INCESSANT is an anagram of....?Martin_May wrote: Anyways, apologies for my incessant ranting.
Official thread of scrag
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It happens to the best of us. And also to me.Martin_May wrote:Grrrrrr this is as close a topic as I could find for this but.......
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=52905
Saw the conundrum straight away, but mistyped DISCUSSED as DISCUSSES
Why the hell are S and D next to each other on the keyboard?? This was clearly a major issue waiting to unfurl itself >:
Anyways, apologies for my incessant ranting. I'm at the limit of self-containment
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Kirk Bevins wrote:INCESSANT is an anagram of....?Martin_May wrote: Anyways, apologies for my incessant ranting.
Erm INSTANCES..... which I'm sure I would probably type as INSTANCED
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It did hurt a bit as it is the closest I have come to beating you for quite some time.....
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It started as a standard 15-rounder. It became so much more.
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Yes, complete and utter scrag.....Ben Wilson wrote:So, so close...
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=57700
This was just so bad, I'm not even gonna say what went wrong.
This was just so bad, I'm not even gonna say what went wrong.
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meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58812
MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED!
MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED, MOUNTED!
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=60140
Not really scrag as Jojo played really well but this is a lovely game which could be GOTW but I missed an easy nine and therefore deserves to go in scrag.
Not really scrag as Jojo played really well but this is a lovely game which could be GOTW but I missed an easy nine and therefore deserves to go in scrag.
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Well done Innis and Aaron:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61070
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61061
And Conor:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61058
I'm just not thinking straight lately,I am getting too bogged down on my ratings I think, hopefully next week I'll be better, I hope!![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61070
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61061
And Conor:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61058
I'm just not thinking straight lately,I am getting too bogged down on my ratings I think, hopefully next week I'll be better, I hope!
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61236
Couldn't do numbers and was making up words......that means its time for bed.
Couldn't do numbers and was making up words......that means its time for bed.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61620
TAILBONE and PESHWARI seemed great spots, and I had the backup SHARPIE in the latter, but this all went horribly, horribly wrong...21 up turned into a loss.
TAILBONE and PESHWARI seemed great spots, and I had the backup SHARPIE in the latter, but this all went horribly, horribly wrong...21 up turned into a loss.
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Some lovely words but until round 11 this was scrag city. Got a bit better after that but I still lost. Well done Chris.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61729
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=61729
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I said to myself that id have a quick go on apterous, and get an easy century against apterous nude
it took me 13 attempts
http://www.apterous.org/headtohead.php?p2=99&p1=2399
amongst some of the games are good words, but in general my performances were dispicable. Not massive scrag, but so incredibly frustrating
it took me 13 attempts
http://www.apterous.org/headtohead.php?p2=99&p1=2399
amongst some of the games are good words, but in general my performances were dispicable. Not massive scrag, but so incredibly frustrating
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Just a bit of last-minute nerves. Once you get in the studio and hear the clock, it'll all come back to you.Chris Davies wrote:I'm on the show tomorrow, and I've just played like this
What the fuck happened to me?
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Thanks.Charlie Reams wrote:Just a bit of last-minute nerves. Once you get in the studio and hear the clock, it'll all come back to you.Chris Davies wrote:I'm on the show tomorrow, and I've just played like this
What the fuck happened to me?
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The only positive to come from Chris' game there was that despite having what can only be described as an absolute nightmare, it showed he was a perfect gent in defeat. And I suppose it's also encouragement to us mere mortals that even the very best players go blank sometimes.
Anyhow, very best of luck to Chris at the recordings - hope he goes on to do great things and in years to come, I'll claim that I once beat a Countdown superstar!
Anyhow, very best of luck to Chris at the recordings - hope he goes on to do great things and in years to come, I'll claim that I once beat a Countdown superstar!
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That is frickin awesomeDinos Sfyris wrote:Oh wouldn't it be swell if I could spell
Think I made up for it though with my pick in round 9
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Cheers
I'd like to thank Jason Cullen as I picked it up from one of his conundrum alphabets once. Its definitely been worth the wait to be able to play the word in a game!
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Yeah I know rightOliver Garner wrote:Some people just don't learn
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 37#r938537
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 64#r938564
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Yes, go on.Oliver Garner wrote:Need I say more
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=64230
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Not really scrag of course, but fucking frustrating to blow a double-max game like this...
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68047
Absolute complete and utter shit. I know I was tired, but this is just despicable. I knew exactly how to do the last numbers (91x9) and STILL managed to get it totally wrong.
Absolute complete and utter shit. I know I was tired, but this is just despicable. I knew exactly how to do the last numbers (91x9) and STILL managed to get it totally wrong.
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Bob's pretty good!Chris Davies wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68047
Absolute complete and utter shit. I know I was tired, but this is just despicable. I knew exactly how to do the last numbers (91x9) and STILL managed to get it totally wrong.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68403
Rachel Riley eat your heart out. I accidentally pressed 1 instead.
(Tip: Don't try to be smart!)
