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by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:21 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: New Mode: Keypad/Phone style
Replies: 0
Views: 770

New Mode: Keypad/Phone style

I suggested it in chat. Basically, a selection of random numbers, maybe 6 or 9. Each number represents a cross-section of the alphabet, and could be displayed like the keys on a phone. Each number can be used only once. A possible unique feature would be that if a 1 came up, like on a phone it could...
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:07 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

How about, while keeping the standard-ish formats of junior and hyper in their normal places, that there also be an option in the custom menu for no. of letters?
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:22 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: The pencil thread
Replies: 72
Views: 11794

Re: The pencil thread

Some I was quite pleased with. http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=219408&round=3113334#r3113334 http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=199309&round=2849631#r2849631 http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=163988&round=2350369#r2350369 Was a bit surprised to get this, though I know it is ...
by Shaun Hegarty
Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:38 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

I think the true nature of the lives of the players would be shown with an average time per day stat alongside the most time played stat. :D
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:48 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 168027

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Charlie Reams wrote:
Shaun Hegarty wrote:Musicality?
Yep, that's a mistake in the extended jimdic. Has now been added.
Yay, cheers.
Shame it's not retroactive, it'd be a high score then. :D
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:45 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 38226

Re: Good idea for a variant?

What about some sort of system where you get you 9 letters, but then you get 3 more in a separate box, but you can only choose one of them to use, or you can use one without penalty, but each one after it subtracts one point from your score. I.E PORTAVNED IIL DAVENPORT - 9 PROVIDENTIAL -- 12-2=10 P...
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:51 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 38226

Re: Good idea for a variant?

What about some sort of system where you get you 9 letters, but then you get 3 more in a separate box, but you can only choose one of them to use, or you can use one without penalty, but each one after it subtracts one point from your score.
I.E
PORTAVNED IIL
DAVENPORT - 9
PROVIDENTIAL -- 12-2=10
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

I think it would be nice to have the option of seeing more words in the words using section. :)
by Shaun Hegarty
Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:36 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

Would it be possible for the 'words using' section to display like the stemmer? Showing the letters which must be added to form the word, and possibly some method of limiting the output, i.e. 8s only or 9s only, and where the output is still too great limit by range of starting letters, or added let...
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:51 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Official Thread of Brag
Replies: 1176
Views: 168195

Re: Official Thread of Brag

I don't think I could be blamed for being happy with this comeback.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:40 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

True it would result in a lot of words from way back at the start, but not necessarily pencils, as it's possible to have been the first to get a word without it being the max.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:18 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

In Superstats, could we see words that used to be unique, and perhaps the person that stole the uniqueness, following that, maybe a page of stolen uniques?
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:16 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Numbers Attack Tournament - Round 5
Replies: 65
Views: 7243

Re: Numbers Attack Tournament - Round 5

Kieran Child 127 - 151 Shaun Hegarty

Tournament thingy didn't show up so we played a normal game.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:33 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 168027

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Diprotic - the tendency of an acid to donate two H+ ions (protons)
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:58 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

Ok, I've been suggesting lots of mildly interesting but utterly useless features, but now I'll try something useful.
Apterous training games, 'rigged' games which purposely have words from most missed lists and stem lists as maxes. Probably a lot of work though, just a thought.
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:42 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 168027

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

I spotted monopolar on the show and DC didn't have it and I was quite chuffed with myself but found that apterous doesn't allow it. :(
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:29 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

For Statland, how about some more conundrum stats, most missed, completely missed, most common, least common, and perhaps a unique conundrums in superstats for ones people have only gotten once, if there are any at all.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:15 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: apterous tournament - Numbers Attack
Replies: 107
Views: 12779

Re: apterous tournament - Numbers Attack

I should be able to get playing at weekends, or jump on some rather slow and annoying internet in a worst case scenario.
by Shaun Hegarty
Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:31 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: apterous tournament - Numbers Attack
Replies: 107
Views: 12779

Re: apterous tournament - Numbers Attack

A question mark should be put by my name, as my participation may well be dependent on me bypassing the college proxy somehow. Bypassing could be the wrong word, but basically it won't let me get on apterous.
by Shaun Hegarty
Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: apterous tournament - Numbers Attack
Replies: 107
Views: 12779

Re: apterous tournament - Numbers Attack

Put me in there please.
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:11 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

Maybe some parts of this are there already, but how about something to say the rating of players when they played a particular game, and possibly the change that occurred afterwards.
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:32 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Pass the time?
Replies: 153
Views: 16363

Pass the time?

Apterous is down again, so how about something (slightly) different.
Proper noun conundrum game.

I'll start with one, and the first person to get it gives a new one, and so on. Any Length and with spaces if you want.

ITAKESBUNZ
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:12 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Letters Attack Tournament
Replies: 84
Views: 8354

Re: Letters Attack Tournament

Me too on the same conditions as Karen there.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:27 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 444830

Re: Bug reports

Don't worry Jason, I wasn't scolding. :)
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 444830

Re: Bug reports

This looks to me like a shameless unveiled rickroll.
by Shaun Hegarty
Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Anyone here download Countdown torrents?
Replies: 15
Views: 2851

Re: Anyone here download Countdown torrents?

