147?

[RaNeN]

The guy who can make a break of more than 147 should surely get the 147,000 pounds prize money.

[Obligation]

Pretty silly to me,

And so is it that if you are to make a 147, starting with a free ball and missing a few blacks, that too is not allowed?

[..KiD DyNaMiTe..]

Thanx Rob. Where are you from Mr.Wizard?

I'm from London mate

[Semih_Sayginer]

The guy who can make a break of more than 147 should surely get the 147,000 pounds prize money.

think it was "reasoned" that a 148 wasnt a maximum, as, with a free ball, 148 wasnt the maximum possible in that situation, so 155 is classed as a maximum when theres a free ball situation at the start of the break, and anything less wasnt a maximum.

or similar

[Semih_Sayginer]

Pretty silly to me,

And so is it that if you are to make a 147, starting with a free ball and missing a few blacks, that too is not allowed?

if you missed a black it would be end of break!

[Obligation]

lol

[Mitsuko]

The only way you can get the Maximum break prize is with a 147 or a 155. Technically anything else is not a "maximum". Although 148 is clearly higher than 147 it was not the highest the player could have achieved in the given situation.

It would get the highest break prize but as it is not the maximum they could have achieved somebody with a lower break could get the "maximum" break. You must pot the highest possible colours on each occasion.

[The Statman]

Quite right Mitsuko. It is indeed possible for one player to make a 147 regular maximum and get the £147,000 bonus, while someone else might get a 148-154 break, not a maximum, and get the £15,000 or whatever it is for the highest break.

If one player gets a free-ball 147 while another player gets a regular maximum, the high-break prize will be shared but the maximum bonus will go only to the latter player.

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Another thing about the Young Wizard's name is that it will appear at the top of the Predictions list alongside anyone with the same score, because it comes before A in Excel's alphabetization! Most other letters, É and Á etc., retain their normal alphabetical position.

I presume it is because the Y is the crrency symbol for Yen, rather than an alphabetical letter.

Fortunately, I have so far remembered to manually alter the results tables so it appears in the 'Y' position.

[mcmanusrules]

This post is nothing to do with anything really, but I thought this was a suitable place to put my 147th post.

[..KiD DyNaMiTe..]

Must be damn hard to log in though...

Ranen, see windows character map (start->run->charmap) for a world of characters not on your keyboard

Woah! That's much better than these Alt codes. Thanks!