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Ian Volante

Thanks again. Giving us the working week to do this sounds fair. Bear in mind also that a lot of people had interrupted web access during the competition period, otherwise numbers would have been fine I suspect.

Ian Volante

Jimmy wrote:I think you should get an item just for beating Kirk.

Any octochamp too.

Ian Volante

Often the only way I can remember new words is in context, and that context is almost always the meaning. Mechanical word-learning bores the tits off me frankly, hence I have to rely on natural talent to get me as far as it has. That also explains why my performance is so erratic, I don't follow log...

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Howsabout an icon representing Mr Hansford for conundrums solved in less than a second. Your ideas welcome for what it could be...

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I've traditionally always followed Liverpool, but I don't care about any particular team enough to say I support them. I'm a Leeds Rhinos fan in rugby league, but even that is superseded by my support for almost any perceived underdog. Sport thrives on uncertainty, and it feels like there's less tha...

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A couple from mine that I can remember from the day we worked loads out in third-year maths or the like:

TOENAIL VAN
VALIANT ONE
I LOVE AN ANT (I just got this one now actually)

And as for our host:

Charlie Reams:

REEL CHARISMA
A SLIME ARCHER

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An automatic password request feature? I'm away visiting family, but I've now escaped back to the online world, but can't play because my password isn't saved on this computer, and none of my standard set of passwords and variations appear to be working.

Ian Volante

Do you think it would be worthwhile scheduling somethign like this quarterly? That way, the geekier among us could make sure we were free for the event.

Ian Volante

All the best to you all too

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John Bosley wrote: joseph blamed
the holy ghost

Is this the real reason Bolas hasn't made it back onto the show?

Ian Volante

Jon Corby wrote:Amey Deshpande is back on again in Series 60, so I hear.

Argh, don't keep reminding me of my failure

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When I have an apterous rating at about 800 (if that ever does happen). As far as I can tell, anyone with a rating of over 500 has the talent to make serious inroads into the knockout stages. Don't make the mistake of one of my mates who waited for just another year to get that bit better before go...

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And another:

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Charlie Reams wrote:Do people still get the weird metal-look interface sometimes? I think I fixed this about a week ago but it's hard to tell because I never experienced it myself.

Yep, I've not noticed any change with that. The button images and proper fonts only load up on the second attempt at the earliest.

Ian Volante

Yes, it is indeed good

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'Sokay, I've got it now.

And so to bed.

Ian Volante

It might be due to tiredness, but I can't work out what the S and M stand for in the "Breakdown by format" section of the profile. Can someone please inform me?

Ian Volante

Thanks, I'm looking forward to another. I've played similar before, and that time, the obvious words scored as everyone tried to be obscure. This time however, I assumed that you clever people would be clever enough not to be too obscure, and therefore I didn't do too badly by going for the second o...

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Charlie Reams wrote:I swear to FSM that today's pair of conundrums were a coincidence...

Yes, I was amused at their coincidence!

Ian Volante

In response to the generalisation that 'older' people might be most offended - I am 50+ (and female) and don't find swearing as offensive as I used to when younger. Maybe that's something to do with the fact that it is generally more acceptable in everyday life these days. Or is that the problem? M...

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Oliver Garner wrote:On Apterous, i recently had SHITTYOIL as a conundrum

Worth a look at this thread Oliver... http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 043#p22043

Ian Volante

This one I do rather like, although it put me off the solution:

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Jimmy wrote:How do you find out anyway, that's kind of weird...

IP address probably.

Ian Volante

I think you should add a few hundred onto everyone's rating, then multiply it by 10. That way normal people would have a rating of somewhere around a hundred instead of -100. It might be a small incentive to people who like the game but not enough to start learning the two letter extensions for LOA...

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The thing is, forums like this actually contain specific filters that can be tweaked to change swear words into non-swearing, e.g. fuck->flip or bollocks->balls, that sort of thing. If it really becomes an issue, it can be controlled. Even better if such a thing could be customised. I'm envisaging ...

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Mayyyyyybe, although I'm not sure one would go with my trilby.

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Carling
n.
One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship.

Whether it's allowed is another matter however.

Ian Volante

I never uninstalled version 7 actually. Wonder if that was causing any conflicts.

Cheers for the embarrassingly obvious advice :p

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I like.

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I'm not sure if the current spate of crashes is to do with the Java update or not. Either way, what I get when my opponent crashes is: "Stream ended (poison object extracted)". I hope this is helpful. I think it is. I've got rid of the new java (uninstalled it) and downloaded java version...

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I'm not sure if the current spate of crashes is to do with the Java update or not.