I've tried the proxy route myself, I suffer from similar problems to Andy. Proxies, while they work are extremely unreliable, most of the ones that say they are UK proxies, turn out not be from the UK, and when I did get one working, BBC iPlayer worked, but 4oD stood rock still.
by Shaun Hegarty
Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:35 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: The Best Duel Ever?
Replies: 2
Views: 1194

Re: The Best Duel Ever?

That's just how good I am.
:D Somehow Innis and I managed to play a different Duel, Max was actually 107. :(
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:06 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

Ah, cheers. Still stuff to learn.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:10 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 439411

Re: Feature requests

It would be interesting to see the probability of any particular word appearing, in a similar vein to the improbable spots in Statland, when viewing it in the Lexplorer, as well as perhaps some form of contrast with the amount of times it has actually come up. Getting carried away now, but if that w...
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Conundrum Affixes - A Statistical Approach
Replies: 26
Views: 3317

Re: Conundrum Affixes - A Statistical Approach

I notice a lot of bio- conundrums, perhaps that could be included. Overall, though, and interesting set of statistics though.
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:55 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Scrabble Event, 1st November
Replies: 60
Views: 7589

Re: Scrabble Event, 1st November

I used to play from time to time on Lexulous, which was/is good, it's just they had to change the odd thing due to copyright stuff. Last time I looked Lexulous changed just about everything that makes Scrabble good. 8-letter racks, weird board layout, etc. Urk. Have they changed some of this back? ...
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:05 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Scrabble Event, 1st November
Replies: 60
Views: 7589

Re: Scrabble Event, 1st November

I used to play from time to time on Lexulous, which was/is good, it's just they had to change the odd thing due to copyright stuff.
by Shaun Hegarty
Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:21 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open FINAL WEEK
Replies: 60
Views: 6988

Re: Apterous Summer Open FINAL WEEK

Just here to say well done James again and also give a massive thanks to Andrew for doing far too much work :)
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:30 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Plurals
Replies: 32
Views: 4146

Re: Plurals

Thanks for the response Lesley, I was thinking along the lines of isomers and such, but it just didn't seem to fit. Like you said about about the different types of Ethanols, industrial and commercial, perhaps that 's what happens with Heptanes too, one for Octane number comparison, and ones for oth...
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:43 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Plurals
Replies: 32
Views: 4146

Re: Plurals

On the subject of plurals, maybe you'd know about this Lesley, what's up with this?
Hexanes & Heptanes, allowed. Methanes, ethanes, etc, not allowed.
Ethanols, and Propanols allowed, Methanols, Butanols, Heptanols and all of those aren't allowed.
by Shaun Hegarty
Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 4
Replies: 72
Views: 8940

Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 4

by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:10 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 4
Replies: 72
Views: 8940

Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 4

Good pair of games. Tom Rowell broke my 2-1 or 1-2 trend by beating me outright. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=92806 Me 60 - 71 Tom Got myself another chicken with agilities in that one, and the conundrum was atrocious. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=92820 Tom 88 - 74 Me Kept ...
by Shaun Hegarty
Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:07 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Thread of 'Nuff Respect
Replies: 26
Views: 4060

Re: Thread of 'Nuff Respect

I thought this was some pretty fantastic playing by David O'Donnell with 14 maxes, thrown only by an unknown 9.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=77033
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:31 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 168027

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Hitman and hitmen.
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:25 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 168027

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

PLEASER?
by Shaun Hegarty
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:16 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Best comebacks
Replies: 67
Views: 11669

Re: Best comebacks

I was pretty chuffed with this, 25 points down, 3 rounds to go.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81084
by Shaun Hegarty
Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:39 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
Replies: 88
Views: 11217

Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 1

(U1000) Shaun Hegarty 2 - 1 Niall Seymour

Deciding game had a tough crucial conundrum, was a tad scary. :)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80470
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80483
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80497
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:43 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
Replies: 88
Views: 11217

Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 1

Ah, that's what I was thinking, but I couldn't figure it out because of the general mixing of people in the pools anyway. Cheers.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:06 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Summer Open Week 1
Replies: 88
Views: 11217

Re: Apterous Summer Open Week 1

Just so I'm totally clear on it, what exactly is meant by crossover games? Maybe I'm being a bit dim, but I feel like I'm missing something.

Also, cheers for the effort and work you've put into this, seriously.
by Shaun Hegarty
Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:53 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Superstats!
Replies: 60
Views: 5838

Re: Superstats!

Does the word still count as unique for you if you're the only person who got it, but you got it more than once?
by Shaun Hegarty
Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Apterous Summer Open
Replies: 118
Views: 15676

Re: Apterous Summer Open

In please for the U1000 and U1200 groups.
This should be fun. :D