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Post by Deep Level on May 7, 2017 0:36:06 GMT
So it's been a long time since we've played Mornington Crescent, as far as I know it hasn't been played since the 2012/2013 thread (correct me if I'm wrong there, my logins have been less frequent in recent years).
Those who know, know...
I'll start with Heathrow Terminal 5.
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on May 7, 2017 7:12:22 GMT
So it's been a long time since we've played Mornington Crescent, as far as I know it hasn't been played since the 2012/2013 thread (correct me if I'm wrong there, my logins have been less frequent in recent years). Those who know, know... I'll start with Heathrow Terminal 5. Please all, be aware that the previous MC thread was terminated and locked following disquiet among members after it deteriorated into just random place names and words being fired off. The same sanction will happen again if restraint is not displayed!
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Post by rincew1nd on May 7, 2017 7:25:10 GMT
In other words, play by the rules. Which in this case are the 1978 Leinster variations, diagonals are not allowed though should OZ become mode C it is permitted to counter-sink exchange tokens and play the Belvoir vault manoeuvre to reticulate the splines.
So, West Ham.
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Post by superteacher on May 7, 2017 7:38:39 GMT
In other words, play by the rules. Which in this case are the 1978 Leinster variations, diagonals are not allowed though should OZ become mode C it is permitted to counter-sink exchange tokens and play the Belvoir vault manoeuvre to reticulate the splines. So, West Ham. Good one!
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on May 7, 2017 8:00:40 GMT
In other words, play by the rules. Which in this case are the 1978 Leinster variations, diagonals are not allowed though should OZ become mode C it is permitted to counter-sink exchange tokens and play the Belvoir vault manoeuvre to reticulate the splines. So, West Ham. Of course, although by reticulating the splines you run the risk of invoking Bishop's Bath and Wells conundrum, still unsolved to this day. Roding Valley
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Post by class411 on May 7, 2017 8:25:55 GMT
As we're using the 1978 Leinster variations, rather than the more restrictive 1976 Munster set, I'm going with:
Osterley
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Post by Chris M on May 7, 2017 9:01:40 GMT
Nice move there class411, particularly as it's a Sunday and so the Waterloo & City line is out of bounds. I think it was in the 1999 edition of their work that Johnson & Faber proved that the Acton Works Reversal is permitted in these circumstances so I shall play Sudbury Town.
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Post by Dom K on May 7, 2017 10:00:36 GMT
Sorry I have no idea how to play. Can someone explain or point me in the right direction. Much obliged 😊
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Post by nickf on May 7, 2017 10:02:05 GMT
As it is past the Spring Equinox and there is no R in the month; and that Arvold's De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae doesn't absolutely forbid it...I shall play Verney Junction.
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on May 7, 2017 10:06:09 GMT
Sorry I have no idea how to play. Can someone explain or point me in the right direction. Much obliged 😊 You put your right arm in your right arm out In, out, in, out, You shake it all about.
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Post by DWS on May 7, 2017 10:07:52 GMT
I play Willesden Green.
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Post by superteacher on May 7, 2017 10:32:16 GMT
Willesden Green lets me in with Old Street. Willesden Junction would have allowed me to win by the FUBAR variation.
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Post by rincew1nd on May 7, 2017 10:45:56 GMT
Sorry I have no idea how to play. Can someone explain or point me in the right direction. Much obliged 😊 Taking a broad view of the current situation the best direction at the moment is probably eastbound.
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Post by class411 on May 7, 2017 10:59:45 GMT
Willesden Green lets me in with Old Street. Willesden Junction would have allowed me to win by the FUBAR variation. I can see where you're going with this and I admit it's a clever gambit. However, I suspect that my next play may life a little trickier: Northwood Hills
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Post by Dom K on May 7, 2017 12:20:33 GMT
Now that my path of ecstasy has been explained I feel my natural journey has begun to unfold
If I go eastbound as has been advised I may become uncomfortable as I work this way, I prefer unknown territory and as such my destination has to be something that rhymes with fail, let's go with Tottenham Hale. Step free too xoxoxooxoxox
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Post by caravelle on May 7, 2017 12:31:40 GMT
As a homage to D stock and this being the first Sunday of the month, where double reversals are, of course, wild:
Earl's Court
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Post by rincew1nd on May 7, 2017 14:30:34 GMT
Now that my path of ecstasy has been explained I feel my natural journey has begun to unfold If I go eastbound as has been advised I may become uncomfortable as I work this way, I prefer unknown territory and as such my destination has to be something that rhymes with fail, let's go with Tottenham Hale. Step free too xoxoxooxoxox Learning fast Bach!
