Official Thread of Brag

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:16 pm

Jimmy posted this in Scrag, but I want to put it here so I can bitch about how it should've been a 135, not a 125 (with a 145 max), except in the second numbers I misclicked and did 9*9 instead of 9+9 (doing a 30*18 approach). I know, baaaaw, etc., but I rarely find myself on this form, and it would've been joint bottom of the current 15 rounder leaderboard, too, mutter mutter, etc.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15346

edit: oh, and I had RELAXERS, too, but didn't bother risking it since I was declaring second and I've had a bad day of making up words today

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:47 pm

New hypergoatdown record:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15524

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:13 am

Not exactly high scoring, but really enjoyed this game with Ben P

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15501

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:20 am

Paul Howe wrote:Not exactly high scoring, but really enjoyed this game with Ben P

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15501

And I enjoyed watching

Watch out, fellow Aptobashers, these two are hot.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:41 am

Charlie Reams wrote:
Paul Howe wrote:Not exactly high scoring, but really enjoyed this game with Ben P

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15501
And I enjoyed watching Watch out, fellow Aptobashers, these two are hot.

They do indeed know some scarily obscure words. Comforting for us mortals, though, that neither player got the first rather easy (IMO) numbers round ((75+7)x6).

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:44 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Paul Howe wrote:Not exactly high scoring, but really enjoyed this game with Ben P

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15501
And I enjoyed watching Watch out, fellow Aptobashers, these two are hot.
They do indeed know some scarily obscure words. Comforting for us mortals, though, that neither player got the first rather easy (IMO) numbers round ((75+7)x6).

There was actually some weird laggy bug that caused the patience bars to time out instantly in that round, and the whole game was badly affected by lag, so I hope the server can hold out under the strain of APTOBASH

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:37 pm

Despite only getting 4 maxes in the entire game, I am pleased to (finally) get my first century.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15658

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:51 pm

Oliver Garner wrote:Despite only getting 4 maxes in the entire game, I am pleased to (finally) get my first century.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15658

yeah go you

I was thinking you must be the most improved player on apterous. From being thumped almost every game when you first started you've improved loads since then. Your persistency has payed off. Well played man !

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:15 pm

Jimmy wrote:
Oliver Garner wrote:Despite only getting 4 maxes in the entire game, I am pleased to (finally) get my first century.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15658
yeah go you I was thinking you must be the most improved player on apterous. From being thumped almost every game when you first started you've improved loads since then. Your persistency has payed off. Well played man !

Thanks, and i'll give back the compliment coz you've also improved loads at Speedgoat, still trashing me every time

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:17 pm

1 word away from my first max game. Shit.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:36 pm

I somehow managed to amass 134 points in this 15-round game:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15927.
Largely thanks to my risking NITRATION for 9 in the 12th round. It just seemed like it should be a word, and fortunately for me it was.

Whereas, I lost the previous three games I had with Innis. I think he is an all-round stronger player, but I can have my bright moments, I guess. I had no words disallowed in this particular game, which is unusual for me. (Still unloading useless SOWPODS-only words from my head).

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:53 pm

In 2 Unlimited games, I have managed to get two baseball caps (for PESSIMISM and ASSASSINS). Yay!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:24 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:In 2 Unlimited games, I have managed to get two baseball caps (for PESSIMISM and ASSASSINS). Yay!

It's a different ball game of memory. If you have ASNI in a selection, then ASSASSINS may be one of the best words to go for. I'm sure someone can produce a list of high probability 4 letters (e.g. AESR) and the longest word that can be made from these such as ARSES or ARREARS.

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:21 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:It's a different ball game of memory. If you have ASNI in a selection, then ASSASSINS may be one of the best words to go for. I'm sure someone can produce a list of high probability 4 letters (e.g. AESR) and the longest word that can be made from these such as ARSES or ARREARS.

I just had a round that mentioned REASSESSES so that should be AERS covered at least

One down, loads more to go

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:35 pm

Joseph Bolas wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:It's a different ball game of memory. If you have ASNI in a selection, then ASSASSINS may be one of the best words to go for. I'm sure someone can produce a list of high probability 4 letters (e.g. AESR) and the longest word that can be made from these such as ARSES or ARREARS.
I just had a round that mentioned REASSESSES so that should be AERS covered at least

One down, loads more to go

STONER - TESTOSTERONE
TALE - TATTLETALE
SAUTE - STATUETTES
GAMIER - REMARRIAGE

For a start.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:52 am

Not sure if it's noteworthy, but I finished this game 4 points shy of the maximum.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16419

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:24 am

Chris Davies wrote:Not sure if it's noteworthy, but I finished this game 4 points shy of the maximum.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16419

Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:14 pm

This was my game against the eventual winner Paul in the Aptobash tournament last night where it came down to a crucial conundrum

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:03 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Chris Davies wrote:Not sure if it's noteworthy, but I finished this game 4 points shy of the maximum.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16419
Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.

