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Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:59 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Here is the sixth instalment of the Countdown Scattergories game. Below are 10 word rounds and for each round you are to find a word of a specific length. The idea is to come up with a word, that you think will be the least mentioned by the other players. For each round, there are now only 7 possible answers (well hopefully :P).

R01: A Z I N E S A C K - 6 Letter Word
R02: C L O S E R E N T - 8 Letter Word
R03: D A M M E I M M Y - 5 Letter Word
R04: E Q U A L S C H I - 7 Letter Word
R05: F A L S E R I N G - 8 Letter Word
R06: L E A F S H O J I - 6 Letter Word
R07: P I T H D I E T S - 7 Letter Word
R08: R A B I E S N U T - 8 Letter Word
R09: S O L A R W I N G - 7 Letter Word
R10: V O T E P I X E S - 6 Letter Word

How To Enter
Please PM me with your answers for each round :). You can do this by viewing my Profile and clicking on the PM icon, to send me a private message :).

Rules
1. Check that your words are allowed before submitting your entry. The best way to do this (because not everyone will have an OED2r) is to use the Stemmer feature on Apterous. To use the feature, just type in your word but leaving out one letter (eg if word was APTEROUS, type in APTEROU etc) and then it should come up below. If you do have an ODE2r, you can obviously use that as well to check your word.
2. Check that your words match the required length for each round before submitting.
3. Check that your words match the selection for each round before submitting.
4. Check that you have spelt your words correctly before submitting.
5. If your word breaks any of the rules above (1 - 4), then you will be allowed to come up with a second word for the round, however, you will then only score half the points for the word (Eg if in Game 1, Round 1 you came up with HEARING, which is too short and then after being allowed to guess again, you then said CHEATING, you would then have only scored 3.5 points). If you have to come up with a second word, but don't submit it in the time limit, you will get no points for the round.
6. Once you have submitted a word that is acceptable for the round, you can not change your answer.
7. Once you have submitted an entry, you are not allowed to delete it before I have read it. If this happens, you will be allowed to have another go, but your OVERALL SCORE at the end, will be halved.

Scoring
Each word is scored depending on the number of times that it has been mentioned. If a word is only mentioned once, then it will get 10 points, a word mentioned twice will get 9 points and so on down to 0 points for words mentioned more than 10 times. In instances where you have to submit a second word, you will then only score half the points for the word (see rule 5). If you have to come up with a second word, but don't submit it in the time limit, you will get no points for the round.

Time Limit
The competition will close on Friday 30th January at 10 PM (22:00) :)
All entries received after the closing date and time, will not be counted.

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:11 pm
by Martin Gardner
Couldn't you do six in roman numerals ? :mrgreen:

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:20 pm
by Debbi Flack
Leave the poor chap alone - his brain's working overtime as it is ;)

(Only joking, Joseph!!)

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:29 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Martin Gardner wrote:Couldn't you do six in roman numerals ? :mrgreen:
:lol: I guess you can't see my signature then :P
DebbiF wrote:Leave the poor chap alone - his brain's working overtime as it is ;)

(Only joking, Joseph!!)
Thank you Debbi :).

My brain is actually working overtime a bit with my college simulations :D

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:00 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Just a reminder to all, who haven't played yet, that there is now only 1 hour left in this competition :). You never know, a last minute entry could win this competition :D (or stop Kai from beating Callum :lol: :P).

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:15 pm
by Callum Laddiman
Joseph Bolas wrote: (or stop Kai from beating Callum :lol: :P).
I dont think so.....

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:31 pm
by Joseph Bolas
The competition has now closed :)

The winners of the sixth Countdown Scattergories game are Rosemary Roberts and Psycho Tony :)

The overall scoreboard came out as follows:

1st - Rosemary Roberts: 87
1st - Psycho Tony: 87
3rd - Kai Laddiman: 85
3rd - Callum Laddiman: 85
5th - Matt Morrison: 83
6th - Stewart Scott: 81
6th - Neil Zussman: 81
8th - Ross Allatt: 80
9th - Michael Wallace: 78.5
10th - Ian Volante: 77
10th - Phil Reynolds: 77
12th - Kevin Thurlow: 73

Everyone's guesses and scores can be found here.

Thank you to all who participted and well done to Rosemary and Tony :)

Here are the available words (I had) for each round, that were not mentioned:

R01: KINASE
R03: AIMED, MAMEY
R04: QUAICHS
R05: REALIGNS, RESIGNAL
R06: FEIJOA, ISOHEL, SHEILA
R07: TIDIEST
R08: TURBINES, URBANISE
R09: AIRGLOW, RANGOLI
R10: EXPOSE

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:01 am
by Michael Wallace
Ah good, my inability to read (and thus declare a word that was both 1 letter too long *and* not in the selection) only cost me 3.5 points. I was half-expecting this to be the game where I would've won otherwise.

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:17 am
by Rosemary Roberts
:o .. :shock: .. :D .. 8-)

That's an excellent result, Joseph, thanks for running the game.

And of course I unreservedly take back everything I said about there being no skill involved.

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:15 am
by Callum Laddiman
Congratulations Rosemary and Tony. Very close!

Thanks Joseph.

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:42 pm
by Joseph Bolas
If I was to do a 7th round of Countdown Scattergories tonight at midnight, would anyone partake in it, or are people glad this game has stopped :P

Re: Countdown Scattergories 6

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:01 pm
by Rosemary Roberts
Joseph Bolas wrote:If I was to do a 7th round of Countdown Scattergories tonight at midnight, would anyone partake in it, or are people glad this game has stopped :P
I would play!