Tim James - Revision history

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DaaniyalAli at 10:38, 28 June 2025

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DaaniyalAli at 18:05, 27 June 2025

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DaaniyalAli at 18:02, 27 June 2025

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 It was a very close grand final, with James actually drawing first blood after Jones blanked on a six-small numbers round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}} and he missed the final numbers target whereas Jones hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the conundrum, which neither of them solved, and this left James as the runner-up with a still impressive score of 89 and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
-{{series runner-up|preceded_by=Chris Kirby|series=91}}
+{{series runner-up|preceded_by=Chris Kirby|series=91|followed_by=Brett Davids}}
 ==Episodes==

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 ====Heat games====
-James marked [[Episode 8461|his debut]] with a [[century]] against incumbent champ, [[Gary Fisher]], and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable – the best example of this was his needing of a crucial [[conundrum]] solve against [[returning contestants|returning contestant]], [[Diane Pratesi]], in [[Episode 8464|his fourth match]], where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago' – it was eventually clarified that this was [[Series 77]] [[contestant]], [[Dan Cartwright]]. He scored a personal best of [[Episode 8465|114]] in his fifth game which also saw him spot the nine-letter word {{word|PONDERING}}, and finished his [[octochamp]] run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third century against another returnee, [[Nanette Swain]]. This put James at the top of the seeding table at the time.
+James marked [[Episode 8461|his debut]] with a [[century]] against incumbent champ, [[Gary Fisher]] and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable – the best example of this was his needing of a crucial [[conundrum]] solve against [[returning contestants|returning contestant]], [[Diane Pratesi]], in [[Episode 8464|his fourth match]] where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago' – it was eventually clarified that this was [[Series 77]] [[contestant]], [[Dan Cartwright]]. He scored a personal best of [[Episode 8465|114]] in his fifth game which also saw him spot the nine-letter word {{word|PONDERING}}, and finished his [[octochamp]] run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third century against another returnee, [[Nanette Swain]]. This put James at the top of the seeding table at the time.
 ====Finals====
-Ultimately coming back as the third seed, fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]] and number six seed, [[Matt Fife]], was waiting for him. In a see-saw battle where the lead changed hands a number of times, Fife beat James with {{word|MIAOWS}} and {{word|DAIGOU}} after two gambles backfired, but James took maximum points on the second and fourth [[numbers game]]s while Fife scored nothing. This left James with a five-point lead going into the [[conundrum]], but after neither of them turned {{word|NIGELVOID}} into {{word|EVILDOING}}, it was James who advanced into a 'Battle of the Tims' against number two seed, [[Tim Bridgstock]], in the [[Episode 8547|semi-finals]].
+Ultimately coming back as the third seed, fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]] and number six seed, [[Matt Fife]], was waiting for him. In a seesaw battle where the lead changed hands a number of times, Fife beat James with {{word|MIAOWS}} and {{word|DAIGOU}} after two gambles backfired but James took maximum points on the second and fourth [[numbers game]]s while Fife scored nothing. This left James with a five-point lead going into the [[conundrum]] but after neither of them turned {{word|NIGELVOID}} into {{word|EVILDOING}}, it was James who advanced into a 'Battle of the Tims' against number two seed, [[Tim Bridgstock]], in the [[Episode 8547|semi-finals]].
-In their semi-final, James originally fell behind, although it could've been worse as Bridgstock did not stick an {{word|S}} on the end of {{word|COVERAGE}} which would've given a nine. And later on, James would strike back with his own nine-letter word spot of {{word|STROBILAE}} to establish a 16-point lead. He remained ahead for the rest of the match, officially sealing his progression to the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] against [[Rhys Jones]] after Bridgstock blanked out in the last numbers round. After neither of them turned {{word|BARMYCOCO}} into {{word|MOBOCRACY}}, the victory was sewn up for James with his fourth [[century]] to date.
+In their semi-final, James originally fell behind although it could've been worse as Bridgstock did not stick an {{word|S}} on the end of {{word|COVERAGE}} which would've given a nine. And later on, James would strike back with his own nine-letter word spot of {{word|STROBILAE}} to establish a 16-point lead. He remained ahead for the rest of the match, officially sealing his progression to the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] against [[Rhys Jones]] after Bridgstock blanked out in the last numbers round. After neither of them turned {{word|BARMYCOCO}} into {{word|MOBOCRACY}}, the victory was sewn up for James with his fourth [[century]] to date.
-It was a very close grand final, with James actually drawing first blood after Jones blanked on a six-small numbers round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}}, and he missed the final numbers target whereas Jones hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the conundrum, which neither of them solved, and this left James as the runner-up with a still impressive score of 89, and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
+It was a very close grand final, with James actually drawing first blood after Jones blanked on a six-small numbers round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}} and he missed the final numbers target whereas Jones hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the conundrum, which neither of them solved, and this left James as the runner-up with a still impressive score of 89 and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Chris Kirby|series=91}}

