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- Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:51 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptojuniors
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3549
Re: Aptojuniors
Will be interesting to see who are the pushy parents here
- Sun May 31, 2009 8:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13365
- Sun May 31, 2009 5:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Frustration
- Replies: 157
- Views: 24051
Re: Frustration
Quite outstanding Paul, very unlucky.
- Sat May 30, 2009 10:17 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Tests
- Replies: 138
- Views: 13365
- Fri May 29, 2009 9:16 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Championship
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5714
Re: Apterous League Championship
Looks like u put in a lot of effort typing that out, but i think the whole idea is slightly flawed. It looks like you took this league straight from the Apterous ratings, which i guess kind of defeats the object of having a separate league somewhat. IMHO what would be quite interesting to do, would...
- Thu May 28, 2009 4:04 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous League Championship
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5714
Re: Apterous League Championship
Unless I'm not understanding it, a problem with the ladder thing would be that it would largely come down to the result of just the last match, so the initial leader could win 49 games and then barely lose the 50th, and consequently lose the whole tournament. First idea sounds pretty good, as long ...
- Thu May 28, 2009 1:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: COUNTDOWN SPECIALS *PLEASE READ*
- Replies: 117
- Views: 13517
Re: COUNTDOWN SPECIALS *PLEASE READ*
Real-life versions of the Apterous bots as a speedgoat between Howe and Prime would make great telly.
- Wed May 27, 2009 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: COUNTDOWN SPECIALS *PLEASE READ*
- Replies: 117
- Views: 13517
Re: COUNTDOWN SPECIALS *PLEASE READ*
I would be interested even though I haven't appeared on the show yet.
- Mon May 25, 2009 5:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many would you score if you did it again?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2529
Re: How many would you score if you did it again?
I wonder what Francisco Segura got on his 117 games on Cifras y LetrasJon O'Neill wrote:8,732
- Sun May 24, 2009 2:02 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 487721
Re: Feature requests
Totally agree but it would be even better if you could click on the result to give a link to the game.Darren Carter wrote:Love the new features, especially the recent games in the player profiles. I don't see how it can improve any more if I'm being honest.
- Sat May 23, 2009 4:37 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65777
- Sat May 23, 2009 1:27 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Best comebacks
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11770
- Fri May 22, 2009 7:20 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65777
- Fri May 22, 2009 11:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown recap for Thursday 21 May 2009
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1618
Re: Countdown recap for Thursday 21 May 2009
EditedClive Brooker wrote:2nd numbers: RR's solution needs a little tweak - or did she get it wrong?
- Fri May 22, 2009 11:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown recap for Thursday 21 May 2009
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1618
- Thu May 21, 2009 5:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown recap for Thursday 21 May 2009
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1618
Countdown recap for Thursday 21 May 2009
Countdown recap for Thursday 21 May 2009. After Jimmy's excellent octorun, two new contestants aim to become the next champion. C1: Challenger Mabel Weston. Mabel is from Bramcote in Nottingham who enjoys reading, travel and knitting. She loves polar bears and has travelled to Canada to see them in ...
- Mon May 18, 2009 3:49 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: May daily duels
- Replies: 97
- Views: 9085
Re: May daily duels
Didn't do as well as I wanted to in the 6 small shootout, not helped by a crash in the middle which robbed me of 7 points. Still, a respectable showing, I'm happy with 12th :) I crashed about four times taking me down to 71st. Still, could have been worse... I was awful. From beating Jono to coming...
- Fri May 15, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 14th May 2009 (Series 60, Game 70)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1164
Re: Thursday 14th May 2009 (Series 60, Game 70)
Sorry Jimmy, I'm packing for my holiday so I didn't have time to give this the attention it deserved. Well done though, you're doing great, Steve Davis played a blinder today etc etc. Can someone cover next week while I'm not here please? My dad may be too busy this time since he'll be looking afte...
- Tue May 12, 2009 7:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Lightning Goatblitz knockout tournament
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5010
- Tue May 12, 2009 7:41 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Your best apterous word to date?
- Replies: 124
- Views: 15608
Re: Your best apterous word to date?
ENDOSPERM from some game I can't be bothered to find. Also, I think I am the only human user to find either DIGICAM or DIGICAMS.
