B'day Championship Spoilers For Wednesday February 20th 2013

[James Robinson]

So, we have now reached the final 2nd round match, meaning that we will shortly be entering the true nitty-gritty of the quarter-finals.

Today's winner won't have long to recuperate, as they'll be back in tomorrow's 1st quarter-final against Jonathan Rawlinson.

The final last 16 competitors today are the Series 44 semi-finalist, Dave Hoskisson and the Series 60 semi-finalist, Neil Zussman.

Here are the stats:

Firstly, Series 44 Semi-Finalist Dave Hoskisson - 10 Games, 8 Wins, 560 Points (Average: 56 - Not Including 2 Tie-Break Conundrums)
Highest Score: 85 vs. Mike Whiteoak (30BC Round 1 - 15 Rounder) / 70 vs. Heather Harvey (2nd Game - 9 Rounder)
Lowest Score: 27 vs. John Rainsden (Semi-Final)
9's Achieved: 0/2
Total Points/Max/%: 560/810 (69%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 359/500 (72%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 141/210 (67%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/100 (60%)

Secondly, Series 60 Semi-Finalist Neil Zussman - 11 Games, 10 Wins, 1027 Points (Average: 93.36 - Not Including Tie-Break Conundrum)
Highest Score: 111 vs. Anita Fairhurst (3rd Game)
Lowest Score: 81 vs. Rick Warburton (7th Game)
9's Achieved: 2/5
Total Points/Max/%: 1027/1348 (76%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 712/917 (78%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 235/321 (73%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 80/110 (73%)

I'll be around to recap with you all later.

[Stewart Holden]

Unlucky to have SUBPRIME disallowed, it's a great spot. Scrabble allows it along with HERPETOID for the first round. No UNDERSOLE* though!

[Jack Worsley]

1st numbers: 9x9x8-25-4 = 619

[Zarte Siempre]

1st numbers - ((8-1)*4*25)-(9*9)

[szodiac]

PERIDOT round 1 alt

Mauro

[Adam Gillard]

I had the same method as Zarte for the first numbers ([{except with fewer brackets}]). I also would have gone for undersole* and subprime* was a good effort too.

[Zarte Siempre]

Wouldn't have gone for undersole

(Not gloating, just had it disallowed before, was quite happy with urodeles)

[Adam Gillard]

Dave 34-32 Neil says Neil's in the lead. New scoring system then, too!

[Ryan Taylor]

"34-32 to Dave means Neil's in the lead". *Neil shakes head*

[Zarte Siempre]

"34-32 to Dave means Neil's in the lead". *Neil shakes head*

I thought I'd imagined both parts of that, I'm so glad I'm not going mad.

[Ryan Taylor]

JASMINE looked like a retake.

[Adam Gillard]

Thought JAMMIES* (as in pyjamas) might be an alternative in the JASMINE round, but apparently it's not in.

[Zarte Siempre]

Surprised jammies* isn't in...

and eh, Ryan?

[Ryan Taylor]

R13: ADORATION

[Zarte Siempre]

How'd you get that when there was a K, Ryan?!?!

[Ryan Taylor]

How'd you get that when there was a K, Ryan?!?!

Not only did I think I had ADORATION. I also counted it as 8 points. And so adjusting the scores now, Neil beat me with that sweet conundrum solve. Balls.

[Adam Gillard]

Well played Dave and Neil, a good close game with a nice conundrum solve under pressure. Nice that Nick pronounced Neil's surname correctly in the end! Dr Phil prescribes a double dose of Zussman! Looking forward to tomorrow's show.

[Jack Worsley]

Very well played both of you. Unlucky with UNDERSOLE but it was a superb conundrum spot by Neil, like in his last game. It'll be a tough game against Jonathan tomorrow, especially since it was filmed straight after but as we've seen in this tournament, anything can happen.

[Tony Atkins]

I did the first numbers Jack's way and the second by one of the many alts (4+4)x6x5-3, and avoided the traps in the words.

[Adam Gillard]

Wouldn't have gone for undersole

(Not gloating, just had it disallowed before, was quite happy with urodeles)

I've had it disallowed 4 times, still would have gone for it!

[James Robinson]

I was so certain there was a 9 in round 3, so was well relieved that undersole was found out not to be in....................

Not my best of games, I thought i had TROPHIED* in round 1, clearly just ATROPHIED (a bit of SPOUSING* in there perhaps. )

But, very well done, Neil. Should be an interesting encounter with Jonathan tomorrow.

CONSOLER in round 6 and ELECTOR in round 11.

1st Numbers Alt.: (((9 x 9) - 1) x 8) - 25 + 4 = 619 (Stupidly then realised I didn't need the "-1", and could've just taken away the 25 and 4
2nd Numbers Alt.: (6 x 5 x (7 + (4 / 4))) - 3 = 237

[Neil Zussman]

That was closer than I would've liked, but once again I was relieved to get the win! It's odd, but I think almost the only two conundrums I've got all series so far have been the ones in my own shows- seems I thrive under pressure, or something like that...

Subprime was very annoying, I was very happy with that spot and didn't think it was even risky. And that had a knock-on affect on the next round; I was fairly sure undersole wasn't in, but couldn't risk going 26 behind, cos I wasn't certain. I wouldn't have declared it if I was going first. We both had ROUNDELS anyway, so it didn't make that much difference but at the time it felt like I was having a bit of a 'mare. I also should've got CONSOLED, but apart from that it just felt like there were a load of flat rounds, which was quite annoying, since I didn't want another crucial! But Dave played well, so I was very glad to scrape through.

"34-32 to Dave means Neil's in the lead". *Neil shakes head*

I thought I'd imagined both parts of that, I'm so glad I'm not going mad.

Haha, I remember being sure that they were going to do a retake, since I didn't think I could've been the only one who noticed. Glad they didn't though, it shows I was awake.

[Gavin Chipper]

PERIDOT round 1 alt

Mauro

DC got that. Also DIOPTRE which I don't think they did say.

Also, not to the same extent as yesterday's game, but OMG spoilerz! The calm before the storm, perhaps.

[James Robinson]

Second Round Game 8 2020 Word Update

The max would have increased by three (from 117 to 120), if played today, as there were 8's available in Rounds 1, 11 & 12, that weren't available in 2013.

New Words Now Allowed:

R1: PROTEIDE, TROPHIED (increases MAX from 7 to 8)
R2: BRUNIES, NERIUMS, RUBINES, UNPRIME
R6: NOODLERS
R7: GORDITAS
R11: ORCELITE, PETROLIC, PLEROTIC (increases MAX from 7 to 8)
R12: MANUMISE (increases MAX from 7 to 8)
R13: ADINKRA, ADORANT