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Matthew Tassier

Kinnikinnik surely

Matthew Tassier

Yes please for the qualifiers.

Matthew Tassier

My personal rules on the art of apterous: When picking 1 large a solution which doesn't use the large number is superior. Dividing is somehow superior to adding, subtracting, multiplying. Animals are always superior to other words of the same length. The worst possible word to declare is RATION. Agr...

Matthew Tassier

FAO Damian Eadie (if you are still monitoring this site) Dear Damian After being treated to Jack Worsley’s skills over the past 8 episodes, I see the standard of today’s Countdown contestants slumped in comparison. Whilst I’m just a medium ranked player in Apterous terms, I still managed to beat th...

Matthew Tassier

By some quick and probably flawed calculations, if the moon were a spherical mirror the amount of light reflected to us even at full moon would be less than 1/40000 of the amount we receive directly from the sun in daylight. Due to angles and stuff. You'd do much better doing what the Russians tried...

Matthew Tassier

Jon Corby wrote:The phrase "from my mother's kindle" sounds a bit breasty, particularly in the middle of a discussion about areolae.

Surely it can't be medical grade silicon if it's got ODE3 pre-installed.

Matthew Tassier

Furthermore within the game while you are playing it there is a clickable Rules tab towards the right of your window with the same info about the variant that your current game is in.

Matthew Tassier

Variant rules are available in the help section, see here for omelette for example

Matthew Tassier

I think point still stands, runner up in GotW can't really be GotY. I don't agree with this, the decisions made in the GotW vote were made under different circumstances to now and aren't necessarily applicable any more. Quite often people are wowed by what seems like a great performance in a new va...

Matthew Tassier

Impressive stuff.
9d is the pairs of tennis players who have shared the singles grand slams 2 each in a year. 1964 Court/Bueno, 1967 Emerson/Newcombe, 1982 Evert/Navratilova, 2001 Capriati/Venus, 2003 Henin/Serena

Matthew Tassier

In please, and a vote for randomised draw - more fun and egalitarian.

Matthew Tassier

If you are using a similar system to last year then I think only GotW winners should be considered (why include a game that's already been outvoted??) I had this week in mind when I said more than just GotW winners could be considered. Innis's performance was superb and Ed's was even better. I thin...

Matthew Tassier

If you are using a similar system to last year then I think only GotW winners should be considered (why include a game that's already been outvoted??), preferably not too many games (20 max) and I prefer only 3 votes each as if you have any more then people will probably vote for some games because ...

Matthew Tassier

Can Dylan Taylor's games against Prime be excluded please?
http://www.apterous.org/headtohead.php?p1=15935&p2=104
See chatlogs and Dylan's usual standard.
Presumably boosting his rating or wanting to have max games, pointless either way. Amused that he still lost one.

Matthew Tassier

Following the tweaks to bot/arithmetician numbers declarations on September 3rd, impossible numbers rounds no longer count as maxed rounds (even if you declare the closest achievable total). Possibly not important for the most part but it does completely scupper my attempts at a 5 small octorock max...

Matthew Tassier

Here it is http://www.youtube.com/user/davidmitchellsoapbox#p/u/1/uYv2kpalUu0 I've gone for 1: Pierce Brosnan 2: A Star 3: Cadbury's 4: Iron 5: Butter, Jam, Cream 6: Vase rhymes with rays not has And for the tiebreaker I'll go for Pastafarianism Intersting. I can help you improve those a bit. 1: No...

Matthew Tassier

Is it just people thinking "huh, rioting looks kinda fun, let's give it a go"? Yep. And they might get themselves a free pair of trainers. Race/police hatred/recession/Tories are all red herrings as far as I can see. I wouldn't assume that. Someone got this thing started and they must've ...

Matthew Tassier

Is it just people thinking "huh, rioting looks kinda fun, let's give it a go"? Yep. And they might get themselves a free pair of trainers. Race/police hatred/recession/Tories are all red herrings as far as I can see. I'm somewhat annoyed by the whole thing as it meant I had to walk home f...

Matthew Tassier

Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it. I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the...

Matthew Tassier

#14 James Wilson vs #19 Andy Wilson (Winner to play #3 Karen Pearson) Am I supposed to be playing Andy now or is this just advance notice of the next round? Yawn! Will Jordan ever respond to this? U1400: For this bracket, since there is a higher ratio of people who depend on a play in game related ...

