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by Paul Erdunast
Thu May 28, 2009 5:27 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous League Championship
Replies: 60
Views: 5607

Re: Apterous League Championship

I agree with Neil on that, hopefully there will be enough interest to sustain a multi-league system.
by Paul Erdunast
Thu May 28, 2009 4:29 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous League Championship
Replies: 60
Views: 5607

Re: Apterous League Championship

b would only require a small amount of programming anyway I imagine, because daily duel is already there made on a similar basis, so it would just be a sort of weekly duel.
by Paul Erdunast
Thu May 28, 2009 4:28 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous League Championship
Replies: 60
Views: 5607

Re: Apterous League Championship

Initially anyway- the rating system means that after they have played x games, and someone wants to join the league, they can be placed in the right one.

Obv. after promotions and relegations then ratings don't matter
by Paul Erdunast
Thu May 28, 2009 4:26 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous League Championship
Replies: 60
Views: 5607

Re: Apterous League Championship

Good idea Rob Another small problem with the a/b system is that if someone plays a b match, and they know they did really well on it, and don't think that the opponent will do as well, that would be a disincentive to play the a match, which I imagine is the main match which really should happen. How...
by Paul Erdunast
Thu May 28, 2009 2:57 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous League Championship
Replies: 60
Views: 5607

Re: Apterous League Championship

It sounds a great idea, I would personally go for the league, because the ladder thing sounds like another version of the ranking system already in place, just more mobile, and less accurate, so a league in my view seems the better option. The problem with the league is that we would need to get the...
by Paul Erdunast
Wed May 27, 2009 9:32 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

I think others are having this too

Callum Laddiman got it too, you have -91763.1 seconds left.

Paul
by Paul Erdunast
Wed May 27, 2009 9:20 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

On the "fixed" page, it says teasers no longer come up with negative times. I am not sure if you meant when someone solves it, or just the negative time teasers coming up when you go into apterous, but I have still got: The current teaser is DLVSEEAU. You have -98053 seconds left. The curr...
by Paul Erdunast
Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st April
Replies: 29
Views: 3584

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st April

In the quiche round, quaich for an equaller
by Paul Erdunast
Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:29 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

Paul Erdunast wrote:Ah- posterisation seems to be spelled with a z in the oed
And I can't seem to find explorationist either- so no plural it seems
by Paul Erdunast
Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:28 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

Ah- posterisation seems to be spelled with a z in the oed
by Paul Erdunast
Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:24 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

I dunno, I looked all the ones I didn't know up in the full OED website (I have a username + password to the full online database) and they all seemed to be in there

So in my opinion, it still stays.
by Paul Erdunast
Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:44 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

btw, I've checked the oed, and earsplitting is spelled with a hyphen, which is the reason why it is disallowed
by Paul Erdunast
Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

That is SERIOUSLY impressive, well done
I was stuck on the 12 mark myself, I'm glad someone could do better!
I can't imagine one can do much better than 15, but if you can, please post it
by Paul Erdunast
Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:52 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

Nice one

Anyone know whether one can get a word longer than 12 letters?
by Paul Erdunast
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:19 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

Good one, Phil

earsplitting?
by Paul Erdunast
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

Paul Erdunast wrote:What is the longest word you can come up with using the same method?
I'm sure at least 15 is possible
by Paul Erdunast
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:05 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

Kai Laddiman wrote:T
TO
TON
TONE
TONER
TONERS
SANTERO
SENORITA
ORDINATES :D
adroitness?
by Paul Erdunast
Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:35 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Re: Adding letters to form words

I love the edit feature on here
by Paul Erdunast
Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:30 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Adding letters to form words
Replies: 32
Views: 7406

Adding letters to form words

I have noticed that often you can get longer words in countdown by learning that, for example, admits+u=stadium. The challenge is, by constantly adding letters from 1 letter words until when you can't add any more, making a new word each time. You can only add 1 letter on at a time. You can put the ...
by Paul Erdunast
Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:56 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

Great, thanks- it is now up
by Paul Erdunast
Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:49 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

ok- here is a real problem- when I tried to get onto the apterous homepage (and any other apterous page for that matter), (My internet is perfect for every other site), it just says "Internet explorer cannot display the webpage" after quickly loading, suggesting that the problem may be at ...
by Paul Erdunast
Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

Sorry everyone who has been inconvenienced by the stallings on my games (especially Eoin who was on a max game and others who were beating me). I can promise you it's not my competitive edge! The adjourned games aren't on my window however much I would like them to be, but if they are on yours, plea...
by Paul Erdunast
Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

It's now up
by Paul Erdunast
Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

I'm not sure if it's working now- just randomly stopped in the middle of my game with Lesley and now I can't log on "java.net.ConnectException:Connection refused: connect"

Any way I can get round this?
by Paul Erdunast
Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:50 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

Thanks Charlie- It's working perfectly well for me too
by Paul Erdunast
Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:13 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436586

Re: Bug reports

Apterous has been absolutely fine up till today, but earlier on, it randomly crashed in the middle of a game. When I log on again, it seems fine, since it logged me in and loaded the game quickly on the first try (Though it seems almost too quickly) but there is nothing in the chat box when I log in...