COMA Plate Tournament - Draw

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:30 pm

New thread to try and make sure everyone sees it.
Obviously post your game here once played.

Hopefully apterous will be back up soon!

The Draw has been made. Games to be played by the 29th March please.

Damian Eadie vs Jacob Sutton
Julie Taylor vs Kevin Davis
Martin Bishop vs Darren Carter
Ian Dent vs Ian Volante
Lee Simmonds vs Tom Rowell
Kai Laddiman vs Eoin Monaghan
Simon Myers vs Ben Hunter
Neil Zussman vs James Hurrell

Winners in bold.

Quarter Final Draw:

Ian Dent vs James Hurrell
Tom Rowell vs Martin Bishop
Ben Hunter vs Damian Eadie
Julie Taylor vs Kai Laddiman

Many thanks.

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:33 pm

first game completed

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=37093

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:00 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=37316

Second game completed. One of the best games I've played, fortunately for me.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:19 am

Ben Hunter wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=37316

Second game completed. One of the best games I've played, fortunately for me.

Quality game from two rising talents.

James Hurrell · Post by **James Hurrell** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:56 pm

A better quality game than the score line suggests: -

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=37426

James Hurrell · Post by **James Hurrell** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:59 pm

Hmm - just seen timing of this tournament could be awkward - on holiday 3rd April - 18th April.

If I can play my QF before 3rd is there any chance deadline for completion of SF can be 19th April - should I win the QF that is?

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:03 pm

Yes, James. No problem with that.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:12 pm

I'm finished for today Ian, but I plan to be on tomorrow through the day.

Jacob Sutton · Post by **Jacob Sutton** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:29 pm

Any time good for you Damian?

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:04 pm

Any time tonight kai is fine

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:06 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Any time tonight kai is fine

About now-ish suit you?

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:08 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Eoin Monaghan wrote:Any time tonight kai is fine
About now-ish suit you?

okay

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:38 pm

Shiny

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:39 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=37847

Eadie v Sutton completed.
Lovely conundrum spot by Jacob. Never heard of it.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:51 pm

Ian Volante wrote:I'm finished for today Ian, but I plan to be on tomorrow through the day.

Tomorrow is not great for me Ian. At work most of it.

How are you fixed for Monday or Tuesday evening?

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:18 pm

Ian Dent wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I'm finished for today Ian, but I plan to be on tomorrow through the day.
Tomorrow is not great for me Ian. At work most of it.

How are you fixed for Monday or Tuesday evening?

Can probably be about on Monday night, although I'll check in now too.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:27 am

Ian Dent vs Ian Volante completed.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=38024

The conundrum is a little embarassing.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:39 am

Ian Dent wrote:Ian Dent vs Ian Volante completed.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=38024

The conundrum is a little embarassing.

Hahahaha.

It took you 8 seconds to go for that.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:38 am

Damian Eadie vs Jacob Sutton
Julie Taylor vs Kevin Davis
Martin Bishop vs Darren Carter
Ian Dent vs Ian Volante
Lee Simmonds vs Tom Rowell
Kai Laddiman vs Eoin Monaghan
Simon Myers vs Ben Hunter
Neil Zussman vs James Hurrell

Winners so far in bold.

Those involved in the two unplayed matches so far have until next Sunday. Draw for the quarters will be made as soon as they have been played.

Darren Carter · Post by **Darren Carter** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:55 pm

Ian Dent wrote:Damian Eadie vs Jacob Sutton
Julie Taylor vs Kevin Davis
Martin Bishop vs Darren Carter
Ian Dent vs Ian Volante
Lee Simmonds vs Tom Rowell
Kai Laddiman vs Eoin Monaghan
Simon Myers vs Ben Hunter
Neil Zussman vs James Hurrell

Winners so far in bold.

Those involved in the two unplayed matches so far have until next Sunday. Draw for the quarters will be made as soon as they have been played.

Martin Bishop v Darren Carter is scheduled for tonight.

Darren Carter · Post by **Darren Carter** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:20 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=38403

A good old fashioned thrashing.....

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:36 pm

Thanks Darren. Beaten by the favourite.

Julie - Kevin - last game left.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:44 pm

Ian Dent wrote:Thanks Darren. Beaten by the favourite.

Your favourite maybe. Eadie, Hurrell and Laddiman all remain in the tournament, and they're all pretty much Kirk-esque on Apterous.

BTW it would be cool if you edited your original post and put the winners in bold type there, rather than making new posts in the thread. Easier to find that way.

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:01 pm

Ian Dent wrote:
Julie - Kevin - last game left.

I've had a rotten cold over past couple of days, so feeling like crap.
So we've put off our game till tomorrow (Wednesday evening), when hopefully I should've recovered.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:52 pm

Julie T wrote:
Ian Dent wrote:
Julie - Kevin - last game left.
I've had a rotten cold over past couple of days, so feeling like crap.
So we've put off our game till tomorrow (Wednesday evening), when hopefully I should've recovered.

I'm a whole bunch of not here tomorrow, Thursday OK?

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:38 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:
Julie T wrote:
Ian Dent wrote:
Julie - Kevin - last game left.
I've had a rotten cold over past couple of days, so feeling like crap.
So we've put off our game till tomorrow (Wednesday evening), when hopefully I should've recovered.
I'm a whole bunch of not here tomorrow, Thursday OK?

