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Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:05 pm
by Ian Volante
Michael Wallace wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Is there a post I'm missing that would offer some context?

Something to do with "gay" in the dictionary?
Charlie is a gay.
I heard that he has a bum too.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:30 pm
by Chris Davies
132. Answers below.


1. muckier (7)
2. politesse (18)
3. pudendum (8)
4. turn (4)
5. 657 -> 50*(8+5)+10-3 (10)
6. camisole (8)
7. loafing (7)
8. litreages (18)
9. frigates (8)
10. 473 -> 25*(9+9+5-4)-2 (10)
11. manta (5)
12. albedos (7)
13. grows (5)
14. 300 ((6+4+1)*7-2)*4 (7)
15. MECHANIZE (10)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:21 am
by James Hall
It's now so broken even the "oops" message has gone :(

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:19 pm
by Jordan F
Another Kountdown challenge. 4 letters rounds of 3 vowels, 4 of 4 vowels, and 3 of 5 vowels. As determined by random.org, one 4 large numbers, one 2 large numbers, and one 6 small numbers, and conundrum made by me. According to Kountdown, maximum score is 120, of course I'm not sure if every max that Kountdown has is accurate, but we'll see.

1. KFFIUABQC
2. MREGNORRE
3. UBWITDOFD
4. AUEWSGMPT
5. 3 5 25 50 75 100 Target: 424
6. NEHANOLUY
7. RSTVAUAYU
8. NHSRTMOAI
9. IAIETPCFV
10. 4 6 8 9 25 100 Target: 349
11. EZIJUDORI
12. NTAASRAEU
13. AESFOUGLO
14. 4 4 6 6 9 9 Target: 546
15. ISEEGOONS

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:43 pm
by Graeme Cole
101.


1. QUACK
2. MERGER
3. OUTDID
4. GAMUTS
5. 5*100-75-(3-50/25) = 424
6. HALON
7. AVAST
8. HARMONIST
9. CAPTIVE
10. (100-9-6)*4+8 = 348
11. RIDE
12. SAUNTER
13. FOULS
14. (9*9+6+4)*6 = 546


Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:46 pm
by Jennifer Steadman
118 I think.

1. QUAFF (5) 2. MERGER (6) 3. OUTBID (6) 4. UPSTAGE (7) 5. 100*5 - 75 - 3 + 50/25 = 424 (10) 6. NOUNAL (6) 7. AVAST (5) 8. HARMONIST (18) 9. CAPTIVE (7) 10. (100 + 8)*4 + 25 - 6 = 349 (10) 11. IODIZE (6) 12. SAUNTER (7) 13. FOULS (5) 14. (9*6)*(6 + 4) + 6 = 546 (10) 15. OOGENESIS (10)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:55 pm
by Ryan Taylor
Me and Michelle got 119 combined. We think we missed the max in R13 - possibly AFOULS?

Scorecard below:

1. QUICK
2. GENOME
3. OUTDID
4. MEATUS
5. 5*100-75-3+50/25
6. NOUNAL
7. ASTRAY
8. HARMONIST
9. CAPTIVE
10. 4*(100-8)-25+6
11. IODIZER
12. SAUNTER
13. LOUSE
14. 6*9*(9+4/4)+6
15. OOGENESIS

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:04 pm
by Graeme Cole
Some conundrums for you all, of various difficulties, in no particular order:

1. MINCENUDE
2. GREENLADY
3. PRERUSTIC
4. SCOUTFIRE
5. TURNALIVE
6. SALONEENS
7. GROSSRAGE
8. BLOODMESS
9. AGENTNINE
10. HULLBEAST
11. GALLIFREY
12. ARSEMODEL
13. WETDREAMS
14. ANTTIQUES
15. MARKACTED

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:12 pm
by Graeme Cole
Ryan: R11 not valid, I'm afraid.

Jen: you've got one of the numbers upside down in R14. :-)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:16 pm
by Jennifer Steadman
Whoops :? I meant (9*6)*(9 + 4/4) + 6 = 546, but you can deduct 10 if you want.

Note to self: Learn to read/write before applying.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:07 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Who's the Master now?

R01: W R O D O M R U B
R02: 2, 5, 7, 9, 9, 10. Target: 515.
R03: A R E D S T O N E (conundrum)
R04: E I D D D Z T I E
R05: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 100. Target: 870.
R06: B R I N G U S O N (conundrum)
R07: E D I B S E G E U
R08: 3, 4, 5, 8, 25, 100. Target: 251.
R09: G R E A T D A I N (conundrum)
R10: Y L L A K O M U R
R11: 2, 5, 10, 50, 75, 100. Target: 956.
R12: S O U R B O G I E (conundrum)
R13: T S O A B P U O D
R14: 5, 6, 25, 50, 75, 100. Target: 171.
R15: A X E L H O G A N (conundrum)

If the Kountdown solver has not deceived us, as it almost always does, the max is 132.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:45 pm
by Adam Dexter
I just randomly picked some numbers for a number game, and turned out with a single solution puzzle. See if you guys can see it.

3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 1. Target = 623

Have fun :)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:48 pm
by Matt Morrison

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:50 pm
by Graeme Cole
Woohoo, the "oops" page is back! :-D
Adam Dexter wrote:I just randomly picked some numbers for a number game, and turned out with a single solution puzzle. See if you guys can see it.

