MM Links Results February 2012 Week 1

gen2 | 19:54 Sun 05th Feb 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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BEEJAY1124 The Game Needs You.
Please get in touch. See below.

This weekend, you were teased by the photographer Penguin. All its first choice of links were discovered (eventually).

I can now reveal that the chosen links being sought were:-

CAMERA OBSCURA
CLING FILM
WOOLLENS
FORD FOCUS

The game proved to be moderately successful pointswise with 27 points shared between 18 people. Details below

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Boxtops opened the scoring in the first minute of play with CAMERA OBSCURA followed closly by Grannydi and Strix - 2 points each.

Grannydi was obviously on top form because she also drove away with 2 points for FORD FOCUS along with Patchett.

In the 7th minute, Lysander opted for CLING FILM (2 points) and thereafter nobody else chose this option. Lysander was also the second double hitter of the game having also suggested 'camera obscura' so 3 points in total.

A spattering of single points were awarded (mostly for 'camera obscura') and then, at 2:30 in the afternoon, CHRIS Hewat went out on a limb and chanced his arm with WOOLLENS for a well deserved 2 points. Again, this was not suggested by any other player.

So, for being a double-hitter and the highest scorer, I declare

*** HOTSHOT OF ***
**** THIS WEEK ****
*** IS GRANNYDI ***
Congratulations.

In summary:
4 grannydi
3 lysander
2 boxtops
2 ChrisHewat (Chris)
2 patchett
2 Strix
1 Aquagility
1 BigMac
1 deecee131
1 Dinkypuzzled
1 Eiggam
1 Elspeth
1 fordward
1 Handbaglady
1 kawakiri
1 ladyalex
1 middlestump
1 paulineward

Now to address the problem of finding a setter for the remainder of February.
We had 3 on equal points at the top of the January leaderboard.

- Lysander (excused duties due to bereavement)
- Centrino (in hiding - didn't even play the games this weekend)
- BEEJAY1124 - You are my last hope.

I realise BEEJAY has already set the links twice before (1 yr & 3 yrs ago) but I need to appoint someone quickly and appeal to you to get in touch. If you don't, then everyone will have to suffer the penguin for the next 3 weeks - and we don't want that, do we folks?

Are you there BARON BRIAN?

grytvikengen2
at (substitute the symbol)
googlemail.com

Apologies for tonight's slightly later than usual posting. We were dining out for an early evening meal and I've only just returned.
Until next week then, Happy Linking,
gen2

gen2

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BTW
Thanks to everyone who looked in at Blipfoto to see my pictures.
I was regularly posting one-a-day until I reached 365 on Jan 16th and since then I have eased back to about 3 a week. It was taking up too much time, none left to spend on AB! lol
I had heard about the site 3 years ago but it was Strix who got me started for real last January.

beejay1124

reporting for duty

gen2

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Hi beejay Thanks for that. Email contact has just been made.

tearinghair

Thanks Gen2, and very well done to all scorers. Those were crafty!

grannydi

Thanks Gen2 for the 'hot shot of the week' spot. It's the best I've done for over a year. I just hope that I can get onto Baron Brian's wavelength.
Many thanks for your work,having been a setter in the past I know what a lot of work goes into running this game for all of us.
Grannydi

gen2

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Crafty tearinghair?
I thought just 'wool-lens was the only crafty one. Rest were quite normal.
Surprised there was only one taker for 'cling-film'.
I selected 'Ford Focus' because one was parked outside my house when I was making up the links.

boxtops

Thank you gen2 - I'd thought my camera obscura might have been a bit off the wall, but worth a try!

gen2

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A kind of 'obscure' answer you might say boxtops.
Nevertheless, it was chosen by 13 players.
The most popular guess in the game was 'focus group' chosen by 14 players.

evsajo

Thanks Gen for not only working out the scores but for setting the links too. I was up to my usual standard of no points but perhaps next week..........