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Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:16 pm
by Michael Wallace
Jimmy posted this in Scrag, but I want to put it here so I can bitch about how it should've been a 135, not a 125 (with a 145 max), except in the second numbers I misclicked and did 9*9 instead of 9+9 (doing a 30*18 approach). I know, baaaaw, etc., but I rarely find myself on this form, and it would've been joint bottom of the current 15 rounder leaderboard, too, mutter mutter, etc.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15346
edit: oh, and I had RELAXERS, too, but didn't bother risking it since I was declaring second and I've had a bad day of making up words today
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:47 pm
by Ben Wilson
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:13 am
by Paul Howe
Not exactly high scoring, but really enjoyed this game with Ben P
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15501
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:20 am
by Charlie Reams
And I enjoyed watching
Watch out, fellow Aptobashers, these two are hot.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:41 am
by Phil Reynolds
Charlie Reams wrote:
And I enjoyed watching
Watch out, fellow Aptobashers, these two are hot.
They do indeed know some scarily obscure words. Comforting for us mortals, though, that neither player got the first rather easy (IMO) numbers round ((75+7)x6).
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:44 pm
by Paul Howe
Phil Reynolds wrote:Charlie Reams wrote:
And I enjoyed watching
Watch out, fellow Aptobashers, these two are hot.
They do indeed know some scarily obscure words. Comforting for us mortals, though, that neither player got the first rather easy (IMO) numbers round ((75+7)x6).
There was actually some weird laggy bug that caused the patience bars to time out instantly in that round, and the whole game was badly affected by lag, so I hope the server can hold out under the strain of APTOBASH
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:37 pm
by Oliver Garner
Despite only getting 4 maxes in the entire game, I am pleased to (finally) get my first century.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15658
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:51 pm
by Jimmy Gough
yeah go you
I was thinking you must be the most improved player on apterous. From being thumped almost every game when you first started you've improved loads since then. Your persistency has payed off. Well played man !
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:15 pm
by Oliver Garner
Jimmy wrote:
yeah go you
I was thinking you must be the most improved player on apterous. From being thumped almost every game when you first started you've improved loads since then. Your persistency has payed off. Well played man !
Thanks, and i'll give back the compliment coz you've also improved loads at Speedgoat, still trashing me every time
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:17 pm
by Charlie Reams
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:36 pm
by Chris Davies
I somehow managed to amass 134 points in this 15-round game:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=15927.
Largely thanks to my risking NITRATION for 9 in the 12th round. It just seemed like it should be a word, and fortunately for me it was.
Whereas, I lost the previous three games I had with Innis. I think he is an all-round stronger player, but I can have my bright moments, I guess. I had no words disallowed in this particular game, which is unusual for me. (Still unloading useless SOWPODS-only words from my head).
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:53 pm
by Kai Laddiman
In 2 Unlimited games, I have managed to get two baseball caps (for PESSIMISM and ASSASSINS). Yay!
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:24 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Kai Laddiman wrote:In 2 Unlimited games, I have managed to get two baseball caps (for PESSIMISM and ASSASSINS). Yay!
It's a different ball game of memory. If you have ASNI in a selection, then ASSASSINS may be one of the best words to go for. I'm sure someone can produce a list of high probability 4 letters (e.g. AESR) and the longest word that can be made from these such as ARSES or ARREARS.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:21 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Kirk Bevins wrote:It's a different ball game of memory. If you have ASNI in a selection, then ASSASSINS may be one of the best words to go for. I'm sure someone can produce a list of high probability 4 letters (e.g. AESR) and the longest word that can be made from these such as ARSES or ARREARS.
I just had a round that mentioned REASSESSES so that should be AERS covered at least
One down, loads more to go
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:35 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Joseph Bolas wrote:Kirk Bevins wrote:It's a different ball game of memory. If you have ASNI in a selection, then ASSASSINS may be one of the best words to go for. I'm sure someone can produce a list of high probability 4 letters (e.g. AESR) and the longest word that can be made from these such as ARSES or ARREARS.
I just had a round that mentioned REASSESSES so that should be AERS covered at least
One down, loads more to go
STONER - TESTOSTERONE
TALE - TATTLETALE
SAUTE - STATUETTES
GAMIER - REMARRIAGE
For a start.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:52 am
by Chris Davies
Not sure if it's noteworthy, but I finished this game 4 points shy of the maximum.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16419
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:24 am
by Charlie Reams
Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:14 pm
by Joseph Bolas
This was my game against the eventual winner Paul in the
Aptobash tournament last night where it came down to a crucial conundrum
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:03 pm
by Chris Davies
Charlie Reams wrote:
Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:23 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Chris Davies wrote:Charlie Reams wrote:Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.
