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Andrew Feist

I'm really liking the new item inventory "high score" pages, Charlie. (So that's what slippers were supposed to be.)

Andrew Feist

ferrites. Especially when DC chides me for not playing FERRATES.

Andrew Feist

Spaces in the TTT, since it can be surprisingly difficult in Times New Roman to distinguish EALEDFID from EALEDFTD.

Andrew Feist

In pursuit of this holy artifact business, I was going to play Prune in every possible variant to make sure. I made it through the variants on the "standard" and "goat" tabs and gave up. I started with one holy prune and still only have one, so make of that whatever you want. Als...

Andrew Feist

I loved the way contestant Elaine chose four large numbers and two small suggesting she was good at the numbers game. The total was 750 and she had a 7, 100 and a 50 but declared nothing saying "I lost it..." :D :D :D I wonder, from the first couple episodes, whether the producers are say...

Andrew Feist

Oliver Garner wrote:I finished on 5-1 +6 in the Open. Aren't I 4th?

Yes. Sorry I misplaced your card -- I've updated the post above.

Andrew Feist

Did the holy artifacts (or "artefacts") go away on purpose, or just go away? I wasn't aware they'd gone away, are you sure about this? I'll try and play them all and see what happens, but the ones I was pretty sure about aren't giving me anything. (And for that matter, I have two holy Cae...

Andrew Feist

Did the holy artifacts (or "artefacts") go away on purpose, or just go away?

Andrew Feist

Probably not actually the right place for this, but it seemed fitting enough: The cdb page for series stats seems to be off by one -- i.e. the people for series 48 show up in the row for series 49, etc. I didn't feel like going all the way down to see where the first error is though.

Andrew Feist

First, the new games (the finals for the U1400): The top flight (playing for 1/2/3/4): Jim Bentley vs. Lloyd Pettet Adam Gillard vs. Michael Wallace Jim Bentley vs. Michael Wallace Adam Gillard vs. Lloyd Pettet The second flight (playing for 5/6/7/8): Dan Seasmith vs. Lee Simmonds Karen Pearson vs. ...

Andrew Feist

Open Week 6: Meier 90-91 Feist I start off by blanking Henry in the first round; that plus Henry's disallowed 7 in round 12 mean I have an 11-point lead going into the conundrum, which is good because I was nowhere near when Henry buzzed in. Meier 85-77 Feist I start off by blanking Henry in the fir...

Andrew Feist

Another U1400 tie-breaker: Dan Seasmith 74 - 106 Jim Bentley Neither of us were really sure what it was a tie-breaker for but hey, it's always a pleasure to play Dan. Seriously though, I've read the rules again and I still don't have a clue what happens next, or how my game with Dan affects that. A...

Andrew Feist

I knew with a bit of hunting I could come up with the only time I've ever actually seen Kathryn Apanowicz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUrQNm3jVs

Andrew Feist

Peter Mabey wrote: I think you meant prefixes, if you were commenting on the conundrum.

Actually it's all the suffixes I pointed out along the way. It probably wasn't really that much more than a usual game, I suppose; they just seemed to stand out as I was writing the thing.

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Thursday 13 December 2001. C1: Champion Donald Isles (1 win, 99 points.) C2: Challenger Michael Weekes from Woking. DC: Phiona Stanley and Sue Perkins. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S L A R D I E T G R02: N M F O I E H S C R03: B D A R T U E P I R04: L H...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Wednesday 12 December 2001. C1: Champion Jean Goodman (1 win, 99 points.) C2: Challenger Donald Isles. DC: Phiona Stanley and Sue Perkins. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: K R T D O I E U L R02: N A M P O S C I O R03: G H F T U E I R A R04: B D E L O A S N ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Tuesday 11 December 2001. C1: Champion Nick Billington (1 win, 87 points.) C2: Challenger Jean Goodman from Bradford on Tone, Somerset. DC: Phiona Stanley and Sue Perkins. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L N M E I E P G O R02: T S U R A D I Q O R03: T F S ...

Andrew Feist

I will claim these:
Tue 11-Dec-01 Nick Billington 75 - 99 Jean Goodman
Wed 12-Dec-01 Jean Goodman 89 - 99 Donald Isles
Thu 13-Dec-01 Donald Isles 88 - 72 Michael Weekes

instead of grading final projects.

Andrew Feist

News and stuff: The Open is in the final week of matches , and once again Kirk just has to not lose. Since this is the last week, the unfinished games from last week were simply carried forward to this week (esp. since they tended to involve people with strange scores who would just be in the same p...

