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RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 18:40
by GuyBarry
Here's a
great new game that anyone on the forum can play! Starts at 9.30pm tonight and lasts until Friday morning.
(1) Name a Tube station.
(2) Wait for a train to run through it.
(3) Claim 1 point for every minute between (1) and (2).

Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 18:42
by tubeguru
Finally, a decent game we can all play!
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 18:50
by The Orange One
I guarantee I will win. Or draw for first. According to the rules you have laid out.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 18:59
by GuyBarry
I wasn't entirely serious...
Although if you're just allowed one claim in the whole of the strike period, is it that easy to guarantee a win?
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 19:19
by The Orange One
Starts at 9:30pm today!! And you said "wait for a train to pass through it", so Kensington Olympia isn't a winning move. Not as easy as you think, but there is a way...
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 19:37
by GuyBarry
Well if you're going to take this seriously, we need to define "Friday morning" properly. So I'll say "the first scheduled service from that station on Friday morning".
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 19:58
by GuyBarry
An even better game would be to try to predict the amount of time to the next "Live Update" on the
Mirror website. I'll leave you to work out a set of rules for that one.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 19:59
by tubeguru
I assume that by "runs through it", we're not allowed terminus stations? Plus, in the case of Ken O, if a freight train runs through the NR part of the station, I would say that that counts as a train passing through.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 20:11
by GuyBarry
I think we can restrict ourselves to Underground trains here. And no termini.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 20:42
by nozzacook
Here's mine Holland Park. I was going to go with MHE until the no termini rule.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 20:56
by The Orange One
Verney Junction. And a win.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 21:07
by tubeguru
Blake Hall.
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 21:23
by The Orange One
Now, which one will they reopen first?
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 05 Feb 2014, 07:02
by GuyBarry
The Orange One wrote:Verney Junction. And a win.
You
seriously think a train is going to run through Verney Junction some time between now and Friday morning? Ditto Blake Hall?
Under the rules of the game as I drew them up, neither you nor tubeguru will be getting any points at all. Looks as though nozzacook's on course for victory.
(Although in fact none of those three entries were technically valid, since they were all before 9.30pm last night.)
Re: RMTumbleweed
Posted: 05 Feb 2014, 07:26
by The Orange One
We've named stations, and for every minute a train does not run through, our points rack up.
Although playing properly, Chigwell.