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by Rhys Benjamin
Wed May 04, 2011 6:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

James Robinson wrote:The mega irony is that all these Tory posters are going up all over the place with the slogan: "VOTE FOR CHANGE". :lol:

Oh, and do VOTE FOR CHANGE. ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) :idea:
Keep up. That was last year.
by Rhys Benjamin
Wed May 04, 2011 6:00 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?



:-D
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue May 03, 2011 6:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

Me
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue May 03, 2011 6:18 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

Leaflet from the No camp through our door: AV would lead to more hung parliaments, backroom deals and broken promises. On Thursday May 5th, Vote No to AV Vote NO to the Alternative Vote on Thursday because...... --> It will produce more coalitions . Under the Alternative Vote system, we would have c...
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue May 03, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Tiny Tots Tournament
Replies: 123
Views: 24124

Re: Tiny Tots Tournament

Oh great.
I had more of a chance against Eoin. :roll:
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue May 03, 2011 4:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Tuesday 3 May 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 77)
Replies: 2
Views: 764

Tuesday 3 May 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 77)

Countdown recap for Tuesday 3 May 2011. RE: Champion Roger Edwards (3 wins, 250 points, average 83.) JJ: Challenger Joe Jenkinson. A man with a massive fan base, it seems. However a quick search on Wikipedia proves, in fact, that he's a nobody. No apterite either. Perhaps Damian has put in a ban on ...
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue May 03, 2011 3:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday May 3rd 2011
Replies: 21
Views: 5610

Re: Spoilers For Tuesday May 3rd 2011

I sum - that's good for me too.
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue May 03, 2011 3:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday May 3rd 2011
Replies: 21
Views: 5610

Re: Spoilers For Tuesday May 3rd 2011

Douglas Wilson wrote:Love how much you hate Rhys doing the recaps, James.
:x
by Rhys Benjamin
Mon May 02, 2011 9:20 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Tiny Tots Tournament
Replies: 123
Views: 24124

Re: Tiny Tots Tournament

When are we gonna start this t'ing then?
by Rhys Benjamin
Sun May 01, 2011 8:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Snooker!
Replies: 40
Views: 4147

Re: The Snooker!

Come on Trumpy!
by Rhys Benjamin
Sun May 01, 2011 8:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Lest we forget.....
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Re: Lest we forget.....

The verdict was delivered in 2007. The accident was in 1994. The maximum sentence was 3 years, 4 months.
by Rhys Benjamin
Sun May 01, 2011 7:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Lest we forget.....
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Lest we forget.....

All our idols and role models who gave their lives. I have set up this topic to pay homage to Ayrton Senna, who died at 1:17 BST this afternoon 17 years ago in Italy thanks to a steering column failure*. 1 person was eventually convicted of manslaughter, but since the verdict was delivered after the...
by Rhys Benjamin
Sun May 01, 2011 7:57 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Autocomplete A-Z
Replies: 36
Views: 4790

Re: Autocomplete A-Z

Apterous' old chatlogs Martin Brundle's Racing Lines c4countdown - Index page Daily Mail (odd, since I only looked at it once) Wikipedia - Duel & Duality Fulham FC Google Apterous' old chat logs (because I once typed the http and it came up with that) Ikea School Emails Kate Middleton Let Me Goo...
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:07 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Dog Eat Dog Tournament May-June 2011 - apply here
Replies: 84
Views: 15416

Re: Dog Eat Dog Tournament May-June 2011 - apply here

I think it should have been 45.
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:48 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 489659

Re: Bug reports

No, reminding me to do the duel.
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 489659

Re: Bug reports

When I was playing the duel today my connection was lost a couple of times. However, when I reconnected, it said that I had blanked the rounds even though I had not seen the full selection, instead of just resetting to the start of the roud like normal. This may be a duel only thing, I don't know, ...
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:36 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Premier League
Replies: 43
Views: 8717

Re: Apterous Premier League

Joseph Krol - Wolves
Thomas Cappleman - West Bromwich Albion
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:40 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Premier League
Replies: 43
Views: 8717

Re: Apterous Premier League

I could, but I'm hoping that the predictions were right.