Andrew Feist

Working: Suppose the numbers drawn are 123456. Then your phone number must contain at most one of the numbers on the list, so it must be made up of all {17890}, or all {27890}, or all {37890}, or all {47890}, or all {57890}, or all {67890}. Each of these has 5^6 possibilities, so 6*5^6 is 93,750. Ho...

Andrew Feist

This game suggests that the recent change to aegilops numbers broke maxes-scoring again.

Andrew Feist

I'll wave as the plane goes overhead. Say hi to Tyler for me.

Andrew Feist

Just now the chat said I got a bronze pencil for TUMBREL but since I was playing a classic game I really didn't.

Andrew Feist

Kirk Bevins wrote: Both these have a bit of controversy (e.g. max game but not perfect game, and the other with a duel in the middle) but I'm sure I've done back to back maxes since and I can't find it

I think you meant to post this in the "you play too much apterous if..." thread.

Andrew Feist

Anyone else surprised by something on their list? I was shocked to see that I ranked 5th in 2 large. Had no idea I was that good at them. I was glad to see that I'm back on the "fewest disallowed words" list. This is great stuff. (This new feature also led me to discover that apterous.org...

Andrew Feist

Unplayed games in the Open: James Robinson forfeit win vs. Phil Makepeace (whose message about withdrawing took a side trip, but we got it now) Liam Tiernan and Niall Seymour got to one game each in their match before technical difficulties intervened, so that match is a draw. Notes: In the Open, th...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Monday 10 June 2002. C1: Champion Julia Wilkinson (2 wins, 181 points.) C2: Challenger Alan Cooper from somewhere in Wales. (Cwmbran?) DC: Susie Dent and Kathryn Apanowicz. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R S X U E I C A N R02: L Z I A I O S G E R03: T R D...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Friday 7 June 2002. C1: Champion Julia Wilkinson (1 win, 90 points.) C2: Challenger David Coombs from Northampton. DC: Susie Dent and Kathryn Apanowicz. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L G M E A O V R N R02: U A E S T Q S D N R03: L G T O I E N M A R04: O ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Thursday 6 June 2002. C1: Champion John Mitchell (3 wins, 287 points.) C2: Challenger Julia Wilkinson from Southampton. DC: Susie Dent and Kathryn Apanowicz. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G N S T I E O D R R02: M P C A E A L G T R03: R N H D O E I I F R0...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Wednesday 5 June 2002. C1: Champion John Mitchell (2 wins, 195 points.) C2: Challenger Steve Gamble from Nottinghamshire. DC: Damian Eadie and Martin Jarvis. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S D B P A E I T R R02: C M S N A A E O R R03: D L H G E A I D O R0...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Tuesday 4 June 2002, in the midst of Jubilee Weekend. C1: Champion John Mitchell (1 win, 103 points.) C2: Challenger Tryphenia Barnes from New Mask, Cleveland. DC: Damian Eadie and Martin Jarvis (who would like to point out that he has an OBE). CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other word...

Andrew Feist

I think I've checked records for missing games, but if you want to double-check that I've gotten your games entered correctly (or at all!), you should go to the tournament website and look at the summary page for the section(s) you are in. Each of the section pages has a grid with results (either ga...

Andrew Feist

Andrew Feist wrote:My current 5 are in and away and would be more than happy to do 5 more of the current batch or the next batch as it comes in.

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Wednesday 17 April 2002. C1: Champion David Stainer (2 wins, 178 points.) C2: Challenger Margaret Shephard. DC: Richard Samson and Lionel Blair. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: F L S A E I R M N R02: D C S A A I T B U R03: P S X E E O T T I R04: D N R A O ...

Andrew Feist

I believed I added the tag correctly to the wiki for this episode, but if someone wants to check my work please do.

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Tuesday 16 April 2002. C1: Champion David Stainer (1 win, 78 points.) C2: Challenger Leslie Ellison from Hixham, Staffordshire. DC: Richard Samson and Lionel Blair. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T S C U O A P Z I R02: M G N R E A E T D R03: L N D I O A R...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Monday 15 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (7 wins, 586 points.) C2: Challenger David Stainer. DC: Richard Samson and Lionel Blair. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: W S T E O E D P K R02: C N G U A E M L I R03: R Q O E H I S T F R04: D N R O E A J S P ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Friday 12 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (6 wins, 501 points.) C2: Challenger Billy Whitehead from Salisbury, but originally from Glasgow. DC: Richard Samson and Simon Hoggart. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: H N J A O I R T E R02: F O P A Q I C K M...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Thursday 11 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (5 wins, 407 points.) C2: Challenger Liz Johnson from Bolton. DC: Richard Samson and Simon Hoggart. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: V M R E U A Z D O R02: T G I E C P A O N R03: L S E A D R I T U R04: N C A...

