 | Adam Latchford by far the worst bot possible for this round |
 | Gevin Chapwell And therefore the best bot. |
 | Neil Collins do not raw-dog duckdown :/ |
 | Matthew Tassier Tom seems in consistently strong form this year, cruising to a 4th Strongest Link which is also the 4th time he's been the top player on a Duckdown round. No other player has been Strongest Link 4 times on a single variant. |
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| Matthew Tassier In a very tight finish, Alex overtakes Martin T. by 2 points and Ian V. on margin of victory thanks to his round 20 solve. Meanwhile raw-dogger Neil is left licking his wounds. So Ian, Martin and Neil you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye! |
 | Ian Volante Oh, is this on raw scores? Bugger! |
 | Chris Butler No, it was because Plum scored more points against you than he did against Alex :/ |
| Ian Volante Ahh, I thought the total score was the first tiebreaker. |
| Neil Collins Thanks for hosting |
Notes from the organizer: Round twelve is another awkward one, played in Duckdown format against Apterous Plum. In Duckdown possible targets are 101-1999 and you get 7 numbers to use rather than 6 but you must "duck" (not use) one of them. Plum likes to pick 7 small numbers, which will likely be a bit of a problem if you are unlucky enough to get a lot of high targets. Also, Plum will probably deliver an annoying mix of perfect solves and total misses.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 40
Weakest Links required: 3
Most Duckdown Strongest Links: 3 - Tom Cappleman
Most Duckdown Weakest Links: 3 - Jonny D
Highest average Duckdown WL score (3+ games): 190.33 - Florence C-L (3 games)
Lowest scoring Duckdown survivor: 128 - Spike Guthrie (2018)
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 duck!
Ran from: 21 October – 3 November 2024. Format: Duckdown Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Approved.
Fixtures: 40. Completed: 40.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser.
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