3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 1. Target = 623

Have fun :)
Could only get 624 in 30 seconds. Took me about two or three minutes to see (6*5*3-1)*(9-2)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:06 pm
by David Barnard
I got to 621 in 30 seconds doing 23*27 but that's all

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:16 pm
by peter lee
Saw that 6*5*3*7 was 630
Sko did ( 6*5*3-1 ) * ( 9-2 ) = 623

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:32 am
by David Barnard
Down at 1:30 am, at least I can go to bed now and hope it's up when I get up. P.S, was right in the middle of a spoilage numbers attack personal best so would have been nice to finish :(

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:41 pm
by Ben Wilson
Oh man. 13 out of 13 maxes, and it chooses that precise fucking moment to die.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:43 pm
by David Barnard
Yep, I was actually getting somewhere with my conundrum practise

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:51 pm
by Ben Wilson
However you recovered that Charlie... Thanks.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:08 pm
by Ian Volante
Et's doyn agin...

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:55 am
by Charlie Reams
It'll be back this evening.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:21 pm
by Charlie Reams
Charlie Reams wrote:It'll be back this evening.
Which is code for "now".

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:59 am
by Rhys Benjamin
It's down again (and DFEOJM backs me up).

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:50 am
by David Barnard
Down for me too

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:00 pm
by Kevin Stoba
Seems to be on and off today for me, although it's firmly in the "off" camp right now.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:05 am
by David Barnard
Just gone down again, just as Andrew was getting idolised by one of his adoring fans lol

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:02 pm
by Gavin Chipper
It might as well be down now (the web side of things anyway - dunno about the game), considering that it's completely illegible with the "hilarious" Hallowe'en font!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:06 pm
by Adam Gillard
It's been down for at least a MINUTE now! :O Panic!!!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:22 pm
by Ian Volante
Adam Gillard wrote:It's been down for at least a MINUTE now! :O Panic!!!
Still down, this place patchy too!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:24 pm
by sean d
still down :(

good night!

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:47 pm
by David Barnard
Can't even get onto the front page to view some tickets or use lexplorer :(

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 7:21 pm
by Adam Dexter
Simply put, yes.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 7:53 pm
by Thomas Carey
Adam Dexter wrote:Simply put, yes.
+1

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 7:55 pm
by David Barnard
At least my rating is safe lol

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:08 pm
by Miriam Nussbaum
I get my computer back from being repaired, decide to check whether my Java issues are solved, and what do I get? "Attempt 54 of 500…"

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:01 am
by Adam Gillard
Query failed in Jen mode when trying to load apterous homepage. Damn that Steadman.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:15 am
by Ziggy Davidson
Still down

Ziggy

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:46 am
by Charlie Reams
Aaaaand we're back.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:20 am
by Gemma Church
Afternoon, is the site down? Or is it my ailing computer?!

Thanks,

Gemma

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:34 am
by Ian Volante
Gemma Church wrote:Afternoon, is the site down? Or is it my ailing computer?!

Thanks,

Gemma
I couldn't get on earlier. Charlie did post a note yesterday saying that the site would be down for a bit from Thursday onwards, maybe that event happened earlier than expected.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:49 am
by Charlie Reams
Yep, this is the scheduled downtime announced earlier in the week (the note was meant to say from Tuesday so I actually managed to delay it for a day, but maybe I wrote Thursday?) I'll be posting updates to the Google+ group if anyone wants to follow along: https://plus.google.com/115731491674925974532/posts

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:16 pm
by Gemma Church
Cracking, thanks for that and sorry I missed the announcement!

Thanks,

Gemma

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:24 pm
by Andy Platt
Maintenance / Update / Installing/writing a new format / Surprise ?

:)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:31 pm
by Ian Volante
Charlie Reams wrote:Yep, this is the scheduled downtime announced earlier in the week (the note was meant to say from Tuesday so I actually managed to delay it for a day, but maybe I wrote Thursday?) I'll be posting updates to the Google+ group if anyone wants to follow along: https://plus.google.com/115731491674925974532/posts
I might have remembered wrong...

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:08 pm
by Jason Larsen
Quote

What Charlie?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:38 pm
by Jason Larsen
Charlie?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:18 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Here's another 15-rounder for you to try while you wait. You're welcome to post your scores here.

R1: B N R A E I V Z E
R2: U V U G I D O H I
R3: 25, 75, 50, 100, 9, 7. Target: 827.
R4: H V P E U S N E A
R5: B P H R A O A A B
R6: 100, 3, 5, 5, 10, 2. Target: 785.
R7: K E N E M E R I Z
R8: L I Q E I C E T O
R9: 50, 1, 4, 9, 1, 6. Target: 438.
R10: V N P S N E E I S
R11: L L K O O I R E G
R12: I I I E U N D R S
R13: P P A E T L O I D
R14: 50, 100, 25, 3, 6, 2. Target: 466.
R15: N O A P T I R U S (conundrum)

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:33 pm
by Jason Larsen
Charlie Reams?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:22 pm
by David Barnard
Johnny 114 and Jason, it will be back as soon as possible

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 12:08 am
by Jason Larsen
Was this downtime planned?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 12:54 am
by Thomas Carey
Johnny 116, and yes it was Jason. He mentioned it on Monday, and it's on his google+ page.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:32 am
by Jason Larsen
Thank you Thomas

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:41 am
by sean d
We would appear to be back, thank God n Charlie.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:13 am
by Marcus Hares
Still down for me, although Charlie did mention it might take longer for some people - anyone else still not able to get in?

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:29 am
by Matthew Brockwell
You are not the only one Marcus, I am still unable to get in too.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:04 am
by Ian Volante
I got into the home page for a while, but couldn't load the applet. Now I can't get into the site at all, since about 10pm.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:23 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I got into the site this morning (didn't try to play) but can't any more. Some people must have played at some point today though because there were duel positions for the day.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:41 pm
by Innis Carson
Works absolutely fine for me, and quite a few other people.

Re: Is Apterous down?

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:20 pm
by Gavin Chipper
At the moment it just gives a list of films.