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Well...
Well...
Well...

The Hurst has ploughed through Peter God-thankfully-he-didn't-Win.

Now after double physics (with Mr Walker (Cue Rude jokes)) to round off my half day last day (of term), I'll be seeing Niall "I'm actually really old" Young v Eoin "I got A* in my GSCE's" Mongahan.

Now... who's your money on?

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Now... who's your money on?

I think Eoin, and here some stats to back me up.

Firstly, No.2 Seed Eoin Monaghan - 8 Wins, 898 Points
Highest Score: 121 vs. Dave Rudd (4th Game)
Lowest Score: 100 vs. Clive Myers (5th Game)
9's Achieved: 5/7
Total Points/Max/%: 898/1031 (87%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 609/711 (86%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 229/240 (95%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/80 (75%)

Secondly, No.7 Seed Niall Young - 7 Wins, 726 Points
Highest Score: 98 vs. Nicky Miller (1st Game) & Rochelle Watkins (6th Game)
Lowest Score: 79 vs. Mary Green (2nd Game)
9's Achieved: 1/5
Total Points/Max/%: 726/1003 (72%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 489/686 (71%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 177/237 (75%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/80 (75%)

I'd put my student loan on Eoin winning this one.

Dan McColm wrote:I'd put my student loan on Eoin winning this one.

You mean you haven't spent the first lot already? Wow, good going!

Dan McColm wrote:I'd put my student loan on Eoin winning this one.

(Speaking as if I dont know the outcome)

Agreed, I've not seen any of Nialls games, but I can't see Eoin losing to 7th seed.

Niall has missed a couple of easy nines, COMPANIED and EMIGRATES (Niall had MIGRATES but didn't put the E at the front!), which would've been food and drink for Eoin. Until yesterday, he was also the only octochamp I'd ever beaten while playing from home (trufax). Eoin is a brilliant player and will reach the final, I reckon. Eoin could even win the series, if Jack isn't at his best (like yesterday).

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Dan McColm wrote:I'd put my student loan on Eoin winning this one.

You mean you haven't spent the first lot already? Wow, good going!

That's a good point, I have spent it. Were it not for the fact I use Ladbrokes as a bank, then I'd be screwed. I wish our uni network didn't block Apterous; I wouldn't go out nearly as much then! I'd also be a lot better at the game and wouldn't be as worried about my appearance on the show.

Dan McColm wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Dan McColm wrote:I'd put my student loan on Eoin winning this one.

You mean you haven't spent the first lot already? Wow, good going!

That's a good point, I have spent it. Were it not for the fact I use Ladbrokes as a bank, then I'd be screwed. I wish our uni network didn't block Apterous; I wouldn't go out nearly as much then! I'd also be a lot better at the game and wouldn't be as worried about my appearance on the show.

Excellent! My uni blocks apterous too which I suppose is sort of a good thing. The casino proved a useful source of free money for about 2 monhs before things took a turn for the worse. Still, I'm not in as much financial difficulty as Meakin.

UNCREASE in the CENSURE round.

SCARFING in round 8

GREIVOUS to equal VIRAGOES

Liam Tiernan wrote:GREIVOUS to equal VIRAGOES

I before E for GRIEVOUS.

Great stuff, Eoin

The first two quarters were relatively easy to call, the next two are tricky.

MYELOID.

Swish performance from Eoin, he's my favourite to win the series now.

JackHurst wrote:MYELOID.

Swish performance from Eoin, he's my favourite to win the series now.

Ha shut up.

Jojo Apollo wrote:

Liam Tiernan wrote:GREIVOUS to equal VIRAGOES

I before E for GRIEVOUS.

Great stuff, Eoin

The first two quarters were relatively easy to call, the next two are tricky.

Bloody Hell! I even checked it on Lexplorer before posting to make sure I had it right way round,and I still end up putting in the wrong spelling.

James Robinson wrote:Firstly, No.2 Seed Eoin Monaghan - 8 Wins, 898 Points
Highest Score: 121 vs. Dave Rudd (4th Game)
Lowest Score: 100 vs. Clive Myers (5th Game)
9's Achieved: 5/7
Total Points/Max/%: 898/1031 (87%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 609/711 (86%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 229/240 (95%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/80 (75%)

Or about 544.85 in old money. It's interesting that it's fairly standard these days for players to beat the best ever in the nine-round format.

Also 0.607 conversion ratio.

Pfffff, that was super-phenomenal, Eoin. Very well done.

Next week is going to have to be mega awesome to top these first 2 quarter-finals.

2nd Numbers Alt.: (9 x 75) - (6 x 6) - 1 = 638

3rd Numbers Alt.: (50 - 2) x (7 + 4) = 528

Gavin Chipper wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Firstly, No.2 Seed Eoin Monaghan - 8 Wins, 898 Points
Highest Score: 121 vs. Dave Rudd (4th Game)
Lowest Score: 100 vs. Clive Myers (5th Game)
9's Achieved: 5/7
Total Points/Max/%: 898/1031 (87%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 609/711 (86%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 229/240 (95%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/80 (75%)

Or about 544.85 in old money. It's interesting that it's fairly standard these days for players to beat the best ever in the nine-round format.

Also 0.607 conversion ratio.

When did the letters distribution change? I imagine that would be a factor.
Edit: That might be an intersting exercise for some of you Stattos. Percentage maxes for various letter distributions.

Liam Tiernan wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Firstly, No.2 Seed Eoin Monaghan - 8 Wins, 898 Points
Highest Score: 121 vs. Dave Rudd (4th Game)
Lowest Score: 100 vs. Clive Myers (5th Game)
9's Achieved: 5/7
Total Points/Max/%: 898/1031 (87%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 609/711 (86%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 229/240 (95%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/80 (75%)

Or about 544.85 in old money. It's interesting that it's fairly standard these days for players to beat the best ever in the nine-round format.

Also 0.607 conversion ratio.

When did the letters distribution change? I imagine that would be a factor.
Edit: That might be an intersting exercise for some of you Stattos. Percentage maxes for various letter distributions.

I dunno about letter distributions - I think they might have been tweaked at various times. And then there's the way they've been shuffled...

Just seen this on 4OD - scarily good performance from Eoin. One of those games where I put my pen and paper to one side and just admire the standard of play.

Still not on 4OD online, I want to watch Eoin go crazy

Ben Hunter wrote:Still not on 4OD online, I want to watch Eoin go crazy

It's on 4OD's Youtube channel

Dan McColm wrote:

Ben Hunter wrote:Still not on 4OD online, I want to watch Eoin go crazy

It's on 4OD's Youtube channel

Cheers mate, was using the channel 4 website.

Dan McColm wrote:Niall has missed a couple of easy nines, COMPANIED and EMIGRATES (Niall had MIGRATES but didn't put the E at the front!), which would've been food and drink for Eoin.

I wouldn't call COMPANIED easy at all. I wouldn't have risked it and can't remember what it means.

An impressive performance by Eoin. Not sure how much bearing it has on the rest of the finals. The other games take place on a new day of filming, so getting a good night's sleep could be more important.

I also have a sneaking suspicion that Daniel Pati could yet pull off something amazing.

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Thanks for the nice comments guys.

No worries! Thanks for making it a good game to watch.