OlympicIRL

Yes you are a Kiwi tonight Just go with the flow, we will inform you as we go on

Strike 1! A first penguin on the Canadian card. We continue with the USA now who are in danger of elimination even at this early stage. Good luck @dezbee2008, choose wisely..... Canada x x x x x United States x x x x x x Tunisia x x x x x x Algeria x x x x x New Zealand x x x x x x GRIDLOCK x x 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 x 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

170 already by MVG

Yes that's all, but we will need to call on you repeatedly x Nothing behind square 33.... moving on now to Canada once more..... Canada x x x x x United States x x x x x x Tunisia x x x x x x Algeria x x x x x New Zealand x x x x x x GRIDLOCK x x 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 x 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

You need to pick numbers essentially see rules here ....

@heywoodu you like games don't you?

Normally that would be fine but we have a key stealing element to this stage as we will find out soon, so we really need another player.

We need someone to play for New Zealand.

The turquoise key has been uncovered! Two keys down, 10 to go.... so who is gonna stand in for New Zealand? Canada x x x x x United States x x x x x x Tunisia x x x x x x Algeria x x x x x New Zealand x x x x x x GRIDLOCK x x 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

x Of course it's a blank, what else for hckosice Returning to Algeria now..... Canada x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK x x 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

Strike 2! Uh oh... terrible start for the US team. They need to tread very carefully from here on in and could be doing with some help from Séamus. We go now to Tunisia..... Canada x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK x 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

And we have the first key of the game! The infamous purple key that proved so lucky for Denmark a couple of years ago! Let's see if the USA can grab a key now.... Canada x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK x 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

x Another blank tile. So no keys found in the first round but 2 penguins have escaped the grid. et's see what the next round brings. moving back to Canada now.... Canada x x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK x 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

Strike 1.....the penguins are getting their attacks in early this time! We move now to @kungshamra71 for a first pick for NZ..... Canada x x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

x Back to the blanks for hckosice And we go now to @bestmen for his first pick of the game..... Canada x x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

Ouch! Not the start the United States would have wanted. But not the end of the world for now, a long way to go. Onwards now to @hckosice Canada x x United States x Tunisia x x Algeria x x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

x A blank tile to start us off. Moving on to @dezbee2008 now..... Canada x x United States x x Tunisia x x Algeria x x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 x 61 62 63 64

So here we go, just a quick reminder of the rules first..... The grid system consists of an 8x8 grid of 64 squares, similar to the the grid in the Heats. Players will take turns revealing tiles from the grid in the same way as before. Play will begin with the highest placed finisher at TISC Open 2016, i.e. the Canada, and continue with the next highest finisher and so on. So the order will be and finally The format will be slightly different from the Heats in that when a player collects a key, they do not use it to open a chest immediately. No chests will be opened until grid play is complete. Grid play is deemed to be complete when all 12 keys have been collected. When the 12th and final key has been revealed, grid play immediately comes to an end and all players in possession of at least one key will advance to the Final stage, the opening of the chests. There will be special tiles added to the grid which will enable users to steal keys from their opponents. So collecting a key does not guarantee that you will keep the key. However, players will keep all keys in their possession at the close of grid play. Therefore, in order to avoid elimination, players must be in possession of at least one key at the end of gridplay. Any player without a key at this stage will be eliminated from the competition. As with the heats, the pesky penguins have infiltrated the grid system and have hidden themselves away in an attempt to sabotage the bidding process. If a player collects 3 penguins they will be eliminated from the competition. Séamus once again has hidden himself away in the grid and will grant good fortune to the player who finds him. With a wave of his shamrock wand will he wipe away any penguins collected by that player thus far and not only that, the player who finds Séamus will have immunity from the key stealing process. So any keys that player holds at the time they find Séamus will be secure as will any keys they collect thereafter. He can only wipe away penguins once though so any penguins collected by that player afterwards sticks with them. So there will be 12 coloured keys hidden in the grid. Each of those keys will be attributed to one of the 12 treasure chests, one of which will hold the illustrious Golden Ticket. So the more keys a player collects during grid play, the more chances they have of claiming the prize at the end of proceedings. Players beware, although there were only 8 penguins present in each of the grids in the Heats, as many as 10 penguins have burrowed inside the system for the Final grid. Should a player be eliminated by a penguin, the keys they collected will be distributed as evenly as possible between the other players, beginning with the highest-placed finisher at TISC Open 2016 and working down through the rankings. If another player is eliminated after that, the keys will be divided evenly, starting with where the previous key-sharing order ended. So one key might be all a player needs to get their hands on the Golden Ticket if luck is with them. One of those coloured keys will be the lucky one that opens the treasure chest containing the Golden Ticket. Whoever holds that key at the end of grid play will be destined to open the lucky chest. Of course, there is no way of knowing which key will be the lucky one Canada x x United States x x Tunisia x x Algeria x x New Zealand x x GRIDLOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 So without further ado, I'd like to invite @intoronto to make the first choice of the game

Great! You can be New Zealand then

Hmm, you can be Tunisian again if you like?

@Federer91 would you like to play on behalf of one of the missing contestants?

I'm back and ready to begin at last! So I see we are without Wanderer and amen so we need 2 subs. @hckosice ? Can we rely on you once again?

Ok, apologies everyone for the delay in proceedings. I'm just sitting down to eat now, I'll be back as quick as I can. Looks like we may need some subs again today so I'd be grateful if we could get some volunteers

I have had dinner much earlier than 6:00pm too On Sunday it's not unusual to have dinner in early afternoon (around 2pm ).... I don't get it myself, our dinner culture is weird

We have dinner early here.... in fact 6pm really isn't considered early dinner here