Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
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Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Tom Chafer-Cook vs Bradley Horrocks
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Congratulations, Tom. A massive well done to you both !
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Great end to a great series, huge congratulations to Tom and commiserations to Bradley.
Tough conundrum at the end, especially as neither player has had it on Apterous.
Tough conundrum at the end, especially as neither player has had it on Apterous.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Great game, lads. Well played both, a fitting nail-biting crucial conundrum game between the two top players of the series. Many congrats Tom on becoming series champ, well deserved and well done Bradley on being series runner-up. Another top notch series, well done the Countdown team.
How many times has the finals gone as expected per seeding as in this series?
How many times has the finals gone as expected per seeding as in this series?
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Wow. Just... WOW. Congratulations to Tom and commiserations to Bra; this could literally be game of the week if it was the grand final of an Apterous tourney. I'm heading back to bed right about now, but I'm sure I'll have more congrats to give later in the day.
3rd Numbers Alt. ("standard method"?): (25 * 4 + 5) * (6 + 3)
3rd Numbers Alt. ("standard method"?): (25 * 4 + 5) * (6 + 3)
Not only that -- it's unpencilled, too!Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:00 pm Tough conundrum at the end, especially as neither player has had it on Apterous.
Five previous times, namely Series 23, 25, 45, 63 and 68. (I'm not Rain Man; there's a handy-dandy template listing those instances on the wiki.)Jojo Apollo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:03 pm How many times has the finals gone as expected per seeding as in this series?
I'm not dead yet. In a rut right now because of stress from work. I'll be back later in S89. I also plan to bring back the Mastergram - if I can find a way to run a timer or clock through pure MediaWiki without having to upload to Vimeo every time.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
If you considered the plurals of PSILOSIS and/or POLIOSIS to be PSILOSES or POLIOSES (though wiktionary gives both as uncountable) instead of PSILOSISES or POLIOSISES, either would give 8 in R4.
Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Great game. Great show. Great players. Great series. Need I say more? Well done to both!
My scores:
Me:98-100 (Tom) (Couldn't take him to a crucial, but got the conundrum).
Me:105-91 (Bradley) (First and last time I'll beat him!).
My scores:
Me:98-100 (Tom) (Couldn't take him to a crucial, but got the conundrum).
Me:105-91 (Bradley) (First and last time I'll beat him!).
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Ah cheers Johnny.Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:18 pmFive previous times, namely Series 23, 25, 45, 63 and 68. (I'm not Rain Man; there's a handy-dandy template listing those instances on the wiki.)Jojo Apollo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:03 pm How many times has the finals gone as expected per seeding as in this series?
I'm assuming Bradley took the risk on the last numbers game to try to get a lead thinking the conundrum would be hard to get as has been the case in many finals.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
I echo this. Except to add - shit conundrum. Should be a real word.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Great final played in a great spirit. Well done to you both.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Excellent final, really well done to both players - it could easily have swung either way. That last numbers game really would have been the turning point and I'm sure on apterous you'd have got it Bradley. Think that gets you series runner up time on apto....(you know what I mean by that!)
However, Tom is our series champion and a deserved one too - a consistently strong player and a very nice guy over all - well done!:D
However, Tom is our series champion and a deserved one too - a consistently strong player and a very nice guy over all - well done!:D
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Looking at the conundrum scramble, RILEYISMS, it seemed to me the obvious scramble should have been MISSRILEY. So lead me to think MISSRILEY would have made the answer much easier to solve.
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I concur - however, although I didn't get the conundrum, it is a word I'd had occasion to use in my days in the aerospace industry (back in the fifties, so unsurprisingly forgotten).Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:04 pmI echo this. Except to add - shit conundrum. Should be a real word.