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by Andrew Feist
Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: COUNTDOWN 30TH CHAMPIONSHIP
Replies: 243
Views: 55886

Re: COUNTDOWN 30TH CHAMPIONSHIP

Any reason why game 33 is the other way round to all the others? I noticed this at the time but assumed it didn't matter. I suspect he just copied from a seeded bracket---lots of them put the #2 seed on the bottom despite all the other higher seeds being on the top. (Except it doesn't continue the ...
by Andrew Feist
Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:22 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 52462

Re: General feedback

Today's bit of Charlie amazingness: I was testing out how well Apterous works with a writing/drawing tablet (verdict: it'd be better if I knew how to get Win7 tablet input to do an automatic "enter" key, and you lose the bit of grace period at the end of the time since the input doesn't go...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
Replies: 452
Views: 115168

Re: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner

Today's saga: My internet hates me. So I usually can't get on http://www.apterous.org but maybe once a day at random times; the rest of the time it just gives me a "could not connect" error. (The "down for everyone or just me" sites always report that it's up.) For fun, here's so...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:23 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351721

Re: Best ever contestants

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:I have no idea what that could be about!
If you're good in bed, Jason, it means you are a restful sleeper.
...eventually.
by Andrew Feist
Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament 2012
Replies: 65
Views: 18899

Re: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament May-June 2012 - enter here

'In', or similar.

(ETA: Perhaps the best thing about this tournament is that, if the format summary page is to be believed, there has been exactly one human-v-human match in this format, ever, so far.)
by Andrew Feist
Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:38 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: My upcoming tournament
Replies: 9
Views: 3497

Re: My upcoming tournament

I wouldn't be able to say whether I can play until I know what day it is. (I mean what day the tournament is, not what day it is right now, obviously.)
by Andrew Feist
Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:30 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How Googly are you?
Replies: 46
Views: 7328

Re: How Googly are you?

If you Google your name, then how far do you come up as? Searches for your name do not count. I'm probably being thick as usual, but surely Googling your name is searching for your name? I think he means not to count results that are "search results for Andrew Feist on linkedin.com" or si...
by Andrew Feist
Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:06 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Puzzle contest!
Replies: 5
Views: 3978

Re: Puzzle contest!

I'm running a puzzle contest over at my blog -- mostly word puzzles with a little bit of logic thrown in. I would add to the above "...and a fair amount of general knowledge." Yeah, I can see that. I had tried to keep the trivia-y clues to a minimum, but the structure of the overall set a...
by Andrew Feist
Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:37 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Puzzle contest!
Replies: 5
Views: 3978

Re: Puzzle contest!

A week left on this thing, so visit now rather than later!
by Andrew Feist
Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:35 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
Replies: 32
Views: 6336

Re: Has anyone else got chlamydia?

You might have even gotten a little lucky, being able to say "oh, bureaucracy" instead of having to directly deal with an actual female claiming to have your number and leaving messages. And I guess it's nice of your local Lothario to spread the phony numbers around (and also he doesn't ha...
by Andrew Feist
Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:58 am
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday 2nd February 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 19)
Replies: 4
Views: 2047

Re: Thursday 2nd February 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 19)

Join Thomas tomorrow to see if she can become the first woman in this series to win whilst being in the champions' chair. I feel as though I have missed something here. It's James's way of saying "Can she be the first woman to win two games this series". I got that part, it's the "Th...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:17 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The Chase
Replies: 153
Views: 77731

Re: The Chase

Craig Beevers wrote:Slightly weird question at the end of today's show:

In mathematics what is a 180 degree angle called?
I haven't seen it yet, but what's weird about it?

[EDIT: First it = "the show"; second it = "the question". Yay pronouns.]
by Andrew Feist
Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:30 am
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday 2nd February 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 19)
Replies: 4
Views: 2047

Re: Thursday 2nd February 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 19)

Join Thomas tomorrow to see if she can become the first woman in this series to win whilst being in the champions' chair.
I feel as though I have missed something here.

Another thing I have missed: when did they finally invent the "incorrect" thing for a missed conundrum?
by Andrew Feist
Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:11 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Puzzle contest!
Replies: 5
Views: 3978

Puzzle contest!