- Mon May 11, 2009 5:21 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Frustration
- Replies: 157
- Views: 24051
Re: Frustration
Lost out on a perfect game from a nine I hadn't heard of, touch annoyed about missing purloin but missing the easy numbers game fluffed any chance of the high score table.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58726
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58726
- Sun May 10, 2009 12:15 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Conundrum vacancies
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3189
Re: Conundrum vacancies
Wasn't at my best, but that does not really explain the difficulty in some of these conundrums http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58068 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58069 What explanation are you hoping for? Some conundrums are difficult, that's how it goes. No, it just seemed l...
- Sun May 10, 2009 8:39 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Conundrum vacancies
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3189
Re: Conundrum vacancies
I didn't mean I was planning to do this, I just meant that if I continue adding a few new conundrums occasionally then eventually virtually everything will be allowed. So all the current ones were individually decided? Maybe you could allow any of them but have different probabilities of them comin...
- Sat May 09, 2009 8:18 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Conundrum vacancies
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3189
Re: Conundrum vacancies
SEALPOINT is quite a likely 9 for general play.
- Sat May 09, 2009 8:15 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Lightning Goatblitz knockout tournament
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5010
Re: Lightning Goatblitz knockout tournament
Around 7 would be good for me then.Ian Dent wrote:Tuesday okay for you Oliver?
- Thu May 07, 2009 4:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Lightning Goatblitz knockout tournament
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5010
Re: Lightning Goatblitz knockout tournament
So does NeilCharlie Reams wrote:Man, another tough draw in the first round. I'm online most of the time in the evenings, Neil, so challenge me whenever so I can meet my fate.
Ben Pugh in COMA play-in
James Hurrell in COMA plate
Now you
- Wed May 06, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Lightning Goatblitz knockout tournament
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5010
- Tue May 05, 2009 7:59 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Bow to your new overlord
- Replies: 3
- Views: 952
Re: Bow to your new overlord
Judging by its initials, the Federation Against Gaybashing needs a better name
- Mon May 04, 2009 12:21 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 507787
Re: Bug reports
http://www.apterous.org/duel.php
The first few days of May's competition have been added on to the scores from April.
The first few days of May's competition have been added on to the scores from April.
- Fri May 01, 2009 4:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 1 May
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3344
Re: Spoilers for Friday 1 May
BIOMASS round 1
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 60 finals
- Replies: 179
- Views: 16521
Re: Series 60 finals
WHAT????Phil Reynolds wrote:Was I the only one to be genuinely disappointed that Junaid hadn't brought the promised Bevatron balloons?
He DIDN'T?????
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Recap: Friday 24 April 2009. Series 60. Game 56
- Replies: 4
- Views: 918
Re: Recap: Thursday 23 April 2009. Series 60. Game
The title of the thread is wrong as this is Friday's game not Thursday's.
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: New arrival
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3667
Re: New arrival
Nah, the narrow defeat will come in series 74 with the series win coming in Series 105.Phil Reynolds wrote:Hmm, that's only 9 years away. My prediction would be: narrow defeat in one-off appearance in Series 93, followed by record-breaking octochamp run and series champion in Series 101.Jon O'Neill wrote:Series 78 champion!
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:19 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptominibash II [this Sunday]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2478
Re: Aptominibash II [this Sunday]
Can I play?
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:33 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: One or two large?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 542
Re: One or two large?
It doesn't seem to show it now but when I last looked at the relevant statland page, it showed that 2 large is most likely to be possible, and for a while I always chose 2 large. However, I did a numbers attack recently against Prune, choosing almost entirely 1 large and got 190, making a error in ...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:29 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: One or two large?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 542
One or two large?
It doesn't seem to show it now but when I last looked at the relevant statland page, it showed that 2 large is most likely to be possible, and for a while I always chose 2 large. However, I did a numbers attack recently against Prune, choosing almost entirely 1 large and got 190, making a error in c...
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 60 finals
- Replies: 179
- Views: 16521
Re: Series 60 finals
We got 219 points, winning by 17. What about you?Kai Laddiman wrote:I WON!!Kai Laddiman wrote:This is my excuse for not going.
Was totally unexpected, we won by a clear 30 points. See you at the final, Ollie!
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:21 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Eyeball it!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3211
Re: Eyeball it!
