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Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:03 am
by Andrew Feist
Information about format and the pairings themselves are at
the website.
Post links to games and summaries etc. below.
Reminder: Speed Demon should have two speed-9 games per match; the main tournament should have two or three standard games each.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:28 am
by Ian Volante
I meant to ask - why does this tournament occur almost exclusively in the Autumn?
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:27 pm
by Stuart Arnot
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:32 pm
by Phil Makepeace
Speed Demon Round 1
Matthew Tassier
0-2 Phil Makepeace
Tassier 38-52 Makepeace
Makepeace 50-44 Tassier
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:55 pm
by Matt Morrison
Closed - Flight A
Morrison 2 - 1 Volante
83 - 73
85 - 95
97 - 75
Some cracking games. First two crucials.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:58 pm
by Ian Volante
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:30 pm
by Andrew Feist
Ian Volante wrote:I meant to ask - why does this tournament occur almost exclusively in the Autumn?
Because (a) I wanted to avoid dealing with holiday scheduling as much as possible and (b) there's already an established tournament on the February calendar.
Oh and (c) December is winter no matter what they say.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:31 pm
by Oliver Garner
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:32 pm
by Oliver Garner
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:39 pm
by Henry Meier
Closed A:
Henry Meier 2 - 1 Lesley Hines
Lesley Hines 92 - Henry Meier 75
Henry Meier 87 - 68 Lesley Hines
Lesley Hines 84 - 94 Henry Meier
Three very close games which aptly went down to a final tie-breaker, which I managed to snatch about a quarter of a second ahead of Lesley. Excellent games Lesley, unlucky, really enjoyed them!
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:46 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:13 am
by Simon Myers
Speed Demon
Simon Myers 2 - 0 Matt Morrison
Game 1
Game 2
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:04 am
by Charlie Reams
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:16 pm
by Stuart Arnot
Championship Flight:
Really tight series of games, each one going to a crucial conundrum.
Stuart Arnot 2 - 1 Martin May
Martin May 102 - 111 Stuart Arnot
Stuart Arnot 88 - 99 Martin May
Martin May 90 - 103 Stuart Arnot
I really need to learn to see LEMONIEST as MILESTONE or LIMESTONE.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:58 pm
by Phil Makepeace
Speed Demon Round 1
Phil Makepeace
2-0 Matt Bayfield
Bayfield 39-57 Makepeace
Bayfield 44-62 Makepeace
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:57 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Stuart Arnot wrote:I really need to learn to see LEMONIEST as MILESTONE or LIMESTONE.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:55 pm
by Andrew Herbertson
Speed demon round 1
Innis Carson 2-0 Andrew Herbertson
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=140092
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=140101
Despite Innis plummeting rating his class and speed shone through.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:57 pm
by Matt Morrison
A note to my opponents for the next couple of weeks.
Am gonna be fucking busy (and more importantly, away from home) but will try and make things happen.
Please PM me to try and arrange something rather than using the forum or just hoping I'll turn up. Cheers.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:56 pm
by Martin_May
Speed Demon
Martin May 2 - 0 Julie Taylor
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=140235
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=140241
A couple of close games between myself and Julie.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:24 pm
by Jon Corby
Matt Morrison wrote:Haha, excellent.... For me, girl tonight. So I may well no longer have a moustache tomorrow. Fuck cancer, cunnilingus for the win!
Matt Morrison wrote:A note to my opponents for the next couple of weeks.
Am gonna be fucking busy (and more importantly, away from home) but will try and make things happen.
Lucky boy.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:51 pm
by Michael Wallace
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:25 pm
by James Robinson
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:10 pm
by James Doohan
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:12 pm
by JimBentley
It is my pleasure and privilege to bear news of the outcome of the Contest b'twixt Mr. BENTLEY and Mr. LEE, conducted this Day under the Auspices of Mr. FEIST's splendid Speed Daemon Tourney:
Mr. BENTLEY 36 - 40 Mr. LEE
Mr. BENTLEY 35 - 37 Mr. LEE
Mr. LEE comported himself with most excellent Vigour, tho' a surfeit of Laudanum robbed Mr. BENTLEY of Quickness and Guile.
