COUNTDOWN - Game Eight soon

[doctorwho]

U O E I E M G D B

Round two of game two starts... now.

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[doctorwho]

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That seemed like a tough set of letters, IMO. What did our players think?

Mitillos: 6 (IMBUED)

BipolarChemist: 6 (IMBUED)

Same word, and same number of points to each of them.

Dictionary Corner:

And yeah, that was probably the least obscure of the sixes. Also the best you can do, because there wasn't anything longer than that.

The points change, but with 14-6 the score, Mitillos still leads, as we ask BipolarChemist to pick some letters for Round 3.

[Mitillos]

Erm. 14-13? Maybe?

[Mitillos]

Actually, disregard that, I misunderstood the rules.

[BipolarChemist]

6 consonants, 3 vowels.

[doctorwho]

T P N X T R O I E

No bonus points for working the X in, but you're still welcome to use it if you like.

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[doctorwho]

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...you know, I get the distinct impression we won't be seeing a nine this round. What will we have?

BipolarChemist: 7 (PROTEIN)

Mitillos: 7 (PROTEIN)

Well, we clearly have some good players. Another seven points each.

Dictionary Corner

: No eights to be found here, but a few sevens on offer: POTTIER, POINTER, and TRITONE, to name just three.

It's 21-13 as Mitillos controls the numbers for round four.

[Mitillos]

Let's go with two large numbers.

[doctorwho]

100 75 10 3 3 6

And we're hoping you can get to...

482

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[doctorwho]

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And how'd we do this time?

Mitillos: 482

BipolarChemist: --- (no response submitted)

Mitillos, this could be a banner round for you, how'd you get to 482?

(75 - 10) * (6 + 3) - 100 - 3 = 482

*applause*

I'd just like to point out that Mitillos is about halfway to a perfect game - the score now is 31-13, very much in his favor. There's still quite a bit of game to go, so BipolarChemist shouldn't lose hope yet. Mitillos has said to expect no variation on his picks for the letters, so away we go with Round 5...

O O I A A C N L V

Here comes the clock...

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[Mitillos]

Actually, I misspoke last time, and swapped the numbers. It's alright this time around, but on my third pick, please swap to 4-5. Also, I have no idea what a banner round is.

[BipolarChemist]

Whoops D: dang it

[Mitillos]

@BPC: If you want, I can skip round eight, to make it more fair, since you didn't submit for round 4.

[BipolarChemist]

NAH it was my fault for missing it. Im guessing you'll be nailing each answer from here on out anyways, so the first round probably lost me the game anyways

[Mitillos]

Well, if you find a 9-letter word and I don't, we'll be tied. And I'm not a native speaker, so...

EDIT: Also, there's that final round which goes to the fastest, so the first round wouldn't really be the end.

[doctorwho]

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And here's how that round shaped up...

Mitillos: 7 (VOLCANO)

BipolarChemist: 7 (VOLCANO)

And another seven points each for that.

Dictionary Corner:

That was the less obscure of the two sevens available in that one. There was also VALONIA, a kind of evergreen oak tree.

38-20 in what has been a more competitive game than what the scoreline shows. It's Round 6, and BipolarChemist's third pick of the letters this game.

[Mitillos]

So...

[BipolarChemist]

SOO... sry

uh

5 consonants 4 vowels...

[doctorwho]

D G T D P I O E A

Right, here we go again.

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[doctorwho]

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Taxing, isn't it?

BipolarChemist: 7 (ADOPTED)

Mitillos: 7 (ADOPTED)

Same word, same points. Two very good players we have here.

Dictionary Corner:

And again, seven was the best you could do on that one.

45-27 now, and I'll point out that Mitillos is two-thirds of the way to a perfect game. Speaking of which, here come his picks for Round 7:

E E E E B F T S W

Eeeeep. Hopefully those Es will come in handy here.

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[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

And we'd like to officially announce that we've fulfilled our E quota for this game!

Mitillos: 6 (FEWEST)

BipolarChemist: 6 (FEWEST)

I'm getting a strange sense of deja vu on this one...

Dictionary Corner:

FEWEST was actually the most you could get that time. Lots of fives, but just the one six.

51-33 as we enter the final stretch. 20 points left on offer over the next two rounds, and 10 of them are up for grabs in this next numbers game. BipolarChemist?

[Mitillos]

BPC-summoning powers GO!

[BipolarChemist]

2 large, m8! Sorry >_>

[Mitillos]

I cannot believe that worked. :Þ

[doctorwho]

75 25 5 2 4 9

And your target...

837

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