I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.

Cheers.

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:23 pm

Chris Davies wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.

Incase you are interested Chris, I think this is all the -SOL words allowed on Countdown:

AEROSOL, ALFISOL, ANDISOL, ANDOSOL, ARIDISOL, CORTISOL, CREOSOL, CRESOL, CYTOSOL, ENTISOL, ENTRESOL, EUSOL, GIRASOL, HISTOSOL, LITHOSOL, MOLLISOL, OXISOL, PALAEOSOL, PARASOL, PLASTISOL, PODSOL, SOL, SPODOSOL, ULTISOL, VERTISOL

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:35 pm

Joseph Bolas wrote:
Chris Davies wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.
Incase you are interested Chris, I think this is all the -SOL words allowed on Countdown:

AEROSOL, ALFISOL, ANDISOL, ANDOSOL, ARIDISOL, CORTISOL, CREOSOL, CRESOL, CYTOSOL, ENTISOL, ENTRESOL, EUSOL, GIRASOL, HISTOSOL, LITHOSOL, MOLLISOL, OXISOL, PALAEOSOL, PARASOL, PLASTISOL, PODSOL, SOL, SPODOSOL, ULTISOL, VERTISOL

AEROSOL lol ALFISOL lol ANDISOL lol ANDOSOL lol ARIDISOL lol CORTISOL lol CREOSOL lol CRESOL lol CYTOSOL lol ENTISOL lol ENTRESOL lol EUSOL lol GIRASOL lol HISTOSOL lol LITHOSOL lol MOLLISOL lol OXISOL lol PALAEOSOL lol PARASOL lol PLASTISOL lol PODSOL lol SOL lol SPODOSOL lol ULTISOL lol VERTISOL lol

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:53 pm

Record equaller!!!!!!

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:27 am

A couple of crackers against Innis put me right in my place. I must've lost 150 points. Not quite a 700 player yet!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16592
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16593

the first one is probably the best game I've played. Anyway, that's it for me until mid January. I better get on with some revision! Kirk better not beat me to 1000 games though.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:53 pm

I had a great Conundrum Attack against Prune. Check my first correct conundrum! This is the first time Prune has got a conundrum against me.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:31 am

Maximum minus one!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16836

Annoyingly, I knew OPALINE (round 2). The conundrum was a complete guess. Once I'd assumed it wasn't an -ING word, I started making compound words in my head, hoping to some up with something feasible.

Joseph Bolas wrote:
Chris Davies wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.
Incase you are interested Chris, I think this is all the -SOL words allowed on Countdown:

AEROSOL, ALFISOL, ANDISOL, ANDOSOL, ARIDISOL, CORTISOL, CREOSOL, CRESOL, CYTOSOL, ENTISOL, ENTRESOL, EUSOL, GIRASOL, HISTOSOL, LITHOSOL, MOLLISOL, OXISOL, PALAEOSOL, PARASOL, PLASTISOL, PODSOL, SOL, SPODOSOL, ULTISOL, VERTISOL

I almost forgot to say thanks for the list. I'm from Wirral, not far from you.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:45 am

[quote="Chris Davies"]Maximum minus one!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16836

Annoyingly, I knew OPALINE (round 2). The conundrum was a complete guess. Once I'd assumed it wasn't an -ING word, I started making compound words in my head, hoping to some up with something feasible.

Quality stuff Chris

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:25 pm

YES!!!

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:28 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:YES!!!

Nice spot there with JALAPENOS. Well done Kai.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:43 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:YES!!!

DOUBLE YES!!!

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:03 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17221
None of them amazingly hard, but who cares?

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:42 pm

I think this is the closest I have got to a max game

Dan Vanniasingham · Post by **Dan Vanniasingham** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:56 am

Oliver Garner wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17221
None of them amazingly hard, but who cares?

Congratulations, and welcome to the 200 club!

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:56 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17528

Messed up both of the numbers and couldn't get the conundrum but I still beat prime at speedgoat!!!
Now who else can say they've done that?

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:46 am

Sorry Ian, but I really feel the need to bring up this one.

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17627

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:19 pm

So close to the record!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:36 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:So close to the record!

Ditto but I messed two rounds up where I didn't score. Glad to see that I still wouldn't have beaten Junaid's score but with just 2 nines would have been more difficult!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18130

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:08 pm

1000 games!

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:48 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18180

Looking at the summary, I did even better than i realised, missing just one max - AMOEBIC - which I've missed twice before! Wow I think this is actually my best ever game

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:53 pm

Jimmy wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18180

Looking at the summary, I did even better than i realised, missing just one max - AMOEBIC - which I've missed twice before! Wow I think this is actually my best ever game

James buzzed incorrectly on 6 seconds, yet Jimmy buzzed correctly on 5.6 seconds. Curious. This happened in one of my games too.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:37 pm

Hi guys I'm back from my hibernation so lets start off with some braggery

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18192

The moral of the story: Dinos rulz k?

