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Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:20 am
by Charlie Reams
A record max for a 9 round game, with two nines and three eights. Yet I struggled to a 70-67 over Ben Pugh after he blobbed both numbers games due to a fault with the interface. In fairness we both got the nines and I would've posted 92 against a weaker opponent, but it was still a waste of an opportunity.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:51 am
by Kirk Bevins
When it comes to conundrums - don't play me or Charlie - we are quality at them:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17433
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:02 am
by Jimmy Gough
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:53 pm
by JimBentley
That's not too bad - all the bots have been seriously beefed up on the numbers games. I'm pretty sure I've seen both Waldorf and Caesar post perfect Numbers Attack games in recent days and even Prune isn't a complete pushover any more. In fact, Prune beat my sorry ass at a Hyper Numbers Attack last night; I was terrible, but even if I'd been playing reasonably well I'd probably still have lost.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:54 pm
by Ian Volante
My worst brain switch-off in quite a while. Bah.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19202
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:06 am
by Joseph Bolas
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:21 am
by Dan Vanniasingham
I really hope you weren't cheating in that one as well...
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:32 am
by Joseph Bolas
Dan Vanniasingham wrote:
I really hope you weren't cheating in that one as well...
No, I didn't cheat in this game.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:18 pm
by Michael Wallace
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:44 am
by Ben Wilson
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=20539
Ugh, someone stop giving Pruneaid red bull.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:00 pm
by Ben Wilson
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=21025
Not sure whether this is scrag or 'foaming at mouth pissed-off-edness', largely because I had OUTREACHES wrongly disallowed which affected the scoreline. I suppose the moral of the story is 'don't play hyper'.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:18 pm
by Callum Laddiman
Ben Wilson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=21025
Not sure whether this is scrag or 'foaming at mouth pissed-off-edness', largely because I had OUTREACHES wrongly disallowed which affected the scoreline. I suppose the moral of the story is 'don't play hyper'.
I reckon it was just nude's lucky day.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:43 am
by Paul Howe
Ben Wilson wrote: I suppose the moral of the story is 'don't play hyper'.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=21158
Round 8
And to a lesser extent rd 11
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:55 pm
by Kai Laddiman
This has to be one of the most severe cases of short-term memory loss.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:02 pm
by Ian Volante
Kai Laddiman wrote:This has to be one of the most severe cases of short-term memory loss.
I don't see anything repeated. What am I missing?
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:03 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Ian Volante wrote:Kai Laddiman wrote:This has to be one of the most severe cases of short-term memory loss.
I don't see anything repeated. What am I missing?
ARIDISOL.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:05 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Kai Laddiman wrote:Ian Volante wrote:I don't see anything repeated. What am I missing?
ARIDISOL.
To quote you Kai
:
Kai Laddiman wrote:AEROSOL lol ALFISOL lol ANDISOL lol ANDOSOL lol ARIDISOL lol CORTISOL lol CREOSOL lol CRESOL lol CYTOSOL lol ENTISOL lol ENTRESOL lol EUSOL lol GIRASOL lol HISTOSOL lol LITHOSOL lol MOLLISOL lol OXISOL lol PALAEOSOL lol PARASOL lol PLASTISOL lol PODSOL lol SOL lol SPODOSOL lol ULTISOL lol VERTISOL lol
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:19 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Joseph Bolas wrote:Kai Laddiman wrote:Ian Volante wrote:I don't see anything repeated. What am I missing?
ARIDISOL.
To quote you Kai
:
Kai Laddiman wrote:AEROSOL lol ALFISOL lol ANDISOL lol ANDOSOL lol ARIDISOL lol CORTISOL lol CREOSOL lol CRESOL lol CYTOSOL lol ENTISOL lol ENTRESOL lol EUSOL lol GIRASOL lol HISTOSOL lol LITHOSOL lol MOLLISOL lol OXISOL lol PALAEOSOL lol PARASOL lol PLASTISOL lol PODSOL lol SOL lol SPODOSOL lol ULTISOL lol VERTISOL lol
GRRRR lol
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:21 pm
by Jimmy Gough
A horror from me but this guy is something special.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=22260
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:57 am
by Dinos Sfyris
Can't believe how many points I allowed Ev to get past me here
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=23465
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:18 pm
by Ian Volante
A definite scrag in this one:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=23614
I should have been on 75 points after nine rounds, including stupidly throwing away a nine with a bad decision (not going for RESECTION). A further three maxes missed with timidity (KINGLESS) or just plain stupidity (VIDEOES), and I went on to lose the bloody thing!
