1FF Grandstand

[Magic]

Yeah, going to the pub to watch the football tonight so the task will be set tomorrow. Enjoy supporting your teams tonight!

 

[Spirederman]

Wahey!! Thought I'd miss this being at the game.

The right call Majicka.

 

[Magic]

This week's task is a crossword. There are 15 answers to find and the teams will compete to finish the puzzle first. All 15 answers are popular songs with clues (obviously...you know what a crossword is). Some are easier than others as the nature of it means that some answers you'll have less to go off than others.

The puzzle will be posted at approximately 8pm this evening.

 

[Murphy]

Any chance it can be at 7pm? I'll be out at 8pm and Owens needs all the help it can get

 

[Magic]

Any chance it can be at 7pm? I'll be out at 8pm and Owens needs all the help it can get

Was initially gonna say 7 but I can't guarantee I'll be around until a bit later. If it works better I can say I'll post it when I get in but that won't be a fixed time, so wouldn't want to catch people out, you see.

 

[Magic]

Will be posted 8.30 to fit with HT

 

[Spirederman]

PREPARE TO FACE......

THE WRATH OF KAHN!!!

 

[Magic]

Okay here is the crossword and the clues. Good luck.

 

[Spirederman]

Or maybe not... Ffs

 

[Magic]

If people want I can give the breakdown of words. Didn't think this would cause as much trouble as the cryptic clues from a couple of weeks back!

 

[Stagat]

Anyone remember Gladiators, where they did 50-odd minutes of physical challenges for like a 2 second head start on an obstacle course at the end?

Dunno why that just came to mind.

 

[Veggie Legs]

If people want I can give the breakdown of words. Didn't think this would cause as much trouble as the cryptic clues from a couple of weeks back!

I think that would help a lot, it's really tough.

 

[Magic]

Will do that at around 7 if no objections. They're not meant to be easy like I've said before as I prefer challenging puzzles to easy ones but its hard to get the balance right.

 

[Magic]

They're not obscure imo but it depends who is asking. I'll be home in a few mins and will help out a bit I guess.

 

[Magic]

Okay because the answer isn't the full one for 3 across, I'll give you that one as a helping hand. 3 across is FLASHDANCE. Probably the most obscure one too so there you go. Now I will give you the breakdown of the answers and the decade the song was released.

Breakdowns of answers:

Across:

3) Flashdance
5) (5, 6) - 1990s
9) (9, 4) - 1970s
11) (8, 5) - 2010s
12) (8, 5) - 1980s/90s - Two songs of the same name released which is annoying as the spelling is slightly different as well. Neither huge songs by their own right so yeah, probably a more tricky one.
13) (9) - 1990s
14) (8) - 1980s
15) (4, 5, 3, 3) - 1960s

Down:

1) (7, 4) - 2000s
2) (4, 3, 5) - 2000s
4) (5, 6) - 1990s
6) (5, 2, 5) - 1980s
7) (3, 7, 3) - 2000s
8) (6, 2, 6) - 2000s
10) (4, 4) - 2000s

 

[MagpieBee]

And still have no idea how the computer generated milkcarton relates to Flashdance.....

I'm guessing it's created using Flash and it's Dancing?

Still... pretty odd connection!

 

[Rammy]

 

[Magic]

A bit obscure but how on earth is that not connected.

Next week we'll have fastest finger first easily googleable questions.

 

[Spirederman]

All the ones we had to date, fit those descriptors. Still lots to do though.

 

[MagpieBee]

A bit obscure but how on earth is that not connected.

Next week we'll have fastest finger first easily googleable questions.

Haha, didn't say it wasn't a connection, just an odd one!

Personally really enjoying this round! Keep them coming

 

[Magic]

I know a lot are struggling with this but the deadline will be tomorrow 3pm. Teams will be ranked based on correct answers as not everyone will finish this quite obviously...

We will be playing towards Sunday's Premier League Football.

 

[Magic]

Ok so here are the answers...stealing Gretzky's puzzle:

A late flurry made it interesting as in the end three teams managed to complete. In order of completion:

1. TEAM KAHN (3.05am Saturday)
2. TEAM GRETZKY (11.22am Saturday)
3. TEAM TYSON (12.14pm Saturday)
4. TEAM KOURNIKOVA (12/15)
5. TEAM OWENS (1/15 - the one I told you)

So tomorrow there are four Premier League games which we will focus on and this week it is a fantasy football style round.

Using the Official Fantasy Premier League prices and scoring, each team will select 11 players from the eight teams playing tomorrow. However, the budgets allocated to each team is dependent on how they fared in the crossword. There are no limits on the amount of players from the same team but the formation chosen must be one of the following:

3-5-2
3-4-3
4-4-2
4-5-1
4-3-3
5-3-2
5-4-1

These are the budget allocations:

1. Team Kahn - £90m
2. Team Gretzky - £80m
3. Team Tyson - £75m
4. Team Kournikova - £70m
5. Team Owens - £65m

I will post up screenshots of the eight teams' squads on there so you know prices. If you are unfamiliar with the scoring, this is how points are calculated and these will be taken directly from the FPL game: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/rules/.

 

[Spirederman]

03:05 am??

We finished last night Majick!!!

 

[Magic]

True, not that it mattered! Just quickly clicked on the PM and that's when Carel posted the complete image is all.

Oh and it's proving tricky to copy the squads across but will see what I can do. You might have to do your own investigations of players/prices.

 

[Magic]

Okay you can use this but it's not split into teams. Doesn't show injury/suspension status either so bear that in mind (probably easier to use the official site if you already have a team but I'll pop this here:

http://m.fantasy.premierleague.com/player-list/

SUBSTITUTES:

You may choose to purchase more than 11 players should you wish with your budget. This gives you some insurance if one of your players does not play any of the game. In this instance, they can come into your side even if it creates a formation that cannot be used (if you see what I mean...say you pick 3-4-3 and a defender doesn't play, I will allow the striker to come on in his place, as it is obviously a risk to pay money for a substitute who may be wasted.

 

[Oaf]

Good performance on the football week!

Not been around much, and it seems that most of Owens has gone AWOL anyway. But yes, it's about right that the one time the actual football game rolls around I'm able to do fuck all around it and now we go into it with a fucking great disadvantage.

 

[Magic]

Obviously deadline is by the start of the Sunderland v Newcastle game.

 

[Oaf]

Hahaha, just trying to orgainise the football team for this next game in our chat, then I look at the "last read" things for everybody...

We have Abertawe, who's actually left the conversation. Guess he's not interested.
Then for the rest:
October 12th
October 13th
48 minutes ago
October 9th
51 minutes ago
October 12th

That 48 minutes ago was Magic, and the 51 minutes ago was me...

:hesk:

 

[Magic]

Can't decide which is better, team Owens or the team you've selected for tomorrow :hesk:

 

[Oaf]

Hey, that's not finalised yet.

I'm waiting on second opinions. I'm prepared to wait. I have faith that the Owenseses will return.


















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