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Nobody loves spoilers any more.

I'm glad that Paul won. He seems likable, scared, and that woman was such a cheat with numbers solutions.

APHELION in round 4.

Eoin Monaghan wrote:APHELION in round 4.

and EXEUNT as an equaller in round 7 I think.

Eoin Monaghan wrote:and EXEUNT as an equaller in round 7 I think.

Yep, that definitely equals the EXEUNT which Susie mentioned.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Eoin Monaghan wrote:and EXEUNT as an equaller in round 7 I think.

Yep, that definitely equals the EXEUNT which Susie mentioned.

oops, mustn't have heard that.

Matt Morrison wrote:Nobody loves spoilers any more.

I'm glad that Paul won. He seems likable, scared, and that woman was such a cheat with numbers solutions.

Was she an actual cheat? I thought she was a bit hesitant, which I suppose is not on, but she did know how to get to the number she had declared.

John Bosley wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:I'm glad that Paul won. He seems likable, scared, and that woman was such a cheat with numbers solutions.

Was she an actual cheat? I thought she was a bit hesitant, which I suppose is not on, but she did know how to get to the number she had declared.

To be fair, she wasn't as bad today as she was yesterday. But she's 'hesitated' on, I think, every single numbers game (apart from perhaps the easy 114 today) over the last two days, so there's something up with that. She'll take a few extra seconds to declare, and then a few extra seconds still once she's asked for her solution, so you can tell that she was still working on it, or at the least double-checking.

I guess I used 'cheat' as shorthand for "someone who was a bit cheeky with the game's etiquette". Cheating or not, I still preferred her opponent

Get in. Another max game today to add to the tally.

I suppose this belongs in here as there's not an official thread of brag for playing along at home with the TV.

Had I finished an octochamp run today I would have had a personal record. That record is percentage of maximum obtained. The TV record is 92.1% by Mr Beevers. This last run of 8 gave me a 96.4% of maximum and I'm so chuffed. In fact my octototal would have been 974! The record so far for me came yesterday where had I finished my octochamp yesterday I'd have had an octochamp total of 983 with a 96.21% of total over the 8 games. This is thanks in part to many 13+ max games recently. I don't think this form can continue but I felt I needed a little gloat.

Kirk Bevins wrote:I felt I needed a little goat.

Here ya go.

Kirk Bevins wrote:I suppose this belongs in here as there's not an official thread of brag for playing along at home with the TV.

Had I finished an octochamp run today I would have had a personal record. That record is percentage of maximum obtained. The TV record is 92.1% by Mr Beevers. This last run of 8 gave me a 96.4% of maximum and I'm so chuffed. In fact my octototal would have been 974! The record so far for me came yesterday where had I finished my octochamp yesterday I'd have had an octochamp total of 983 with a 96.21% of total over the 8 games. This is thanks in part to many 13+ max games recently. I don't think this form can continue but I felt I needed a little gloat.

Yeah, cos we didn't think you were any good before you posted that.

Well done though.

Jon O'Neill wrote: Yeah, cos we didn't think you were any good before you posted that.

Well done though.

It's not about that mate, I still surprise myself and it's nice to get it out (if you excuse the expression).

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Jon O'Neill wrote: Yeah, cos we didn't think you were any good before you posted that.

Well done though.

It's not about that mate, I still surprise myself and it's nice to get it out (if you excuse the expression).

Obviously you have to take into account the fact that in the rounds you didn't max, if your opponent did max them then your score would be lower. But 974 is still a phenomenal effort. Although I'm disappointed that, in the comfort of your own home, with no cameras staring you in the face (presumably), you haven't got to 4 figures yet. Honestly, you suck.

Neil Zussman wrote: Obviously you have to take into account the fact that in the rounds you didn't max, if your opponent did max them then your score would be lower.

That's all taken into account. On my spreadsheet I type my scores against champion and challenger and the octoruns are worked out continuously, the first game being played against the champion and the last 7 games against the challengers.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Neil Zussman wrote: Obviously you have to take into account the fact that in the rounds you didn't max, if your opponent did max them then your score would be lower.

That's all taken into account. On my spreadsheet I type my scores against champion and challenger and the octoruns are worked out continuously, the first game being played against the champion and the last 7 games against the challengers.

Were any of them good enough to beat you in any round, or did you just happen to find 8 consecutive contestants who weren't that good?
Also, doesn't that mean you 'played' against Hamish during his first game? How did you do?
Edit: Having just checked the spoilers thread from that game, my questions have been answered. You were beaten in at least one round then, so your score could've been higher.

Neil Zussman wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Neil Zussman wrote: Obviously you have to take into account the fact that in the rounds you didn't max, if your opponent did max them then your score would be lower.

That's all taken into account. On my spreadsheet I type my scores against champion and challenger and the octoruns are worked out continuously, the first game being played against the champion and the last 7 games against the challengers.

Were any of them good enough to beat you in any round, or did you just happen to find 8 consecutive contestants who weren't that good?
Also, doesn't that mean you 'played' against Hamish during his first game? How did you do?
Edit: Having just checked the spoilers thread from that game, my questions have been answered. You were beaten in at least one round then, so your score could've been higher.

I was going to put my spreadsheet on here as someone ages ago asked about it but this was before I went on and I didn't want to give too much away before I'd recorded. Now I'm happy to put it on here I don't know how as I can't attach anything, unless one of you computer nerds know differently. To answer your question, I was beaten by DEMURELY by Hamish so I only had 143 compared with 150 against the champion. If my octochamp run started there it would count the 150 as I would be the challenger for that particular game.

Kirk Bevins wrote:I was going to put my spreadsheet on here as someone ages ago asked about it but this was before I went on and I didn't want to give too much away before I'd recorded. Now I'm happy to put it on here I don't know how as I can't attach anything, unless one of you computer nerds know differently.

You're right that you can't attach files to posts (I think), but there are plenty of easy ways to host it on the web. Try http://www.mediafire.com/.