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Adam Gillard

He plays on apterous as Matthew Tassier, right?

Adam Gillard

Same numbers target twice in this one (285). Well done Tom; looking forward to the finals!

Adam Gillard

Trust Hugh to be beaten to a starter question on "lack of wings"!

Adam Gillard

Yup, AUTOPENS I didn't get this but I found that it had been written on my piece of paper anyway. I didn't think of this but I found that it had been written on the forum anyway. No wait, that's AUTOPUNS*. Good effort from Rachel when Mike went for the seventh consonant - on the ball; I didn't spot...

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T-CAP'S RECAP!

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Three people. Was one of them you? Also, how many people nominated? Edit - I'm guessing you didn't vote given that you probably would have abstained for your own games and the scores wouldn't work. Four people nominated (including me). I did vote and didn't abstain for my own games (I voted without...

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Three people.

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THE GotY 2014 POLL HAS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to all those who voted, and once again to those who nominated. I can now reveal the top three games of apterous from 2014! 1) GotY 2014 : Apterous Rex 795 - 788 Conor Travers 2) Runner-up : Matthew Tassier 165 - 0 Apterous Prune 3) Joint third place : Adam ...

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Voting closes tonight!

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4 days left! Get voting!

Adam Gillard

Seems like the morning repeat isn't actually a repeat of yesterday's show, as I've just seen the round where Kerry got the tnetennbaic JIHADI.

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10 days left!

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Credit where it's due - great comeback from Gonville & Caius, didn't see that coming! Still a strong show from Magdalen and as James said, another chance to progress to the semi-finals.

Adam Gillard

It is ridiculously close at the top of the voting so far - please send your votes in; it will make all the difference!

Adam Gillard

Jim's 15R max and Jason's CA max were two of the best games of the year in my opinion, but didn't quite make it to the final poll!

Adam Gillard

TARSIA* has to be one of the unluckiest first declarations by a contestant ever. Sue even volunteered a definition; the entry for INTARSIA says that it superseded TARSIA*, but there are loads of hits on Google for the latter, and Collins allows both.

Adam Gillard

Andy "Brinksmanship" Lambert - cracking stuff!

Adam Gillard

Bog off Gevin (2)

(Thought you might like a bit of nostalgia there)

Adam Gillard

It's that time again - now the fifth Game of the Year poll I've run on this forum! Nominations for GotY 2014 have now closed. A big thank you to everyone who sent me their nominations. In total, there were 80 nominations comprising 45 different games. Now we move on to the voting phase. Whereas nomi...

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Nominations have now closed.

See the Game of the Year (GotY) 2014 - voting thread for the nominees and honourable mentions.

Adam Gillard

Just a few hours left to get in your nominations. The poll will be opened shortly after nominations have closed.

Adam Gillard

Does anyone else get a facebook symbol as the logo when adding c4c to the bookmarks bar (this is in Chrome)? It can happen, but then it resolves itself eventually. :) It had been like it for several months, so I tried removing and readding it in various ways and still it reverts to the facebook sym...

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Does anyone else get a facebook symbol as the logo when adding c4c to the bookmarks bar (this is in Chrome)?

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Reminder - nominations close on Saturday night.

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HUGH SMASH!

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Done some admin today and updated the list of games nominated that didn't make the top 3 of GotW results - there have been five so far. See the second post in this thread.

Adam Gillard

Don't know if there's enough data on this, but...

What's the highest number of maxes achieved by DC in a 9-round / 15-round game, and how many times have they achieved it?

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One week left!

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10 days left and only one nominator thus far.

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Bradley Cates wrote:Did anyone else notice Susie saying SNAPPIER is an anagram of PANNIERS?
Yes.

It was me who also noticed. That's what Gevin meant, I think.

Adam Gillard

James Robinson wrote: Round 9: T I D Y S H A M Y

Conundrum scramble should have been MYSHITDAY

Adam Gillard

Jack Worsley wrote:If I could be Giles, I would give myself a real chance of making the final.

Freudian slip? #wishiwasgiles?

