Official Thread of Brag

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:17 pm

Really? I'm sure I've been paying attention to Countdown and not seen KISMET come up. I've heard of destiny and fate all the time but nobody has ever said kismet. You lads need to start socialising with normal people.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:59 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Really? I'm sure I've been paying attention to Countdown and not seen KISMET come up. I've heard of destiny and fate all the time but nobody has ever said kismet. You lads need to start socialising with normal people.

Or you need to broaden your horizons

I did do a Lexplorer search to see how common it was (and found that I was among many to miss it) but then I realised that it's not really important, people miss common words all the time.

That wasn't to detract from Junaid's games, or his spotting of KISMET either. It's clearly a good spot as it appears to be missed so often, but I don't think it's a "wtf" word. Just one of those things. I was the same with LEYLANDII, but I appear to be in a minority of never having heard of it when I speak to others. I remember a capable player on here questioning "how someone could come up with words like ADROIT unless they'd played apterous to death" (paraphrasing) and thinking "wtf? Everyone uses ADROIT" so some people (including me) just don't know some common words.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:02 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Really? I'm sure I've been paying attention to Countdown and not seen KISMET come up

Were you not watching on 13 January 2006?

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:35 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:Really? I'm sure I've been paying attention to Countdown and not seen KISMET come up
Were you not watching on 13 January 2006?

Haha no. I never saw most programmes until after David O'Donnell. I remember someone posting on here congratulating DOD on winning the series and I was like "shit, yeah, forgot the finals had been shown already". I was out of touch when at uni spending most of my time entering competitions or darting.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:04 pm

Even if I did just catch him on an off-day (off-evening) something like this is still rare enough to be brag-worthy.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:30 pm

AT LAST!!!!!!!!!

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=195404

FINALLY SOMETHING I CAN BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF!

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:48 am

I claim the record for holding an apterous record for the shortest time.

At 1:29 a.m. today, I broke the record for Touchdown Jnr Letters Attack by scoring 133 in this 18-max game.
At 1:30 a.m. today, Chris Davies set a new record of 135 with a 19-max game.

I officially held the format record for one minute!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:25 am

Matt Bayfield wrote:I claim the record for holding an apterous record for the shortest time.

At 1:29 a.m. today, I broke the record for Touchdown Jnr Letters Attack by scoring 133 in this 18-max game.
At 1:30 a.m. today, Chris Davies set a new record of 135 with a 19-max game.

I officially held the format record for one minute!

That's cool. Both scores are ridiculous considering the highest ever max is 138, and the best-case max is only 140.

craig · Post by **craig** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:35 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 0259265497

As I'm a giant noob I don't know if that link worked but it's supposed to show that I've finally got a bullet numbers max. It may have taken over 100 tries but I got there in the end, woop woop!

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:41 pm

craig wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 0259265497

As I'm a giant noob I don't know if that link worked but it's supposed to show that I've finally got a bullet numbers max. It may have taken over 100 tries but I got there in the end, woop woop!

That's brilliant. Well done!

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:56 pm

Easily both my best ever word and best ever pencil.

It's a duel game so you may have to wait a bit for it to come up.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:14 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 8004130556
Barely ever beat this prick.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:01 pm

This makes me so happy

Edit: Well I was actually above Rex but now I'm not as people gave him more rating points

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:07 am

Kirk Bevins wrote:This makes me so happy

Edit: Well I was actually above Rex but now I'm not as people gave him more rating points

Maybe someone should do a screenshot.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:48 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=200281

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

craig · Post by **craig** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:22 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=201155

Although they weren't the hardest games, I'm still pretty chuffed with this all 6 small numbers attack max.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:15 pm

I tried to go easy on Sue in this game...

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=201189

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:50 am

In tribute to Eoin Morgan earlier this week becoming the first cricketer to score a One Day International century for two different countries, I think I've just become the first person on apterous to score a Standard 15 century in four different languages:

English (122)
German (109)
Dutch (101)
French (101)

Quite pleased with that, y'know...

--Matt "Umlaut" Bayfield

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:54 am

Matt Bayfield wrote:In tribute to Eoin Morgan earlier this week becoming the first cricketer to score a One Day International century for two different countries, I think I've just become the first person on apterous to score a Standard 15 century in four different languages:

English (122)
German (109)
Dutch (101)
French (101)

Quite pleased with that, y'know...

--Matt "Umlaut" Bayfield

In a sense this is the most impressive Brag of all, at least in terms of how long it would take me to achieve something comparable. Very very good. Russian next?

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:42 pm

I beat the 'max' in a Hyper 15.

Beat the arithmetician in the first numbers round, but missed the max in one letters round.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 3707857841

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:03 pm

Chris Davies wrote:I beat the 'max' in a Hyper 15.
Beat the arithmetician in the first numbers round, but missed the max in one letters round.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 3707857841

Either way that's the most maxes in a Hyper 15 by a hell of a distance.

Nice one!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:55 am

Another set of back-to-back max games. Couldn't follow it upwith 3 on the trot though. Notice the numbers rounds on max game 1 - it's a max but isn't......oohh controversy!

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:20 am

An unusual brag: I currently hold the apterous record for both the longest max word and shortest max word to have been awarded pencil inventory items.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:33 am

They're the same link. Epic word though

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:43 am

Thanks Dinos. Second link now edited.

Josh Hurst · Post by **Josh Hurst** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:16 pm

The first time I've posted on this bit. I set out on a mission to get the pencil section of the homepage full of my declarations. So I figured that a custom hypergoat letters marathon would be the best way to go about it. Here is the result, although it wasn't really a great performance. I also took a screen shot, but I'm too retarded to figure out how to upload it. If anyone is interested (which I know maybe none of you will be) could you help me out on this?