Matthew Tassier

I think it's a great idea Marcus and also think that you are mad to agree to run it. I like the opportunity to dip in and out, taking apart in whichever events you fancy and are free for. As there will be less than 200 participants in total each person could be allocated a country (randomly/by abili...

Matthew Tassier

I'd like to play in the Open please - rating today 1588

Matthew Tassier

For vital and important reasons of immature humour I wanted to find the game from ages ago where my opponent had STAINED and I had PANTIES. When I searched for STAINED and PANTIES in Lexplorer to get it to show me games where they'd been offered, the list of games it returned didn't go back far eno...

Matthew Tassier

Also on the subject of unlimited words, I can't find SISSIS anywhere in the ODE3 so it should be removed unless it is hidden away somewhere odd in the dictionary.

Matthew Tassier

Thomas Carey wrote:The '2 Aug' one was on 8 August. Cool, though.

It's week commencing 2nd August.

Matthew Tassier

I so wanna play this http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/c64-games/1103-1.jpg Just played it on the "Marvin" Spectrum emulator app on my android phone (app recommended, particularly if you have an android phone with a pull out keyboard.) Unfortunately it is all scooter and no ninja. Don't p...

Matthew Tassier

QIBLA, QIBLAH, KIBLA, KIBLAH are all in, as are QIBLAHS and KIBLAS. So I believe QIBLAS and KIBLAHS need adding. Think this may have been discussed before, but in ODE3 there is no suggestion that they are not pluralisable.

Matthew Tassier

I played and beat Jayne last night so me and Ian both go on :) It's an awesome set up. I presume if one of us wins and the other doesn't, the winner and the opponent play again for a decider to go through. Epic. Ian, if you could replay Jayne that would be helpful, but I will not say why. Presumabl...

Matthew Tassier

Not in. Tournaments are rubbish only because I will lose all or most of my games and my rating will go down. What about a tournament for people rated under, say, 1100? If you start turning down games to protect your rating, you'll never become good. Also Sophie, the number of rating points you lose...

Matthew Tassier

Chris and Joseph played the same game. James Levison and I played different games, which I'm guessing wasn't supposed to happen. This feature wasn't supposed to have rolled out yet, and it's not been properly tested. I suspect that if one of you starts the game, and then the other one also starts t...

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Also, well done to Joseph on beating Chris , but should the system not knit the two games together like an ordinary 15 rounder, rather than effectively applying flat scoring, and allowing both players to get points for the conundrum? Had this match happened head-to-head, Chris would have won 95-73....

Matthew Tassier

Count me in please.

While all-play-all sounds like fun, I think Jamie's suggestion would be far more practical.

Matthew Tassier

I realise this may be by design rather than a bug, but head-to-head has disappeared. It used to be that you could only access it via the player page but now I can't find it at all. Or I'm really thick. I was thinking as I was looking for it that it would be cool to have under Facts and Figures, so ...

Matthew Tassier

So, due to the unfortunate not-round number of entrants (36) these people are THROUGH automatically. James Hall Ryan Taylor Jamie French James Levison Martin Long Graeme Cole Ian Volante Tracy Mills Edwin Mead Ian Dent Ned Pendleton Joseph Krol Matthew Tassier Milo McKenzie Phil Collinge Kai Laddim...

Matthew Tassier

Just a reminder, we've still got 88 places available for this amazing opportunity for the Apterous FA Cup, and I am now going to add an official timings list here; Round 4 (currently) draw - 01/04/11 1700 BST Round 4 Start time officially - 02/04/11 0001 BST Closing Time for Round 4 - 08/04/11 2359...

Matthew Tassier

Should the 1 and the 9 be swapped in sequence 2??

Matthew Tassier

If you are already on the Challenges tab when challenged then the flashing red ball keeps flashing after you have accepted the challenge, and indeed even after you have finished said game.

Matthew Tassier

I think the amount of time in spoilage rounds needs to be increased to 45 seconds. We get 45 seconds in Hyper Numbers and Spoilage is much harder and we only get 30 seconds per round. I think this needs changing. It's meant to be harder! True. Too hard for me I reckon, it takes me about 25 seconds ...

Matthew Tassier

On the Game Of The Week Results page 4th place is not shown. Under "Also nominated" there is a blank line and then the 5th place game.