James, you're FULHAM. But I promise that I won't be biased towards you.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

LATEST POLLS:

Yes 41%
No 59%
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

If you want a voting system which eliminates the last placed candidate, then you should have a system where everyone votes again. Under AV, some people's second preferences count whereas others don't. But we won't know WHOSE second preferences would count. This means that one person does not get one...
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:39 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Premier League
Replies: 43
Views: 8717

Re: Apterous Premier League

Josh, you're STOKE CITY.
Sophie, you're EVERTON.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:37 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

SF Draw:

Kirk Bevins v Graeme Cole
Ryan Taylor v Eoin Monaghan
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:37 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

SF Draw:

Kirk Bevins v Graeme Cole
Ryan Taylor v Eoin Monaghan
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:54 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

He has - I check the page every day.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Snooker!
Replies: 40
Views: 4147

Re: The Snooker!

I love snooker.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:14 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

I know, but I can't really start to lag too much.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:29 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

Kai, Kirk, come on, you're starting to make it lag.
by Rhys Benjamin
Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

Oliver, you have forced me into revealing my affiliation. [sigh] My cousin, who is 22, is (and has been) standing for councillor elections in his Local constituency (well, sort of(the one his uni's in)) and he represents the Conservative party. As such, we have "inside knowledge". Well, Ol...
by Rhys Benjamin
Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

Oliver, you have forced me into revealing my affiliation. [sigh] My cousin, who is 22, is (and has been) standing for councillor elections in his Local constituency (well, sort of(the one his uni's in)) and he represents the Conservative party. As such, we have "inside knowledge". Well, Ol...
by Rhys Benjamin
Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:57 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

ARGUMENTS - PART 2 Charlie Reams - Where on EARTH did you get £26,000,000? It's is expensive, because of the fact that First Past The Post was around £20,000,000 and that's not going to help us in the recovery (started by the Conservatives). The extremist parties are not just "the other ones&q...
by Rhys Benjamin
Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:03 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

Hurry up you lot.
by Rhys Benjamin
Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

ARGUMENTS - PART 1 Craig Beevers - I'm not going to delve too much into your webyanycar.com and the Labour party. I understand your point about complications, but my main reason against Alternative Voting is that it is too complicated. Also, bear in mind that I am only 12, and although I am more in...
by Rhys Benjamin
Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Wednesday 27th April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 73)
Replies: 3
Views: 792

Re: Wednesday 27th April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 73)

James Robinson wrote: Even more bizarrely, the person he'd most like to meet is Goldenballs himself, David Beckham (if he gets to the finals, he could [ask] Adam Gillard to arrange a meeting ;) )
Jasper Carrot hosts "Golden Balls".
by Rhys Benjamin
Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday April 27th 2011
Replies: 14
Views: 3384

Re: Spoilers For Wednesday April 27th 2011

What was the swear word? I was busy trying to find inflections of OPINE.
by Rhys Benjamin
Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:37 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

I thought you conceded defeat!
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:00 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:I'd bet all the money in my bank that Rhys Benjamin won't counter any of the arguments put against him in this thread.
Rhys Benjamin wrote:NO TO AV! NO TO AV!
You owe Ben all the money in his bank. (Note: all the money in his bank, not in his bank account.)
I'm not done yet! I'm writing a VERY BIG draft.
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:04 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

NO TO AV! NO TO AV!

Disease and deprivation stalk our land like 2 giant stalking things. AV will be a third.
by Rhys Benjamin
Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Replies: 486
Views: 236917

Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!

