Aww thanks, now I need to go and delete all those things I said about you in my Countdown Experience (which needs to be seriously shortened before I send it to Mike...over 6000 words!)David O'Donnell wrote:Played through this game already, frustrating yes but the woeful miss (by your high standards) was counter-balanced by sufficient awesomeness.
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If only I could do 4 large, I'd have beaten Rex:
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^ between me and supee. It's just bad bad bad. We both are better than that game, honest.
^ between me and supee. It's just bad bad bad. We both are better than that game, honest.
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It seems churlish to complain after my first 13-max game for a while, but damn! I wish I'd got this game when I hadn't just woken up. Maybe the most gettable max for a 15-rounder ever?
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Argh! I thought I had Prime done and dusted when I was 36 ahead with some good words. Then I failed to score for the remainder of the show and I lost
Argh! I thought I had Prime done and dusted when I was 36 ahead with some good words. Then I failed to score for the remainder of the show and I lost
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Haha, amazingJon Corby wrote:"Show"?
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Argh! I could have had Rex. Crucial conundrum, and I pressed C straight away for CONSONANT and it locked my C in and then locked me out and he just beat me. Ffs. 0.7 seconds is sooo hard to beat and I was quick.
Argh! I could have had Rex. Crucial conundrum, and I pressed C straight away for CONSONANT and it locked my C in and then locked me out and he just beat me. Ffs. 0.7 seconds is sooo hard to beat and I was quick.
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Maybe this should be in scrag? Round 1 was a terrible miss with loads of easy words including several -ED words. Then I went on to max the last 14 rounds. A simple max game slipped through my fingers. Ridiculous.
Maybe this should be in scrag? Round 1 was a terrible miss with loads of easy words including several -ED words. Then I went on to max the last 14 rounds. A simple max game slipped through my fingers. Ridiculous.
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Argh! Now I know how Paul Howe feels. I pressed C immediately for CRAZINESS and was already celebrating when I was locked out. Still yet to get a max game on goatdown (although this would have been a max game against a crap opponent like apterous prune I want a proper max game). For f*** sake.
Argh! Now I know how Paul Howe feels. I pressed C immediately for CRAZINESS and was already celebrating when I was locked out. Still yet to get a max game on goatdown (although this would have been a max game against a crap opponent like apterous prune I want a proper max game). For f*** sake.
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Awesome and sexy?Kirk Bevins wrote:
Argh! Now I know how Paul Howe feels.
Seriously though, Apterous Rex is a bastard. The lag on my end is such that I often get beaten to the buzzer even when I try to blag it. Very frustrating on the few occasions I've managed to force a crucial.
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Argh. Look at the three letters maxes I dropped here:
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Would that have been your first Goatdown max game?
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Yes but I'm sure one will come along soon enough.Eoin Monaghan wrote: Would that have been your first Goatdown max game?
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End of this week I betKirk Bevins wrote:Yes but I'm sure one will come along soon enough.Eoin Monaghan wrote: Would that have been your first Goatdown max game?
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Playing against Jim is always a fun occasion, but this round was agonizing.
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In one day:
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http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=117305
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=117385
And nearly here (after chickening R2):
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http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=117087
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=117305
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=117385
And nearly here (after chickening R2):
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=117402
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Argh, and now this:
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I had BETIME and BETIMES noted down and knew only one of them was valid, and picked the wrong one. Never bottled a game more aggravatingly than that.
OK, I'll stop now.
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I had BETIME and BETIMES noted down and knew only one of them was valid, and picked the wrong one. Never bottled a game more aggravatingly than that.
OK, I'll stop now.
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On the show you could've argued that you have a spontaneous fenland accent. Unlucky.
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I'd even nailed the G for the conundrum when I was locked out. Argh.
I'd even nailed the G for the conundrum when I was locked out. Argh.
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I'd say LIEGES is quite difficult actually.Henry Meier wrote:An easy max game chance and I blew it.
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Arghhhhh!
