Official Thread of Brag

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:28 pm

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but finally, a max game, albeit a 9 rounder. That perfect 15 rounder still proves elusive, and I fear always will be.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:44 pm

JimBentley wrote:I know I'm a bit late to the party, but finally, a max game, albeit a 9 rounder. That perfect 15 rounder still proves elusive, and I fear always will be.

Take a note of how happy Jim is Chris!

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:56 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:
JimBentley wrote:I know I'm a bit late to the party, but finally, a max game, albeit a 9 rounder. That perfect 15 rounder still proves elusive, and I fear always will be.
Take a note of how happy Jim is Chris!

Are you saying you started to answer CONVERTED and then cancelled cos Jim was on for a max?

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:13 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
JimBentley wrote:I know I'm a bit late to the party, but finally, a max game, albeit a 9 rounder. That perfect 15 rounder still proves elusive, and I fear always will be.
Take a note of how happy Jim is Chris!
Are you saying you started to answer CONVERTED and then cancelled cos Jim was on for a max?

No, I had a different answer and only realised it was CONVERTED when I had run out of time.

Craig Beevers · Post by **Craig Beevers** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:12 pm

Quite liking the duel results (touchundrum attack) from yesterday...

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:47 pm

Craig Beevers wrote:Quite liking the duel results (touchundrum attack) from yesterday...

Yes, serious pwnage. For posterity, Craig is referring to this.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:58 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80973

My first ever max 15-rounder.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:00 am

D Eadie wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80973

My first ever max 15-rounder.

Chris let you have that, there's no way he'd ordinarily take more than 7.5 seconds to spot DESISTING.

Still, well done, don't let that diminish your achievement.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:40 am

Jon Corby wrote: Chris let you have that, there's no way he'd ordinarily take more than 7.5 seconds to spot DESISTING.

It's true - I was in a dilemma but decided to leave it.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:27 pm

Chris Davies wrote:
Jon Corby wrote: Chris let you have that, there's no way he'd ordinarily take more than 7.5 seconds to spot DESISTING.
It's true - I was in a dilemma but decided to leave it.

You've just made me dislike you even more.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:39 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:
Chris Davies wrote:
Jon Corby wrote: Chris let you have that, there's no way he'd ordinarily take more than 7.5 seconds to spot DESISTING.
It's true - I was in a dilemma but decided to leave it.
You've just made me dislike you even more.

You do realise the conundrum in our game (this one) was crucial, right? This one wasn't - I was 18 points behind.

Charlie Reams wrote:If the game is still live and the 10 points can make the difference between winning and losing then of course you have to play for it

What he said

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:11 pm

Erm, Ok, I've sort of forgotten about it anyway, seeing that just brought it up, sorry for being quite bitter about it. It was only a 9 rounder after all.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:26 pm

Jon Corby wrote:
D Eadie wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80973

My first ever max 15-rounder.

Chris let you have that, there's no way he'd ordinarily take more than 7.5 seconds to spot DESISTING.

Still, well done, don't let that diminish your achievement.

I know he did, which was very gracious but unwanted. I had no choice but to buzz in once i saw it though, i can't really help it if the other player decides to pull out of the battle. I'll be bearing it all in mind if and when Chris makes the QF's of Series 61. Can have lots of fun with the conundrums at my end

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:35 pm

D Eadie wrote:I know he did, which was very gracious but unwanted. I had no choice but to buzz in once i saw it though, i can't really help it if the other player decides to pull out of the battle.

That was a much politer response than I anticipated

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:52 pm

D Eadie wrote: I'll be bearing it all in mind if and when Chris makes the QF's of Series 61. Can have lots of fun with the conundrums at my end

You better make them fucking tough.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:48 pm

Don't worry Kirk, there's plenty more where the last lot came from, including some real crackers in terms of shuffles and answers.

I liked AMSPECIAL because it was dedicated to your abilities. No coincidence. Little things like that are my plaything.

The guys in Series 61 will find that the bar, thanks to Apterous training, has been raised considerably and the 10 pts in Round 15 will no longer be something they can pin their hopes on. Evil cackles all round.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:46 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2990752673

Hopefully, a max Touchdown conundrum attack isn't too far away.

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:05 am

Broke touchdown high score record, and quite a good game with plenty of FPS'y stuff!

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=82058

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:37 pm

Happy with this.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:06 pm

Finally - bit flat and Junaid went easy on the numbers (and left the conundrum) but I am bloody taking it!

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=82573

Aaron Higgs · Post by **Aaron Higgs** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:13 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=82903
Max 9 rounder.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:16 pm

Aaron Higgs wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=82903
Max 9 rounder.

Shame you had to cheat to get it.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:38 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Aaron Higgs wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=82903
Max 9 rounder.
Shame you had to cheat to get it.

?
He cheated? Shame.

EDIT: I have spoken to Aaron and he said:'I can honestly say I never cheated'And I didn't think he did at first, but then again Charlie has the benefit of the Cheatomatic.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:55 pm

High score despite messing up the conundrum

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:57 pm

Oliver Garner wrote:High score despite messing up the conundrum

Wow, beat the record by 12 points! Nice!

