Spoilers for Wednesday August 14th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 29

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Dylan Taylor now has a 6th win under his belt and could be on pace to break Giles' record. We'll see how both do after game 7 today.

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Well done to Dylan for 13 max game - though I got DENIZENS but missed the one that DC missed in R2.
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Tony Atkins wrote:Well done to Dylan for 13 max game - though I got DENIZENS but missed the one that DC missed in R2.
Jessica got DENIZENS (HEMIOLA and PORTAGED) too, but missed out on the CULTIGEN and BUSTIERS :-(

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Tony Atkins wrote:Well done to Dylan for 13 max game - though I got DENIZENS but missed the one that DC missed in R2.
Stupidly I thought ENDZONES might be in.
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Well, you say stupidly but I think I've seen Americans themselves write it with one word rather than two, so it might be worth a stab
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ROSARIUM in round 2.
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Good to see CULTIGEN making another appearance ;)
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Kirk Bevins wrote:Good to see CULTIGEN making another appearance ;)
Indeedy do, I so thought soon as I saw it appear, since it was that appearance that made me aware of it for the first time. 8-)

Can't believe that show was 6 months ago now :!: :!: :!: :shock: :shock: :shock: :o :o :o

Superb performance yet again, Dylan. Surely octochampdom and maybe that record beckons.............. ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-)

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Dylan only needs 113 to break Giles's Octo-scoring record! Dylan also needs a record breaking 147 to reach 1,000! Will anyone EVER reach 1,000, as Dylan has - up to now - a commanding record % of his total max's, so far (at 92.22%), how good do you have to be to hit 1,000?

Maybe if Conor started afresh - right now - he would probably get close, but how many Conors and Dylans are there out there?
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Dave Preece wrote:Will anyone EVER reach 1,000, as Dylan has - up to now - a commanding record % of his total max's, so far (at 92.22%), how good do you have to be to hit 1,000?
Typically, the max score for an entire octorun is around 1,000; some are even lower. Somebody ought to put Apterous Rex on TV.
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An absolute top player, with no conundrum misses, plenty of 9s (at least 5 - probably more realistically 6 or more), no rounds dropped to the opposition and virtually no maxes missed with 1 or 2L in numbers for the entirety of their run, could probably scrape 1,000. It's probably possible for about 3 people who haven't gone on the show yet/will go on again (barring a 1100+ available max with an absolute tonne of 9s - even then, probably only a few more players who haven't gone on already would be capable of reaching it).
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Did I see Nick go to Mike for first go at one of Dylan's numbers games? If so, I'm wondering if Nick noticed maybe Mike didn't write it down. Could have saved an embarrassing situation and wouldn't have affected the outcome of the game, so if so, well done Nick!
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Jennifer Steadman wrote:An absolute top player, with no conundrum misses, plenty of 9s (at least 5 - probably more realistically 6 or more), no rounds dropped to the opposition and virtually no maxes missed with 1 or 2L in numbers for the entirety of their run, could probably scrape 1,000. It's probably possible for about 3 people who haven't gone on the show yet/will go on again (barring a 1100+ available max with an absolute tonne of 9s - even then, probably only a few more players who haven't gone on already would be capable of reaching it).
Who are the three people please?
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Dan McColm, James Nguyen and Rob Foster. Possibly Kevin Stoba as well for a fourth.
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Dan McColm
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He made his CO-event debut at COLIN 2012, before finishing as the runner-up at both CO:REA in April and COHUD in June.
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5212 24/02/2011 P Ned Pendleton 89 – 66 Dan McColm Mark Foster Susie Dent 118

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Might he get another chance???
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A few weeks ago he was averaging 13.4 maxes per game on Apterous. Case closed.
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