MM Links Solutions December 2007 [Week 4]

[gen2]

The posting of the fourth and final week of the reign of Queen Kay the Capable appeared once again according to schedule totally unaided. Those ABers not on Christmas jaunts, have atempted to guess her links and are anxious to know the results.

So, for this week's words, I can now reveal that Queen Kay's chosen Links were:

sweet CHARITY
head LAMP
POLE star
sky LARK

Once more, there were lots of options open to you on those, so who were the lucky ones who earned the points?

NOW READ ON

[gen2]

The Christmas Holidays and other commitments have meant that slightly fewer of you participated this weekend and the entries were more spread out. Psychic Pauline (a Double Decker?) exploded from the shrubbery at 9:01 and failed to connect with any of Queen Kay's words - so has she lost her lead? Once again all four links were found in under an hour (three of them in three minutes!) but nobody at all matched more than one link!

The very first out of the shrubbery (even beating pauline) was freebi 2 who matched SKY LARK for 2 points and within the two-minute window, FoxLee also chose it for 2 points.

At 9:02, slaney went with SWEET CHARITY for two points. Not an easy one and only matched by one other player - Probably a generation thing.

At 9:03, wickedtongue opted for HEAD LAMP for 2 points - a combination that nobody else preferred.

The last link lasted until 9:51 when kettledrum chanced her arm with POLE STAR (2 points).

As previosly stated, there were no multiple hitters this week and the few single points there were, were picked up by patchett, Ont-ice (Mrs), Prescott & jan1956

Yet again I have had a difficult task chosing the 'Hot Shot of the Week' so this week I have gone for the speed with which the first link fell. I therefore declare freebi 2 is 'Hot Shot of the Week' *** Well Done *** and *** CHEERS ALL ROUND ***


So did pauline keep her lead, was she matched, or even overtaken?
See the Monthly Results which follow below:

[gen2]

League Table - Final Positions for December


7 points: paulineward & slaney
6 points: BigMac
5 points: Shazza & patchett
4 points: Grenmus, lysander, freebi 2 & FoxLee

I was therefore left with a dilemma as to how to resolve a tie. For that, I went back through the posts to over a year ago when ShamrockBlue and crofter formulated the rules for this game. The first criteron for resolving a tie was to be the 'Big Hitter' - who had the highest single score on any week in the month?

slaney scored 2, 1, 2, 2
paulineward = 2, 4, 1, 0

So, on the basis of being the 'Big Hitter', I declare paulineward has the claim to the throne for January 2008 and duly crown her Queen Pauline the Psychic. *** LOTS MORE CHEERS ALL ROUND ***

And of course we must also thank the outgoing Queen Kay for setting the links and for eventually beating her computer into submission. *** WELL DONE KAY ***

Next week there will be no MM Links game as we all take a seasonal break. Here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you all again back for the usual scrabble for points in January.


PS Did you all see the note by ChrisHewat at the end of the MM Links Game posts?
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question497306-3.html

[paulineward]

Slaney - that was close....

Now aren't you all just so excited??
Must get my thinking cap on now to fool you all!!! :-))

[sarumite]

Many thanks gen2 for a presentation worthy of the mighty krophta himself, and thanks Queen Kay for an interesting month ... although I think I failed to match any of your links!!

and wow! . well done Pauline .. January could be very interesting,?? although I hold little hope of reading the mind of another laydeee setter!!!

So pleased to read your news ChrisHewat .. Christmas should be magical for you and yours.

[Christiana]

Thanks Queen Kay the Capable for all those links, even though my attempt fizzled out this week like a damp squib. Thanks too to Crofter and Gen 2. for all that behind the scenes stuff and scoring.
Congrats. Pauline and commiserations Slaney - so near and yet so far. What will the shrubbery be like in January - Is it big enough to contain Perilous Pauline, Queen of the big hitters?

[JoolsTwo]

Well done Pauline, I will look forward to trying to second quess you next month. Lets hope I'm more in tune with you than I have been with Kay.

Thanks to crofter, Gen2 and Kay and may I wish you all a Very Happy Christmas.

[slaney]

Wow...closest I've ever been ...well done Pauline.
Next month should be interesting, and fun.

Thanks to Queen Kay for the months links, and to crofter and gen2 for the abacus work ..not to mention all the thought that goes into this game.

[kettledrum]

Wow! Points at last, .... but not enough to do anything with. Thanks everyone - Evsajo for setting a 'fun' month's links, and Crofter and Gen2 for al their hard work behind the scenes. Happy Christmas to everybody.

[crofter]

Sorry for the extended absence. I had an urgent family matter to attend to after returning from a business trip to Athens (via Amsterdam and Paris!). The matter has not been fully resolved but has been greatly improved.

I "think" I am looking forward to working with Mystic Meg. She will sit at her keyboard at 8.45 on the first Saturday in 2008 and "transmit" her words by "extra-century perception".

Until then, all of you have a great time over the festive season and "happy linking" to ABers near and far!

[crofter]

"Very Special Thanks" to Kay for a great month and to gen2 for holding the fort so expertly. Much appreciated!

Commiserations to slaney ~ our day will come!

[evsajo]

Sorry I'm late in replying but been to "9 lessons and Carols" in my local church then "Server not found for the last hour. Thank goodness that didn't happen again on Saturday!!!
Congratulations Pauline on your win. Still don't know how you guessed all my themes>
Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed my words and has participated but the biggest thanks goes to Crofter for teaching me how to cut and paste and always being in the background in case things went wrong, and Gen2 who has helped me for the last 2 weeks and has only been a phone call away.
I've really enjoyed thinking up the links and words and hope Pauline enjoys it as much ,so I now go back to being a commoner and hand my crown to Pauline, with love. Kayxx

[evsajo]

Chris , what lovely news just before Christmas. I hope you have an extra special time with your "new" family. Love Kay

[BigMac]

So, consistency would have done it ... Ah well, I'm delighted the psychic won, but she knew she was going to, anyway.

Here's to 2008 - good luck to the MM links game and all who sail in her.

[LaneyB]

Congratulations Pauline, I shall try to join you all at some point while I am away, if I don't manage it, good luck, I am sure you will be brilliant. Commiserations Slaney I am sure you'r turn will come soon.
Thank you Kay for all your words, it all worked out very well.
Thank you Crofter and Gen for all the work behind the scenes.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

[jan1956]

well done Pauline, if you want to start transmitting your thoughts over Christmas I will be listening,
look forward to your links
thanks to Crofter, Gen2 and ofcourse Kay
jan

[Aquagility]

I don't beleeeve it! The Wicked Queen comes into her own at last. Now watch out all you shrubberarians.