Matthew Tassier

Don't update my mp3 player very often, but here is its shuffled output. 1. The Orb - Spanish Castles In Space. Sumptuous, love the Russian speaking on it. ... 15 mins long, ran out of power, plugged in now ... 2. Mogwai - Batcat. Bit noisy. 3. David Bowie - Hallo Spaceboy. Bit too poppy. 4. Silver E...

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Qualifier game 15: Matthew 2 - 0 Adam

Adam Fleetwood 67 - 88 Matthew Tassier A couple of 6 smalls gave me a nice margin of victory.
Matthew Tassier 89 - 49 Adam Fleetwood Adam mostly made words up

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Finally, the finale Matthew Tassier 177 - 170 Dinos Sfyris Dinos Sfyris 180 - 190 Matthew Tassier Two good close games. Bit annoyed that I got confused and messed up a dead easy round in the second to miss out on a max game. Thanks Dinos for the games and the impetus to get the tournament concluded.

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Round 9: T S T O A E H G I C1: TOASTIE (7) C2: goatiest DC: HOSTAGE (7) GHETTOS (7) OT: EGOTIST (7) Score: 41–36 (max 88) Oooooh, we give GOATIEST as OK on here, but Susie seems to think it has to be specified in the dictionary, but only GOATY is in the dictionary, meaning more bad news for Ned. :(...

Matthew Tassier

Joseph Krol wrote:
Round 7: H K D T I I A R S

C1: THIRDS (6)
C2: RAIDS (5)
DC: RADSIH (6) DIARIST (7)
OT: DARKISH (7) DASHIKI (7) SHIKARI (7) SIRTAKI (7)
Score: 31–42 (max 53)

RADISH, presumably.

Matthew Tassier

That said, it is an appalling oversight by the game manufacturers. Yeah, disgusting. To think he might go on the show one day and offer a phony he picked up playing this game is outrageous. Fortunately shithead is a new addition to the dictionary in ODE3 so shitheads is now valid. Panic over. Shits...

Matthew Tassier

I'd like to play in the qualifiers please.

Matthew Tassier

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Round 12: D I E T G D O B I

C1: BIGOTED (7)
C2: BIGOTED (7)
Score: 82–13 (max 97)

Standout.

The first letter in round 12 was actually an O not a D, meaning BOOGIED renders BIGOTED slightly less Standout.

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Final

Apterous Rex 141 - 81 Matthew Tassier

Rather predictable end to the tournament I'm afraid. Managed to make him miss a round, but I couldn't take advantage and I was already well behind anyway.

Matthew Tassier

I think INTERSUBJECTIVITIES should be added as intersubjectivity is in as a noun.

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Semi-final: Jim Bentley 137 - 152 Apterous Rex It was PRAZIQUANTEL I was grasping for in round 5 (although it wouldn't have made any difference). I'd been putting this off but I'm really very happy with the way it turned out. Best of luck with him in the final, Matthew! Thanks! Very impressive game...

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Speed:

Tom Rowell 73 - 66 Matthew Tassier
Once Tom got ahead I could never quite catch up.

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Speed:

Lesley Hines 68 - 72 Matthew Tassier

Enjoyable game, could easily have gone either way.

Matthew Tassier

How about a spoilage star path?

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Semi-final

Apterous Sponge 107 - 118 Matthew Tassier

My 1500th win and rather a surprising one at that.

Matthew Tassier

I agree with Gavin's most recent point. As a relatively weak numbers player, I struggle in Speed Numbers as I frequently have to declare a solution which doesn't match the target. To move my cursor to the declaration box, then accurately type three digits (or four in Hyper) plus RETURN... that ofte...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Matthew Tassier wrote:Quarter Final

Matthew Tassier 82 - 42 Rhys Benjamin

Not sure why Rhys seemed to lose a bit of focus after the first 3 rounds ...
This is because I didn't have good letters.

After your first 3 declarations I thought your mine was on other things

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Quarter Final

Matthew Tassier 82 - 42 Rhys Benjamin

Not sure why Rhys seemed to lose a bit of focus after the first 3 rounds ...

Matthew Tassier

Maybe a tournament like this would work if it was organised as a single league system, all-play-all during the day, with perhaps 2 points for a win, 1 point for a loss, 0 points for an unplayed match. No-shows wouldn't then cause a problem and players would be rewarded for participating fully.

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Bullet Hypernumbers Attack

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Round 3 game:
Matthew Tassier 74 - 34 Liam Tiernan
I pneumono'ed Liam.

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