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:17 pm

Set a new hyper 9 record, and as far as I know this is also the first time I've managed to exceed the 'maximum' for a hyper numbers round.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:49 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=84265

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:09 pm

Zing.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:40 am

Zing indeed Ben, until you click below !!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=84477

Your record of 175 should really now be mine, but CONCIERGES was disallowed even though its a legitimate word.

Would also have had 17 maxes out of 20, which will take some beating.

Over to you mate

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:23 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=84772

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:47 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=84772

Fantastic.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:05 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=84772

Bloody hell!

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:26 pm

Innis Carson wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=84772
Fantastic.

Thanks m8.

It's rather fitting that at the time I was talking to Charlie on msn about Blind not being on the high scores list because it's cheatable, and then I did that.

EDI: Damn! That completely mucked up my attempt to play all of the variants in order! Gah! I'll just ignore that.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:57 pm

Kai Laddiman is a genius.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:21 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:
It's rather fitting that at the time I was talking to Charlie on msn about Blind not being on the high scores list because it's cheatable, and then I did that.

EDI: Damn! That completely mucked up my attempt to play all of the variants in order! Gah! I'll just ignore that.

So you cheated?

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:30 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
It's rather fitting that at the time I was talking to Charlie on msn about Blind not being on the high scores list because it's cheatable, and then I did that.

EDI: Damn! That completely mucked up my attempt to play all of the variants in order! Gah! I'll just ignore that.
So you cheated?

NO!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:53 pm

3 nines to start the ball rolling and 54-36 up.

I managed to break the record for speedgoat attack:

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=85817

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:18 pm

Max game number 2

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=86204

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:26 pm

Not really a brag since the actual accomplishment was ages ago, but due to the good work of Jono and Chris Davies in knocking down some long-standing records, my Speed 9 record is the oldest standing record. Better enjoy it while I can.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:24 pm

A very nice max 15 rounder.

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:58 am

And a less nice one

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=87699

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:21 pm

Not a max game, but this is amazing! Well done both!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:45 pm

JimBentley wrote:Not a max game, but this is amazing! Well done both!

Hot damn, I might have to bring the "highest joint score" page back just for that.

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:48 pm

For me it's a brag: 95.7% of max. (Worse, I had the two darrens in the first two rounds typed in the box. Who knew amazon was in?)

James Hurrell · Post by **James Hurrell** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:45 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
JimBentley wrote:Not a max game, but this is amazing! Well done both!
Hot damn, I might have to bring the "highest joint score" page back just for that.

Just a thought - is 143 the highest ever losing score of any Countdown (standard 15) game ever played?? First time anyone has lost with 4 niners?

Not much of a claim to fame but I've not much hope of matching the other records on here!

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:41 am

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88266

Easiest perfect game ever? I don't care! Finally achieved this goal after so long.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:06 pm

JimBentley wrote:Not a max game, but this is amazing! Well done both!

Wow - amazing. To be sat on 150 points thinking that you could actually lose the game must be horrible.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:55 pm

My first ever max game!!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88395

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:33 pm

New touchdown record in terms of score and maxes, some pretty decent spots in here:

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88396

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:44 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Wow - amazing. To be sat on 150 points thinking that you could actually lose the game must be horrible.

It's lovely Kirk to think a game on apterous means this much to you

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:14 pm

Jon Corby wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:Wow - amazing. To be sat on 150 points thinking that you could actually lose the game must be horrible.
It's lovely Kirk to think a game on apterous means this much to you

LOL - cheeky boy Corby.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:24 pm

James Hurrell wrote:Just a thought - is 143 the highest ever losing score of any Countdown (standard 15) game ever played?? First time anyone has lost with 4 niners?

Easily.

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:00 am

This is probabably as close as I'll ever get to a max game:http://www.apterous.org/findgame.php?us ... opmaxes=12
Spotted LEATHERN but decided not to go for it.
And just too slow on the conundrum.

Aaron Higgs · Post by **Aaron Higgs** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:39 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=89604

Mark Harrison · Post by **Mark Harrison** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:12 am

Here's my best game in a long time: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=89969

Not as good statistically as either Aaron's or Liam's (only 9 maxes - 10 if you include the conundrum, but Andrew beat me to it) but it included some really nice spots

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:36 am

this is on behalf of Michael Marlowe after losing narrowly http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2080932600

He then does this to
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 7385442783
14/15 Maxes for a newbie

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:27 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:this is on behalf of Michael Marlowe after losing narrowly http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2080932600

He then does this to
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 7385442783
14/15 Maxes for a newbie

He's a cheat, dude.

Jeffrey Burgin · Post by **Jeffrey Burgin** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:28 pm

I got ARTICULAR yesterday in a game that hasn't yet been finished, causing even the great Innis to comment upon it in Aptochat. It ain't much, but then again neither am I.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:56 pm

Came close to getting my first perfect game on a number of occaisions in nine rounders today:

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90601
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90904
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90911
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90914

20 maxes in 24 letters rounds form those games, that pretty good for me

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:35 pm

JackHurst wrote:Came close to getting my first perfect game on a number of occaisions in nine rounders today:

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90601
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90904
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90911
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90914

20 maxes in 24 letters rounds form those games, that pretty good for me

Game 4 should've gone to a tie-breaker but I misclicked on the numbers!