Rachel Riley eat your heart out. I accidentally pressed 1 instead.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68883
Been chasing Ben Wilsons record for a day or two now.
Kicked ass all the way through this one, then MISTYPED the bloody conundrum.
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Been chasing Ben Wilsons record for a day or two now.
Kicked ass all the way through this one, then MISTYPED the bloody conundrum.
Elusive yet not impossible. I'll try again.
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Ah, the target of 937 with a 1 in the selection in round 10 is going to cause a lot of smiles for 4 large fans ---- 937.5 rule coming into obvious play right there.Chris Davies wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68047
Absolute complete and utter shit. I know I was tired, but this is just despicable. I knew exactly how to do the last numbers (91x9) and STILL managed to get it totally wrong.
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I'd already declared 938 (don't know how the hell I decided upon that) and realised immediately that I could have got it exactly by subtracting the 1 before dividing by 100/50, but was just a tad too late to change my declaration. Only thought of taking that route in the last few seconds of the round.
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http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75693
Literally no maxes in letters. i ripped my eyes out afterwards. Now i play via braille.
Literally no maxes in letters. i ripped my eyes out afterwards. Now i play via braille.
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Ha.JackHurst wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=75693
Literally no maxes in letters. i ripped my eyes out afterwards. Now i play via braille.
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That is awesome Corby. I clicked refresh and the picture of face-palm kept changing. Was that deliberate?
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Yup, if you look at the image URL it's not actually an image at all, it's a PHP script. Whenever you request a script, it dynamically generates and then returns the content (like the dynamically-generated pages that make up the Apterous site), which in this case is an image.Kirk Bevins wrote:That is awesome Corby. I clicked refresh and the picture of face-palm kept changing. Was that deliberate?
Very cool, but I guess also frustrating - the first time I saw it yesterday it was an utterly awesome facepalming, and every refresh since has been a bit hit and miss.
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Yeah. I have already used it somewhere else on this forum actually, but I forget where.Kirk Bevins wrote:That is awesome Corby. I clicked refresh and the picture of face-palm kept changing. Was that deliberate?
It's a neat device to deflect attention away from shit games in this thread, by the looks of it.
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Hahaha. I'm sure at least some of those would've got past Des "Hearing Aid" O'Connor.Ben Wilson wrote:Gah, gah, gah, gah.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Missed four nines and struggled even to get GRADIENTS FFS!
Andrew also had a bit of a mare!
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88755
I think this is also the highest ever max available, wasted on a patzer like me!
Andrew also had a bit of a mare!
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88755
I think this is also the highest ever max available, wasted on a patzer like me!
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My lowest score for some time:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=87479
I couldn't keep my eyes off MINCEPIES in round 2!
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=87479
I couldn't keep my eyes off MINCEPIES in round 2!
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4 nines in a row!David O'Donnell wrote:Missed four nines and struggled even to get GRADIENTS FFS!
Andrew also had a bit of a mare!
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88755
I think this is also the highest ever max available, wasted on a patzer like me!
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Imagine the item you could've got for that!Kai Laddiman wrote: 4 nines in a row!
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So thats how you get an Ace of DiamondsCharlie Reams wrote:Imagine the item you could've got for that!Kai Laddiman wrote: 4 nines in a row!
GR MSL GNDT MSS NGVWL SRND NNLYC NNCT
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Nice to see that you're as gracious in defeat as in victory!Kirk Bevins wrote:My lowest score for some time:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=87479
I couldn't keep my eyes off MINCEPIES in round 2!
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It's all relative Chris.
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I think if I played like this all the time, I'd just give up. It was nightmarish. Absolutely fucking awful. Sorry Kai.
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I still can't decide whether Rd 11 was worse for me or you, but it was pretty damn awful.JimBentley wrote:I think if I played like this all the time, I'd just give up. It was nightmarish. Absolutely fucking awful. Sorry Kai.
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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How to suck donkey balls at Hyper.
Naturally I followed that up with a pb 11-max (12 spotted) speed 15. Go figure.![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Naturally I followed that up with a pb 11-max (12 spotted) speed 15. Go figure.
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Pff, you should have seen my Duel yesterday. I'm shit at Hyper, but I plumbed new, unexplored depths of shit with that one, including forgetting to declare 6400 in round 8 despite having it after about two microseconds.Ben Wilson wrote:How to suck donkey balls at Hyper.
Naturally I followed that up with a pb 11-max (12 spotted) speed 15. Go figure.
I think it's good that I still get a bit annoyed about stuff like this.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 6#r1541586
I was quite happy with my performance up until round 15. You may punch me in the head for stupidity.
I was quite happy with my performance up until round 15. You may punch me in the head for stupidity.
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LOL, easily done. I believe I have missed COUNTDOWN on occasion.JackHurst wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 6#r1541586
I was quite happy with my performance up until round 15. You may punch me in the head for stupidity.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I did something that I'm sure no other contestant has ever done before in the history of Countdown.
I declared a 1-letter word. Unfortunately, the word was I and I got no points.
I declared a 1-letter word. Unfortunately, the word was I and I got no points.