 | Martin Long I find 2L slightly easier for Aegilops and also for Nasty numbers (if they come up) but I would recommend practising with both before you play the tournament before deciding which one you prefer. |
 | Gevin Chapwell The slipstream has a big effect here so no-one wants to be first out. |
 | Elizabeth Beer I don't think that is the problem here 😂 |
 | Paul Anderson Pesky Elizabeth, you had me thinking the site was back up |
 | Rhys Benjamin Oh I'm in trouble here... |
 | Ian Volante Oh heck, what a time to have a bad game. |
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 | Matthew Tassier We've not had multiple max games in the aegilops round in previous years, but here we have 3 of them, from former champions Chris B. and Elliott and Strongest Link Sam S. |
| Matthew Tassier Rhys was in trouble here until reprieved when James was unfortunately unable to play his game. Ever-present Ian and newcomers Mark and Adam P. were not so lucky and fall short of progressing. So, Mark, Ian, Adam and James you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye! |
| Ian Volante Thanks for running. Shame to fall here as I suspect I was far ahead score-wise of any previous year. |
| Matthew Tassier Yes, I have you on 40 points better than any previous year coming into this round. |
 | Mark O'Regan Thanks Matthew - enjoyed the tourney! |
Notes from the organizer: Round ten will be played in Aegilops format against Apterous Nude. Aegilops is similar to Normal except that large numbers may take any value in the range 11-99 and stepdown scoring is used. Nude likes to choose one large number. You may possibly prefer two.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors : 56
Weakest Links required : 4
Historic average aegilops score : 167.699
Highest average aegilops score (3+ games) : 193.25 - Elliott Mellor (4 games)
Previous rounds v this bot : 2018 Round 11 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=2132 ), 2019 Round 15 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=2354 )
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.
FOUR lowest scoring Weakest Links will be removed from the tournament this round. If there is a tie for lowest scores then margin of victory/defeat will be taken into account amongst tied players followed, if necessary, by total score in the tournament so far (see notes by matches).
Tournament progress can be followed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pqAQJDitytZj8B10sNHwKs6ZF7LPqH9qcx0cHYoCpgM/edit?usp=sharing
Good luck!
Ran from: 8 – 21 October 2021. Format: Aegilops Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Approved.
Fixtures: 56. Completed: 55.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Bold: max game. Struck-out names and scores are players who have since been deactivated.
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