This is a record but it should have been a max game - I got UNLOOSE right on the bell but didn't find the U key in time. Soooo frustrating. Notice it's bloody round 13 too.
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This is a record but it should have been a max game - I got UNLOOSE right on the bell but didn't find the U key in time. Soooo frustrating. Notice it's bloody round 13 too.
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That's still freakily good, though! Unlucky.Kirk Bevins wrote:Arghhhhh!
This is a record but it should have been a max game - I got UNLOOSE right on the bell but didn't find the U key in time. Soooo frustrating. Notice it's bloody round 13 too.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=136823
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This is frustration as it's only star 27 of tadpole but it's so bloody hard to beat the Guardian. I'm coming up with obscure 5s and 6s and he's getting them and then when I have a hope of pulling some points back with a 7, he gets it too. It's insane. He should miss more than he does, even at star 27 level.
Look at this - it's insane - I played well here (apart from maybe the last round but I was dead anyway and annoyed) and I lost 40 rating points.
Look at this - it's insane - I played well here (apart from maybe the last round but I was dead anyway and annoyed) and I lost 40 rating points.
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Nearly got a max game on speedgoat against Innis and look at the one max I don't get....I don't notice the other S. Argh!
Nearly got a max game on speedgoat against Innis and look at the one max I don't get....I don't notice the other S. Argh!
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Oh burn, that's really fricking unlucky.Ben Wilson wrote:Frustration? You don't know the half of it.
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Oh really?Ben Wilson wrote:Frustration? You don't know the half of it.
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Argh!!!
Round 2 - had TODAY and missed TODAYS.
Round 4 - had URBANISE and missed URBANITES.
Round 10 - had 765 but clicked 21+4 instead of 21x4.
I really should have been ahead after this numbers but I'm not.
Round 13 - Excellent. A 9 to get me right back in the game where I should be - HELOTAGES. Computer says no, when it's in. Infinite frustration.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 1833073360
Round 2 - had TODAY and missed TODAYS.
Round 4 - had URBANISE and missed URBANITES.
Round 10 - had 765 but clicked 21+4 instead of 21x4.
I really should have been ahead after this numbers but I'm not.
Round 13 - Excellent. A 9 to get me right back in the game where I should be - HELOTAGES. Computer says no, when it's in. Infinite frustration.
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This post layout remindeded me of a post-recap Larsen critiqueKirk Bevins wrote:Argh!!!
Round 2 - had TODAY and missed TODAYS.
Round 4 - had URBANISE and missed URBANITES.
Round 10 - had 765 but clicked 21+4 instead of 21x4.
I really should have been ahead after this numbers but I'm not.
Round 13 - Excellent. A 9 to get me right back in the game where I should be - HELOTAGES. Computer says no, when it's in. Infinite frustration.
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A 21-point comeback, thwarted by an E.
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Some sexy words in this game and was a goatnundrum off maxing it and I bottle it again.
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I ate schnitzel on Friday, it was really yummy.Kirk Bevins wrote:Some sexy words in this game and was a goatnundrum off maxing it and I bottle it again.
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My cousin had schnitzel in Munich too, in the Augustiner bier hall restaurant opposite our hostel. Except she described it as one of the most disgusting things she'd ever tasted, a combination of "dog fanny and rotten milk". We had been being sick all morning though, thanks to it being the afternoon after our first ever proper night on Jägermeister, so that may have clouded her judgement somewhat.Charlie Reams wrote:I ate schnitzel on Friday, it was really yummy.Kirk Bevins wrote:Some sexy words in this game and was a goatnundrum off maxing it and I bottle it again.
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Immediately after having my duel torpedoed by a mistyped conundrum, I attempt a Junior Letters Attack and this happens. Blinded by the csw-only 7 in round 19 costs me not only a would-be record but what would've been a huge improvement over Bevins's.
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This was SOOOOO frustrating. The conundrum never showed for me, Chris buzzes in to win the game. This has happened a few times recently but it has never cost me the game! Aargh.