Gratulations are afford'd the Apterous Difference Engine of Mr. REAMS, tho' such Electronick Magick can only be the Endeavour of a Sorceror or Charlatan.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:05 pm
by Phil Reynolds
I thought Jim's post merited a more fitting presentation (and 15 minutes doing this made a palatable alternative to completing yet more futile job applications):
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:38 pm
by Jon O'Neill
Phil Reynolds wrote:I thought Jim's post merited a more fitting presentation (and 15 minutes doing this made a palatable alternative to completing yet more futile job applications):
This is wicked! Well done both.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:17 pm
by JimBentley
Haha, excellent work Phil, cheers!
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:17 pm
by Innis Carson
Speed Demon games against James Hurrell:
Innis 66-38 James
Innis 69-39 James
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:06 pm
by Jon Corby
Why haven't I got any Closed matches scheduled?
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:04 pm
by Jon Corby
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:27 pm
by Matt Bayfield
Scott Gillies 84 - 75 Matt Bayfield
Scott Gillies 89 - 87 Matt Bayfield
Posting this here saves me posting it in thread of scrag!
Not that I want to detract from a good performance by Scott, as he played well, but I made some absolute howlers - misclicks when completing numbers games, forgetting to click return in the numbers box after declaring (double d'oh), and absolutely appalling judgement on risky words!
I'm claiming it's a tactical loss to get paired with someone else rubbish in round 2.
Well played Scott.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:03 pm
by James Leroux
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:35 pm
by Gareth Mitchell
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:24 pm
by Andrew Feist
Jon Corby wrote:Why haven't I got any Closed matches scheduled?
I'm guessing you can take tldr too far:
Andrew Feist wrote:Note that each player will have two games in week 6, and a week off during pool play.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:18 pm
by Jon Corby
Andrew Feist wrote:Jon Corby wrote:Why haven't I got any Closed matches scheduled?
I'm guessing you can take tldr too far:
Andrew Feist wrote:Note that each player will have two games in week 6, and a week off during pool play.
Oops sorry, I did scan over it a few times but yeah I missed that.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:22 pm
by Ben Hunter
Flight A results for Ben Hunter vs Julie Taylor:
Ben Hunter 91 - 84 Julie Taylor:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141038
Ben Hunter 93 - 62 Julie Taylor:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141054
Result: Ben Hunter 2, Julie Taylor 0
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:04 pm
by Ben Hunter
Speed Demon pool B:
Ben Hunter 54 - 24 Kieran Childs:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141079
Ben Hunter 62 - 49 Kieran Childs:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141082
Result: Ben Hunter 2, Kieran Childs 0
Game 2 was particularly exciting, some good spots by both of us too
Pic related, it's me.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:21 pm
by Julie T
Phil Reynolds wrote:I thought Jim's post merited a more fitting presentation (and 15 minutes doing this made a palatable alternative to completing yet more futile job applications):
Awesome, Phil!
It reminded me of a BBC comedy website April Fools day joke of a 'Victorian' internet page (2005/6??), but try as I might, can't find a linky.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:31 pm
by Andrew Herbertson
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:27 am
by Matthew Tassier
Flight A: Matthew Tassier 2 - 0 Edwin Mead
Matthew Tassier 87 - 68 Edwin Mead
Edwin Mead 71 - 92 Matthew Tassier
Couple of close games with IGNITABLE and a 6 small putting me ahead.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:31 am
by Kirk Bevins
Speed demon:
Kirk Bevins 1 - 1 Dinos Sfyris
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141301
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141304
Shit game not helped by Dinos' tactics of laughing every time he wins a round and then "good luck....not" and stuff like that. I know he's joking but I've told him before it's fucking annoying yet he continues to do it.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:40 am
by Phil Reynolds
Kirk Bevins wrote:Shit game not helped by Dinos' tactics of laughing every time he wins a round and then "good luck....not" and stuff like that. I know he's joking but I've told him before it's fucking annoying yet he continues to do it.
Small typo there Kirk... surely that "yet" should be "so"?
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:46 am
by Kirk Bevins
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Small typo there Kirk... surely that "yet" should be "so"?
If it is a "so" then that's even more gay. Sorry, Phil.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:50 am
by Jon Corby
Kirk Bevins wrote:Phil Reynolds wrote:
Small typo there Kirk... surely that "yet" should be "so"?
If it is a "so" then that's even more gay. Sorry, Phil.
