Rounds: Here.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I
did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
Shyam has his first turn in the champion's seat tonight, and Richard inquires how serious Shyam is about the "aspiring novelist" description. Shyam reveals that he has started scripting a novel, but it's only in the draft stages. Unfortunately he does not go into any further detail about it, so it's hard to get a sense of how clear the story is to him.
Tonight's challenger is Judithe Hall, a teacher/librarian. Richard draws the connection between Judithe's job and Shyam's aspiration, and then moves to a more general point about Judithe loving books. She agrees, noting that these days they come in several different formats. She awkwardly transitions to talking about what it means to her to be a librarian, which is "inspiring students and staff to make use of all the available resources, and to really have a lifelong love of learning".
Judithe was in good form on the letters today, and took points from Shyam in four of the five rounds. That was a big gap to overcome, and with the numbers rounds being a little easy, Shyam was out of contention going into round 8. The conundrum was a difficult one, but Judithe found the solution with a couple of seconds left on the clock for an emphatic 62 to 25 victory.
I struggled to distance myself from Judithe, and risked a little too much in one round to fall behind. I was fortunate to get back on level pegging in the next round, but it took an invalid answer from her in a numbers round for me to finally get ahead. I solved the conundrum very quickly, but (as I'll explain in the conundrum round) there's a sense in which I had seen it before. Overall I was a little wobblier than I'd like -- I'm still getting adjusted to the show's format again! -- but happy to get through with the win.
As usual, details after the jump.
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Thursday, 5 February 2015
Ep 253: Martin Gabor, Shyam Subramaniam (February 4, 2015; originally aired August 17, 2011)
Rounds: Here.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
Martin has reached the crucial fourth night, and Richard's asks about his consistent choice of the "perfect match" number mix, and any other game techniques he has developed. There's nothing much of note in Martin's response, and again I have to wonder whether he provided the show with the requested interesting facts about himself. Certainly we've not found out much about him so far in these chats.
Standing in Martin's way is Shyam Subramaniam, an aspiring novelist with a master's degree in accounting. Shyam was an enthusiastic coin collector when he was younger, starting from around the age of 14, when his uncle travelled a lot in Africa and returned with all sorts of interesting coins. By the time Shyam was 18 he had managed to acquire coins from around a hundred different countries. He's since grown out of the obsession, but he certainly loved it at the time.
It's a close game tonight; Martin gets an early lead with a good find in round 1, but then risks too much in the second round and gives it mostly back. He pulls away in the next two rounds, but Shyam manages to peg him back a little in the second numbers round, and the game is alive going into the conundrum. Shyam solves it staggeringly quickly, and gets the come-from-behind win, 47 to 44.
I was off my game somewhat, with two bad misses. I can partly attribute that to attempting to play this at two in the morning; lesson learned. But solid results throughout were good enough to see me clear despite the conundrum (which I solved quickly by my standards, but not nearly fast enough to beat Shyam).
As usual, details after the jump.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
Martin has reached the crucial fourth night, and Richard's asks about his consistent choice of the "perfect match" number mix, and any other game techniques he has developed. There's nothing much of note in Martin's response, and again I have to wonder whether he provided the show with the requested interesting facts about himself. Certainly we've not found out much about him so far in these chats.
Standing in Martin's way is Shyam Subramaniam, an aspiring novelist with a master's degree in accounting. Shyam was an enthusiastic coin collector when he was younger, starting from around the age of 14, when his uncle travelled a lot in Africa and returned with all sorts of interesting coins. By the time Shyam was 18 he had managed to acquire coins from around a hundred different countries. He's since grown out of the obsession, but he certainly loved it at the time.
It's a close game tonight; Martin gets an early lead with a good find in round 1, but then risks too much in the second round and gives it mostly back. He pulls away in the next two rounds, but Shyam manages to peg him back a little in the second numbers round, and the game is alive going into the conundrum. Shyam solves it staggeringly quickly, and gets the come-from-behind win, 47 to 44.
I was off my game somewhat, with two bad misses. I can partly attribute that to attempting to play this at two in the morning; lesson learned. But solid results throughout were good enough to see me clear despite the conundrum (which I solved quickly by my standards, but not nearly fast enough to beat Shyam).
As usual, details after the jump.
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