OK...... Joseph was more on the ball there. But what about next Tuesday? ;)
by Rhys Benjamin
Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday April 25th 2011
Replies: 15
Views: 3745

Re: Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday April 25th

I spotted Round 5 - don't be fooled. It's easier done than said. It's as simple as (X x 3 - 2)
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 209008

Re: The C4C Football Thread

JOHNSON!
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:12 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Guest Duels
Replies: 19
Views: 4288

Re: Guest Duels

So, basically, something from the "custom game" list is what you did.

And seeing that we have never had a Spoilage duel, can we just have one? Please?
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:50 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: aptoSOS - Simulation of a Series
Replies: 221
Views: 38011

Re: aptoSOS - Simulation of a Series

Pettet has beaten Gillies.
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

Re: AV: Yes or No?

by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:49 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: AV: Yes or No?
Replies: 277
Views: 51398

AV: Yes or No?

Your opinions please.
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 474404

Re: Feature requests

Stepdown x stepdown for nums and cons.

Let's take the first episode and rescore it under my scoring.

Round 1: 49 - 49
Round 2: 49 - 85
Round 3: 74 - 110
Round 4: 83 - 110
Round 5: 83 - 159
Round 6: 108 - 184
Round 7: 133 - 209
Round 8: 133 - 218
Round 9: 133 - 318.
by Rhys Benjamin
Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:56 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 474404

Re: Feature requests

Has ANYONE read the scoring request yet^?
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:34 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: User Images: a plea, and an offer.
Replies: 52
Views: 8981

Re: User Images: a plea, and an offer.

BUMP for Sophie.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Good Friday 22 April 2011
Replies: 25
Views: 3347

Re: Spoilers for Good Friday 22 April 2011

Erm............... no they didn't! From The wiki: Since Series 39, players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums aren't counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by highest scor...
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Dog Eat Dog Tournament May-June 2011 - apply here
Replies: 84
Views: 15416

Re: Dog Eat Dog Tournament May-June 2011 - apply here

Well, Sophie, it is GOOD Friday. ;-) :lol:
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:21 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 474404

Re: Feature requests

How about a scoring variant where you multiply the number of letters by itself to get the points? (i.e. 1-letter-words score 1 point (cos 1 x 1 = 1), 2-letter words score 4 points (cos 2 x 2 = 4) etc.) This would encourage people to go for longer words to get a greater points differential and this w...
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 474404

Re: Feature requests

Soph K wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Have we ever had a duel in Spoilage?
i think so
No we haven't.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Good Friday 22 April 2011
Replies: 25
Views: 3347

Re: Spoilers for Good Friday 22 April 2011

Please forward to James Robinson.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

Quarter-Finals draw:

Kirk Bevins v Kai Laddiman
Ryan Taylor v Oliver Garner
Graeme Cole v Joseph Krol
Eoin Monaghan v Ian Dent (happy now, Ian?)
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:11 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 474404

Re: Feature requests

Have we ever had a duel in Spoilage?
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:10 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 489659

Re: Bug reports

This is a Java sandbox thing, nothing to do with me. It seems to come and go with different versions. Ah, 'k. Cheers :) FAO Lesley in more simple language: Sometimes my Dad leaves his logon open and I play on his. He has an earlier version of Java and I can copy and paste on his, however on mine I ...
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:48 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous FA Cup
Replies: 195
Views: 33252

Re: Apterous FA Cup

Sorry to be harsh, but Niall, you've had 2 weeks and I'm giving it to Martin Long. Martin, you're up against Graeme.
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:30 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: What To Do When Apterous Is Down
Replies: 66
Views: 13748

Re: What To Do When Apterous Is Down

bump

It's not down BTW, just people keep asking "what do we do?".
by Rhys Benjamin
Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:24 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Good Friday 22 April 2011
Replies: 25
Views: 3347

Re: Spoilers for Good Friday 22 April 2011

1st nums alt:

75 x 8 = 600
9 - 4 = 5
5 - 2 = 3
7 x 3 = 21
600 + 21 = 621.

Simples.