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Ian Volante

Charlie Reams wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I moved my vote so that three people were tied on 13.
Very Rawlsian of you.

Hung parliaments are the way forward.

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I moved my vote so that three people were tied on 13. I'm sure this wasn't the point.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Two of my favourite recent discoveries for silly band names (good to listen to too!) are Nuclear Rabbit and Anal Cunt.

Not forgetting of course the recently reformed Lawnmower Deth...
Dude, Anal Cunt are so '90s. It's all about Impaled Northern Moonforest now.

Hmm, they do sound interesting

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Two of my favourite recent discoveries for silly band names (good to listen to too!) are Nuclear Rabbit and Anal Cunt.

Not forgetting of course the recently reformed Lawnmower Deth...

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Hmm, changing player valuations is one feature that really puts me off. I don't have the time to manage a team that closely to take advantage, and I find it just introduces too much guesswork.

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Sue Sanders wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:UNSTAIRS - that's not gonna earn me any points is it?
Nah, it's unpossible.
Ooh c'est un badger.

Un bleu badger avec un allez-retour á Timbuktu!

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The reason I like fantasyleague.com is that the transfers are limited, so ou can do them at any time, but you get 25 for the whole season, and 5 per month. This is a good balance, and while you do get a few players in everyone's teams, it's not wise to swap for form players constantly simply because...

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Sue Sanders wrote:UNSTAIRS - that's not gonna earn me any points is it?

Nah, it's unpossible.

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I'd like to join a league. Suppose I might set one up on my usual venue fantasyleague.com and persuade some you you there.

Last year's team, 214th overall, but second in my friends league

http://classic.fantasyleague.com/Team/T ... amid=26475

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:Erm, how about scoring using the scrabble system, so it isn't how long the word is but more how obscure the letters are, e.g GAUZE would score more than NOTARISE. But if you manage a nine you get double that score. Just a thought.

Scruntdown?

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David Roe wrote:
sarah white wrote:How huge was that song!

Absolutely tiny, from what I've heard. Anyway, it was rap (with the silent "c") - not a song.

A cover version that was neither necessary nor appreciated, apart from the good old substitution of "constipation" for "reputation".

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Ye gods.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 9106977239
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 7427166606
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2134974233

Throw me to the losers! This is why I think I should have been in the U-1200 section too...

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Can we have a most ubiquitous but mediocre person award? I think I'd be close to that one.

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Sorry Matt, had a major problem. I'll be around this afternoon, late tonight maybe and for a bit tomorrow teatime.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Maxine Silkstone wrote:As an American spelling of OESOPHAGITIS it shouldn't be in anyway should it?
Correct. Hope this is not a systematic error, Ian...

Oops! I'm pretty sure it's not.

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1112 - 1200 [Mies van de Rohe - Northern Marianas]: Jim. I should have my bit finished by about midday, with any luck. It's been fun (no, really!) All done. Last word in the section was NORTHERNERS, which was kind of nice. Not wanting to tread on Ian V's toes, but according to Spindlex, the next wo...

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Ah, this explains all the bloody conundrums...

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Jon Corby wrote:Is that true?

I'm kidding, Jon!

And yes David, it's just too easy.

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When Farrah Fawcett arrived in Heaven, God was such a big fan he decided to grant her one wish. She asked that all the children in the world could be safe. So God killed Michael Jackson.

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Chris Corby wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote: I can't believe that happened, but at least he is in a better place now.
I don't see how it is a better place - luxury Los Angeles pad .v. hospital morgue - if it were me, Jason, I'd settle for the former.

I'd say the air conditioning is more reliable in the latter however.

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Thrilling news. In a Bad way of course. No chance of Blood On The Dancefloor in London now, except possibly suicidal ticket-touts for his fifty gigs.

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cheekbones3 wrote:Bug reports. Moaning bastard?

How the hell did my original account get logged in? Strange.

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Not zero please...

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I got to the point where all the SC- words were looking very weird.

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Okay, that's me done.

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Charlie - I've just spotted that ALT-O gives -ISES and -ISES rather than -ISES and -ISED. This means I've missed at least one -ISED word, probably a handful, but they'll be a while back in my trawl. I suspect this may have caused quite a few omissions.

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Can I just remind everyone that if a word is given as a noun subentry then you must include the plural, however silly it sounds. For example, ACQUISITIVENESS is marked as a noun under ACQUISITIVE, so ACQUISITIVENESSES should be given. This won't apply to nouns that are alternatives for other words ...

