Herculis Link Game Nov WEEK 3

[crofter]

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A thought for next month! Everyone could have a JOKER CARD which they can play at any point in that month. Any points awarded when the joker is played would be doubled! Or is the system OK as it is (for the present)?

[rogerr]

Thanks for all your hard work Crofter.
I think the idea of a Joker is good, but perhaps leave it for a month or two?
Cheers
Rogerr
By the way you got me and Tenter the wrong way round---not that it made any difference to our scores, but Tenter should take the credit for being first with POISE.

[Tenter]

Thank you rogerr I was quite chuffed to get a first likewise you got rail.
As crofter says it's taking 4hrs to do the scoring at the moment, another rule will make this even longer and as you do this free gratis etc. I for one would not wish to impose more work for you.
However I don't know if the novelty will wear off and the numbers diminish or if it will gather momentum and increase, making the scoring even more laborious.

[rogerr]

See you at the finishing post Tenter---er-- hopefully.
All the best to everone.

[Brooksy]

OK at present, unless the scorer is a masochist!

[crofter]

I now agree (for all the reasons given) to abandon the idea of using JOKERS! If we are reduced to guessing the four words and good attempts on paper can end up with zero marks, on what grounds would we decide to play a JOKER!

It would be only another layer of random decision making.
Thanks everybody for the valuable input.

[crofter]

THIS is my 3000th "answer" on AB in just over two years and in that time I have asked just 12 questions! I thought I could treat it as a special posting and send it abroad!
Good Luck for next week!

Testing with this text only

[crofter]

Lang may your lum reek! (Long may your chimney smoke)
This is an old Scottish wish that you always have fuel for the fire! It is clear that ShamrockBlue went totally tartan!
His Links are:
TARTAN Army
First FOOT(ING)
SWORD Dance
Auld REEKIE (aka Aberdeen)

As luck has it, I (crofter) was on exactly the same line of thought and clocking in at 9.03 made THREE first-time hits (scoring 3 points plus 3 bonus points). With 6 points to my credit for the round, the game was all but over when only 3 minutes old!

The Sally Army let me down (Salvation Army would have been equivalent) and a band of scallywags known as the Tartan Army won the day! It did not take long before slaney spotted the TARTAN Army and claimed the final bonus point.

A good point was raised by burgess that needs to be sorted. It concerns the rush of excellent guesses early in the proceedings when timings are close (if not equal). In this case, several entrants came on site with a timing of 9.03 precisely. They are presenting predictions which have been selected in isolation and I believe in these cases, they are also entitled to the bonus points for originality. This decision should only affect one or two of the early birds in any one round.

Therefore the winners for this round are crofter with 6 points, followed closely by burgess and Christiana both with 4 points.

FURTHER ANALYSIS TO FOLLOW