Paul FairieThe 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees
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STANDINGS UPDATE
The top 16 seeds move on to a knock-out style tournament, starting December 27.
Seeding system: 1 repost or 1 like = 1 point (from here, and elsewhere!).
15% of points from Mastodon so far.
Current standings:
STANDINGS UPDATE
Strong performance by the top contender, with a close battle between Alarming Poetry Sales and Pole Vaulter Penis Drama for the second spot.
The Orca Salmon Hats are making a strong push for the critical #8 spot.
Mastodon now providing the second most number of points for the seeding (behind Bluesky, but now ahead of X).
STANDINGS UPDATE
Top contenders continue to separate themselves from the rest, with the non-existent Crypto CEO making a strong push to make it through to the Round of 16.
Across platforms, rankings becoming broadly similar now. Number of votes cast on Mastodon almost matching last year's final total.
STANDINGS UPDATE
Final 16 moving on to the round of 16 taking shape. Last hours of the seeding round, announcement of end will occur at least 1 hour before close of seeding round. (I need to figure out my schedule for the next few days to figure out when to best time the rounds!)
Voting for the round of 16 will begin around 7pm Calgary time this evening. (Polls will be open for approximately 24 hours.)
FINAL STANDINGS
The Final 16 have been set! Self-Driving Cars and Alarming Poetry Sales take the top two spots, with some hot battles set for the Round of 16.
Voting starts shortly! Each round will last approximately a day, finishing some time on New Year's Eve (Calgary time).
Bill, organizer of stuff
petes_bread_eqn_xls@paulisci c’mon French Spy Affairs!
TisTree@paulisci
I’m rooting for the punching octopuses
I’m rooting for the punching octopuses
Joshix@paulisci Nigel Richards also won the French-language title in 2015, (without speaking french)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Richards_(Scrabble_player)
Elías Chao
Infrapink (he/his/him)
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@eliaschao @joshix @paulisci most people never find out what their superpower is but this guy has and fair play to him.
Ramin HonaryHeadline of the year nominee: “Man who doesn’t speak Spanish won Spanish Scrabble championships.”
Nigel Richards also won the French-language title in 2015 (without speaking french)
@paulisci that’s right, and I heard this is fairly common. There are non-English speakers who do very well in the English Scrabble championships as well. It seems obvious when you think about it: the skills necessary to memorize word spellings and place them on a grid are completely different from the skills necessary to speak a language. I have heard that people who have a good understanding of computer programming languages and linguistics do better at scrabble regardless of their native language.
Ken Butler has moved
Wilfried Klaebe
Lydia Schoch
Scissors Cut Paper...Personally, I like this one.
Oops, forgot the link: https://iditarod.com/dallas-seavey-penalized-for-rule-34-infraction-regarding-dispatch-of-moose/
LiquidParasyte@paulisci this is my personal number 1 headline of the year