c4countdown

So, the 2nd Countdown in Chester tournament is taking place as we speak.

Unfortunately, do to scheduling conflicts, I wasn't able to attend to defend my title that I won 11 months ago, but the standard of player has not decreased from what my internal sources tell me.

I'm told that the 8 finalists were Jack Worsley, Dylan Taylor, Rich Priest, Karen Pearson, Matt Bayfield, Thomas Carey, Tracey Mills & Tony Atkins.

And I'm now told that Jack & Dylan are in the final, with Matt & Thomas going for bronze.

Sounds like a brilliant final in prospect.

Did anyone more than those 8 go? Jeff's really kept this one under the radar.

Yeah, it was about double, although Jayne Wisniewski pulled out this morning with a tummy bug.

James Robinson wrote:Yeah, it was about double, although Jayne Wisniewski pulled out this morning with a tummy bug.

Joseph pulled out too.

Spoilers:
Dylan won, Jack was second, Matt was third, I was fourth.

Here are the selections for the finals (no answers)

PRSVIUEIK
EDSSEIIOG
6 4 25 50 75 100 = 683
OHRBMUIEY
VTLYAIITT
2 4 1 3 5 75 = 591
ROUNDMICE (con)
AFXWAISNR
DRBCOIEAG
3 9 2 8 10 100 = 896
TFRREIEZU
ETNJIWAUS
8 10 25 50 75 100 = 259
UISOLDIER (con)

i quite fancied playing along to this. i'm in work and bored, can you tell?

PRSVIUEIK - risky 7 privies
EDSSEIIOG - 8 geodesis
6 4 25 50 75 100 = 683 - solved target 100x6 + 75 + 4*50/25
OHRBMUIEY - 6 imbrue
VTLYAIITT - 8 vitality
2 4 1 3 5 75 = 591 - solved target 75x(5+3) - 4*2 - 1
ROUNDMICE (con) - about 2 seconds indecorum
AFXWAISNR - 7 farinas
DRBCOIEAG - 7 carbide
3 9 2 8 10 100 = 896 - solved target 100x9 - 8/2
TFRREIEZU - 6 refute
ETNJIWAUS - 7 aunties
8 10 25 50 75 100 = 259 - solved target (100-8)*50/25 + 75
UISOLDIER (con) - about 5 seconds delirious

my words/solves in white, just highlight to see them better

edit: turns out my 8 in R2 is invalid, whoopsie

Andy Platt wrote:i quite fancied playing along to this. i'm in work and bored, can you tell?

PRSVIUEIK - risky 7 privies
EDSSEIIOG - 8 geodesis
6 4 25 50 75 100 = 683 - solved target 100x6 + 75 + 4*50/25
OHRBMUIEY - 6 imbrue
VTLYAIITT - 8 vitality
2 4 1 3 5 75 = 591 - solved target 75x(5+3) - 4*2 - 1
ROUNDMICE (con) - about 2 seconds indecorum
AFXWAISNR - 7 farinas
DRBCOIEAG - 7 carbide
3 9 2 8 10 100 = 896 - solved target 100x9 - 8/2
TFRREIEZU - 6 refute
ETNJIWAUS - 7 aunties
8 10 25 50 75 100 = 259 - solved target (100-8)*50/25 + 75
UISOLDIER (con) - about 5 seconds delirious

my words/solves in white, just highlight to see them better

edit: turns out my 8 in R2 is invalid, whoopsie

Rounds 4,9 and 11 all have one more letter as a max. Others are all maxes.

Matt Morrison wrote:Did anyone more than those 8 go? Jeff's really kept this one under the radar.

Aye, I only heard about it from a passing mention in chat. Did he just want a small crowd?

Here are the other 6 games without answers.

Game 1 - 15 rounds

IOIWNRPIA
MACADETSL
RNQGEOETE
INVTEEIPS
1 2 5 9 10 50 = 498
UDMEYLUTI
WOFOSEPXI
DGREUAHES
BDSAOETBR
9 7 8 7 3 75 = 275
OEGCDANRI
CUNEFETZU
RLJYOOEES
8 4 1 6 5 100 = 242
GISARDINI (con)

Game 2 - 15 rounds

SUHELERUO
VPROEEONW
CMSAOADTO
LEGEQIREN
5 8 2 6 10 75 = 217
TNAIVPSAE
TDMIAILTU
YFWAEISXP
RSHDEAAGI
1 3 4 50 25 100 = 525
SBARATOID
BRGIAOCII
EAADNCNFO
25 50 75 100 9 10 = 160
PATCHYSON (con)

Game 3 - 15 rounds

TSAOPVAOM
DTTLEEEIY
FWSEAXAIP
YSLIAISKT
4 1 6 8 5 2 = 491
LURARENII
AEAVPRSHI
ODAGABAOS
RITIDIBAO
4 1 5 8 25 50 = 730
RCGEAEFNE
CNDEIETZR
LJWEIICUS
2 6 9 10 1 100 = 350
DEFITROUT (con)

Game 4 - 9 rounds

PVRSAEEHA
DSGOIIABO
DTVEISKEU
5 8 6 10 6 50 = 375
TTLIIEYFE
XWSRUOIOD
AETBCERFG
1 2 3 4 10 100 = 350
PEERSPAWN (con)

Game 5 - 9 rounds

QERENISNE
PEMAPESOI
EEUHYSLDO
25 50 75 100 3 4 = 943
NCLOEOJDA
KSLAOETRN
OOOEVPSRH
3 4 9 2 5 8 = 813
TAINEEDLE (con)

HUIEGRACE (tiebreaker con)
SOUAPITTA (tiebreaker con)
LUFTYLEAF (tiebreaker con)

Game 6 (14 rounds)

TMILGENES
AEIQPSHSL
6 1 3 5 4 25 = 939
EUDNCELEJ
DATIRUNEL
9 2 8 25 50 100 = 769
TYPOSAIDI (con)
KSVEAARNP
SIROHODSG
9 7 3 6 5 100 = 372
PMYAAAIBV
TTTEEALYF
10 2 7 1 4 25 = 682
MADCREEPS (con)

UGOALGAME (tiebreaker con)
EVICAPTOR (tiebreaker con)

Not mentioned so far was Phyl Styles winning B divison. Heather Styles did the Rachel bit and Alan Styles played the event too. Others taking part were Paul Worsley (B runner up), Stewart Gordon, Anna Woodward and Damian Banks.

Best way to find out about these events seems to be to make sure you are on Jeff's email list.

Tony Atkins wrote:Best way to find out about these events seems to be to make sure you are on Jeff's email list.

Does Jeff have an email list for letting people know he has an email list?