Andrew Feist

My current 5 are in and away and would be more than happy to do 5 more of the current batch or the next batch as it comes in.

Andrew Feist

Pretty sure it should be (25+1) etc etc.

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Wednesday 10 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (4 wins, 326 points.) C2: Challenger Chris Young from St. Andrews. DC: Richard Samson and Simon Hoggart. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L C N E U I G S M R02: D E R A T I R H S R03: T P N O E I G K M R04:...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Tuesday 9 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (3 wins, 258 points.) C2: Challenger Karen Meredith from Romsey, Hampshire. DC: Richard Samson and Simon Hoggart. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: C V B U O E S M A R02: P L D I E T A G N R03: Q R T O U A S N ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Monday 8 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (2 wins, 156 points.) C2: Challenger Lee Fisher from North Hykeham in Lincoln. DC: Richard Samson and Simon Hoggart, making his DC debut. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T M D I E O L N E R02: H G C U A I R S ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Friday 5 April 2002. C1: Champion Peter Coutts (1 win, 74 points.) C2: Challenger Andrew Alden from Huddersfield. DC: Tania Styles and Keith Barron. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: Y R T I E O D R U R02: M E A I C N L E G R03: S P T O A U X P I R04: K A O ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Thursday 4 April 2002. Two new contestants today after Rupert Stokoe finished his eight games on Wednesday. C1: Challenger Peter Coutts from Pennycook, near Edinburgh. C2: Challenger Erica Hamer from Beadnall, Northumberland. DC: Tania Styles and Keith Barron. CV: Carol Vorderman...

Andrew Feist

While we're ridding the keyboard of seldom/never used keys, what about ones that should be there? It's an absolute joke that in the age of Facebook farming and 40 year old married men showing their erections on webcam to 13 year old girls, I still have to press CTRL when I want to cut/copy/paste. T...

Andrew Feist

Update: The "donation" bit has quietly gone away; the hint file is now available at the GitM puzzle site, and you can send me an e-mail and get the answers.

Andrew Feist

If there's still any left, I can handle some.

Andrew Feist

This week we had a brace of contestants who unfortunately had to withdraw, and one other unplayed game: Adam Gillard* forfeit loss vs. Ben Wilson *Since this is Adam's second no-show, I've taken his card out of the deck for future weeks. Also, this is the last full week for the pool play in the U140...

Andrew Feist

And now of course it goes the other way too; our office phone has a "ringtone" of "Are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you there? (etc)" which doesn't improve our mood as much as you might think.

Andrew Feist

Charlie Reams wrote:The password is dolomite.

Oh is it.

EDIT: Alright mine are added (which of course mean they duplicate the stubs that were already in there).

Andrew Feist

[Edit: I can't seem to be able to submit the link to the recap to the database. I've entered the password and hit "submit", but when I go to the Series 48 index, the game I recapped isn't hyperlinked to its recap.] Same here (and looking, the same for Innis as well). I don't know if there...

Andrew Feist

James Robinson wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:My batch is done. If you're struggling to get volunteers to finish it off tomorrow, Charlie, I could manage a few more.
That goes for me too.

Thirded.

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Wednesday 4 December 2002. C1: Champion Geoff Mills (1 win, 77 points.) C2: Challenger Alison Hilton from Exeter. DC: Susie Dent and Peter Baldwin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: C G P O E I S L R R02: T H A O T S E R A R03: D S M U O E F L T R04: N G K I...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Tuesday 3 December 2002. C1: Challenger Geoff Mills from Oldham. C2: Challenger Stephen Holden originally from Leeds now living in Prestatyn. DC: Susie Dent and Peter Baldwin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L M D E O I T N S R02: R S Q A E O N T C R03: S ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Monday 2 December 2002. C1: Champion Joe Zubaidi (7 wins, 578 points.) C2: Challenger Andrew Walton from Erdington in the West Midlands. DC: Susie Dent and Peter Baldwin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R S A M D I P E U R02: L N R O A I G S T R03: Z E F O...

Andrew Feist

We continue going through Mike's notes: Countdown recap for Friday 29 November 2002. C1: Champion Joe Zubaidi (6 wins, 497 points.) C2: Challenger Jan Macdonald from Isle of Skye (but born in Leeds). DC: Susie Dent and Tim Brooke-Taylor. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L D U ...

Andrew Feist

Countdown recap for Thursday 28 November 2002. C1: Champion Joe Zubaidi (5 wins, 409 points.) C2: Challenger Damien Byrne from Dublin. DC: Susie Dent and Tim Brooke-Taylor. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S T O D P E L A R R02: G C T K O I O E M R03: N R I S D A H U L R04: G ...

Andrew Feist

I can knock a few out this weekend, provided the e-mail has instructions.

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