Either way, what I get when my opponent crashes is: "Stream ended (poison object extracted)".

I hope this is helpful.

Ian Volante

Anyway, Kirk, there was actually a question in there but you just read it as a moan (as usual) and ignored the question. Do the goat conundrums work so that there is only one possible solution even before the ninth letter is added? Correct. And presumably you don't any extra points for solving it b...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:When you (Charlie) switched the server off, you wiped out my 1000 round conundrum attack against Prune. Now I have to start again.

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I think I'm in although I need to check if I'm leaving town that day or the day after...

EDIT: Looks like I'm out actually, unless my mum surprisingly buys a laptop in the next week.

Ian Volante

Ah, this implies nicknames of which I was not aware. I feel less puzzled now.

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I've no idea what's going on any more.

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John Evans wrote:Finally got round to watching it. All I have to say is that the better man (in every sense) won. Well done Mike!! Maybe Dave should consider geting some sort of coach in for the CoC...

Mind you, this post suggests otherwise.

Ian Volante

Should I now be fucked off (sorry Kai) that a post advertising the CoC result appeared in the main forum before it should have done?

Ian Volante

My brain just isn't cryptic enough for even simple puzzles such as this...

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You're going to have to enlighten me. I think I was watching a different final yesterday...

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I've not got through it for a few days now.

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Nice one!

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Kai Laddiman wrote:In one round (TSCMOUIEN or something like that), both players declared 8, but when Junaid came to say his word, he said "MISCOUNT but I heard Susie say it".

Ah right! I assume it got edited then.

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I hope Carol goes on to do lots of great TV as the thought of not seeing her regularly is alien after all these years. And her gorgeous bottom, from side on and behind, will be missed in my house. It's as captivating as Marilyn Monroe's in Some Like It Hot. :twisted: Aye, that was a hell of a dress...

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Just saw the final, well played both of you, especially Junaid! What's the MISCOUNT thing? I never saw owt that relates to such an event. Was it edited? Have to say that Junaid's game was pretty much chink-free, although Charlie's nerves seemed to be a problem. Maybe I'm wrong? All in all, a good sh...

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I can't decide if this always happens or not, but we have the thing where if you're typing at the time limit you get to finish the word you're typing, but does this work if you've only noted down one word? Quite a few times I think I've been typing a word (it's hard to know whether I had started ty...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Jimmy wrote:Not sure where this game belongs

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=14389

Good game all the same though.
Good spot with MEALINESS. I don't think I would've seen that.

Typical I got that but not the two easier ones.

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I spoke too soon, it died on me today after about twelve rounds, but it appeared that the whole site glitched at that point. It disappeared annoyingly however.

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Disappointly I can hardly remember the production staff. I think I was shitting bricks at the time.

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Jennifer Turner wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Jennifer Turner wrote:
Just don't sneeze in the same room or she may break.
Jealous of the new girl already?
It was a generic "size zero" joke. Got the new girl on a pedestal already?

Susie's still cuter.

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There was a Java update the other day, maybe it's something to do with that? Mine's been a bit funny since about then. Like the edges of windows flashing in a sort of yellow or brown colour and lots of exclamation marks in triangles. That's happened to me since the Java update, but I've had no free...

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There was a Java update the other day, maybe it's something to do with that?

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I think it's a set zero.

Interesting that only a handful of people got yesterday's numbers when it was one away - did people just give up?

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Frank Rodolf wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I recently had NUTRIAS disallowed. I can't see any sign in the dictionary that NUTRIA shouldn't be pluralised with an S, so why's it not in?
It's listed as a mass noun...

Am I failing to read the dictionary properly? I checked for that

Ian Volante

It was a bit interrupted by a weekend of three Christmas parties, but I managed to enjoy myself all the same

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Ben Wilson wrote:Today's duel was so evil it makes Zef look like St. Frigging Francis of Frigging Assisi. That is all.

I thought it would be worse than it was actually, although I didn't score that much either...

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Cheers!

Ian Volante

Yes, but I know myself well enough that I won't spend the time to watch something I've recorded unless I'm really excited by it. That effectively means that I'll watch a recording of the RL Challenge Cup Final, and nothing much else; I can't derive the same enjoyment from something that I know isn't...

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Interesting. I have a similar problem, although it seems much patchier. When I click from e-mail links into forum it sometimes asks me to log in, and sometimes doesn't. Since I keep forgetting my password and don't have Firefox at work to remember it for me, it's a butt of a big bear. Or something.

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Ooh excellent, shame I'm going to be at the first of numerous Christmas dos tomorrow!

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