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:40 pm

Probably the most tense game I've ever had online. Missed quite a few maxes along the way, but incredibly matched each other over the first 14 rounds. Bit lucky on the conundrum as I learnt the SONICATE extensions very recently:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18352

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:46 pm

Junaid Mubeen wrote:Probably the most tense game I've ever had online. Missed quite a few maxes along the way, but incredibly matched each other over the first 14 rounds. Bit lucky on the conundrum as I learnt the SONICATE extensions very recently:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18352

Quality game. If we had some kind of "game of the week" feature then that would be in it.

Steven Briers · Post by **Steven Briers** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:45 pm

Junaid Mubeen wrote:Probably the most tense game I've ever had online. Missed quite a few maxes along the way, but incredibly matched each other over the first 14 rounds. Bit lucky on the conundrum as I learnt the SONICATE extensions very recently:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18352

Certainly was a nailbiter; I was nowhere near that conundrum so a well deserved win for Junaid.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:00 pm

Nearly got my first perfect game in speedgoat - messed last two rounds up but I had some good words:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18471

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:22 pm

Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the closest I have got to a max game

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:01 am

Jon Corby wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the closest I have got to a max game

Do you mean to imply that Joseph "Cheating" Bolas cheated in this game? You do? And that's confirmed and he's admitted it and promised to sort his life out? I see what you mean now.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:43 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the closest I have got to a max game

Do you mean to imply that Joseph "Cheating" Bolas cheated in this game? You do? And that's confirmed and he's admitted it and promised to sort his life out? I see what you mean now.

Er... no. Where did he say that?

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:11 pm

A speedy 9 game with the Prune turned into something else....

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18908

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:16 pm

Ian Dent wrote:A speedy 9 game with the Prune turned into something else....

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18908

Brilliant !

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:43 pm

Ian Dent wrote:A speedy 9 game with the Prune turned into something else....

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18908

Haha. Respect for putting this as a brag and not a scrag.

Callum Laddiman · Post by **Callum Laddiman** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:55 pm

WOOOOOOO!!!! I actually managed to beat apterous prime in a 10 round numbers custom game. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19141

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm

Callum Laddiman wrote:WOOOOOOO!!!! I actually managed to beat apterous prime in a 10 round numbers custom game. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19141

go you!

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:22 pm

I've never had a goatdown game anywhere near as good as this...at one point the record seemed reachable, but i bottled it.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19510

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:05 pm

Nearly broke the speedgoat record (which is 158) as I would have got 162 or indeed 159 had I got the conundrum after the 10 seconds. I was also on for a max game (my first ever but the second ever as Jono has already got 141/141 against me). 14 perfect rounds and sat on 152. Conundrum is revealed. I instantly see a final E for CONFIRMER or RECONFIRM. I wait to make sure. The E pops up, I buzz instantly and choose which to say. I said CONFIRMER. I got the wrong bloody one - grrrrrrr. So I stuck at 152 and still no perfect game for me. Agonisingly close!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19677

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:25 am

I quite enjoyed this game. I wanted it to be a game involving just obscure words but I failed in the second half of the game. I spent most of the 30 seconds looking for the 9 as I learnt it recently but had forgotten it and so was well annoyed when it was revealed. Oh well.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 85#r294685

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:51 am

Despite missing several maxes, I still somehow managed to come joint 3rd in Sunday's Duel, beating many luminaries in the process. This is my best ever performance in the Daily Duel to date. Don't bother looking at the game itself as I didn't come up with any notable words or anything - I just wanted to tell someone.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:24 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:Despite missing several maxes, I still somehow managed to come joint 3rd in Sunday's Duel, beating many luminaries in the process. This is my best ever performance in the Daily Duel to date. Don't bother looking at the game itself as I didn't come up with any notable words or anything - I just wanted to tell someone.

Amazing isn't it - I maxed nearly everything and came 7th. That's the problem with flat scoring...

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:32 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Amazing isn't it - I maxed nearly everything and came 7th. That's the problem with flat scoring...

Aye, the Flat Duels almost always swing on who gets the conundrums - miss one and you're a bit fucked. Amazingly I got both on that one so fluked 2nd

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:35 pm

I got girlishly excited when I spotted what an H would make in round 1 of this game, possibly my favourite pick ever.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=20127

Sadly the rest of the game could happily be in scrag, especially rd 5 where I picked A for LAVATION but bottled out of it at the last minute, only to use a letter twice in my "safety" word. I'm sure someone on here mentioned that qiblas should be allowed though.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:41 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:Amazing isn't it - I maxed nearly everything and came 7th. That's the problem with flat scoring...

What's flat scoring?