Incase you are interested Chris, I think this is all the -SOL words allowed on Countdown:
AEROSOL, ALFISOL, ANDISOL, ANDOSOL, ARIDISOL, CORTISOL, CREOSOL, CRESOL, CYTOSOL, ENTISOL, ENTRESOL, EUSOL, GIRASOL, HISTOSOL, LITHOSOL, MOLLISOL, OXISOL, PALAEOSOL, PARASOL, PLASTISOL, PODSOL, SOL, SPODOSOL, ULTISOL, VERTISOL
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:35 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Joseph Bolas wrote:Chris Davies wrote:Charlie Reams wrote:Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.
Incase you are interested Chris, I think this is all the -SOL words allowed on Countdown:
AEROSOL, ALFISOL, ANDISOL, ANDOSOL, ARIDISOL, CORTISOL, CREOSOL, CRESOL, CYTOSOL, ENTISOL, ENTRESOL, EUSOL, GIRASOL, HISTOSOL, LITHOSOL, MOLLISOL, OXISOL, PALAEOSOL, PARASOL, PLASTISOL, PODSOL, SOL, SPODOSOL, ULTISOL, VERTISOL
AEROSOL lol ALFISOL lol ANDISOL lol ANDOSOL lol ARIDISOL lol CORTISOL lol CREOSOL lol CRESOL lol CYTOSOL lol ENTISOL lol ENTRESOL lol EUSOL lol GIRASOL lol HISTOSOL lol LITHOSOL lol MOLLISOL lol OXISOL lol PALAEOSOL lol PARASOL lol PLASTISOL lol PODSOL lol SOL lol SPODOSOL lol ULTISOL lol VERTISOL lol
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:53 pm
by Ben Wilson
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:27 am
by Jimmy Gough
A couple of crackers against Innis put me right in my place. I must've lost 150 points. Not quite a 700 player yet!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16592
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16593
the first one is probably the best game I've played. Anyway, that's it for me until mid January. I better get on with some revision! Kirk better not beat me to 1000 games though.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:53 pm
by Kai Laddiman
I had a
great Conundrum Attack against Prune. Check my first correct conundrum! This is the first time Prune has got a conundrum against me.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:31 am
by Chris Davies
Maximum minus one!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16836
Annoyingly, I knew OPALINE (round 2). The conundrum was a complete guess. Once I'd assumed it wasn't an -ING word, I started making compound words in my head, hoping to some up with something feasible.
Joseph Bolas wrote:Chris Davies wrote:Charlie Reams wrote:Well worthy of note, good stuff. As a CSW-to-ODE convert, you'd probably benefit from spending some time studying -SOL words (ARIDISOL, VERTISOL, etc) on which, unusually, the ODE is considerably more permissive than CSW.
I knew PODSOL and GIRASOL from scrabble, but that's about it.
Cheers.
Incase you are interested Chris, I think this is all the -SOL words allowed on Countdown:
AEROSOL, ALFISOL, ANDISOL, ANDOSOL, ARIDISOL, CORTISOL, CREOSOL, CRESOL, CYTOSOL, ENTISOL, ENTRESOL, EUSOL, GIRASOL, HISTOSOL, LITHOSOL, MOLLISOL, OXISOL, PALAEOSOL, PARASOL, PLASTISOL, PODSOL, SOL, SPODOSOL, ULTISOL, VERTISOL
I almost forgot to say thanks for the list. I'm from Wirral, not far from you.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:45 am
by Oliver Garner
[quote="Chris Davies"]Maximum minus one!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=16836
Annoyingly, I knew OPALINE (round 2). The conundrum was a complete guess. Once I'd assumed it wasn't an -ING word, I started making compound words in my head, hoping to some up with something feasible.
Quality stuff Chris
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:25 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:28 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Nice spot there with JALAPENOS. Well done Kai.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:43 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:03 pm
by Oliver Garner
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:42 pm
by Joseph Bolas
I think this is the closest I have got to a
max game
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:56 am
by Dan Vanniasingham
Congratulations, and welcome to the 200 club!
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:56 pm
by Jimmy Gough
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17528
Messed up both of the numbers and couldn't get the conundrum but I still beat prime at speedgoat!!!
Now who else can say they've done that?
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:46 am
by Innis Carson
Sorry Ian, but I really feel the need to bring up this one.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=17627
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:19 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:36 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Ditto but I messed two rounds up where I didn't score. Glad to see that I still wouldn't have beaten Junaid's score but with just 2 nines would have been more difficult!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18130
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:08 pm
by Jimmy Gough
1000 games!
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:48 pm
by Jimmy Gough
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18180
Looking at the summary, I did even better than i realised, missing just one max - AMOEBIC - which I've missed twice before! Wow I think this is actually my best ever game
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:53 pm
by Kai Laddiman
James buzzed incorrectly on 6 seconds, yet Jimmy buzzed correctly on 5.6 seconds. Curious. This happened in one of my games too.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:37 pm
by Dinos Sfyris
Hi guys I'm back from my hibernation so lets start off with some braggery
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18192
The moral of the story: Dinos rulz k?