Adam Gillard

Relief for a certain Christine Buffrey too possibly!

Adam Gillard

Congratulations Tracey, well deserved octochampdom!

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Tony Atkins wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:The challenger was brilliant TV, her conundrum buzz properly cracked me up
I enjoyed her comments during the selections.

Agreed. Mickie was amazing!

Adam Gillard

Thanks again Ben - very well run and very good fun!

Adam Gillard

Hi Zarte & co., I like the sound of the series of events with a showpiece finale, especially if it can be incorporated into a Sunday event like the Hangover (that's for selfish reasons, so I can attend)! I'm one of those rare weirdos who's happy just to spectate and mingle if it comes to that. O...

Adam Gillard

That was a good finish; shame someone had spoilersed it that Neil was going to win.

Adam Gillard

Time to open the nominations! The rules for the nominations are in the original post in this thread. Even a single nomination can make a difference, and you can send your nominations in dribs and drabs if you like. At the bottom of this post, I'll list any games that have been nominated that didn't ...

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Andy doesn't half pick them letters quickly! Rachel struggling to keep up!

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I noticed a comedy show on BBC iPlayer with the Countdown set in the background of the representative still image. The Countdown sketch begins at 13:17.

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Evening, all! I'm setting up this thread for information and discussion about GotY 2014. For now (before the nominations go "live"), this thread is the forum for any questions about the rules and the general format of the nominations and the GotY 2014 poll. I'm planning to accept nominatio...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:The problem comes with the fact that the Sky+ Box doesn't have one of the Yellow video cables. Annoyingly it has the Red and White audio slots which can be connected (and sound does then come through the laptop so I know that works).

Are you sure it wasn't Yellow, Red and White?

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When have finals for the first series in the year been in the past? I'm also hopefully in the next series (passed audition in August, but no date yet), and potentially away for half of May. (Again, checking in case things go well) Excellent work, Thomas. Will be good to see get your 2nd go. :D Not ...

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Good morning. That's a nice t-shirt!

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Nice to see Zubair Patel get the conundrum in the audience. Me and Tracey also got it, and I must admit I thought Jay was pointing to me at first (Zubair was moved for the close-up shot, as normally happens.), but we were actually discussing whether any of us might get a mug for getting the audienc...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've got an audition date tomorrow.

Good luck!

Adam Gillard

Are you James Martin in disguise?

Adam Gillard

Fancy an apterite getting a question on the Mohs scale (although there was one mentioned that isn't used on apterous)!

Well done Hugh and Team Magdalen, your opponents gave you a good run for a fair while there until you pulled away in the end.

Adam Gillard

Speak to Damian, but I'd say it's likely you can bring a couple of people along and then if spaces open up in the audience they can sit there, otherwise they can hang out in the Green Room and watch from there.

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:Paul looks familiar but I can't put my finger on it - anyone else recognise him?
I think he might be Adam Dexter in disguise.
I thought the same.

Oh good! I thought that too but didn't want to say he looked like Adam in case I sounded like a crazy man!

Adam Gillard

Paul looks familiar but I can't put my finger on it - anyone else recognise him?

Adam Gillard

Cringeworthiest pun of the week award goes to Damian for that first teatime teaser!

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Heather Styles wrote:I'm not saying it would be impossible to have a dictionary that essentially defines the entire wordlist, but I imagine it would be quite an achievement.

Lexplorer?

Adam Gillard

Welcome, Colm! Don't worry about the spoilers. Did you win? :p

Adam Gillard

Good game from both; bad luck for Farhan to become the latest victim of a Worsley!

Adam Gillard

Never really paid attention to the COLIN prices before - big credit to Ben for keeping entrance fees so cheap.

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Mark Deeks wrote:Good explanation, Conour.

Awesome!

Good game, that! Great stuff by David on the conundrum and a lovely reaction.

Adam Gillard

Mark Deeks wrote:Good explanation, Conour.

Awesome!

Good game, that! Great stuff by David on the conundrum and a lovely reaction.

Adam Gillard

Any peeps hanging around London Town tomorrow (Sunday)?

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