Aptominibash III

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:43 pm

There doesn't seem much point running a full aptobash while the Summer Open is going on, so instead you are cordially invited to

Aptominibash III!

Oh yeah! The tournament will start at 7pm this Sunday (19 July). First 24 people to reply get the call. Format is Letters Attack, round robin of probably 4 rounds (depending on how many entrants we get).

Update: Expanded to 24 slots by popular demand!

Contrib users only please, I think I did enough for the freeloaders already this week.

Current entrants:

Bentley, Jim
Bevins, Kirk
Brittain, Richard
Carson, Innis
Corby, Jon
Davis, Kevin
Erdunast, Paul
Feist, Andrew
Gough, Jimmy
Hares, Marcus
Higgs, Aaron
Hurst, Jack
Laddiman, Kai
Mubeen, Junaid
O'Donnell, David
Philpot, Chris
Seymour, Niall
Stitcher, Jon
Volante, Ian
Wallace, Michael
Wilson, Ben

Reserves: Jon O'Neill, Matt Morrison, Andrew Hulme (cheers guys).

Daniel O'Dowd · Post by **Daniel O'Dowd** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:56 pm

Marcus Hares · Post by **Marcus Hares** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:58 pm

I'm in please.

Niall Seymour · Post by **Niall Seymour** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:06 am

Yes please.

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:32 am

Oh why not.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:21 am

Me please.

Aaron Higgs · Post by **Aaron Higgs** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:30 pm

I'm in.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:55 pm

Yo.

(apparently my recent dictionary work makes up for me being a stingy bastard)

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:27 pm

Yes please.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:36 pm

Yeah count me in.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:04 pm

Dib dib dib.

That means I want in by the way...

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:20 pm

Count me in please.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:47 pm

Me too, please.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:50 pm

FFS, fine, I'll just enter if you're forcing me.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:10 pm

Jimmy Gough wrote:FFS, fine, I'll just enter if you're forcing me.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:25 pm

I'm in

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:09 pm

I would be honoured to be included in this prestigious competition.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:32 pm

Just realised I can't do it. Will be on from about 8:15 to watch (if it is still going on)

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:33 pm

Oliver Garner wrote:Just realised I can't do it. Will be on from about 8:15 to watch (if it is still going on)

Shame, but thanks for letting me know.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:47 pm

I'll play if there's room...

Paul Erdunast · Post by **Paul Erdunast** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:26 pm

why not, yes please!

Daniel O'Dowd · Post by **Daniel O'Dowd** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:40 pm

I'm going to have to withdraw. I've been put on a shift at work.

-Makes the Sideshow Bob rakes noise, several times.-

Andrew Hulme · Post by **Andrew Hulme** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:32 pm

I will probably be around as a reserve type figure if you want one. Don't want to commit as I'm cricketing and there's a chance >0 that I wont be home in time.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:47 pm

Andrew Hulme wrote:I will probably be around as a reserve type figure if you want one. Don't want to commit as I'm cricketing and there's a chance >0 that I wont be home in time.

Same!

James Hurrell · Post by **James Hurrell** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:14 pm

Bugger - flying back from Spain so cannot make it - maybe next time - enjoy!

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:09 am

If we need to drop back down to 16, I can settle for being first alternate.

(Edit: Actually looking at the list, it looks like fourth alternate. Whatever.)

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:57 am

We usually have last minute dropouts and last minute entrants, so don't worry about numbers.

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:11 am

Yeah, I'll give this a bash.

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:23 am

Yes please.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:13 pm

So we have five series winners and a further four series finalists. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:37 pm

Yoink.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:14 pm

Why not? Count me in.

Richard Priest · Post by **Richard Priest** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:09 pm

Would love to but I'll be in London and probably without access to a pc

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:37 pm

Sorry for short notice, but gotta pull out. Feel free to hit me next time you see me, Charlie.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:47 pm

I had an hour or so to kill before the Minibash, so I went down to see the sea. It was serene. The clouds were awesome.

This also amused me when I was there:

Best of luck everyone!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:50 pm

Conclusions: Kirk is the best, and 4 rounds is not enough.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:54 pm

It was a great tourney, and I'm happy to have come second. It was definitely the smoothest as well, with no lag or drop-outs, so congratulations Charlie and Kirk for winning it.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:56 pm

Well played everyone, I had fun, it all got better after i got my absolute drubbing by Innis out of the way in the first round.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:58 pm

Yarr, was good. Agree that 4 rounds isn't enough, but then again LAs are quite time-intensive (5 rounds longer than 15, and no numbers/conundrums to save some time). OTOH longer games => more reliable results?

How about NA next time?

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:59 pm

It was awesome. Cheers!

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:13 pm

Had a great time, congrats everyone involved and especially Kirk.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:31 pm

Kirk V Kai final!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:18 pm

Thanks Charlie for another great tourney. Lots of panic as I played round the head of math's house and he didn't have the proper Java installed and then it didn't want to install properly as I was logged in as a guest. Thankfully it worked properly after logging back in as himself and downloading Java again.

Was a pleasure and Innis - what a close game. Quality.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:21 pm

Have to say I enjoyed running this more than any other bash, mainly because the technical side was running smoothly but also because it's always refreshing to see lots of new talent coming through. Will probably do another one next month.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:16 pm

Jimmy Gough wrote:Kirk V Kai final!

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