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Ben Hunter wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:GASEOUS disallowed eh? That's a poser for Lexplorer given that we've got it allowed.
Thought he said GASSIEST.

Ah yes, that would make much more sense from the selection. I was busy typing out long words...

For pedantry's sake, he probably said GASIEST

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GASEOUS disallowed eh? That's a poser for Lexplorer given that we've got it allowed.

And it cost Nilish the game...

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Pleasing to get the only nine in round 2 yesteday. Possibly also the only person that had the opportunity to get it...

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20 pages ish, 422 words. I can do some more tomorrow night if you fancy allocating me another block.

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote: That 'Neddie' person wants a right slap.
I've given him one.
Nice one Phil

Did you slap him afterwards?

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Nearly from one, quite like the other too.

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I was entering plurals of derived nouns, even when they sounded like mass nouns. After all, if all the -nesses are in, why the hell not!

Done my section by the way. That'll do for the moment!

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Adverbs are only valid if they're explicitly listed in the dictionary aren't they? I'll stop adding extra ones then after having that revelation...

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Tough battles, but Damian sunk me in the end:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80032
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80041

If only I'd not missed an easy seven early in the first game, I'd have got beat on a tiebreak instead...

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JackHurst wrote:I know you might not answer this, but is it possible to get the same card twice like ti was with easter eggs?

Looking at the list, it is indeed.

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Ahh! It's suddenly clicked. I just assumed anybody coming onto the forum would already know the result. Perhaps it's a symptom that the grey matter of an old 'un is not quite up to scratch. Sorry!! I came into the forum just now before I found out the result, not through this thread though, so you'...

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Well done to Kirk and Jimmy, and of course our intrepid recapper.

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I had my only car (a 1986 Ford Fiesta, 950 engine, but I got a 100mph out of it once) in 1995, but I've not driven since - cycling is easier round here.

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Wot no GANDISEEG?

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Good on you mate, I'm now cruising other peoples uniques, fascinating insight into peoples psyche. You can also tell who plays from their own accumulated vocabulary (some lovely words) and those who memorise all the regular countdown words (empty space!) I do like my list of uniques - no idea where...

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Matt Morrison wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Damnit, did anyone catch the link?
Fifty or so of them. I can't believe some overeager moderator got rid of them, she was doing us all a service.

Crazy. What am I supposed to wank about now, what with Apterous down too?

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Damnit, did anyone catch the link?

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The best I can remember, even with poor letters:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75635

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These games at last:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75371
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75382

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:CCLEANER comes highly recommended, but I've never used it myself:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Good luck

Go to http://www.majorgeeks.com, they've got some excellent guides for such things.

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Only the subject of non-specific bugs, I've been having trouble this evening, the site appear to be hanging. I checked my connection, and my upload speed seems to be pretty slow (0.27MB/s). Would this affect the functioning of the site? Eh probably not, it should still work eventually. Seems that t...

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Ooh!

Entrants: 62. Perfect score: 62.

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I can see how that could be taken badly, but within the context of trying to be helpful, a little further dialogue may have been more effective. That said, maybe being a Fife lass she wasn't happy without being able to deliver a swift, restorative kick to the baws, and thus felt too frustrated to ch...

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Only the subject of non-specific bugs, I've been having trouble this evening, the site appear to be hanging. I checked my connection, and my upload speed seems to be pretty slow (0.27MB/s). Would this affect the functioning of the site?

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In seriousness, I'd like to play under-1200 simply because I actually want a vague chance of doing well!

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I've not seen Oliver for ages!

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In, although I probably need to lose a bit and drop below 1200...

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James Hall wrote:4) Anyone for a game?

Not right now thanks.

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How about a bonus point as in rugby for a certain margin of victory (say 25 or 30 points), rather than just a century? I like this idea, although a percentage would be better. As for dropping goatdown, I think it works quite well. Separate record of the different formats could be published as well ...

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Gev, you know everything.....so you think, so why bother asking questions? In fact you know more than i do, which is pretty good considering i've helped make about 3,000 editions of the show. Anything else you'd care to put me right on? :? Just looking at an old thread. http://www.c4countdown.co.uk...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Excellent. I must admit my first search was a rude word.

Sausage?

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Top notch geekery.

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