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Post by Deep Level on May 7, 2017 16:41:02 GMT
We all appear to have forgotten that it's the 7th of the month and there's a 7 in 2017 so surely the only logical move is to go to...
Belmont
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Post by class411 on May 7, 2017 17:42:38 GMT
We all appear to have forgotten that it's the 7th of the month and there's a 7 in 2017 so surely the only logical move is to go to... Damn! you're right - as it's also the seventh day of the week for many people, strictly in conjunction with the above, and invoking the Malkov-Steiner exception I play: Perivale.
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Post by domh245 on May 7, 2017 17:53:25 GMT
We all appear to have forgotten that it's the 7th of the month and there's a 7 in 2017 so surely the only logical move is to go to... Damn! you're right - as it's also the seventh day of the week for many people, strictly in conjunction with the above, and invoking the Malkov-Steiner exception I play: Perivale. And as it is 7 minutes to 7 in London, I shall play Aldgate East.
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Post by Chris M on May 7, 2017 19:53:53 GMT
Which really leaves me very little choice indeed with us being between a half and full moon (thus ruling out anything east of Penge or with a direct service to Borough). I can though play West Kensington (see Thompson, 1999b), which is serendipitous as my entry there earlier today was the 200th TfL station I have visited in 2017.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 20:20:37 GMT
I think now's a good time to jump in and play Kentish Town; remember that if the next adjunct is on any of the deep-level lines then nobody can play outside of Jessop's Loop.
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Post by melikepie on May 8, 2017 11:21:41 GMT
Which leaves me time to play the 2nd line card and finish with Monington Crescent.
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Post by miff on May 8, 2017 15:36:49 GMT
Due to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle I believe that last move is invalid during (without bringing up the politics) the interval between referendum and final Brexit and it could even put you into a stasis of Reno's Spiral for a very long time.
May I boldly suggest - Tottenham Court Road? Jessop's loop doesn't apply since there is a Jessops just outside, 102 New Oxford St.
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Post by Chris M on May 8, 2017 17:22:31 GMT
Aha! The mention of Oxford Street in conjunction with a station serving that street means that the Varsity Rule is now in play for the next six turns, so I can move to Camden Road without fear of booby traps.
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Post by class411 on May 8, 2017 17:32:29 GMT
Aha! The mention of Oxford Street in conjunction with a station serving that street means that the Varsity Rule is now in play for the next six turns, so I can move to Camden Road without fear of booby traps. The mention was actually of New Oxford street. However, as someone already mentioned, within the last 48 hours, the primary name from the previous answer (Tottenham DomK 7/5/17 1:20) I believe you are covered. This makes it very tricky for me, but I think I'm safe with Ruislip Gardens.
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Post by Chris M on May 8, 2017 18:31:07 GMT
Yes, that's a safe play but it does leave the door wide open for me to use the Transverse Shuffle to Island Gardens.
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Post by Deep Level on May 9, 2017 18:38:26 GMT
That move was totally unfair! Given that Pluto is no longer considered a planet I have to consider the Cameo Clause (the 2009 update as opposed to the 1995 original) and go to...
Greenford.
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Post by miff on May 9, 2017 19:52:29 GMT
OK, with all the rules now crystal clear we can have some quick moves.
Upney
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 20:39:26 GMT
OK, with all the rules now crystal clear we can have some quick moves. Upney Well since you've mentioned speeding the game up, the obvious temptation is to run down the fast lines of the Metropolitan to Chesham, but the problem is, under rule 14 (b) someone else could easily play Oxford Circus and do me up like a kipper, so instead I'm gonna use the fast lines of the Piccadilly to run to Northfields Remember there's a depot there folks, don't get tripped up by the Barman defence.
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