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:00 pm
by Ben Wilson
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=24219 How to get some really cracking spots and choke the 3 easiest rounds all in the same game.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:32 pm
by Kirk Bevins
This might be a trifle unfair to put this in here on behalf of Simon but in round 4 I screamed for a final C for COUNTDOWN. Simon didn't spot it and the rare opportunity went past. To date no letters game has had COUNTDOWN as a max.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=24869
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:31 pm
by Paul Howe
Kirk Bevins wrote:This might be a trifle unfair to put this in here on behalf of Simon but in round 4 I screamed for a final C for COUNTDOWN. Simon didn't spot it and the rare opportunity went past. To date no letters game has had COUNTDOWN as a max.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=24869
He mugged you on rd 12 though
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:05 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:46 am
by Chris Davies
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=25545
By far the worst game I've ever played. My mind went blank in the first round, and never un-blanked.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:40 pm
by Jon Corby
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=25826
Almost one of the greatest comebacks in history, but failing to get the conundrum meant instead it's just a big pile of gash
55-7 down after 6 rounds
(and a hat-tip to James Hurrell for teaching me AIRDROP yesterday)
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:46 pm
by Paul Howe
I don't think I've ever been more annoyed playing countdown than after I threw
this one away. Even did a little fist pump after I "solved" the conundrum.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:00 pm
by Gary Male
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:51 pm
by Ben Wilson
Blow me.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:44 pm
by Paul Howe
Nooooooooooo, just bottled the chance to rack up an absolutely titanic speedgoat score. Brain completely froze when I had to pick in rd 10, spotted UMLAUT in rd 12 only to belatedly realise I'd picked the wrong letter, somehow convinced myself 33*25 equalled 725 and then topped it all off with a ludicrous guess at the goatundrum
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=26217
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:11 pm
by Julie T
Kill me now! Losing to Apterous Nude!
I know I've got a stinking cold, hence I chose Nude rather than Waldorf, but
crap:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=26491
Unusual for Nude to get a 9 though.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:21 pm
by Jon O'Neill
I had 7 consecutive words disallowed across two games:
The last four rounds of this game: (for some reason my failed conundrum guess didn't show up)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=26578
And the first four of this:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=26588
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:11 pm
by Ben Wilson
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:10 am
by Daniel O'Dowd
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:43 am
by Martin Gardner
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=27658
I'm going to propose this as my worst performance ever. Ironically, the previous game between us finished 125 - 106.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:56 pm
by Oliver Garner
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28071
Worst performance in a long time. But Innis did play well.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:50 am
by Daniel O'Dowd
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28492
Missed some obvious words, and could have had a higher score!
Nah just kidding. It's
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28512 that i'm horrified at. What a fall!
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:08 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Velvet is far too good for his rating. I've just been destroyed. He kept me to my lowest score for bloody ages. I missed a few bits but came out with some nice spots and still get whooped. I got the conundrum just after he buzzed too. I hate playing bots (you'll notice I'm not on the frequency page for bot-playing)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28701
I also missed a nickname that some kids gave me in another school in round 11.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:22 pm
by Michael Wallace
Kirk Bevins wrote:Velvet is far too good for his rating. I've just been destroyed. He kept me to my lowest score for bloody ages. I missed a few bits but came out with some nice spots and still get whooped. I got the conundrum just after he buzzed too. I hate playing bots (you'll notice I'm not on the frequency page for bot-playing)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28701
I also missed a nickname that some kids gave me in another school in round 11.
