Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
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Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
Fantastic showing from Conrad today -- kept me to a crucial and at one point he was 20 ahead. Very good play by Angus as well; unlucky that an Apterite had to come up against one of his own kind on his debut.
When Conrad said "I'll stick with a 7" in the DARIOLE/EXORDIAL round, I wonder if he had a better word in mind. Of course, only JJ Smith may be able to comment reliably on that.
Note regarding the wikicap: Rachel declared "1 away" in Round 3, but didn't say which way or demonstrate a solution. However, 932 is impossible, and 930 has only one solution, which I have therefore labelled as Rachel's.
When Conrad said "I'll stick with a 7" in the DARIOLE/EXORDIAL round, I wonder if he had a better word in mind. Of course, only JJ Smith may be able to comment reliably on that.
Note regarding the wikicap: Rachel declared "1 away" in Round 3, but didn't say which way or demonstrate a solution. However, 932 is impossible, and 930 has only one solution, which I have therefore labelled as Rachel's.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
Good to see Conrad has found his feet and scoring over 100 now.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
Very well played there. LONGUEUR in the LOUNGER round
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Looking at the wiki cap, I think the 8 I was toying with was CALORIED X.
I should have got SUGARS or AUGURS, and I don't know what I did to mess up the numbers but I should have got 7 points from that. But 15 off the max isn't bad. Decent con. It really means a lot that I would have been on crucials with the likes of Johnny and Eddie Byrne in two of my games. I did feel at the time that I was on form.
Bad luck for Angus, he's good enough for a teapot. I was glad to get a good start but I knew he could come back any time so I was never comfortable.
I'm currently polarising opinion among friends over whether or not I was smug. People feel quite strongly either way.
I should have got SUGARS or AUGURS, and I don't know what I did to mess up the numbers but I should have got 7 points from that. But 15 off the max isn't bad. Decent con. It really means a lot that I would have been on crucials with the likes of Johnny and Eddie Byrne in two of my games. I did feel at the time that I was on form.
Bad luck for Angus, he's good enough for a teapot. I was glad to get a good start but I knew he could come back any time so I was never comfortable.
I'm currently polarising opinion among friends over whether or not I was smug. People feel quite strongly either way.
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
I don't think you're smug. You look like Darcy Oakes though.
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And he's quite smug.
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I don't think so. There have certainly been much smugger people on the show who have also done much less well.JJ Smith wrote:I'm currently polarising opinion among friends over whether or not I was smug. People feel quite strongly either way.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
I had LONGUEUR as well. This is the first time I ever beat both the contestants and DC in a round!Paul Erdunast wrote:Very well played there. LONGUEUR in the LOUNGER round
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
Conrad, if you had been on the show a few weeks earlier, you would have encountered smugness personified........John Inverdale!
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Obviously not by the twitter reaction https://twitter.com/evannave/status/707951729267122180
Definitely not Jamie McNeill or Schrodinger's Cat....
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
I don't think you looked at all smug Conrad. You looked relieved when risks paid off, but who wouldn't?
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Ah thanks everyone! And thanks for that James, I'm quite self-obsessively trying to find tweets about me, good and bad. Twitter has become a shit site recently though, search function and timelines are poor.
The other thing that people keep saying to me is that me and Rachel are flirting! I think they're just joking though.
The other thing that people keep saying to me is that me and Rachel are flirting! I think they're just joking though.