December's Daily Duels
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:44 pm
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
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Nope (I was hoping it was as well ). Read Charlie's post aboveKai Laddiman wrote:I accidentally posted my comment in November's DD, but I'll repeat it: is it meant to be a time challenge or something?
I'm pretty sure 26th December is the first day of Christmas.Charlie Reams wrote:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
It is and after 12 days it's January 6th and that's when you're supposed to take the christmas decorations down etc. I'm sure Charlie was aware of this but it was just a nice line to slip in.Kai Laddiman wrote:I'm pretty sure 26th December is the first day of Christmas.Charlie Reams wrote:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
Nope. I will do that at some point but you have to warn players in advance if buzz time is going to matter.Kai Laddiman wrote:I accidentally posted my comment in November's DD, but I'll repeat it: is it meant to be a time challenge or something?
Poor 25th - it's Christmas Day and yet not a day of Christmas! Is this really the case? I always knew that having 12 days of Christmas didn't add up if you started on the 25th, but thought that maybe someone in history couldn't count.Kirk Bevins wrote:It is and after 12 days it's January 6th and that's when you're supposed to take the christmas decorations down etc. I'm sure Charlie was aware of this but it was just a nice line to slip in.Kai Laddiman wrote:I'm pretty sure 26th December is the first day of Christmas.Charlie Reams wrote:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
Wiki has this, i.e. first day of Christmas starts on the evening of Christmas Day, so is mostly on Boxing Day:Gavin Chipper wrote: Poor 25th - it's Christmas Day and yet not a day of Christmas! Is this really the case? I always knew that having 12 days of Christmas didn't add up if you started on the 25th, but thought that maybe someone in history couldn't count.
No! Christmas decorations, trees, etc. should be taken down December 27th, so my b-day does not look like another Christmas...Kirk Bevins wrote:It is and after 12 days it's January 6th and that's when you're supposed to take the christmas decorations down etc.
They're not, really. I have no idea how today's conundrum slipped the net. Serious apologies to anyone who went for the wrong answer. I'll do a thorough revalidation of the whole lot.Frank Rodolf wrote:Hmm... Didn't know a conundrum was allowed to have multiple solutions...
Lucky you - nobody went for the wrong answer.Charlie Reams wrote: Serious apologies to anyone who went for the wrong answer. I'll do a thorough revalidation of the whole lot.
Is DEINSTALL a word or is it something else? Am I talking about the right one?Frank Rodolf wrote:Hmm... Didn't know a conundrum was allowed to have multiple solutions...
It wouldn't allow all valid solutions then?Charlie Reams wrote:They're not, really. I have no idea how today's conundrum slipped the net. Serious apologies to anyone who went for the wrong answer. I'll do a thorough revalidation of the whole lot.
DEINSTALL was indeed the other possible answer.Gavin Chipper wrote:Is DEINSTALL a word or is it something else? Am I talking about the right one?Frank Rodolf wrote:Hmm... Didn't know a conundrum was allowed to have multiple solutions...
I could imagine the conundrum round is set up to only check for the one word expected - that would save some time.Gavin Chipper wrote:It wouldn't allow all valid solutions then?Charlie Reams wrote:They're not, really. I have no idea how today's conundrum slipped the net. Serious apologies to anyone who went for the wrong answer. I'll do a thorough revalidation of the whole lot.
I was thinking that if both DEINSTALL and INSTALLED are in the conundrums list, then if someone said DEINSTALL instead of INSTALLED, then it would've accepted it, as DEINSTALL is in the conundrums list.Charlie Reams wrote:They're not, really. I have no idea how today's conundrum slipped the net. Serious apologies to anyone who went for the wrong answer. I'll do a thorough revalidation of the whole lot.Frank Rodolf wrote:Hmm... Didn't know a conundrum was allowed to have multiple solutions...
That's because you're not a programmer. Why double check that the answer given is a) an anagram of the conundrum given and b) in the conundrums list, when you already retrieved it in the first place to shuffle it?Joseph Bolas wrote:I was thinking that if both DEINSTALL and INSTALLED are in the conundrums list, then if someone said DEINSTALL instead of INSTALLED, then it would've accepted it, as DEINSTALL is in the conundrums list.