I'm running a puzzle contest over at my blog -- mostly word puzzles with a little bit of logic thrown in. Entry: Donations to a local (to me) charity, or just ask for the puzzles. Prizes: Two ThinkGeek gift certificates from a random draw of all correct entries. Deadline: Feb 14th. (Yes, there may b...
by Andrew Feist
Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:20 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code Puzzle
Replies: 21
Views: 7545

Re: Code Puzzle

The punctuation would be easily inferable if I had bothered, I think (or just looked up what it was supposed to be) -- that's how the whole thing got started anyway, so you might as well keep guessing. I got stuck somehow thinking that the capitalized letters were important to the message somehow, ...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:45 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code Puzzle
Replies: 21
Views: 7545

Re: Code Puzzle

The punctuation would be easily inferable if I had bothered, I think (or just looked up what it was supposed to be) -- that's how the whole thing got started anyway, so you might as well keep guessing. I got stuck somehow thinking that the capitalized letters were important to the message somehow, a...
by Andrew Feist
Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:44 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code Puzzle
Replies: 21
Views: 7545

Re: Code Puzzle

Just for the fun of putting it in a new post: using 0's as spaces as above, it was pretty easy to find that 2=a and 10=e, and making the leap that "hey why not have every letter be represented by 2*n" almost worked; allowing for the possibility of 2*n-1 (represented by capitals below) give...
by Andrew Feist
Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:46 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
Replies: 76
Views: 21430

Re: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz

Oh all right why not.
by Andrew Feist
Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:09 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code Puzzle
Replies: 21
Views: 7545

Re: Code Puzzle

214*6=1284, so presumably that explains the 12 zeroes at the end. When I get tired of grading statistics papers (which probably won't take very long) I'll take an actual look at the data. EDIT: If you do it in groups of 6, you get a lot of things that could be words with 000000 in between them (ther...
by Andrew Feist
Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:00 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Karen on The Chase
Replies: 128
Views: 17291

Re: Karen on The Chase

In the final chase, if the contestants get a question wrong, Bradley says what the right answer is which cuts in to their time. This doesn't happen to the chaser and I think its a distinct disadvantage for the contestants. I've not sat down with a stopwatch to test it, but if the sound effects are ...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:28 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6
Replies: 38
Views: 6513

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6

Okay I actually did have this done on Thursday, except for the speed. Based on all the games I found, you should see the final rankings somewhere on the website. If you know of a game that I don't, you should let me know.
by Andrew Feist
Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:48 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6
Replies: 38
Views: 6513

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6

Ben Wilson wrote:Can we have a final table of who finished where in each tournament please?
I'm currently in the middle of a long winter's nap. But I expect to be able to get that done when I wake up (roughly Thursday).
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:14 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436555

Re: Bug reports

I was a silly person and got a conundrum wrong in the duel, which led to:

Code: Select all

ClientGame753 [CXPLAY]: util.Channelplexer$SpinException: Span 8 times waiting for conundrum, aborting.
May be lag related, as it took a long time for the DesO summary to come up after round 1.
by Andrew Feist
Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:57 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6
Replies: 38
Views: 6513

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6

I have never seen a 6-person round-robin devolve into a 4-way tie before. Come on Innis/Scott, you can do it!
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:56 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6
Replies: 38
Views: 6513

Apterous Winter Closed Round 6

The homestretch is upon us. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT: We're in the playoffs. Everyone has a rank in their prelim pool from 1st through 5th. Find the two other people (one other person if you're 5th) who have the same rank as you do and play them. The three prelim winners are playing for 1st/2nd/3rd, the ...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:09 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: User Images: a plea, and an offer.
Replies: 52
Views: 8891

Re: User Images: a plea, and an offer.

I am unaware of any satisfactory pictures of myself; but I suspect this is because I believe I look unsatisfactory as opposed to the actual quality of the pictures themselves. So use whatever appears to be the best.
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:07 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
Replies: 40
Views: 6663

Apterous Winter Closed Round 5

Those of you who read the round 4 thread may have noticed a relatively large number of missed connections last week. Based on my examination of the record, I only gave forfeit losses to two people: Ben Cooke and Miriam Nussbaum (who funnily enough were paired against each other in the main event). M...
by Andrew Feist
Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:11 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164131

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Rhys Benjamin wrote:sear and it's inflections.
sear and it's inflections are valid words. (Since they are short words, they are often not maxes, though.)
by Andrew Feist
Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:32 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Post your first game on apterous
Replies: 39
Views: 5751

Re: Post your first game on apterous

I imagine Matt Morrison could use some cheering up.
by Andrew Feist
Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:25 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Replies: 57
Views: 12485

