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The first game of the Plate, played Sunday 6th July 2008. I'm the defending champion (if that even makes sense for a repechage competition) so obviously I felt massive pressure, or I would've done if I'd remembered that I was the defending champion before I started this sentence, which I feel has now gone on a little too long, so I'll end it here.

C1: Challenger Charlie Reams.
C2: Challenger Jon O'Neill.
Host: Dan Vanniasingham.


R01: T L D M E I A E R
R02: U E I U G R S T T
R03: V H C T A I O A S
R04: I O E A Z C H M F
R05: 25, 10, 8, 1, 9, 6. Target: 175.
TTT: HISRULES
R06: A O E O N N T Y B
R07: T R D S E U O A A
R08: E A E I T Q L M P
R09: T D W G U E U A L
R10: 75, 100, 50, 25, 4, 7. Target: 811.
TTT: HALFPIGS
R11: C L M R O A O I K
R12: E I O E T D L J G
R13: R N P R E A I I S
R14: 50, 100, 75, 25, 1, 8. Target: 204.
R15: S H I T E C A T E (conundrum)


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Round 1: T L D M E I A E R
C1: DIAMETER (8)
C2: MATERIEL (8)
DC: RETAILED (8) (both contestants), REMEDIAL (8) (the Bevins)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)

Round 2: U E I U G R S T T
C1: GUTSIER (7)
C2: GUTTERS (7)
DC: GUSTIER (7) (M. Wallace)
Score: 15–15 (max 15)

Round 3: V H C T A I O A S
C1: COATIS (6)
C2: SCOTIA (6)
Score: 21–21 (max 21)

Round 4: I O E A Z C H M F
C1: MACHO (5)
C2: CHIME (5)
DC: MAIZE (5) CAMEO (5) OHMIC (5) HAFIZ (5) etc
Score: 26–26 (max 26)

Round 5: 25, 10, 8, 1, 9, 6. Target: 175.
C1: 175.(25+10)x(6-1) (10)
C2: 175.25x(8-1) presumably (10)
Score: 36–36 (max 36)

Teatime teaser: HISRULES -> SLUSHIER

Round 6: A O E O N N T Y B
C1: BOTANY (6)
C2: ANYONE (6)
DC: BAYONET (7) (M. Wallace esq.) NANOBOT (7)
Score: 42–42 (max 43)

Round 7: T R D S E U O A A
C1: ROASTED (7)
C2: AROUSED (7)
DC: DATURAS (7) TORSADE (7) etc (snore)
Score: 49–49 (max 50)

Round 8: E A E I T Q L M P
C1: implate - I knew this was bollocks really but I was declaring second so I thought I might have a stab.
C2: EPILATE (7)
Score: 49–56 (max 57)

Round 9: T D W G U E U A L
C1: WAGED (5)
C2: ADULT (5)
DC: TEGULA (6) (we should've got that), WAULED (6)
Score: 54–61 (max 63)

Round 10: 75, 100, 50, 25, 4, 7. Target: 811.
C1: -
C2: 812.(50x100+75)x4/25 (7)
CV: 811. (100+4+50/25)x7+75 (Jono, out of time) (10)
Score: 54–68 (max 73)

Teatime teaser: HALFPIGS -> FLAGSHIP

Round 11: C L M R O A O I K
C1: clamor - this was notably retarded, I declared 6 even though I only had 5, so I had to guess something.
C2: AIRLOCK (7)
DC: ARMLOCK (7) (Jono had to choose between these two, but they're both good), OARLOCK (7)
Score: 54–75 (max 80)

Round 12: E I O E T D L J G
C1: JILTED (6)
C2: TOILED (6)
DC: JOLTED (6) and probably others
Score: 60–81 (max 86)

Round 13: R N P R E A I I S
C1: RAPIERS (7)
C2: INSPIRE (7)
DC: INSPIRER (8) (yhrly), PRAIRIES (8) Shit This was my chance to get back into it.
Score: 67–88 (max 94)

Round 14: 50, 100, 75, 25, 1, 8. Target: 204.
C1: 204. Mistake in working.
C2: 204.(100x50+75)/25+1 (10)
Score: 67–98 (max 104)

Round 15: S H I T E C A T E
C2 buzzes on 4 seconds to say AESTHETIC which is correct.
Score: 67–108 (max 114)

At least I wasn't the only reigning champion displaced by a muscly young upstart today.

Due to a slight scoring error, Jono was only given 6 points for AIRLOCK, so I thought I had a chance going into Round 14 (I think I have beaten Jono on 4 large maybe once or twice in all our hundreds of games.) But I didn't, so I'm even worse than I thought. Hooray!

Good game. Loving the 4 large. NANOBOT is probably worth remembering as it came up in my game against Daimyo.

Charlie Reams wrote:Round 10: 75, 100, 50, 25, 4, 7. Target: 811.
C1: -
C2: 812.(50x100+75)x4/25 (7)
CV: 811. (100+4+50/25)x7+75 (Jono, out of time) (10)
Score: 54–68 (max 73)

This doesn't work - I just got really confused.

I've done it now though:

(7+50/25)*(75+4)+100

Yeah great performance Jono - you'd have beaten me! How on earth did you lose to Gardner? only kidding Martin

Couple of random observations: 114 must be the lowest max. score ever for a game in which all three numbers rounds are possible?

And the letters maxes for the first four rounds went 8, 7, 6, 5. I like that