Bailey Cowell

Bailey Cowell I need adding to this game :-)

Tal Lessner

Tal Lessner You will be. You just played the previous round this morning. Can't expect Matthew to be here all the time to update.

Matthew Tassier

Matthew Tassier With the powers invested in me I hereby declare that Bailey Cowell has officially acceded to Round 4.

Bailey Cowell

Bailey Cowell Ah I se, we have to play the previous one before being added to the next. Thanks :-)

Matthew Tassier

Matthew Tassier Just the two max games this round with Brendan hitting his first ever normal NA max game and Sam securing the Strongest Link title with his 200. Now no-one is on the max possible score, and Gevin has grabbed the top cumulative scorer spot.

Matthew Tassier

Matthew Tassier John D has the unfortunate honour of setting a new record for highest scoring Normal Weakest Link, while Jake is the lucky recipient of a narrow escape thanks to Tlou's sneaky late entry into the tournament. So, John, Steven and Tlou you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye!

Eoin Jackson

Eoin Jackson Don't get why Sam's the strongest link...

Is it because he got the 200pts first chronologically, or because he's on a lower cumulative total?

#confused

Gevin Chapwell

Gevin Chapwell I wondered about that in a previous round.

Gevin Chapwell

Gevin Chapwell In round 2 (Nice) quite a few people won 200-0.

Eoin Jackson

Eoin Jackson Ok... I *think* I've worked it out. Sam was indeed the quicker of the two to punch in a max here, which is most likely why he was awarded SL.

In the "Nice" round... there were 24, and Dave as strongest link was the 2nd person of the 24 to complete a max game. Here are the quickest 5 maxes and their time of completion:-

1. George = 2/9 at 12:14am
2. Robjohns = 2/9 at 2:17am
3. Jedward = 2/9 at 8:52am
4. Sean D = 2/9 at 12:21pm
5. Gevin = 2/9 at 12:22pm

What this data suggests (to me) is that Dave got SL because Tass thought he was the first person to register a max, mistakenly noting George's time as being PM rather than AM.

Chris Butler

Chris Butler I have a feeling that if scores are equal then Matthew just randomly picks one, without good reason, which echoes the spirit of WL. Could be wrong though, but this rings a bell from previous seasons

Eoin Jackson

Eoin Jackson On the real WL, wasn't SL always determined by actual criteria though?

It seems suspiciously close to first max past the post takes it...

May be worth trawling through some old editions.

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Dan Spinks

Dan Spinks Tass's response previously 'In common with the show I use an arbitrary unpublished list of tiebreakers'

Eoin Jackson

Eoin Jackson Yep... which I am trying to second guess. 😁

Dave Robjohns

Dave Robjohns Yeah, the chronological thing looks very coincidental given there's 2 games to choose from here and it's not the case in Rds 1-3

I like it as a totally unknown/unpredictable surprise that people can't deliberately shoot for (aside from scoring highly) so hoping nobody does figure it out :P

Eoin Jackson

Eoin Jackson Hmm. Well, if you wanna stand a chance, I'd recommend playing early all the same.

Eoin Jackson

Eoin Jackson ...ESPECIALLY if the round is vs Prune or Rex.

Tourney round: Weakest Link Numbers Tournament 2022: Round 4 - Normal

<< Round 3 - Unlimited Junior | Round 4 - Junior >>

Notes from the organizer: Round four keeps it simple, being the most familiar challenge, played in Normal format against Apterous Prune.

Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 65
Weakest Links required: 3
Historic Normal average score: 166.99
Highest scoring Normal Weakest Link: 137 - Bjorn Aas (2016)
Most Normal Strongest Links: 2 - Elliott Mellor
Most Normal points scored: 1127 - Chris Butler
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.

THREE lowest scoring Weakest Links will be removed from the tournament this round. If there is a tie for lowest scores then ties will be broken by total score in the tournament so far (see notes by matches).

Tournament progress can be followed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ad92aABLro4p9NlD3RFLPhID3u1vtKc0Qmn2CTVA-9A/edit?usp=sharing
Good luck!

Ran from: 9 – 22 September 2022. Format: Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Organizers: Matthew Tassier.

Fixtures: 65. Completed: 65.

Results and fixtures

NotesPlayer 1Player 2Status
600Apterous PruneChris Butler0 – 187
600Apterous PruneGevin Chapwell0 – 191
600Apterous PruneSean D0 – 170
600Apterous PruneDave Robjohns0 – 187
600Apterous PruneGeorge Armstrong0 – 175
597Apterous PruneDan Byrom0 – 174
594Apterous PruneJonny D0 – 194
590Apterous PruneTom Cappleman0 – 181
590Apterous PruneThomas Carey0 – 194
590Apterous PruneMartin Hurst0 – 194
588Apterous PruneRobin M0 – 184
588Apterous PruneFlorence C-L0 – 197
587Apterous PruneEdward Ashcroft0 – 180
587Apterous PruneElizabeth Beer0 – 187
587Apterous PruneTal Lessner0 – 191
584Apterous PruneBrendan Whitehurst0 – 200
584Apterous PruneDan Spinks0 – 182
584Apterous PruneAlex Williamson0 – 163
580Apterous PruneBen H0 – 187
580Apterous PruneMartin Thomas0 – 187
580Apterous PruneDarren Godfrey0 – 188
578Apterous PruneMike Lee0 – 169
575Apterous PruneDamian McEvoy0 – 182
574Apterous PruneJamie French0 – 197
574Apterous PruneSam Shepherd0 – 200
571Apterous PruneMarcus Hares0 – 168
571Apterous PruneChris Hare0 – 191
571Apterous PruneJason C.0 – 175
568Apterous PruneAndy SC0 – 170
568Apterous PruneArthur P0 – 185
567Apterous PruneTony Atkins0 – 178
567Apterous PruneAdam Latchford0 – 182
567Apterous PruneAdrian Fletcher0 – 174
565Apterous PruneFiona T0 – 158
564Apterous PruneAdam Dexter0 – 185
564Apterous PruneMark O'Regan0 – 175
564Apterous PruneTlou Laz0 – 115
561Apterous PruneAlan O'Sullivan0 – 194
561Apterous PruneLuke S0 – 191
560Apterous PruneTracey Mills0 – 155
560Apterous PruneWesley Barton0 – 164
557Apterous PruneJon Elmer0 – 183
557Apterous PruneM S R0 – 187
557Apterous PruneJohn Doherty0 – 148
555Apterous PruneSteven Grady0 – 134
554Apterous PruneEoin Jackson0 – 191
554Apterous PruneElwin Carlos0 – 171
551Apterous PruneStu Harkness0 – 191
544Apterous PruneDave Kempshall0 – 160
574Apterous PruneJoe Dobinson0 – 191
557Apterous PrunePatrick L0 – 178
597Apterous PruneAnthony Endsor0 – 165
590Apterous PruneBailey Cowell0 – 182
567Apterous PruneMaria Chandler0 – 168
581Apterous PruneNeil Collins0 – 177
564Apterous PruneHazel Drury0 – 176
537Apterous PruneMartyn Pegram0 – 194
600Apterous PruneMartin Long0 – 174
577Apterous PruneAlan O'Regan0 – 184
560Apterous PruneJason Turner0 – 171
529Apterous PruneJohn Gillies0 – 157
560Apterous PruneJake Gander0 – 152
597Apterous PruneGraham Harrison0 – 191
597Apterous PruneElliott Mellor0 – 187
587Apterous PruneRonan M Higginson0 – 197

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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