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4

Since I stated that this week would start on Jan 3, which was actually a Monday, that means this week will run through Sunday night, so you've still got some time.
by Andrew Feist
Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:18 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Replies: 57
Views: 12485

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4

Feist/Tassier Junior Mint: Tassier 96-76 Feist: I forget English while Matthew racks up a personal best. Feist 114-85 Tassier: I figure out what's going on, finally, and come as close as I ever have to a max junior 15 (by a lot, really). Tassier 96-100 Feist: We each scored in 14 rounds, but it turn...
by Andrew Feist
Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Replies: 57
Views: 12485

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4

Edwin Mead wrote:
James Doohan wrote:Sorry to do this now but i'm going to have to withdraw from the tournament, really busy with exams and stuff at the moment and just don't have the time
Where does this leave me this week?
It leaves you with a free point, alas.
by Andrew Feist
Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Replies: 57
Views: 12485

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4

FromtheSpeedDemonHare85Feist83quiteagoodgamereally
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:09 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78475

Re: Coincidence

From this page 5th Junior 9 Rounder 97 0.04% 2279 2279 (Last 2 figures are "Beatable 1 game in..." and "Attempts") Think that might be the way that page works- there's only ever been one Junior 9 rounder with a max higher than 97. Nope, cf here : Games played: 2279. That was Ben...
by Andrew Feist
Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:59 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Replies: 57
Views: 12485

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4

Hmm so finishing 1st rewards you with playing another 1st placed player? Had I have known I'd have finished bottom in my group. I don't get it. If I'm understanding it right you need to be in the top pool to win overall, if you'd come last in your prelim group your best possible overall result woul...
by Andrew Feist
Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:18 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436555

Re: Bug reports

On some of the variants (the obscure ones), the glory roll doesn't seem to work properly for them. I have top losing score of 0 for Gevin's Delight, despite never scoring 0. And I have the high score for it but that isn't mentioned. Also my top score for Numberbash isn't mentioned (although things ...
by Andrew Feist
Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Replies: 57
Views: 12485

Apterous Winter Closed Round 4

Aaaaaaaaaaaand we're back. I hope everyone had an enjoyable end-of-the-year; we're going to start off the new year by getting right back into these tournaments. The JSpeed Demon has moved from preliminaries to playoffs: so everyone is in a new pool, with five new opponents and therefore five more ma...
by Andrew Feist
Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:39 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: The Innis Carson 10K sweepstake
Replies: 28
Views: 5709

Re: The Innis Carson 10K sweepstake

January 22 8am.
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:32 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 3-and-a-bit
Replies: 15
Views: 4181

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 3-and-a-bit

Speaking of tiebreakers: Lesley Hines is through to play Adam for 3/4, leaving me in 5th.
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:50 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 3-and-a-bit
Replies: 15
Views: 4181

Apterous Winter Closed Round 3-and-a-bit

We're on the holiday break in the AWC, so new matches posted in the main event or in the Junior Mint. At this point in the Speed Demon we are (theoretically) through with the original round-robin, which will lead to regrouping for games in the new year. So here are the pools, and what we know about ...
by Andrew Feist
Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Crossword WITH PRIZES!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5268

Re: Crossword WITH A PRIZE

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Andrew Feist wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Hahahahah! It's in Microsoft word and I don't have the computer know-how to put it in another format.
Do you have print to PDF?
What about this? Does this work for you? Cryptic Crossword.pdf - 0.30MB
Yay!
by Andrew Feist
Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:35 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Crossword WITH PRIZES!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5268

Re: Crossword WITH A PRIZE

Ryan Taylor wrote:Hahahahah! It's in Microsoft word and I don't have the computer know-how to put it in another format.
Do you have print to PDF?
by Andrew Feist
Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:26 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Crossword WITH PRIZES!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5268

Re: Crossword WITH A PRIZE

We seem to have different opinions about what the "cryptic" in "cryptic crossword" should mean:
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by Andrew Feist
Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:10 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164131

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

I was really happy about spotting ¶, until I didn't get any points for it.
by Andrew Feist
Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:44 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 432807

Re: Feature requests

Ben Wilson wrote:Maybe time for a new bot?
When the word "Nugget" showed up consistently capitalized, I thought we _had_ a new bot.
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:18 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 2
Replies: 74
Views: 17275

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 2

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:Kai Laddiman 68 - 76 Dinos Sfyris

