Rounds: Here.
Jason Dunn takes up the champion's position tonight, after a good win over Brett yesterday. Richard picks up on Jason's find of ELUTES in yesterday's game, and Jason gives a brief explanation of what elution is. That doesn't really lead to us finding out anything about Jason, which seems a shame.
Tonight's challenger is Raf Goodens, a scientist whose life goal is to contribute to the advancement of theoretical physics. Richard asks what theoeretical physics is; Raf responds that it is about trying to discover the laws of physics, the mathematical equations underlying the real world.
Raf grabbed a small early lead in the first letters game, but thereafter they were matched on that front. But the numbers were all in Raf's favour, as he solved all three numbers rounds. Jason was only able to solve the last one, but the game was already lost by that point. He took the consolation prize of the conundrum, but Raf is the victor, 59 to 43.
I did reasonably, although again my letters maxima were low. The best options were hard to see, so I'm happy enough despite that. And I just pipped Jason to the conundrum, so that helped my scoreline. I still don't feel that on top of things, but I'm hoping to settle into the groove in the next week or so.
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Friday, 13 May 2016
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Ep 101: Brett Chaiyawat, Jason Dunn (May 11, 2016; originally aired December 20, 2010)
Rounds: Here.
Whoo, it's been a while; we'll have to see whether I can remember how to do this again! My brain is a bit frazzled from the MUMS Puzzle Hunt (currently going on), so this could be a rocky start. Certainly I've become used to the more relaxed pace of guessing at time. Anyway, on to the show:
Brett Chaiyawat is the returning champion, having finished the previous season on four wins without loss; a fifth win will almost certainly put him into the finals. Richard points out that there has been quite a gap due to the finals series, and asks if Brett has been practising. Brett responds that he has been learning from the finals and they were amazing. Richard notes that Brett is now the longest carry-over champion, due to the long gap, a record Brett is quite happy to hold.
The first challenger of the new season is Jason Dunn, who has spent time working in a chemistry lab, is a budding novelist, and also is part of an improvisational theatre group. Richard opines that improvisational theatre can be quite challenging, and Jason agrees, but adds that you do have moments of magic when you get up and do it.
Brett started out with an excellent word to take the early lead, but then stumbled in the next round with an invalid spelling. Jason took the lead thanks to a tough first numbers round, and Brett continued to have difficulties with word validity. He needed to make back ground with the numbers, but the remaining ones were just too easy. Jason was safe going into the conundrum, and solved it some twenty seconds in to win by 25 points, 59 to 34.
I was showing the signs of brain fatigue as well as rustiness, mostly unable to hit the letters maxima and only just getting there in the first numbers round. Fortunately I managed a couple of small pickups, and solved the conundrum quickly to get home ahead of the contestants. Phew!
Whoo, it's been a while; we'll have to see whether I can remember how to do this again! My brain is a bit frazzled from the MUMS Puzzle Hunt (currently going on), so this could be a rocky start. Certainly I've become used to the more relaxed pace of guessing at time. Anyway, on to the show:
Brett Chaiyawat is the returning champion, having finished the previous season on four wins without loss; a fifth win will almost certainly put him into the finals. Richard points out that there has been quite a gap due to the finals series, and asks if Brett has been practising. Brett responds that he has been learning from the finals and they were amazing. Richard notes that Brett is now the longest carry-over champion, due to the long gap, a record Brett is quite happy to hold.
The first challenger of the new season is Jason Dunn, who has spent time working in a chemistry lab, is a budding novelist, and also is part of an improvisational theatre group. Richard opines that improvisational theatre can be quite challenging, and Jason agrees, but adds that you do have moments of magic when you get up and do it.
Brett started out with an excellent word to take the early lead, but then stumbled in the next round with an invalid spelling. Jason took the lead thanks to a tough first numbers round, and Brett continued to have difficulties with word validity. He needed to make back ground with the numbers, but the remaining ones were just too easy. Jason was safe going into the conundrum, and solved it some twenty seconds in to win by 25 points, 59 to 34.
I was showing the signs of brain fatigue as well as rustiness, mostly unable to hit the letters maxima and only just getting there in the first numbers round. Fortunately I managed a couple of small pickups, and solved the conundrum quickly to get home ahead of the contestants. Phew!
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