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:58 pm

Josh Hurst wrote:The first time I've posted on this bit. I set out on a mission to get the pencil section of the homepage full of my declarations. So I figured that a custom hypergoat letters marathon would be the best way to go about it. Here is the result, although it wasn't really a great performance. I also took a screen shot, but I'm too retarded to figure out how to upload it. If anyone is interested (which I know maybe none of you will be) could you help me out on this?

Email the pic to me and I'll make it happen.

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:55 am

I've just managed the same feat as Josh, in filling the apterous homepage pencils list, although I've taken the rather easier route of doing it with ten German words (including a remarkable four nines).

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:51 am

I am sure he won't mind me posting this on his behalf http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=214914

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:01 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:I am sure he won't mind me posting this on his behalf http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=214914

Commenting in your own max game is a bit like posting it in the thread of brag anyway.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:44 pm

I very rarely have cause to post in here but this was pretty mind-blowing for me, even if it should maybe be in the frustration thread in terms of a max game missed.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:16 pm

This has taken me so, so long (33 NAs).

Particularly proud of managing rounds 17 and 18, which are pretty unremarkable in isolation, but the pressure was getting insane by that point.

Edit: Just noticed, what a way to celebrate:

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:50 pm

My form on Apterous is completely mixed-up, a lot like me I guess.

I produce very crap performances one minute then, I do something completely extraordinary like this:

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=223373

The result might not be that impressive, but if you beat one of the most recent series champions, you can't help but celebrate.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:34 pm

I've done it!

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:16 pm

Oliver Garner wrote:I've done it!

Me too... I also got a pencil and got a word that caused me to miss a previous would-be max game.

Stuart Arnot · Post by **Stuart Arnot** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:10 am

Ben Hunter wrote:
Oliver Garner wrote:I've done it!
Me too... I also got a pencil and got a word that caused me to miss a previous would-be max game.

Me three!

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri May 07, 2010 6:12 pm

Haven't posted on this thread for a while (wonder why?) but here's my first max speed 9.

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=42 ... 2224586640

I'm sure many others would have done the same, but I am happy.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat May 08, 2010 6:57 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=-6 ... 7436996635

Wasn't a max game, but it's Mark Tournoff I beat! A series champion!

Also got my best EVER word, ISPAGHUL.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Mon May 10, 2010 4:40 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Also got my best EVER word, ISPAGHUL.

Awesome. I've been hunting that one for a while now.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:55 pm

I maxed an omelette 9 for the first time recently, but it was shit, so I maxed it again, and this one I'm actually pleased with.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:47 pm

This only took almost 200 attempts.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Mon May 17, 2010 3:15 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=242468

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:41 pm

Interesting apterday this one. First, I broke the high score for Omelette Conndrum Attack: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=256665. Then I had an epic 3 games with Kirk. First, this bullet conundrum attack: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=256705. Then, this speed conundrum attack (Kirk didn't learn his lesson from the earlier close shave): http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=256709. Finally, Kirk taught ME a lesson with a manly performance in the following 15 rounder: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=256723. (My win yielded 64 rating points; his yielded 3

)

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:57 pm

First ever 14-max Omelette 15

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:48 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=90 ... 0846276932

What a difference a day makes!

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:39 pm

A week old but worth a mention. When the multilingual Karen challenged me to Portuguese I don't think this was what she expected! Has anyone else managed a Portuguese 9? It also held the high-score record for about a day despite me scoring in only two letters rounds!

Karen Pearson · Post by **Karen Pearson** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:22 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:A week old but worth a mention. When the multilingual Karen challenged me to Portuguese I don't think this was what she expected! Has anyone else managed a Portuguese 9? It also held the high-score record for about a day despite me scoring in only two letters rounds!

I admit that I DID expect to win but not by much as my Portugues experience is limited to 2 hours a week for one year but that was 26 years ago (before Dinos was even a twinkle in his mummy's eye)!! And there was always a pretty good chance that Dinos would beat me on the numbers.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:39 pm

Scored a new personal best of 137 in this game

Bloody ANHINGA! Although if I had spotted it I'dve probably tried to fudge the last impossible numbers to get a maxi thus not getting a new pb. In hindsight it's a good thing I didn't know it

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:45 am

Sorry to be a smug bastard, but I'm pretty happy with my top maxes column at the moment:

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:46 am

JackHurst wrote:Sorry to be a smug bastard, but I'm pretty happy with my top maxes column at the moment:

You smug bastard.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:36 pm

Not the best max game in the world, but a max game nonetheless, second one of mine. I was getting so frustrated at getting 14 maxes all the time.

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=281868

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:53 am

Eoin Monaghan wrote:I was getting so frustrated at getting 14 maxes all the time.

Yeah, that would be annoying

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:13 am

I have an alright job, a hot girlfriend, I'm 6' 4", I'm healthy, my family's healthy, I have lots of friends, I live in a nice house in a safe country.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:46 am

I know Jon O'Neill.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:01 am

I have my own willy.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:05 am

Ian Volante wrote:I have my own willy.

Me too. And mine goes hard sometimes

(Sorry George)

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:43 am

Jon Corby wrote:I know Jon O'Neill.

Wrong thread.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:02 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:I know Jon O'Neill.
Wrong thread.

http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 02&p=89579 instead.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:55 pm

I gave Ben Hunter a yeast infection

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:35 pm

Project 2000: complete.