Frustration
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Frustration
For those games which are neither brag nor scrag, just agonising.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=56781
The line on the clock told me the conundrum hadn't revealed the last letter (bug); I had ADIEU but was unsure of the spelling, and was unaware of the plural.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=56781
The line on the clock told me the conundrum hadn't revealed the last letter (bug); I had ADIEU but was unsure of the spelling, and was unaware of the plural.
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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86 points after 7 rounds and then just 28, thought about DELETIONS but in the end left it, should have got the conundrum, this couldve been such a high score!
86 points after 7 rounds and then just 28, thought about DELETIONS but in the end left it, should have got the conundrum, this couldve been such a high score!
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Re: Frustration
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Re: Frustration
MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES everywhere.Kai Laddiman wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58175
It would be cool if someone compiled a list of OED words from newest to oldest.
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Re: Frustration
Lost out on a perfect game from a nine I hadn't heard of, touch annoyed about missing purloin but missing the easy numbers game fluffed any chance of the high score table.
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Re: Frustration
Probably the closest I'll ever come to a max speedgoat http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=63888
Only one darrenic round, so it was pretty easily, but it would've been nice nonetheless.
Only one darrenic round, so it was pretty easily, but it would've been nice nonetheless.
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That's a great game.Neil Zussman wrote:Probably the closest I'll ever come to a max speedgoat http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=63888
Only one darrenic round, so it was pretty easily, but it would've been nice nonetheless.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Re: Frustration
Wow! Extreme frustration. Well played.
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Quite outstanding Paul, very unlucky.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69126 A really good and close game, 12 maxes between us.
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Re: Frustration
Epic game Paul well done
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I can see a reasonably allowable 8 in Rd 13Daniel O'Dowd wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69126 A really good and close game, 12 maxes between us.
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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And a similarly scatological 7, but sadly neither are valid.Kai Laddiman wrote:I can see a reasonably allowable 8 in Rd 13Daniel O'Dowd wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69126 A really good and close game, 12 maxes between us.
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Re: Frustration
Funnily enough (or not) I did quite strongly consider offering shitpile, though I'm thankful I didn't. It's odd, isn't it, how when you're out of form slightly in Standard, the interactive element of Goat (or What If?, in fact, Charlie could that be implemented as a variant?) tends to spur the mind to greater things
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Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
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Very good, I know from my own experience that getting a max junior game is considerably harder than it looks.J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967
Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
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Did they not teach technology in you school?J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967
Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
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Do they not teach grammar in you school?Eoin Monaghan wrote:Did they not teach technology in you school?J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967
Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
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Dinos Sfyris wrote:Do they not teach grammar in you school?Eoin Monaghan wrote:Did they teach technology in you school?J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967
Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
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Frustrating - damn numbers. Would have been a sweet max game, especially since it was a 10 seconder.
Frustrating - damn numbers. Would have been a sweet max game, especially since it was a 10 seconder.
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Re: Frustration
Ouch, especially so as Speed 15 has never been perfected.Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=70050
Frustrating - damn numbers. Would have been a sweet max game, especially since it was a 10 seconder.
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Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
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What was the word you misspelled?Ben Hunter wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74027
Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
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Apron.Phil Reynolds wrote:What was the word you misspelled?Ben Hunter wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74027
Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
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AAPA!
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Yay, I've got a 9! Oh dammit, it's Hyper Unlimited.
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Would have been a sweet max game with lots of darrens and obscure words.
Would have been a sweet max game with lots of darrens and obscure words.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Re: Frustration
Sorry to cut in, but how does this situation work? Do you have to apologise to yourself, Kai, or does someone else act as a proxy and apologise for you?
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Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
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Pay attention chap!Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333
Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
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I decided not to give a shit in the last 2 rounds, so it's all incidental anyway. Innit, Kirk?Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333
Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
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Haha! I know CONMAN^ is two words. I have no idea why I went for it. I see it on TV often and always avoid it. I had a lapse of concentration.Matt Morrison wrote:Pay attention chap!Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333
Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
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What's the longest word ever offered? I offered a 15 in SENSELESSNESSES today but sadly the new dictionary isn't up yet and it was disallowed. What's been the longest valid offering?
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I put RELENTLESSNESS, shoulda stuck -ES on the end thoughKirk Bevins wrote:What's the longest word ever offered? I offered a 15 in SENSELESSNESSES today but sadly the new dictionary isn't up yet and it was disallowed. What's been the longest valid offering?
Still waiting for UNCONSCIOUSNESSES
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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in hyper unlimited you could play POSSESSIONLESSNESSES, which, if nothing else, is the word with the most Ss in it.
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Of course you could play it, but it's not in the dictionary.James Hall wrote:in hyper unlimited you could play POSSESSIONLESSNESSES, which, if nothing else, is the word with the most Ss in it.
(Besides it'd be playable in normal Unlim anyway)
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Re: Frustration
This inevitably calls to mind Rowan Atkinson's monologue as Sir Marcus Browning MP:
We must have purpose. We mustn't be purposeless. We must not exhibit purposelessness. We must be... purposelessnessless.
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With two rounds to go I looked certain to better my 11 max record. But no!
All annoying misses, although still I feel some nice finds in the game.
The quest continues..
With two rounds to go I looked certain to better my 11 max record. But no!
All annoying misses, although still I feel some nice finds in the game.
The quest continues..
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Arrrggghhh - frustratingly close to my first speedgoat max game.
Arrrggghhh - frustratingly close to my first speedgoat max game.
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Not frustrating at all, and my opponents played really well, but it would've been nice to have eeked out a victory somewhere. If I'd stuck with TORNADO in the first game and spotted HANDLES in the second I'd have won both .
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Not frustrating at all, and my opponents played really well, but it would've been nice to have eeked out a victory somewhere. If I'd stuck with TORNADO in the first game and spotted HANDLES in the second I'd have won both .
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Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
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Ouch. Someone please tell Jason that 1 large is easiest to choose. He chooses 2 large and then can't do them, even the really easy ones.Innis Carson wrote:http://81.154.103.125/viewgame.php?game=104011
Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
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Oh dearie me!
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Would've beaten the Hulme-meister if I'd remembered to put an S on the end of a word.
Would've beaten the Hulme-meister if I'd remembered to put an S on the end of a word.
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Re: Frustration
Two large generates the highest percentage of solvable solutions. I assume Jason took this into consideration when he made his selection.Kirk Bevins wrote:Ouch. Someone please tell Jason that 1 large is easiest to choose. He chooses 2 large and then can't do them, even the really easy ones.Innis Carson wrote:http://81.154.103.125/viewgame.php?game=104011
Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
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ARGH!! Would have been my sweetest max game to date including 2 nice nines, the latter gaining me a pencil.
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Re: Frustration
Missed out on a max game and personal high score by missing a very gettable 9:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=105184
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=105184
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Re: Frustration
Played through this game already, frustrating yes but the woeful miss (by your high standards) was counter-balanced by sufficient awesomeness.
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And then straight afterwards, a very gettable 6 missed, meaning the max was missed.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=105291
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=105291