This was SOOOOO frustrating. The conundrum never showed for me, Chris buzzes in to win the game. This has happened a few times recently but it has never cost me the game! Aargh.
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Star 27 of the first path is hard to complete and I nearly had him until I missed a simple (ish) 9. Losing with 18 maxes hurt and I really should have won. Muppet.
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ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFS!!!!
My greatest ever word ... I see I need the S for an awesome 8 in goatdown so I pick it and apterous locks up! No way! TZADDIKS was there waiting to be declared...my best word ever and I couldn't declare it. So angry.
My greatest ever word ... I see I need the S for an awesome 8 in goatdown so I pick it and apterous locks up! No way! TZADDIKS was there waiting to be declared...my best word ever and I couldn't declare it. So angry.
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Did you file a bug report to prevent this kind of thing from happening again?Kirk Bevins wrote:ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFS!!!!
My greatest ever word ... I see I need the S for an awesome 8 in goatdown so I pick it and apterous locks up! No way! TZADDIKS was there waiting to be declared...my best word ever and I couldn't declare it. So angry.
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Just filed one now on an unrelated matter.Charlie Reams wrote: Did you file a bug report to prevent this kind of thing from happening again?
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GRRRRR
Had winkled, amongst some dodgy words in rd 6 and ended up going for wanked. I think wanked cost me a max game. Not many people can say that.
Had winkled, amongst some dodgy words in rd 6 and ended up going for wanked. I think wanked cost me a max game. Not many people can say that.
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Would have gotten my first perfect 15-rounder had I not missed the incredibly easy UNLOAD. I'll probably not come this close again.
Would have gotten my first perfect 15-rounder had I not missed the incredibly easy UNLOAD. I'll probably not come this close again.
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Was quite pleased with this game in places. Got a sexy pencil and beat Craig on a 6 small. However the maxness was ruined by a promising fish that Craig and I were both sure was there. Followed by more aquatic plural mishaps
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Had BINDAAS disallowed in today's duel, thought maybe I'd dreamt it up but ODE2 confirms it as a valid word
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Err, spoilers aside,in which round? There's no S in round 7.Rich Priest wrote:Had BINDAAS disallowed in today's duel, thought maybe I'd dreamt it up but ODE2 confirms it as a valid word
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I was more than 10 points ahead of Richard Brittain with just the conundrum left and then the server cut off and wiped out our game. First time I ever played him and had overturned huge rating gap (had 4% chance of winning). GRRRRRRRR
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=208901 So close! Missed a sitter for a max game.
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Can't believe I blew that last numbers game and missed the record. If only prune picked 2 or 3 large in hyper, hint hint.
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It was all going so well...
On a related note, I got quite nervous going into the last few rounds. Has any one else ever been in a similar nervy state on the cusp of a first-ever max game? Or am I just a big weirdo?
It was all going so well...
On a related note, I got quite nervous going into the last few rounds. Has any one else ever been in a similar nervy state on the cusp of a first-ever max game? Or am I just a big weirdo?
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Only if I'm playing in front of loads of girls.Edward McCullagh wrote:On a related note, I got quite nervous going into the last few rounds. Has any one else ever been in a similar nervy state on the cusp of a first-ever max game?
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So you were on the verge of a max game, got nervous, and a load of girls were watching: bit of a stab in the dark here but did you make the next day 'laundry day'?Ben Hunter wrote:Only if I'm playing in front of loads of girls.Edward McCullagh wrote:On a related note, I got quite nervous going into the last few rounds. Has any one else ever been in a similar nervy state on the cusp of a first-ever max game?
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Happens to us all mate. Just shows how hard it is to play when nervous so apterous is a good training tool in that respect.Edward McCullagh wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=-2 ... 3825100133
It was all going so well...
On a related note, I got quite nervous going into the last few rounds. Has any one else ever been in a similar nervy state on the cusp of a first-ever max game? Or am I just a big weirdo?
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If someone could find me a more easily gettable NA max than this, do let me know