c4countdown

Doesn't seem like getting a perfect 9 rounder would be that hard, right?

Hmm.

Progress so far
18 Feb: 83/84
20 Feb: 74/75. Later: Job done.

Feel free to share your own tales of woe.

I was the first person on apterous to get a perfect 9 round game then 3 other people decided to follow suit. I'll try to be the latest one too in a minute.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=9718

Pfft.

That said, my 30s records are nowhere near my 10s ones.

After my earlier success, I almost followed it up with a perfect speed 9 in the very next game, but got screwed over by the numbers as usual...

Is this a reference to Tony Hawk's Project 8, ooi?

Michael Wallace wrote:Is this a reference to Tony Hawk's Project 8, ooi?

I'm pretty sure Tony Hawk was referring to this. But otherwise yeah.

Moved on to the speed 9 project now. Had several 8-max games.

I've been trying to get a perfect speed nine against Prune as well. I think I managed to max the first six rounds of a game, lost a point on the final letters, and scored nothing in the final two rounds!

And another - this time robbed by a numbers game I actually had but with a tricky split multiplication that I failed to reproduce. Fuck's sake.

I've started going for two large, because when the only large number's the 25, it's almost like a game of six small numbers. If you pick two large, there will always be at least the 50 or larger.

Ooh, am I allowed to take part. After 4 rather woeful efforts (who'd have thought taking a week off could affect your sharpness so much?), I managed this

Aided by wonderfully flat letter selections, ridiculously easy numbers and a straightforward conundrum:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=32950

Unlike Charlie mate. Better luck next time.

Arse, bollocks, crap.

Martin Gardner wrote:Arse, bollocks, crap.

tut tut, I see vowels Mr Gardner.

(Phil: the purpose of this post is to point out how Martin has put entire swear-words when he says he likes to not put in the vowels. I'm trying to point out how ridiculous I find this whilst also trying to be mildly amusing. I wait to see your verdict on this post and whether you think it has enough of a point to validify posting. Actually, I think MG only said this for the really bad words, which do not include "bollocks", "arse" or "crap" so if that is the case I apologise and I will remove this post is necessary.)

Jimmy Gough wrote:

Martin Gardner wrote:Arse, bollocks, crap.

tut tut, I see vowels Mr Gardner.

(Phil: the purpose of this post is to point out how Martin has put entire swear-words when he says he likes to not put in the vowels. I'm trying to point out how ridiculous I find this whilst also trying to be mildly amusing. I wait to see your verdict on this post and whether you think it has enough of a point to validify posting. Actually, I think MG only said this for the really bad words, which do not include "bollocks", "arse" or "crap" so if that is the case I apologise and I will remove this post is necessary.)

Don't remove it, but basically, yes.

Martin Gardner wrote:Arse, bollocks, crap.

Bloody hell, how did you miss the numbers in the "bollocks" game?

After many many attempts and some painful near misses, I finally did it

On to 10 secs...

Junaid Mubeen wrote:After many many attempts and some painful near misses, I finally did it

On to 10 secs...

I can't get Apterous to work at the minute, fails to sign in.

Darren Carter wrote:

Junaid Mubeen wrote:After many many attempts and some painful near misses, I finally did it

On to 10 secs...

I can't get Apterous to work at the minute, fails to sign in.

I'm rushed off my feet today and haven't had much time to look into this, but it seems to working fine at the mo. Will investigate properly later.