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 {{octostats|Runner-up|3|781|3}}
 [[File:Tim James.png|thumb|200px|right|Tim James in Series 91.]]
-'''Timothy “Tim” James''' was an [[octochamp]] in, and the runner-up of [[Series 91]]. He was a betting shop market place manager, [[Apterite]] and {{w|University of East Anglia}} climate science graduate from Norwich.
+'''Timothy "Tim" James''' was an [[octochamp]] in, and the runner-up of [[Series 91]]. He was a betting shop market place manager, [[Apterous|Apterite]] and {{w|University of East Anglia}} climate science graduate from Norwich.
 ==Appearances==
-===[[Series 90]]===
+===[[Series 91]]===
 ====Heat games====
-Tim marked his debut with a [[century]] against incumbent champ [[Gary Fisher]] and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable; the best example of this was his needing of a crucial [[conundrum]] solve against returning contestant [[Diane Pratesi]] in his fourth match, where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago'; it was eventually clarified that this was [[Series 77]] contestant [[Dan Cartwright]]. He scored a personal best of 114 in his [[Episode 8465|fifth game]] which also saw him spot the 9-letter-word {{word|PONDERING}}, and finished his [[octochamp]] run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third [[century]] against another returnee [[Nanette Swain]]. This put Tim at the top of the seeding table at the time.
+James marked [[Episode 8461|his debut]] with a [[century]] against incumbent champ, [[Gary Fisher]], and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable – the best example of this was his needing of a crucial [[conundrum]] solve against [[returning contestants|returning contestant]], [[Diane Pratesi]], in [[Episode 8464|his fourth match]], where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago' – it was eventually clarified that this was [[Series 77]] [[contestant]], [[Dan Cartwright]]. He scored a personal best of [[Episode 8465|114]] in his fifth game which also saw him spot the nine-letter word {{word|PONDERING}}, and finished his [[octochamp]] run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third century against another returnee, [[Nanette Swain]]. This put James at the top of the seeding table at the time.
-===Finals===
+====Finals====
-Ultimately coming back as the third seed, fellow [[Apterite]] and No. 6 seed [[Matt Fife]] was waiting for him. In a see-saw battle where the lead changed hands a number of times, it quite literally came down to letters vs. numbers; Fife beat James with {{word|MIAOWS}} and {{word|DAIGOU}} after two gambles backfired but Tim took maximum points on the 2nd and 4th [[numbers]] games while Matt scored nothing. This left Tim with a five-point-lead going into the [[conundrum]], but after neither of them turned {{word|NIGELVOID}} into {{word|EVILDOING}}, it was James who advanced into a 'Battle of the Tims' against No. 2 seed [[Tim Bridgstock]] in the semi-finals.
+Ultimately coming back as the third seed, fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]] and number six seed, [[Matt Fife]], was waiting for him. In a see-saw battle where the lead changed hands a number of times, Fife beat James with {{word|MIAOWS}} and {{word|DAIGOU}} after two gambles backfired, but James took maximum points on the second and fourth [[numbers game]]s while Fife scored nothing. This left James with a five-point lead going into the [[conundrum]], but after neither of them turned {{word|NIGELVOID}} into {{word|EVILDOING}}, it was James who advanced into a 'Battle of the Tims' against number two seed, [[Tim Bridgstock]], in the [[Episode 8547|semi-finals]].
-James originally fell behind although it could've been worse as Bridgstock did not stick an 's' on the end of {{word|COVERAGE}} which would've given a nine. And later on, James would strike back with his own nine-letter-word spot of {{word|STROBILAE}} to establish a 16-point lead. He remained ahead for the rest of the match, officially sealing his progression to the Grand Final against [[Rhys Jones]] after Bridgstock blanked out in the last [[numbers]] round. After neither of them turned {{word|BARMYCOCO}} into {{word|MOBOCRACY}}, the victory was sewn up for Tim James with his fourth [[century]] to date.
+In their semi-final, James originally fell behind, although it could've been worse as Bridgstock did not stick an {{word|S}} on the end of {{word|COVERAGE}} which would've given a nine. And later on, James would strike back with his own nine-letter word spot of {{word|STROBILAE}} to establish a 16-point lead. He remained ahead for the rest of the match, officially sealing his progression to the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] against [[Rhys Jones]] after Bridgstock blanked out in the last numbers round. After neither of them turned {{word|BARMYCOCO}} into {{word|MOBOCRACY}}, the victory was sewn up for James with his fourth [[century]] to date.
-It was a very close final, with Tim actually drawing first blood after Rhys blanked on a six-small [[numbers]] round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}}, and he missed the final [[numbers]] target whereas Rhys hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the [[conundrum]], which neither of them solved, and this left James as the runner-up with a still good points tally of 89, and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
+It was a very close grand final, with James actually drawing first blood after Jones blanked on a six-small numbers round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}}, and he missed the final numbers target whereas Jones hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the conundrum, which neither of them solved, and this left James as the runner-up with a still impressive score of 89, and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Chris Kirby|series=91}}