No comment.
I don't think this game has been added to the blue speed daemon table, Andrew. Not blaming you. Kai sux @ saying what stuff is.
Eh, I had it, but you turned into Marcus Hares somehow (unless Kai lost his game to him by exactly the same score).
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:16 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 3
Replies: 58
Views: 13130

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 3

So obviously this is what I get for trying to cheat by not reading the chat logs. I have removed the LF/WF designation for round 2, and switched the two of yours pairings (so now its Burgin v. Tassier and Morrison v. Lee) to reflect the updated situation. (Apologies if you had already started settin...
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:10 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 3
Replies: 58
Views: 13130

Apterous Winter Closed Round 3

Main Event Flight A: Lloyd Pettet v. Lesley Hines appeared to have not happened, so I've scored that as a 0-0 draw. Matt Morrison v. Jeff(rey) Burgin also appears to have not happened. Even with 5 Jeff(rey) Burgins on the site, none of them appeared to have been very active over the last week so I h...
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:08 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 432807

Re: Feature requests

Probably too in-jokey but: Change "end round early" to say "take a drink of water" (esp. on numbers games).
by Andrew Feist
Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:04 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 2
Replies: 74
Views: 17275

Apterous Winter Closed Round 2

Bits from last week: Lloyd Pettet and Tom Barnes are 1-1 in both Flight A and the Junior, and tell me they will finish today. The pairings for the Junior are right as they stand. The pairings for Flight A this week have the names in brackets -- if Tom wins the third game, those names should switch. ...
by Andrew Feist
Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:19 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1
Replies: 89
Views: 21567

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1

Flight A Ben Cooke 95-72 Liam Tiernan Ben Cooke 90-82 Liam Tiernan I'm afraid I'm too stupid to attach the links to these games as hyperlinks but they are here: http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=4350086307713820254 http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=5990846401223096309 If you click "quote...
by Andrew Feist
Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:48 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1
Replies: 89
Views: 21567

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1

James Hall wrote:The Green Pool table for the Speed Tournament seems to have a mistake in it -TB lost to JB 125-30 and EM beat TB 125-30 - which is the true result?
The second. Fixed, thanks.
by Andrew Feist
Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:25 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1
Replies: 89
Views: 21567

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1

In the Speed:
Andrew Feist more - less Adam Gillard
by Andrew Feist
Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Trade Secrets
Replies: 155
Views: 42834

Re: Trade Secrets

Richard Adams wrote:Juvenile? That's another pan of sausages altogether.

Lesley's grandson and granddaughter were both adult and consenting.
Am I the only one that needed several minutes to mentally re-create that sentence as "The grandson and granddaughter from Lesley's example were both..."?
by Andrew Feist
Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436555

Re: Bug reports

by Andrew Feist
Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:35 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1
Replies: 89
Views: 21567

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1

I played Ollie Garner too but it seems we had a week off so hopefully Feisty can confirm if this in fact a real match. If we played a real match out of order I don't mind carrying the loss, was outplayed so fair's fair. You and Oliver aren't in the same pool. So hooray scrimmages! What about me? Un...
by Andrew Feist
Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:39 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1
Replies: 89
Views: 21567

Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1

And I should post for completeness:

Andrew Feist less - more David O'Donnell
by Andrew Feist
Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:17 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 1
Replies: 89
Views: 21567

Apterous Winter Closed Round 1

Basically, start here: http://sites.google.com/site/apterouswinterclosed/the-2010-11-tournament then click on things on the left side -- the names of the tournaments themselves contain details about how the tournaments work, and week 1 matches has, well, the week 1 matches. Please post your results ...
by Andrew Feist
Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:56 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Tournament sign-up
Replies: 64
Views: 13431

Re: Apterous Winter Tournament sign-up

Just discovered this thread. I would like to play in the main event please if possible. Big apologies for my lateness in responding. Since I'm using pro ranks (as opposed to your "normal" rating that you see in-game), you fit in Flight B which has plenty of room. I have added you to the l...
by Andrew Feist
Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:06 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Winter Tournament sign-up
Replies: 64
Views: 13431

Re: Apterous Winter Tournament sign-up

So we're at the end of standard registration, so anyone who is a last-minute kind of person had better hurry. In terms of space available: Championship Flight (>1500 Pro ranks): no more than 1 spot open Flight A (1000-1500 Pro ranks): must be an even number of people Flight B (<1000 Pro ranks): as m...