To be fair though, I didn't actually say I was a programmer, It's just the way I thought it might've worked, because it might've known that both were anagrams and both allowed.Jon Corby wrote:That's because you're not a programmer. Why double check that the answer given is a) an anagram of the conundrum given and b) in the conundrums list, when you already retrieved it in the first place to shuffle it?Joseph Bolas wrote:I was thinking that if both DEINSTALL and INSTALLED are in the conundrums list, then if someone said DEINSTALL instead of INSTALLED, then it would've accepted it, as DEINSTALL is in the conundrums list.
I didn't say you said you did.Joseph Bolas wrote:To be fair though, I didn't actually say I was a programmer, It's just the way I thought it might've worked, because it might've known that both were anagrams and both allowed.Jon Corby wrote:That's because you're not a programmer. Why double check that the answer given is a) an anagram of the conundrum given and b) in the conundrums list, when you already retrieved it in the first place to shuffle it?Joseph Bolas wrote:I was thinking that if both DEINSTALL and INSTALLED are in the conundrums list, then if someone said DEINSTALL instead of INSTALLED, then it would've accepted it, as DEINSTALL is in the conundrums list.
My birthday is 24th December, so in our house we have to suspend Christmas for a day. The girls don't seem to mind too much.Frank Rodolf wrote: No! Christmas decorations, trees, etc. should be taken down December 27th, so my b-day does not look like another Christmas...
Why does that mean you have to suspend Christmas?DebbiF wrote:My birthday is 24th December, so in our house we have to suspend Christmas for a day. The girls don't seem to mind too much.
So that I can enjoy my birthday as my birthday, not as the day before Christmas.Gavin Chipper wrote:Why does that mean you have to suspend Christmas?DebbiF wrote:My birthday is 24th December, so in our house we have to suspend Christmas for a day. The girls don't seem to mind too much.
...a conundrum in a pear tree?Charlie Reams wrote:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
so TARREDPIG, then?Kai Laddiman wrote:...a conundrum in a pear tree?Charlie Reams wrote:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
That's a bit weird. I could understand a bit more if it was on Christmas day itself (but it would still be weird) but to move Christmas so your birthday isn't the day before Christmas is plain barking! It would still be the day before the day before Christmas, so that must annoy you.DebbiF wrote:So that I can enjoy my birthday as my birthday, not as the day before Christmas.Gavin Chipper wrote:Why does that mean you have to suspend Christmas?DebbiF wrote:My birthday is 24th December, so in our house we have to suspend Christmas for a day. The girls don't seem to mind too much.
Who said they move Christmas? Suspending an event isn't the same as moving it.Gavin Chipper wrote:That's a bit weird. I could understand a bit more if it was on Christmas day itself (but it would still be weird) but to move Christmas so your birthday isn't the day before Christmas is plain barking!
Haha, I didn't even notice, but yes. Coincidence indeed.Paul Howe wrote:I assume it was just coincidence, but I liked how all yesterday's conundrums had a computer sciency theme.
Nope, I loved it. I got 50 on the numbers, and quite a decent score on the others.Joseph Bolas wrote:Did anyone else struggle with today's duel (especially the number rounds)?
They suspend Christmas for a day. That sounds to me like they have it on the 26th, or "move" it to the 26th. What's your explanation?Phil Reynolds wrote:Who said they move Christmas? Suspending an event isn't the same as moving it.Gavin Chipper wrote:That's a bit weird. I could understand a bit more if it was on Christmas day itself (but it would still be weird) but to move Christmas so your birthday isn't the day before Christmas is plain barking!
Nah. I maxed the numbers (7/7) - just bottled a conundrum and a letters round. Not sure if this gives too much away but hey.Joseph Bolas wrote:Did anyone else struggle with today's duel (especially the number rounds)?