I do similar in chat I think with Kirk, but he's never told me it's annoying, so I guess he likes me more than he likes Dinos. Which is understandable.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:10 pm
by Matt Bayfield
Speed Demon Week 1
Matt Bayfield 66 - 28 Ian Dent
Matt Bayfield 44 - 32 Ian Dent
Finally my first win in an apterous tournament game, at the 7th attempt!
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:07 pm
by tomrowell
Speed Demon
Martin May 1-1 Tom Rowell
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141545
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141560
martin mispelled the crucial on the 2nd game to hand me a rather undeserved point. ul martin
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:20 pm
by Andrew Herbertson
Flight B
Andrew Herbertson 2-0 Ian Dent
Wins of 75-53 and 80-75 which was stolen in the final letters game with a 9.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141541
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141556
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:06 pm
by Lee Simmonds
Flight A week 1 result, Josh Overhill 1-2 Lee Simmonds
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141058
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141074
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=141090
Three good games with Josh, which I managed to come out on top by virtue of coming from behind to snatch the second game on the conundrum.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:24 pm
by James Robinson
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:07 pm
by JimBentley
A fantastic threesome of games with James earlier on tonight (Championship flight):
James Hurrell
105 - 95 Jim Bentley
James Hurrell
102 - 103 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley
104 - 97 James Hurrell
I surprised myself a bit by not bottling it as usual, which was nice.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:30 pm
by Charlie Reams
Charlie Reams 2 - 0 Phil Makepeace
107-79: Respectable performance from both players, with my lame surrendering of 10 points on the numbers counteracted by a slight edge on the letters.
93-70: An erratic game, with my disallowed four and a further 20 points given up on the numbers to Phil's disallowed UNTAILED*. We both missed INSULATED, which was disappointed, and I lazily ended round early without remembering to handy MANURES+E. In the end I did just enough and a quick conundrum gave me a flattering 23-point margin.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:00 pm
by James Hurrell
Speed Demon: - Pool B
Leslie Hines 0-2 James Hurrell
Leslie Hines
51-61 James Hurrell
Leslie Hines
41-46 James Hurrell
Always a pleasure playing with Leslie
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:05 pm
by Phil Reynolds
James Hurrell wrote:Always a pleasure playing with Leslie
Blimey, she's barely got over liver replacement surgery and now you've given her a sex change.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:11 pm
by Marc Meakin
Phil Reynolds wrote:James Hurrell wrote:Always a pleasure playing with Leslie
Blimey, she's barely got over liver replacement surgery and now you've given her a sex change.
It could have been a mans liver
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:38 pm
by Niall Seymour
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:06 pm
by Josh Overhill
FIRST GAME: Josh Overhill 101 - 89 Lee Simmonds
Won this game as a result of finding 2 nine's, 1 of which Lee didn't get, though I completely messed up on 2 not overly difficult numbers rounds
SECOND GAME: Josh Overhill 88 - 91 Lee Simmonds
After falling behind early on, i took a 7 point lead going into the conundrum, after we had both had GIRLIEST disallowed. But I am useless at conundrums, and Lee solved AMPLITUDE right at the death to take it into a decider
THIRD GAME: Josh Overhill 62 - 107 Lee Simmonds
I subsequently went to pieces in this game, failed to score in the first 3 rounds, then Lee got DESPOTIC in round 6, which i failed to see. Just to top the game off, I misclicked in the final numbers round, and then mis-typed the conundrum which I had solved. Not that it mattered a great deal, the win of the game and the match was deservedly Lee's.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:31 pm
by Howard Somerset
Closed B
John Gilles v me
John 95 - 45 Howard
John 69 - 88 Howard
John 79 - 62 Howard
Thanks John. Enjoyed it, and well played!
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:05 pm
by Lloyd Pettet
Lloyd Pettet 2-0 Phillip Jarvis
Lloyd Pettet 82 - 55 Philip Jarvis
Philip Jarvis 82 - 90 Lloyd Pettet
Two good games, Phillip was unlucky as he had a duff keyboard on the second game which meant he missed declaring grainiest. Well played Phillip, cheers.
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:33 pm
by Ben Hunter
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Week 1
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:57 am
by tomrowell
Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Tournament
Dinos Sfyris 1-1 Tom Rowell
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=142677
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=142682
After getting smashed in the first game, I launched a comeback from somewhere deep in the apterous galaxy to somehow defeat Anne Robinson's favourite contestant