Velvet is a she, and tbh round 10 is a bit of a shocker.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:56 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Michael Wallace wrote:
Velvet is a she, and tbh round 10 is a bit of a shocker.
Why? Show me a simple solution.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:04 pm
by Junaid Mubeen
Kirk Bevins wrote:Michael Wallace wrote:
Velvet is a she, and tbh round 10 is a bit of a shocker.
Why? Show me a simple solution.
(50+8x4)x10+7
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:09 pm
by Ian Volante
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Kirk Bevins wrote:Michael Wallace wrote:
Velvet is a she, and tbh round 10 is a bit of a shocker.
Why? Show me a simple solution.
(50+8x4)x10+7
What he said.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:13 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Ian Volante wrote:
What he said.
Fair enough. Not the immediately obvious route. I deny the claim that the game is obvious.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:25 pm
by Michael Wallace
Eh, after multiplying by 16 didn't work I noticed that you have a 7, the target ends in 7, and that you have a 10. It was fortunate that the rest worked out but obviously it's going to differ from person to person.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:51 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Michael Wallace wrote:Eh, after multiplying by 16 didn't work I noticed that you have a 7, the target ends in 7, and that you have a 10. It was fortunate that the rest worked out but obviously it's going to differ from person to person.
Fair enough. I tried other clever tricks. One of those things. Now let me get on with my practising with my head in shame.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:51 pm
by Michael Wallace
Kirk Bevins wrote:Michael Wallace wrote:Eh, after multiplying by 16 didn't work I noticed that you have a 7, the target ends in 7, and that you have a 10. It was fortunate that the rest worked out but obviously it's going to differ from person to person.
Fair enough. I tried other clever tricks. One of those things. Now let me get on with my practising with my head in shame.
Practising? SPOILERS!!!111one
(etc.)
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:48 pm
by Chris Davies
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=29209
5 disallowed words and some appalling misses. And in front of the Countdown man himself. I haven't been this embarrassed since I dropped both my drumsticks during a song at a gig.
I was completely sober while playing this absolute shambles of a game, by the way.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:03 pm
by Dinos Sfyris
Chris Davies wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=29209
5 disallowed words and some appalling misses. And in front of the Countdown man himself. I haven't been this embarrassed since I dropped both my drumsticks during a song at a gig.
I was completely sober while playing this absolute shambles of a game, by the way.
The most elusive 9 in statland strikes again!
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:52 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:12 pm
by Martin Gardner
Chris Davies wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=29209
5 disallowed words and some appalling misses. And in front of the Countdown man himself. I haven't been this embarrassed since I dropped both my drumsticks during a song at a gig.
I was completely sober while playing this absolute shambles of a game, by the way.
No offense, but yeah you were shit. ODONTAL is the word Richard Brittain had disallowed against Corby, an RICIER is a common one (valid in Scrabble, I think). Remember that RICIEST^ = ERISTIC.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:14 pm
by Martin Gardner
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Haha, in fairness that's pretty good, I've never seen that one before.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:22 pm
by Martin Gardner
Link.
Not sure if this qualifies as scrag or just 'strange games'. Call me infantile, but it makes me laugh.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:20 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
Martin Gardner wrote:Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Haha, in fairness that's pretty good, I've never seen that one before.
Thanks
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:23 pm
by Michael Wallace
Martin Gardner wrote:Link.
Not sure if this qualifies as scrag or just 'strange games'. Call me infantile, but it makes me laugh.
Awesome.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:45 pm
by Jimmy Gough
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:25 am
by Dinos Sfyris
I wonder how on earth Innis missed this one in round 11!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=30765
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:49 am
by Chris Davies
Hehe, cheers. I was on pretty good form at the time. Why'd you post it in scrag? There was nothing really bad about your playing.
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:33 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
Chris Davies wrote:
Hehe, cheers. I was on pretty good form at the time. Why'd you post it in scrag? There was nothing really bad about your playing.
UNPERFDONY, AUBURNS and FAMINOTA
Re: Official thread of scrag
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:24 pm
by Innis Carson