It was clear from the context that Debbie was using "Christmas" in the broad sense of the festive season as a whole and the preparations involved, not just Christmas Day itself (or, for the real pedants, the 12-night period commencing on the evening of the 25th). Most people have thoughts of little but Christmas by December 24th. In Debbie's house, the festive preparations are suspended (as in: put aside; temporarily halted) on that day to allow her birthday to be properly celebrated.Gavin Chipper wrote:They suspend Christmas for a day. That sounds to me like they have it on the 26th, or "move" it to the 26th. What's your explanation?Phil Reynolds wrote:Suspending an event isn't the same as moving it.
I think it's more to do with Gevin's inexplicable need to have an opinion on absolutely everything, no matter how irrelevant or trivial.Phil Reynolds wrote:I'm pretty sure you knew all that and were just trying to make a pedantic point about the fact that December 24th isn't Christmas.
No! Don't end it at 12, I'm totally looking forward to playing the 325-round spectacular on Christmas Day!Frank Rodolf wrote:Wonder how long Charlie will be extending the Daily Duel - even if it stops after 12 days, it will already have 78 rounds.
But what about on New Years Eve? 496 magic rounds of Countdown. At 30 seconds a round, that's over 4 hours of Countdown magic. Make sure you start the duel before 8pm on New Years Eve else you may not get your result to count....jimbentley wrote:No! Don't end it at 12, I'm totally looking forward to playing the 325-round spectacular on Christmas Day!Frank Rodolf wrote:Wonder how long Charlie will be extending the Daily Duel - even if it stops after 12 days, it will already have 78 rounds.
I better start making oliebollen now - with duels like that I won't have time to do that after Christmas...Kirk Bevins wrote:But what about on New Years Eve? 496 magic rounds of Countdown. At 30 seconds a round, that's over 4 hours of Countdown magic. Make sure you start the duel before 8pm on New Years Eve else you may not get your result to count....jimbentley wrote:No! Don't end it at 12, I'm totally looking forward to playing the 325-round spectacular on Christmas Day!Frank Rodolf wrote:Wonder how long Charlie will be extending the Daily Duel - even if it stops after 12 days, it will already have 78 rounds.
No, I just didn't really get what she meant but thanks for the explanation.Charlie Reams wrote:I think it's more to do with Gevin's inexplicable need to have an opinion on absolutely everything, no matter how irrelevant or trivial.Phil Reynolds wrote:I'm pretty sure you knew all that and were just trying to make a pedantic point about the fact that December 24th isn't Christmas.
I thought it would be worse than it was actually, although I didn't score that much either...Ben Wilson wrote:Today's duel was so evil it makes Zef look like St. Frigging Francis of Frigging Assisi. That is all.
I scored a lot higher than I thought I would (had not expected anything over about 5), but I still think it was evil!Ian Volante wrote:I thought it would be worse than it was actually, although I didn't score that much either...Ben Wilson wrote:Today's duel was so evil it makes Zef look like St. Frigging Francis of Frigging Assisi. That is all.
Aww... Come on... Most of the conundrums are doable and the numbers rounds are not blind...Julie T wrote:Blind, 20 seconds per round, nooooo way am I attempting this one!
I think in a max only game the temptation is to aim at the target and not consider anything else, especially when you only have 20 secs. That's what I did anyway.Ian Volante wrote:I think it's a set zero.
Interesting that only a handful of people got yesterday's numbers when it was one away - did people just give up?
Maybe The Duelist has popped for a fag break.Joseph Bolas wrote:Has today's duel crashed on anyone else so far?
I got up to round 22, before the 'play next round' button stopped working (as in I have pressed it but nothings come up).
I hope not , it's been at least 30 minutes since it stopped working.Ben Hunter wrote:Maybe The Duellist has popped for a fag break.Joseph Bolas wrote:Has today's duel crashed on anyone else so far?
I got up to round 22, before the 'play next round' button stopped working (as in I have pressed it but nothings come up).
It worked for me... Every sane part of my mind (no need for comments ) wished it would break down though.Joseph Bolas wrote:I hope not , it's been at least 30 minutes since it stopped working.Ben Hunter wrote:Maybe The Duellist has popped for a fag break.Joseph Bolas wrote:Has today's duel crashed on anyone else so far?
I got up to round 22, before the 'play next round' button stopped working (as in I have pressed it but nothings come up).