I usually hang around the 5/6 mark but I just got a 3.40
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 21st April 2009 (Series 60, Prelim 53)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2223
Re: Tuesday 21st April 2009 (Series 60, Prelim 53)
I don't know if this countsBen Wilson wrote:It's not an entirely new rule (and I'm sure there's another Whiteley-era example I've forgotten) but it does seem to be pretty prolific nowadays- esp. with Mr. Hulme set to tear through Series 61.
Another Example
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:45 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 177842
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Not sure if this is brag or scrag but in the round I missed, I thought I saw heroine but there was only one e but still I completely missed heroin.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=49981
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=49981
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: I hope no-one else on here...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2019
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: I hope no-one else on here...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2019
Re: I hope no-one else on here...
You mean ..... I hope I don't record on the 13th May (or not against you anyway providing I pass my audition on Thursday).Andrew Hulme wrote:... is recording on or just after the 13th May!
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 92831
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:05 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65777
Re: Official thread of scrag
Because I find when I play speed round (normal or goat), it makes normal 30 second games seem easier.Charlie Reams wrote:Why are you playing Goatdown if you have an audition in 8 days?Oliver Garner wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=47943
8 days until my audition
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:18 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65777
Re: Official thread of scrag
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=47943
8 days until my audition
8 days until my audition
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:46 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: GOTW recommendations 12-18 April
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1661
Re: GOTW recommendations 12-18 April
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=47575Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=47572
Another 9-round max game, this time includes back-to-back nines and the best ever 9-round score.
Not quite to the same level but still pretty good.
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6065
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
MONIKERS
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:06 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: April Daily Duels
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4125
Re: April Daily Duels
So would I but I thought there was only one r as i had airportsIan Volante wrote:Damn, I'd have won yesterday if I'd not blobbed on one round
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 60 finals
- Replies: 179
- Views: 16521
Re: Series 60 finals
No doubt I've missed a thread somewhere and I know this'll sound really stupid, but where are the new studios for the show? :? Good luck to all taking part, if I'd have known before that this was the last recording I might have even considered it as I can get from my house to the studios door to do...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Thurs 9 April Spoiler Thread
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4217
Re: Thurs 9 April Spoiler Thread
It's in my version of CountmaxJimmy Gough wrote:No.Oliver Garner wrote:IDOLISERS
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Thurs 9 April Spoiler Thread
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4217
Re: Thurs 9 April Spoiler Thread
IDOLISERS
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:12 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Strange Games
- Replies: 295
- Views: 33599
Re: Strange Games
Is this me being rubbish or is this a really hard collection of 2 large numbers games?
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=45167
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=45167
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 60 finals
- Replies: 179
- Views: 16521
Re: Series 60 finals
Looks like itIan Dent wrote:Oliver, are we going to be audition buddies?
Mine is the same day. 2pm I think.
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 60 finals
- Replies: 179
- Views: 16521
Re: Series 60 finals
Is my audition on the 23rd (the day after) the first audition for Series 61?
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday, 8th April
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3942
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 8th April
ruralise for round 9
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:28 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Easter Egg Hunt
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7783
Re: Apterous Easter Egg Hunt
I am winning with 3 eggs
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 487721
Re: Feature requests
On the list of top players (overall), I am not on the list of the top 25. However, I think I have got a max % reasonably close to the bottom player of around 50%. For players not on this list, could there either be a section on that page which displays the top 25 and just you (possibly with a rankin...
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:36 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Daily Duel: Have Your Say
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1665
Re: Daily Duel: Have Your Say
I voted fro potion 3, tub would like there to be eon leaderboard fro eth standard duel dan eon leaderboard fro eth other duel.
(not too hard to work out)
(not too hard to work out)
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th April 2009
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4087
Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th April 2009
It isn't inkevin manthorpe wrote:Last letters round... If someone can be booky, ie bookish, then is BOOKIEST ok?
"Booky" is in Webster's, but I don't know if it's in the Countdown ref dictionary? Shamefully I can't remember which one this is, but I'm sure someone will oblige....
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Beevers or Bevins?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3978
Re: Beevers or Bevins?
I've got to go for Kirk because Craig shares his surname with the football team I like the least (almost) What you on about, 'Beevers' sounds nothing like 'Man United'. As an AFC Wimbledon (leading the Blue Square South by 3 points) fan, 'Beavers' is the nickname of Hampton and Richmond Borough, th...