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There doesn't seem much point running a full aptobash while the Summer Open is going on, so instead you are cordially invited to

Aptominibash III!

Oh yeah! The tournament will start at 7pm this Sunday (19 July). First 24 people to reply get the call. Format is Letters Attack, round robin of probably 4 rounds (depending on how many entrants we get).

Update: Expanded to 24 slots by popular demand!

Contrib users only please, I think I did enough for the freeloaders already this week.

Current entrants:

1. Bentley, Jim
2. Bevins, Kirk
3. Brittain, Richard
4. Carson, Innis
5. Corby, Jon
6. Davis, Kevin
7. Erdunast, Paul
8. Feist, Andrew
9. Gough, Jimmy
10. Hares, Marcus
11. Higgs, Aaron
12. Hurst, Jack
13. Laddiman, Kai
14. Mubeen, Junaid
15. O'Donnell, David
16. Philpot, Chris
17. Seymour, Niall
18. Stitcher, Jon
19. Volante, Ian
20. Wallace, Michael
21. Wilson, Ben

Reserves: Jon O'Neill, Matt Morrison, Andrew Hulme (cheers guys).

In.

I'm in please.

Yes please.

Oh why not.

Me please.

I'm in.

Yo.

(apparently my recent dictionary work makes up for me being a stingy bastard)

Yes please.

Yeah count me in.

Dib dib dib.

That means I want in by the way...

Count me in please.

Me too, please.

FFS, fine, I'll just enter if you're forcing me.

Jimmy Gough wrote:FFS, fine, I'll just enter if you're forcing me.

<insert "that's what your mum said last night" joke here>

I'm in

I would be honoured to be included in this prestigious competition.

Just realised I can't do it. Will be on from about 8:15 to watch (if it is still going on)

Oliver Garner wrote:Just realised I can't do it. Will be on from about 8:15 to watch (if it is still going on)

Shame, but thanks for letting me know.

I'll play if there's room...

why not, yes please!

I'm going to have to withdraw. I've been put on a shift at work.

-Makes the Sideshow Bob rakes noise, several times.-

I will probably be around as a reserve type figure if you want one. Don't want to commit as I'm cricketing and there's a chance >0 that I wont be home in time.

Andrew Hulme wrote:I will probably be around as a reserve type figure if you want one. Don't want to commit as I'm cricketing and there's a chance >0 that I wont be home in time.

Same!

Bugger - flying back from Spain so cannot make it - maybe next time - enjoy!

If we need to drop back down to 16, I can settle for being first alternate.

(Edit: Actually looking at the list, it looks like fourth alternate. Whatever.)

We usually have last minute dropouts and last minute entrants, so don't worry about numbers.

Yeah, I'll give this a bash.

Yes please.

So we have five series winners and a further four series finalists. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Yoink.

Why not? Count me in.

Would love to but I'll be in London and probably without access to a pc

Sorry for short notice, but gotta pull out. Feel free to hit me next time you see me, Charlie.

I had an hour or so to kill before the Minibash, so I went down to see the sea. It was serene. The clouds were awesome.



This also amused me when I was there:



Best of luck everyone!

Conclusions: Kirk is the best, and 4 rounds is not enough.

It was a great tourney, and I'm happy to have come second. It was definitely the smoothest as well, with no lag or drop-outs, so congratulations Charlie and Kirk for winning it.

Well played everyone, I had fun, it all got better after i got my absolute drubbing by Innis out of the way in the first round.

Yarr, was good. Agree that 4 rounds isn't enough, but then again LAs are quite time-intensive (5 rounds longer than 15, and no numbers/conundrums to save some time). OTOH longer games => more reliable results?

How about NA next time?

It was awesome. Cheers!

Had a great time, congrats everyone involved and especially Kirk.

Kirk V Kai final!

Thanks Charlie for another great tourney. Lots of panic as I played round the head of math's house and he didn't have the proper Java installed and then it didn't want to install properly as I was logged in as a guest. Thankfully it worked properly after logging back in as himself and downloading Java again.

Was a pleasure and Innis - what a close game. Quality.

Have to say I enjoyed running this more than any other bash, mainly because the technical side was running smoothly but also because it's always refreshing to see lots of new talent coming through. Will probably do another one next month.

Jimmy Gough wrote:Kirk V Kai final!

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