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:40 pm
by Junaid Mubeen
Probably the most tense game I've ever had online. Missed quite a few maxes along the way, but incredibly matched each other over the first 14 rounds. Bit lucky on the conundrum as I learnt the SONICATE extensions very recently:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18352
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:46 pm
by Charlie Reams
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Probably the most tense game I've ever had online. Missed quite a few maxes along the way, but incredibly matched each other over the first 14 rounds. Bit lucky on the conundrum as I learnt the SONICATE extensions very recently:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18352
Quality game. If we had some kind of "game of the week" feature then that would be in it.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:45 pm
by Steven Briers
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Probably the most tense game I've ever had online. Missed quite a few maxes along the way, but incredibly matched each other over the first 14 rounds. Bit lucky on the conundrum as I learnt the SONICATE extensions very recently:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18352
Certainly was a nailbiter; I was nowhere near that conundrum so a well deserved win for Junaid.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:00 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Nearly got my first perfect game in speedgoat - messed last two rounds up but I had some good words:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18471
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:22 pm
by Jon Corby
Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the closest I have got to a
max game
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:01 am
by Jon O'Neill
Jon Corby wrote:Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the closest I have got to a
max game
Do you mean to imply that Joseph "Cheating" Bolas cheated in this game? You do? And that's confirmed and he's admitted it and promised to sort his life out? I see what you mean now.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:43 pm
by Jon Corby
Jon O'Neill wrote:Jon Corby wrote:Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the closest I have got to a
max game
Do you mean to imply that Joseph "Cheating" Bolas cheated in this game? You do? And that's confirmed and he's admitted it and promised to sort his life out? I see what you mean now.
Er... no. Where did he say that?
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:11 pm
by Ian Dent
A speedy 9 game with the Prune turned into something else....
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=18908
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:16 pm
by Jon Corby
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:43 pm
by Charlie Reams
Haha. Respect for putting this as a brag and not a scrag.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:55 pm
by Callum Laddiman
WOOOOOOO!!!! I actually managed to beat apterous prime in a 10 round numbers custom game.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19141
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:22 pm
by Junaid Mubeen
I've never had a goatdown game anywhere near as good as this...at one point the record seemed reachable, but i bottled it.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19510
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:05 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Nearly broke the speedgoat record (which is 158) as I would have got 162 or indeed 159 had I got the conundrum after the 10 seconds. I was also on for a max game (my first ever but the second ever as Jono has already got 141/141 against me). 14 perfect rounds and sat on 152. Conundrum is revealed. I instantly see a final E for CONFIRMER or RECONFIRM. I wait to make sure. The E pops up, I buzz instantly and choose which to say. I said CONFIRMER. I got the wrong bloody one - grrrrrrr. So I stuck at 152 and still no perfect game for me. Agonisingly close!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=19677
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:25 am
by Kirk Bevins
I quite enjoyed this game. I wanted it to be a game involving just obscure words but I failed in the second half of the game. I spent most of the 30 seconds looking for the 9 as I learnt it recently but had forgotten it and so was well annoyed when it was revealed. Oh well.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 85#r294685
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:51 am
by Phil Reynolds
Despite missing several maxes, I still somehow managed to come joint 3rd in
Sunday's Duel, beating many luminaries in the process. This is my best ever performance in the Daily Duel to date. Don't bother looking at the game itself as I didn't come up with any notable words or anything - I just wanted to tell someone.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:24 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Phil Reynolds wrote:Despite missing several maxes, I still somehow managed to come joint 3rd in
Sunday's Duel, beating many luminaries in the process. This is my best ever performance in the Daily Duel to date. Don't bother looking at the game itself as I didn't come up with any notable words or anything - I just wanted to tell someone.
Amazing isn't it - I maxed nearly everything and came 7th. That's the problem with flat scoring...
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:32 pm
by JimBentley
Kirk Bevins wrote:Amazing isn't it - I maxed nearly everything and came 7th. That's the problem with flat scoring...
Aye, the Flat Duels almost always swing on who gets the conundrums - miss one and you're a bit fucked. Amazingly I got both on that one so fluked 2nd
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:35 pm
by Paul Howe
I got girlishly excited when I spotted what an H would make in round 1 of this game, possibly my favourite pick ever.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=20127
Sadly the rest of the game could happily be in scrag, especially rd 5 where I picked A for LAVATION but bottled out of it at the last minute, only to use a letter twice in my "safety" word. I'm sure someone on here mentioned that qiblas should be allowed though.
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:41 pm
by Phil Reynolds
Kirk Bevins wrote:Amazing isn't it - I maxed nearly everything and came 7th. That's the problem with flat scoring...
What's flat scoring?