Wonderful! I'm still feeling crap, but better than yesterday, so tomorrow should be even better.

P.S. I sent you a PM on Monday, so as not to bore everyone else with our scheduling.
As it's still in my outbox, I supposed you haven't noticed it. Sorted now, though.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:14 pm

If someone would like to add me on msn (atalanta855@hotmail.com) they can act as Steve Bruce for the draw.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:45 pm

Draw made for the quarter finals. Still one off matches at this stage chaps and Julie. We'll try and get them played by the 10th April if possible?

Ian Dent vs James Hurrell
Tom Rowell vs Martin Bishop
Ben Hunter vs Damian Eadie
Kevin Davis/Julie Taylor vs Kai Laddiman

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:16 am

Accumulator bet on all the first-mentioned to win

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:24 pm

1000/1 Dinos.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:43 pm

GOTW contender, that.

Well done Julie, a real good match that.

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:47 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:GOTW contender, that.

Well done Julie, a real good match that.

Thanks, Kevin. You were leading for ages. Then I risked ULULATE, thinking the first might be a double L.
And a crucial conundrum. Great game, could've gone either way.

Next I'm playing Kai. Not much chance of getting any further!

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:57 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=40101

Me v Ben Hunter.
Ben was unlucky with the 9 and i screwed up Rd 13 when my solver crashed.

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:16 pm

Ian Dent wrote:Thanks Darren. Beaten by the favourite.

Aaaahh!!! The pressure!!

I'm saying that as the only series champion in the draw and the only one who does Countdown for a living, Damian is the favourite. Plus, he's already in the semis.

But, the smart money's on me.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:32 pm

D Eadie wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=40101

Me v Ben Hunter.
Ben was unlucky with the 9 and i screwed up Rd 13 when my solver crashed.

Bottled this one big time, dunno how I saw DAEMONIST and not DOMINATES.

Well done to Damian though, SABFR was an inspired spot.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:10 am

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=40535

Always likely when 332nd ranked player comes up against the 10th.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:24 pm

119-42 to me

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:27 pm

Congratulations, Kai.

I did rather expect to be thrashed, and I was.
Great game, though, thanks. Good luck in your semi final.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:30 am

Martin Bishop vs Tom Rowell.

Please play with each other.

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:11 pm

Me and Tom have had trouble catching each other. I'm free to play any time over the weekend.

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:54 pm

its on, tonight at 9, the playing will commence

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:47 pm

We managed to get as far as the first ad break before the game crashed. It's a shame, because it was of a high standard. And because I was winning 43-38. I can't get back on at the moment.

Same time tomorrow?

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:12 am

yes martin, i will try and get on about 8ish if thats ok

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:02 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=44317

We fixed it so that I maintained my 5 point lead after the first numbers (good sportsmanship from Tom to suggest it). The actual score would therefore be 110-73.

If anyone's interested, we both got SUBMARINE in the first round, WITHER in the second and I forget the rest of the letters. I led by virtue of the first numbers which was a stinker of 8 4 9 6 7 7 -> 757. I now realise I could have got it, but instead got 763.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:22 pm

Well done Martin. And well done Tom, very good conduct.

Draw for the semis.

Kai Laddiman vs Martin Bishop
Damian Eadie vs James Hurrell

I believe the Hask is on holiday so we may have to wait for him to return. However, Kai and Martin, whenever you fancy really.

Still a 1 game format.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:30 pm

Please chaps.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:12 pm

Ian Dent wrote:Please chaps.

Soz, delays.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:15 am

Not seen James around for a while now. Will keep looking.

James Hurrell · Post by **James Hurrell** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:17 am

I'm back now. A good time to catch me is from 1-2pm, failing that I sometimes log in around 5pm and I am on occaionally in the evening's from 9.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:49 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=51180

Scraped through against James.

James Hurrell · Post by **James Hurrell** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:08 pm

You beat me to the post as well as the conundrum! Good game. A close one - not best of 3 then

??

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:10 pm

Very good game.

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:42 pm

Sorry Kai.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:14 pm

Let me know when you're around to play the Final, Martin.
Cheers

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:53 pm

The final is being played now.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:16 pm

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=56065

Martin was unlucky. Nice tournament, thanks to those who organised.

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:23 pm

Did anyone check whether the final was best of three?

Only kidding, well done Damian. You deserved to win.

I still think ZEROISE should be in, though.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:03 pm

Martin Bishop wrote:I still think ZEROISE should be in, though.

Yeh, I use words such as ONEISE and TWOISE on a regular basis.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:05 pm

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Yeh, I use words such as ONEISE and TWOISE on a regular basis.

What a crap argument. Do you use words such as GUAIAC, CAMOGIE and GIAOURS on a regular basis too? If you do, I apologise.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:25 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
Yeh, I use words such as ONEISE and TWOISE on a regular basis.
What a crap argument. Do you use words such as GUAIAC, CAMOGIE and GIAOURS on a regular basis too? If you do, I apologise.

For what it's worth, I think one should only be allowed to play words whose definition one knows. That would mean the competition is more about vocabulary than who is the biggest word-absorbing robot.