 | Adam Dexter Those impossible rounds are savage! |
 | Tim Down I know this tournament can't be completely fair, but I think the variability in max scores from these games is might be taking it too far. I just played a practice game with a max of 123, while some games have a max in the 160s. |
 | Gevin Chapwell I suppose it's all part of it. Especially at this stage of the tournament. If you play well enough, you should be able to avoid the bottom three. I did not play well at all. |
 | Eoin Jackson Rounds like this make it a great tournament! You need skill AND luck to win WL... One of the top 5 could be unlucky enough to be bottom 3 this time around, and who doesn't love a good upset?!
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| Tim Down Yeah, fair enough, I suppose. I just don't like the idea that it's possible to play perfectly and still be eliminated. |
| Eoin Jackson I get what you're saying, but I think all is good. The highest scoring weakest link in the past was 98pts... this year the threshold is gonna be closer to 80. A score of 123 would fare just fine. |
 | Wesley Barton Aye Tim, the max in my game was 131 haha |
| Eoin Jackson But Wesley, you picked 1L all the time, which the tactical equivalent of begging for a low available max... |
| Gevin Chapwell My max was a decent 152 but 10 of the targets were in the 800s and 900s (6 in the 900s) which meant after the time taken to swear at the computer I had less solving time. |
| Wesley Barton That's fair, I don't know the octo number pickingn strategy |
| Adam Dexter @Wesley I mean Matthew did try and give you a clue in the explanation :D If you go 1L and it's 10, it's really limiting |
| Tim Down Max of 124. Made a few bad mistakes at the end, so I guess I deserve to be near the bottom, but still... |
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| Eoin Jackson Tim! Are you a clairvoyant?
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 | Adam Latchford Comfortably through Tim, no need to have worried. Was thrilled to see a 147 max for me, it is a scary variant |
 | Matthew Tassier In a nervy round where the random element was magnified, it was Chris H. who managed to take full advantage of a decent max to become this round's Strongest Link. |
| Matthew Tassier It sounds like Alan and Eoin had polar opposite feelings about this round, but they end up sitting together in the elimination zone joined by Martin L. who also fell a few points short. So Martin, Alan and Eoin you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye! |
| Eoin Jackson Thanks for the tourney, Matthew. Always the best one of the year. |
Tourney round: Weakest Link Numbers Tournament - 2024: Round 11 - Octorock
Notes from the organizer: Round eleven will be in Octorock format played against Apterous Waldorf. Large numbers in this format are 10 and 20 and Waldorf likes to pick 1 large, which may well not be your favoured selection, and performs erratically. Bear in mind, there's every chance that you may get a round or two where it's impossible to score ... just bad luck I'm afraid.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 43
Weakest Links required: 3
Previous Octorock max games: 2 - Elliott Mellor (2020,2023)
Highest Octorock WL Score: 172 - Elliott Mellor (2021)
Highest scoring Weakest Link: 98 - Bradley Horrocks (2023)
Previous rounds vs. this bot: 2018 - Round 9 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=2123 ), 2021 - Round 9 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=3816 )
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.
THREE lowest scoring Weakest Links will be leaving 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/19P5sx6HaI4kKoChXnbiViDrrZm_0kL6YWXAdcn-BrYY/edit?usp=sharing
Good luck!
Ran from: 18 – 31 October 2024. Format: Octorock Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.
Fixtures: 43. Completed: 43.
Results and fixtures
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Struck-out names and scores are players who have since been deactivated.
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