 TARGET: 151

Round 15 (con): RAINGRIPE

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:18 am

I was well on course for my first ever 100 when Apterous crashed. Had 77 with 3 letters rounds still left. Bugger. Not really a brag...

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:56 pm

Ian Dent wrote:I was well on course for my first ever 100 when Apterous crashed. Had 77 with 3 letters rounds still left. Bugger. Not really a brag...

Resume?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:03 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:I couldn't believe it that my first game with the board game for well over a year turned out to be a max game.

You used a laptop and Countmax at COLIN then?

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:21 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:
You used a laptop and Countmax at COLIN then?

Edit: My first 15-round game. Sorry.

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:11 pm

I know noone actually plays this, but new goat attack record

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:12 pm

Damn damn damn

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:40 pm

Really fun game with Innis. I'd been looking over some basic 4 large tricks and I managed to use them in a few of the rounds.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44931

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:48 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44939

Check out round 14. This is easily my best numbers solution ever. The thought involved was a bit ridiculous, but first noticing the target was 283x3. Crossword tools says there is only one solution and has a 99% difficulty rating.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:47 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=45034

2nd highest ever hyper 15 (though most maxes ever with 11/15) but check out rounds 1, 3 and 4 for utter dominance and awesomeness.

Clare Sudbery · Post by **Clare Sudbery** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:50 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44939

Check out round 14. This is easily my best numbers solution ever. The thought involved was a bit ridiculous, but first noticing the target was 283x3. Crossword tools says there is only one solution and has a 99% difficulty rating.

Shame it doesn't give your workings (unless it does and I don't know how to get at it?). Care to share?

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:52 pm

Clare Sudbery wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44939

Check out round 14. This is easily my best numbers solution ever. The thought involved was a bit ridiculous, but first noticing the target was 283x3. Crossword tools says there is only one solution and has a 99% difficulty rating.
Shame it doesn't give your workings (unless it does and I don't know how to get at it?). Care to share?

Hover your mouse over the target for about 2 seconds.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:55 pm

Clare Sudbery wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44939
Check out round 14. This is easily my best numbers solution ever. The thought involved was a bit ridiculous, but first noticing the target was 283x3. Crossword tools says there is only one solution and has a 99% difficulty rating.
Shame it doesn't give your workings (unless it does and I don't know how to get at it?). Care to share?

I got it.

75 25 100 50 3 5 → 849

(100-5) x 75 = 7125, -50 = 7075
7075 / 25 = 283, x3 = 849