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 {{octostats|Runner-up|3|781|3}}
 [[File:Tim James.png|thumb|200px|right|Tim James in Series 91.]]
-'''Timothy “Tim” James''' was an [[octochamp]] in, and runner-up of [[Series 91]]. He was a betting shop market place manager, [[Apterite]] and {{w|University of East Anglia}} climate science graduate from Norwich.
+'''Timothy “Tim” James''' was an [[octochamp]] in, and the runner-up of [[Series 91]]. He was a betting shop market place manager, [[Apterite]] and {{w|University of East Anglia}} climate science graduate from Norwich.
 ==Appearances==

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 James originally fell behind although it could've been worse as Bridgstock did not stick an 's' on the end of {{word|COVERAGE}} which would've given a nine. And later on, James would strike back with his own nine-letter-word spot of {{word|STROBILAE}} to establish a 16-point lead. He remained ahead for the rest of the match, officially sealing his progression to the Grand Final against [[Rhys Jones]] after Bridgstock blanked out in the last [[numbers]] round. After neither of them turned {{word|BARMYCOCO}} into {{word|MOBOCRACY}}, the victory was sewn up for Tim James with his fourth [[century]] to date.
-It was a very close final, with Tim actually drawing first blood after Rhys blanked on a six-small [[numbers]] round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}}, and he missed the final [[numbers]] target whereas Rhys hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the [[conundrum]] which neither of them solved and this left James as the runner-up with a still good points tally of 89, and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
+It was a very close final, with Tim actually drawing first blood after Rhys blanked on a six-small [[numbers]] round. But unfortunately, after that, James made a few crucial missteps in {{word|outrager {{x}}}}, {{word|vagued {{x}}}}, {{word|warfield {{x}}}}, and he missed the final [[numbers]] target whereas Rhys hit the bullseye. All of this meant that the game was over before the [[conundrum]], which neither of them solved, and this left James as the runner-up with a still good points tally of 89, and a final total of 1,045 from 11 games (an average of 95 per appearance).
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Chris Kirby|series=91}}